Home cook meals Vs. Fast Food

In today 's modern world, fast food has taken over almost every household in America. Is that good for us? Many have asked themselves that and everyone knows what the answer is. Fast food and eating out is more convenient for every working households, home cook meals provide us more control over what we eat, we generally know what type of ingredients are going into our meal and where our raw ingredients are coming from. According to an article that was written by Beth Hoffman for www.forbes.com, Americans eat most of their meals out. Beth talks about 4 reasons about why cooking your own meals will benefit a family. She stated that cooking at home is better for the environment due to the fact that cooking at home takes less energy and resources to cook at home. (Hoffman, 2013) Processed food are often frozen which leads to more energy consumption and then cooked again which uses more energy. With every purchase of frozen pizza or dinner, a household could be using up to twice as many resources to feed a family than it takes to cook at home. Most households are watching their spending on food to cover other expenses. Spending the daily food allowance might be a smart way of saving on that particular part of the budget depending on what part of the menu one is buying from. Some may say that purchasing from the dollar menu will cut their cost or just simply ordering out pizzas using the daily specials like when purchasing 2 pizzas or more, they are $5.99, is not always good. Look at the big picture, one family can spend 5 times the money on groceries, but there is a high probability that the amount a family spend on groceries will last them a week depending on what they are cooking. It is less expensive to cook your own meal at home is the second reason Hoffman states in her article. She states the facts that eating out is not cheap when considering of the time and gas spent driving back and forth. (Hoffman, 2013). Cooking at home does waste time and gas but a

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