...A Home cooked memorable Meal When is the last time that you enjoyed sharing a good meal that you cooked with that someone special? Many of us can make a dish or meal that tastes good or even great but very few can make meals that are both enjoyable and memorable. Why is that? Some dishes taste great, some dishes look great but very few look and taste great, and even fewer are made in someone’s home. Wouldn’t it be awesome to share a marvelous dinner with that someone special; one that will be remember long after the day is gone. By following a few simple steps, and using imagination a fantastic home cooked meal can be had that will be fondly remembered for decades. The first thing to focus on is to research the type/s of food and drinks both diners will enjoy, the environment/s that brings out importance or comfort and a specific time for the meal. Look for what types of foods both diners like. The meat, vegetables, breads, and what kind of drinks. This does not show what to choose, or how to cook the meal as there are many wonderful recipes that can be found online. Instead I will be showing how to put your dining experience together. For this example I will use one of my favorite meals. I start with bruschetta and a Cesar salad followed by a thinly sliced roast beef covered in a spicy bouillabaisse, with whole green beans, potatoes au gratin served with freshly baked black forest bread and a lightly chilled Brazilian red wine. Next look for a place that both diner enjoy. It...
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...Nowadays, most of the people become busier and busier. They don’t have time to prepare and cook meals at home. And most of the people prefers to eat fast-food to save their time. But at my point of view, I still prefer to eat at home as it contains high nutritional value which is good for our body health. Firstly, high nutritional value is the main reason why I prefer the home- cooked food. Home-cooked food with high nutritional value is good for our health. It contains uniform nutrient and high vitamin value or healthy diet which can prevent many common health problems. On the other hand, fast food contains too many calories, salt and artery-clogging cholesterol as compare to home-cooked meals. Eating too many food that contain fat and cholesterol will cause one to suffer heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke and other serious disease. Secondly, eating home-cooked food is the quality of time for us to spent together. Preparing home-cooked food allows you to spend valued time with family. Each of the family members can take part in food preparation to improve the family relationship. However, eating fast food may not be a good method to spend the time with family members. It is because some of them may refuse to go to eat at fast food restaurant. Thirdly, home-cooked food can prevent us from food allergies. When you eat at home, you can be more deliberate in preparing foods, especially if you or a family member has a food allergy. As we know, food allergies in many...
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...What is better home cooked meals vs. restaurant meals? There are so many differences with making meals at home and going to a restaurant to dine. Along with home cooked meals you know exact measurements and ingredients and how fresh they are. You are also conscious of the cleanliness of your own kitchen as well as proper portion sizes for your meals. Considering that for restaurant meals there is someone else cooking your meal and there is no way of knowing where the ingredients came from and/or how fresh they are. An individual does not know what safety violations the place has had or is currently having. Plus one never knows just how many people have touched your food. Home cooked meals are made with loving care and restaurants are just out for making profits. In addition with restaurant meals all you do is place your order. Home cooked meals are planned out and can cost much less and you can make a home cook meal the way you want. Claire Lewis has been in the food industry for forty years now. Along with the knowledge of the industry she is also, certified with National Restaurant Association, Serve Safe certified, assistant to the Health Department and she has ran three cafeterias along with three restaurants and is affiliated with Chastin’s Fine Dining (private resort), along with Jose’s Mexican restaurant (kitchen manager), and Bordeno’s Fine Dining restaurant where she also managed the kitchen. From fine dining to family dining this lady has done it all. Claire...
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...Home-made Food and Fast Food These days, most people prefer fast food rather than home-made food. People are alike in needing food in order to survive, but they differ in choosing the kind of food they're having. Fast food and home-made food have considerable dissimilarities in preparation time, convenience, and quality. Nowadays, fast food attracts people more than home-made food does. It's known as the food that you don't have to prepare. Fast food is more common because people are always busy, and in a hurry, so they head towards fast food restaurants to save their time. For example, if a worker works for a long time and doesn't have enough time to cook a meal, (he/she) will definitely consume a fast food meal. Fast food is also common because it's convenient and people can find fast food restaurants in all places. Most fast food restaurants are generally bad for people's health, because bad quality of ingredients is used. For instance, most of the fast food restaurants consume the cheapest kind of chicken, which maybe a potential risk to people's health. On the other hand, home than fast food-made food has less attraction. A reason for this is that home-made food needs lots of time until it gets ready. For instance, people should wait for several hours in order to have a ready home-made meal. Another reason is that home-made food is less convenient than fast food. For example, you may not find all the ingredients you need in one grocery, yet you have to look in several...
