Happy Meal

Are school meals really benefiting our health or possibly making it worse? What most people may already know by now is that the meals we eat while at school were either thawed or reheated. Which makes some of us question if the school lunches are really helping us out with our health. It just may be making our health worse than what it already is. “More than 30 million children trundle through school cafeteria lines every day in the United States and thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,…

Globalization’s Impact On My Plate At first thought, the food my family ate didn’t seem all that interesting. In fact, I couldn’t think of anything more boring to do than talk about a diet of pasta and potatoes for three generations straight. But the more I thought about this topic, the more I realized that my grandmother growing up couldn’t say her favorite food is a mango like I can. Being from rural New Jersey, she had to watch her mother walk to the nearest grocery store once a week, a long…

people you are surrounded by while you’re enjoying your meals. The meals are not the same size portions as your mother or grandmother would give you at your family dinner. Although, California is a great place to enjoy fine dining, quantity or quality food. Eating at…

Mumbai is a very populated productive city in India which has a lot of workers; but they can’t all go home for lunch each day so they come with their meal every day either it’s home cooked or carter, Mumbai’s Dabbwala collective does this service usually for a monthly fee; The meals are cooked in the morning (by family or caterer), placed in dabbas boxes and delivered to each individual worker’s office at lunch time. After lunch the boxes are collected and returned so that they can be re-sent…

dressed and do all the other necessities to start off your day. This is an all too common way people start off the day. This would not be a common case if school started later on. We start with the most important meal of the day breakfast. Most don't have the time to sit down to a meal of bacon, eggs, pancakes, etc. Most just grab something small and head out the door which most likely is not as nutritional as a balanced breakfast. It's been proven that breakfast can improve moods along with…

thing I really enjoy learning more and more about is food . I don't just like to eat food , I like to learn how to make healthy meals that will help me balance my diet and enhance my running performance . I just got a new cooking book called Run Fast Eat Slow . This book was written by an Olympic marathon runner , Shalane Flanagan . She does in depth about certain meals , how to make them , what it does to your body , and what days to eat them for certain workouts or races . Food is a really…

My roomate has had an up and down issue with body weight, body image and self confidence. He has a happy and positive personality but struggles with living a healthy lifestlye, he wants to change that and admires that i workout a decent amount and try to eat relitively healthy. I tell him it is not a diet it is a lifestyle. He is motivated and wants to pick up football and try out for the team, and has asked me to help him come up with a one month plan to help him lose weight and get his fitness…

know I had. Let me tell you all about it. Last week my friend and I decided to sign up to the school cooking challenge competition to cook for all of the students. We decided to cook one of our favorite lunch meals cheeseburgers with bacon we knew that nothing was going to go wrong with that meal. The competition was about to start the lady said “one two three go!” Bam my friend and I ran to go find the ingredients for our cheeseburger. I ask the lunch lady for the meat and the bacon and she…

essential for the development of children throughout the world. We have a responsibility to be the voice for children and help them lead healthy, happy lives. One of the places children go to flourish is school. Schools should be required to provide free lunch to each and every student. First of all, children deserve to have an opportunity for a nutritious meal without worrying where the food will come from and who will pay for it. The problem of childhood malnutrition is growing, and having…

whatever restaurant you work at. A majority of the time your guest are going to respond yes but if this does happen to be their first time you want to offer your ultimate weapon which is menu knowledge. Inform them about any seasonal items or even happy hour specials if it 's that time. Now that you’ve informed your guest about the menu it 's time to wow them by selling some of your best non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverages. "Can I get you a coke?" Isn 't going to wow your guest. You want to…