Breakfast (Colazione)
 is a cup of coffee with something sweet to eat, like a butter,  jam, cream or chocolate and cookies like hard bread called fette biscotettate.
Many Italians having an espresso or a cappuccino with a cornetto “croissant” .

Lunch (Pranzo)

Traditional Italian menus have five sections:

The First Course – Primo :

is  pasta, soup, or risotto ”rice” lasagna “flat pasta shape” , polenta “ I cooked by simmering in a water-based liquid “

The Second or Main Course – Secondo :

is usually  meat, poultry, or fish , including  turkey ,sausage,  pork ,steak, beef, salmon, lamb, chicken. It doesn’t usually include any potato or vegetable .

side dishes  This could be a vegetable (verdura), potato, or insalata (salad).

The Dessert – Dolce:

like  tiramisu “meaning (pike or left me up) “ penna cotta ( made by cream, sugar ,milk.)
gelato “ ice cream”

Drinks :

Coffee is often drunk at the end of a meal

Dinner (Cena) :

Dinner is usually a light meal in Italy  like soup, salad, Cold meat,cheeses, vegetables an fruit.