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...Fast Food Vs. Home Cooked Meals Monica Hill COM/155 February 9, 2013 Joseph Powell In today’s society most Americans prefer fast food to home cooked meals. Everyone needs food to survive, however eating fast food rather than a home cooked meal may not be the ideal choice. The difference between fast food and home cooked meals has several differences like preparation time, convenience, and quality. Health problems seem to be linked to the types of foods we eat. Obesity one of the number one issue in the United States alone. Fast foods are blamed for causing the majority of the obesity problems here in America today. Fast food is a convenient food that is usually faster to get and sometimes ready at the time it is wanted. Ultimately fast food slows the metabolism down with all the calories and unhealthy ingredients that can cause people to be overweight which can lead to obesity if we continue to consume as much as we do on a daily basis. An alternative to fast food is a good home cooked meal. Home cooked meals can help fight the war against obesity. Home cooked meals may take time, that most American’s don’t have these days, however they are much healthier for everyone. Cardiovascular health is affected by the foods put into our bodies. Fast food causes a much higher risk of heart disease because of the extra saturated and trans fats in the foods. Trans fats are found in french fries, fried chicken, fried fish sandwiches, biscuits, fried apples, and other...
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...STRATEGIC MARKET PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION Sugar & Spice : Healthy HomeCooked Meals Delivery EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sugar and Spice is a catering and food delivery company that focuses on healthy, home cooked meals with lots of delicious choices on its menu to tantalize our customers' taste buds. With Sugar and Spice, customers will enjoy a rich variety of delicious meal that is different everyday. The daily selection of dishes includes fresh seafood, meat and vegetable, which will be prepared and served in hygienic condition. Our target customers are mainly working professionals from government offices and private offices as well as students in Putrajaya and Cyberjaya areas. In line with our 'green' effort, we will pack all the food in high quality disposable and microwavable container. Strategic Market Planning & Implementation Page 2 Sugar & Spice : Healthy Home-Cooked Meals Delivery TABLE OF CONTENTS I SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 COMPANY PROFILE ……………………………………………….. 4 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ………………………………………. 6 MARKET ANALYSIS ………………………………………………. 11 SWOT ANALYSIS ……………………………………………………. 14 COMPETITION ANALYSIS …………………………………………17 II MARKETING STRATEGY 6.0 7.0 8.0 MARKETING OBJECTIVES ………………………………………. 18 FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES ………………………………………… 19 SEGMENTING, TARGETING & POSITIONING (STP) ANALYSIS …………………………………………………………… 20 9.0 MARKETING STRATEGY ………………………………………… 22 III FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & FORECASTS 10.0 11.0 BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS …………………………………………...
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...Kate Finch English 12 Mrs. Preston 2 November 2012 Home Cooked Meals are Healthier Then Fast Food. Over the years people have become very lazy. Instead of making the nutritional homemade meals, they have been getting fast food. That is fine every now and then but, not every day. Eating fast food every day is very bad the body. Fast food may be cheaper but, a home cooked meal is healthier for you. Too much fast food can lead to health problems, a higher calorie intake, and weight gain. Eating fast food every single day is not a good thing. There are many reasons to not eat fast food every day. One is too much fast food will lead to health problems. It is very bad for your body secondly. Fast food as of now is all over the world in most of the countries in the world. With so many fast food chains and restaurants it is no wonder why people are having so many health problems and becoming obese. If you have time to go through a drive thru window, than you can make a home cooked meal. When you go to a fast food place you are not just paying for the food. If you think about it, you are paying for the supplies and the employees working there too. Fast food meal prices are absolutely ridiculous. It would be better for you and your wallet to eat a healthy, home cooked meal at home. With eating too much fast food there are a lot of health problems. The health problems that go along with eating too much fast food are endless. You can get diabetes, cancer, arthritis, reproductive...
