ASTRONAUT DIET
Astronauts on the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter are slated to eat brown rice, lentils, seitan, whole wheat tortillas with tofu sour cream, kale, broccoli, garden peas, watercress, and desserts sweetened with amasake. In 1998 researchers at Cornell University announced that they have developed 50 basic dishes featuring all-plant quality foods that can be grown hydroponically in mineral-rich water in space.
Most of the proposed dishes passed a U.S. Army taste test, with a broccoli and mushroom dish scoring the highest. The research was sponsored with a half-million-dollar grant from NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Source: Jane E. Brody, “What to Serve for Dinner, When Dinner Is on Mars: Menu Is Vegetarian Only—If You Can Get a Table,” New York Times, May 19, 1998.