Most traditional American foods were introduced by the early European immigrants but modified to take advantage of the locally available ingredients. Fried chicken, meatloaf肉馅糕, baked potato, corn, baked beans and apple pie would be considered traditional American dishes.
modify: change sth slightly in order to improve it
  （ingredient: ingredients are the things that are used to make something, especially all the different foods you use when you are cooking a particular dish.）
   A typical American breakfast menu includes scrambled or fried eggs or an egg omelet煎蛋卷, juice, bacon or sausage, toast, biscuits, or bagels硬面包圈. An alternative American breakfast could be cereal with milk, juice, and toast or pancakes or waffles华夫饼 with syrup糖浆或果汁 and butter, juice, and white milk. Drinks include orange juice, milk, tea or coffee.?
   The lunch menu normally involves sandwiches (peanut butter and/or jelly, cheese, turkey, ham), rolls, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, tacos墨西哥玉米面豆卷, chicken, salad, fruit (orange, banana, apple, tangerine蜜桔), milk, soft drink, tea or coffee
   Dinner is normally the largest meal of the day. It normally involves food such as pizza, meat (steak, chicken, fish, pork, turkey) with potatoes and a vegetable (corn, green beans, beans, carrots, spinach菠菜, peas, asparagus芦笋, cauliflower, broccoli西兰花), spaghetti意大利面条 with either tomato or meat sauce, lasagna烤宽面条（上浇肉末番茄汁） , tacos, and dessert (cake, cookies, pies, ice cream, and candy). Dessert is served after the main meal.