ASP.NET MVC 2: Manually create a list and attach to model

I have a model:

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public List<SelectList> Meals { get; set; 

}

And I want to create a list in my Controller so I can attach it to "Meals" in my Model.

For some reason I'm having issues doing this:

_model.MaxCoupo开发者_开发百科ns = new List<SelectListItem>();
SelectListItem _mList = new SelectListItem([]{
    new SelectListItem { Text = "---", Value = "" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "50", Value = "50" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "60", Value = "60" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "70", Value = "70" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "80", Value = "80" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "90", Value = "90" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "100", Value = "100" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "110", Value = "110" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "120", Value = "120" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "130", Value = "130" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "140", Value = "140" },
    new SelectListItem { Text = "150", Value = "130" } },
     "Text", "Value" );
_model.MaxCoupons.Add(_mList);

I'm a bit confused right now...

public SelectList Meals { get; set; }

public SelectList MySelectList()
{
  List<SelectListItem> _returnList = new List<SelectListItem>();

  SelectListItem _mList = new SelectListItem();
  _mList = new SelectListItem(){ Text = "---", Value = "" };
  _returnList.Add(_mList);

  //keep repeating
}

then inside a method:

Meals = new MySelectList();