Grocery Store and Habitual Food

In my family, grocery stores are very important things. They normally signal a big meal together, or that we will actually be cooking. At both my moms house and my dads house we buy a lot of fruits and vegetables, but normally the same ones. What I always find interesting though is that the variety and quality is so limited. The produce sections also seem like they are pushed out of the way a little bit, even though they are most commonly right in front. The annoying thing that I find about grocery stores is the stuff near the registers. They are often the "fake good things". By this, I mean the trail mixes that have nuts in them, but they are also full of artificial fruits and laced with sugars. This defeats any health value they may have once had, and makes them cheaper (I would assume) for the makers. They also seem to have lots of little candies near the register, at low prices so you buy more of them. While this is smart placement, it is not good because it makes people waste money on something that will take 5 seconds to eat and leave no impact on hunger.

In the Course of One Week I Eat:

• Broccoli
• Strawberry
• Potato
• Onion
• Garlic
• Corn
• Green Beans
• Banana
• Pear
• Peach
• Vanilla
• Tomato
• Peanut
• Wheat
• Rice
• Couscous 

I mainly learned how to eat such a variety of foods through my parents. My entire life, my mom has cooked at least once a week. In recent years, that number has gone up so that she cooks almost every day. When she cooks, she used a variety of ingredients that range from different food groups. This made we well rounded in terms of what I would eat. Ever since my dad got re-married, my step-mom and dad have also been more active in the kitchen. I think that between the two households, I end up eating home cooking 5-6 days a week, so I have always been well rounded. This also shaped my diet, which has generally been a meat main course about 5 times a week and then a wheat based main course for the other 2 nights.

My favorite meals also come from this string of events, with them being a cheeseburger and lasagna. Lasagna was always a treat when I was growing up and later it became a favorite of mine. Cheeseburgers are also very good, because they are very simple at the core but can have a vast range of outcomes. Now, these two are also my favorite foods to cook, more than they are my favorite food. My favorite food is pizza, a long lasting favorite of mine that I have normally once a week.