Home Cooked Food vs Going Out to Eat

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a) It would seem that in today's society fast food is not only becoming a primary source of nourishment but, also a quick way to eat without the hassle of cooking food for yourself and or your family. However there are benefits to making a home cooked meal that far outweigh the use of fast food. b) Fast food is convenient, cheap, and not too time consuming.There are even healthy choices such as Subway, Chipotle, Quizno's and other organic type restaurants. Fast food restaurants also offer variety and ambiance depending on where you go. Home cooked meals can also offer variety as well as time spent with your family in a closed setting. The cook can decide how much salt to use and weather or not to fry or bake. With home cooked meals as well, variety is very open from traditional meals to more modern cuisine. c) Fast food however can be costly if used all the time as a means of feeding a family. If certain restaurants are chosen that do not offer healthy choices variety is staggered. Pizza for example is quite good but not the most healthy if eaten on a regular basis. It can also become boring to the palate.Then you have home made pork chops that are also not healthy if eaten on a regular basis. These too can becme boring if made everyday. d) Eating fast food periodically to save time is beneficial depending on the lifestyle of the person utilizing this method of nourishment. On the other hand if a person uses fast food(non- healthy options) as a daily source of nourishment and does not exercise this can become a serious health problem. e)Home cooked meals are very cost effective if proper planning is used to keep meals intersting and palatable. It is often times cheaper depending on what type of meal is prepared.A bag of lettuce to make part of a meal costs about the same as a burger. Also Spaghetti a real favorite of western culture goes over very well for

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