Essen und Trinken

When it comes to breakfast, the Germans usually start their day with bread and jam, coffee, or maybe a boiled egg. At around noon, they eat lunch, which is their biggest meal of the day. This meal tends to include meat, potatoes, fish, and vegetables. Different from the normal American ways, the Germans have dinner as one of their smaller meals, including cold cuts, bread, butter, and cheese. One of the German specialties includes Kasespatzle: noodles made from wheat flour and egg served with cheese and sometimes onions. Unlike Americans, the Germans do not go out to a supermarket to purchase a whole week's worth of groceries all at once; they go to separate stores for a lot of it. For example, they would go to a bread store to purchase fresh bread for the day, or go to the butcher for meat needed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Most of the food just bought will be cooked for the next meal. A lot of the food in Germany does not have as many preservatives in it like American food, which is why it cannot be stored long and is prepared right away.

If I lived in Germany, I think my eating habits would be quite different. I usually eat cereal for breakfast, so I would probably have to make more time to go buy the fresh bread in order to eat a normal breakfast of bread, jam, and tea or coffee like the Germans. I would also have to get used to eating a bigger lunch as they do because usually my biggest meal is dinner. Getting used to meat and potatoes would not be a problem at all; I like those foods. I would have to learn to go shopping more often, but I would like the fact that I would be eating fresher foods. Overall, I would have to give more thought and planning to my diet just because I would have to go get my food more often, and I would have to get used to not eating quick and easy meals like cereal and granola bars. I would have to take time to prepare my meals because not everything is as easily made or ready-made as is often in America.

http://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/prj/scl/ess/en179806.htm
http://www.expatica.com/de/essentials_moving_to/country_facts/German-cuisine_17759.html