Post 2: Prepare a meal

Many college students, especially freshman, eat meals that are already prepared for them or can be microwaved. For me, I prefer to make my own meals because once I'm in my dorm, I really don't want to walk over to Gordon Commons to get food. I go home every weekend and, when my mom goes grocery shopping, she usually picks me up some microwave meals and snacks to munch on. The microwave meals are usually ones that are close to my mom's home-cooked meals. All I have to do is throw them in the microwave for a couple minutes and enjoy the food. Tonight I had a Cafe' Steamers meal. I ate it with a plastic fork, so all I had to do was throw everything away when I was done. I must say that it was very good. Meals need to have flavor. Even though Cafe' Steamers are low calorie, they are very delicious.

I have to agree with Pollan when he states in his book that America has accepted "a flood of damaging innovations...such as low-fat processed food." Food that was eaten in the 19th century was recipes that came from Europe with the immigrants. Families cooked meals that had their cultural background, which didn't include processed foods. Most of the food they age would be considered unhealthy by today's standards. However, those families sat down and ate their meals, enjoying each others' company and the food. The healthiest foods on the planet are all basic foods that can be bought at the grocery store. They are not processed and very tasty. Using them in recipes can create great meals and by themselves, some would be delicious snacks. I guess I could say that I do try to choose healthier foods myself, but they have to taste good because food should be enjoyed.