Although the foods are edible separately, they do have to be cooked into a proper meal before consumption. Here are some examples of recipes a Martian might consume throughout the day.
3 oil tablespoons
2 eggs
3 potatoes per person
3 bamboo pieces
Put water to boil in a pot
Meanwhile the water is heating, peel the potatoes, cut them in small pieces, and put them aside.
Trim the fibrous outer layers and excess leaves of the bamboo plant, but reserve the tender leaves.
Once the water starts boiling add the bamboo and time 20 minutes
After 10 minutes of cooking the bamboo add the potato pieces and wait 10 minutes more for the potatoes and bamboo to finish cooking.
5 minutes before the potatoes and bamboo are finished cooking, put another pot on medium heat and add 3 tablespoons of oil
Once the oil starts to bubble, add 2 eggs and start scrambling them until they are fully cooked. Put them aside. 8. Drain the potatoes and the bamboo pieces.
Separate the bamboo into another plate and cut it into smaller pieces.
Mash the potatoes and add a tablespoon of oil.
Finally, dish up the mashed potatoes. Add the scrambled eggs on top. Add the bamboo pieces next to the mashed potatoes and serve.
4 oil tablespoons
1/2 piece of fish per person
Seaweed
Insects
Add water to a pot and heat it up
Clean the fish and the insects. Cut it in pieces and prepare aside. All pieces should be similar sized.
Once the water starts boiling add up the seaweed and time 20 minutes.
Preheat a pan and add 3 tablespoons of oil. Once the oil starts bubbling add the fish and the insects and fry them.
Once the seaweed is cooked drain up and put aside.
Once the fish and insect meat is fried (you will know once they look golden), add up the seaweed to the pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil.
Mix and fry for 3 minutes and dish up.
4 oil tablespoons
2 sweet potatoes per person
Hops for aromatic purposes
Chicken
Add water to a pot and heat it up.
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them in half. Put aside.
Clean up and cut the hops into small pieces.
Once the water starts boiling add the sweet potatoes and time 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cut the chicken into pieces (can vary).
Before the sweet potatoes are done (2 mins before), add the cut pieces of hops into the water for aromatic purposes.
Heat up a pan and add 3 tablespoons of oil. Put the chicken in.
Once the potatoes are cooked, put the aside but remove the hopes and add them to the chicken. Drain the sweet potatoes and dish them up.
Once the chicken looks golden, dish up beside the sweet potatoes.
Strawberries
Nuts
Clean up the strawberries and cut them into pieces.
Dish up the strawberries.
Put the nuts into a small pan and heat low.
Crash the nuts inside the pan and let them toast for 5 mins.
Add the crushed nuts into the dished up strawberries and enjoy your dessert