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...a family of four at McDonald’s to that of a home cooked, nutritious meal that costs substantially less. Bittman addresses the argument that the cost for junk food is cheaper when measured by calories, but states that they are not “healthy” calories, and may contribute to many Americans being overweight. In a supermarket comparison, he found that “in almost every case, foods cooked at home were a far superior alternative” to junk food (par. 6). Bittman opines that the real problem is people see cooking as work, therefore it is a more convenient option to go for something that has already been prepared than it is to go home after working all day and cook a meal. He further claims that there is an addiction to processed food, and in order to change the way people view junk food, we must begin by making changes. Bittman believes that by making cultural changes, “raising our children in homes that don’t program for fast-produced, eaten-on-the-run, high-calorie, low-nutrition junk” (par. 22) as well as political changes such as “limiting the marketing of junk” and “making certain that real food is affordable and available to everyone” we can educate our children that “the real way is the better way”. (par. 23) As a mother of four, I can attest to the fact that a home cooked meal or any meal prepared at home is a much more cost efficient way to feed your family. I look at junk food/fast food as a treat, not a substitute for healthy meals. I am guilty myself of being tempted to run...
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...country. Work and other obligations can make cooking seem like just another chore, but trading in some of those fast food meals for home-cooked dishes will pay off in the long run. Lack of Nutritional Variety One key advantage that home-cooked meals have over fast food is nutritional variety. When you prepare meals at home, you're more likely to include foods from different groups, such as a protein source, vegetable and carb source. While fast food restaurants have improved their offerings to include veggies, fruits and dairy, many people still choose burgers, fried chicken and fries, providing little nutritional benefits. A 2004 study in the "Journal of the American College of Nutrition" found that survey respondents who ate fast food had lower consumptions of healthy picks, including milk and fruits. Getting Have Healthy Hair? New Clear Men With Active Charchol For Deep Clean Zero Dandruff msn.lockeroom.com.my/Clear Sponsored Links Sodium Intake You are in control of what goes into your food when you cook meals from scratch -- and watching your salt intake is important. Meals from fast food restaurants, however, are often loaded with sodium. In fact, 57 percent of meals contain more than 1,500 mg of salt, according to a study of major fast food chains published in 2010 in the "Archives of Internal Medicine." In addition, 20 percent of these meals surpassed 2,300 mg, which is the recommended maximum of daily salt consumption. Excessive sodium intake is associated with...
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...Problems of our Times More than 2/3 of all adults and 1/3 of all children are overweight. Children and youth have learned worse eating habits and are less physically active than they were 25 years ago. If America continues to have this negative lifestyle, more and more people are going to become overweight and life an unhealthy life. The problems in today’s society concerning diet and exercise are the movement around electronic culture and the growth of the fast food industry. Fast food consumption has increased dramatically over the last 25 years. Causes of this increase are due to the fact that there are less home cooked meals and more meals that involve going to get fast food. More and more families rely on fast food because families don’t have a lot of time for sit down meals anymore. Also fast food is a lot cheaper route than going to the grocery store. Another factor concerning an unhealthy diet, in our youth, is that snacking on junk food and sugary soft drinks is becoming more common. Along with fast food consumption, the social aspects of today’s society revolve around electronics and other forms of entertainment. Electronics and television are making a big dent in having a healthy lifestyle. Today’s generation is very attracted towards television, video games, cell phones, the Internet, and etc. instead of going outside. The creation of online gaming through Xbox-Live, Playstation Network, online PC gaming, and many more, are taking a lot of time away from physical...
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...was established in 1979 by a family with a dream of opening a restaurant that served home cooked food in a Polish/American style, at a reasonable price. They have achieved their dream and have become one of the most popular restaurants in the area. Travelers and people from foreign countries and all over the United States visit often. In the world we live in today, we are over run by fast food. Nobody ever really has a good home cooked meal unless they prepare it themselves or are invited to a dinner made by their mothers or grandmothers. Some restaurants offer “home cooked” meals but are often over processed foods that have come in boxes or have been sitting in the freezer for who knows how long. Its time to eat a REAL home-made meal while your out and about. When you arrive at Krzysiak’s, one of the first things you see is their “weather stone”, which is a large rock with a plaque of a humorous weather forecast that states the obvious: Stone is wet-it’s raining, stone is dry-it’s not raining, shadow on the ground-it’s sunny, white on top-it’ snowing, and so on. As you walk in the door you immediately smell a wonderful mixture of home-made fried chicken, German potato salad, bread and pies. You can hear people in good conversation and laughter with polish music set in the background. There is a small store located in the front of the restaurant that offers an assortment of home-made foods for sale and wines from all over Michigan. A waitress will always be nearby...
