I'm glad somebody mentioned meat loaf and of course fried chicken. Other things Martha might cook would include pot roast or fried pork chops or chicken pot pie. Maybe some kind of fried fish (probably bass or catfish, not trout). When I traveled Kansas for work years ago most of the restaurants advertised a "hot beef sandwich"; this was an open-faced sliced beef sandwich on white bread but it also had mashed potatoes (I don't remember whether they went on the bottom or the top) and the whole thing was covered with gravy. Restaurants never served anything but the cheapest white bread but if Martha wanted to make it special she would probably bake her own. Salads were not fancy; a country salad bar was a bowl of iceberg lettuce with a choice of four kinds of dressing. However, Martha would be able to grow her own lettuce and she could add cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers from her own garden. Other side dishes could include potato salad, cole slaw, or macaroni salad. Corn on the cob is always a popular vegetable (but messy to eat). Other vegetables might be peas, carrots, or green beans. Some restaurants serve fried apples. Other side dishes might include green bean casserole or green rice (rice baked with eggs and spinach). A normal meal would include one meat, one starch such as potatoes, two vegetables, and bread or rolls. Dessert would be chocolate cake, pie, or berry cobbler and might also be served with ice cream.
I just realized I should check my "Farm Journal's Country Cookbook." It's an older cookbook, published in 1981. Recipes there include pot roast, beef stew, barbecued short ribs, corned beef with cabbage, hamburgers, meat loaf, lamb roast, whole pit-roasted pig, pork chops, cabbage rolls, fried chicken, roast turkey, salmon loaf and tuna pie (using canned salmon or tuna); they go on and on.
Martha, however, is pretty sophisticated and might be into classic French or Italian cooking; most of the ingredients should also be available in Kansas.