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... There was time when food was organic or all natural, even had home cooked meals three times a day on an everyday basis. Every meal intake would consist of a meat, starch, and vegetable, now in the 21th century individuals can eat a Special K cereal bar and breakfast is served. The way food is now prepared; there are so many additives and process methods that it is affecting humans physically, mentally, and economically. According to many diet specialist when food is processed the nutritional value depreciates while cooking, with the additional amount of sodium, and sugar these ready-to-eat foods can also mean fillers. Most frozen, canned or boxed foods contains high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, added colors, artificial flavors and unnatural sweeteners providing empty calories rather than energy. This all leads to physical health problems in our communities, these health problems range anywhere from obesity to diabetes to high blood pressure. The mental impact of this comes from the commercials that are shown on T.V. daily and throughout grocery stores, these commercials are played throughout stores now encouraging consumers to purchase the quick and easy meals that save time in the kitchen. So, now when families sit down to eat a home cooked meal, they are under the impression that the Kraft mac and cheese with ready to eat meat balls is a complete meal, no vegetables or bread included in the meal. According to mainlinehealth.org a person's food intake affects mood...
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...eating a romantic meal while on a date or celebrating some special event with a party at a restaurant are all things we enjoy doing. Even so, there are few people who eat out all the time and eating at home has many points in its favor. It is cheaper to eat at home. It is healthier to eat at home and it is usually much more comfortable. For me, there is no doubt that I prefer eating at home. Firstly, eating at home is much less expensive than eating in a restaurant. Obviously, when we eat at home we do the preparation, cooking and serving of the food ourselves and, therefore, do not need to pay the labor costs of cook, waiter and other restaurant staff. Similarly, we have no other overheads to pay for such as restaurant rent and high utility bills. A further cost saving is that we shop for the ingredients of our home-cooked meals ourselves and can choose those which are cheaper in price. Secondly, eating at home is much better for our health and general wellbeing than dining outside. At home, when cooking for ourselves, we can ensure that what goes into our meals is not bad for us. We can control the amount of oil we use. We can control the amount of salt we use and we can balance our diet to suit our own individual needs. When we eat at a restaurant, none of these things are possible. At home we can also cook just enough food to satisfy us. In a restaurant we are often given too much or too little food on our plate. Finally, eating at home is much more comfortable...
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...in rush hour traffic, the kids practice runs over, you forgot to lay something out for dinner or you just don’t have the ambition to cook there’s always a variety of options to quickly resolve your trouble. Fast food restaurants have been rapidly growing since the 1900’s and are now a food source we highly depend on as a society. It wasn’t long ago that the standard was for a family to sit down to a home cooked meal. This standard has severally changed over the years. While having the option to pick up dinner on the way home or have it delivered to our door is convenient, at what point do we stop to consider the dangers of consuming a heart-attack in a sack? What once was considered a treat has now become the norm carrying more than just health concerns. Fast food restaurants have become very beneficial over the years by offering us convenience, agricultural stimulus, and slowing increasing their nutritional values, it’s time to consider other ways they effect our society. Eric Schlosser describes fast food best in his book Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal when he says “It has become a social custom as American as a small, rectangular, hand-held, frozen, and reheated apple pie” (Eric Schlosser, 2002). Fast food has become more then just convenient for us, it has become a dependent. We no longer use fast food as an alternative when time is cut short but rather as a daily regimen. According to Statistic Brain, “50 million people are served fast food daily”...
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...\ Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr. Sociology 101 June 7th 2015 Growing up my siblings and I were always so thin. Mainly because we always had home cooked meals and never really could afford fast food or restaurant prices. It wasn’t till after we all moved out I noticed all 4 of us gained weight rapidly. I gained 40lbs in one year. All I was doing was ordering out because I really had no time to make any meals at home with work and school. I wasn’t the only one who noticed, family and friends were very concerned about my quick weight gain. I’ve never had such low self-esteem before. I was declining offers to go out with friends every weekend because I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. It wasn’t until my mom and I had a discussion about my possible health issues I could come across because of the diabetes that run in my family. That’s all it took for me to change my ways. There are so many contributing factors to childhood and adult obesity but the main factor in my opinion is fast food and restaurants. I’ve worked in the restaurant business for years and witnessed people order ridiculous portion sizes and finish it all just because it was a good deal. Most restaurants don’t even have nutritional facts or calorie intake so many people are unaware about what they are consuming, and the sad part is that no one really seems to care. Fast food establishments are also so...
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