The meal that I decided would be a good meal to create was a breakfast. There are many components to a good breakfast that are necessary in the process of creating a healthy start to the day. I went to the store to pick out all the tools and foods I would need to prepare my meal. The first place I went was the bread section. I picked up a nice loaf of 12 grain, whole wheat bread, my favorite kind. Next, I ventured on over to the dairy section of the store to pick up some 1% low fat milk, and a couple of fresh eggs for my omelet. The last thing that I needed to pick up before I headed back home to create my feast was a bag of hash browns. Ore-ida hash browns really hit the spot when next to a three egg omelet at the very start of your day.
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The food was bought and now it was time to prepare the meal. First I took a thin slice of butter and spread it across the bottom of the pan. This helps the omelet from sticking to the bottom of the pan, making it incredibly easier to flip. Second, cracked my eggs into a mixing bowl and used the 1% milk that I bought to whip the two together to create a creamy mixture of milk and egg. Next, I took the hash browns and threw them in a different pan, also covered with a thin slice of butter and started the process of cooking. The eggs came next, I took the eggs and threw them on the already prepared cooking pan and began letting them really sizzle. I took the final step in preparing my meal by getting the toaster out and putting my 12 grain, whole wheat bread right inside the first two slots. A couple minutes went by and I continued stirring and mixing up my eggs. Then I got over to the refrigerator for the final touch, cheddar cheese. Probably the worst thing for you in the entire meal that I created, but a necessary piece to a good omelet. Time went on and I scrambled my hash browns and folded over my omelet, at this point I had even taken out my toast and spread a thin slice of butter across the first and second slice. Finally, I took out the hash browns and slid them onto my plate, added a little ketchup to really hit the spot, and then topped them off with a pinch of salt. Then came the omelet, folded over and created to perfection all the omelet needed was a pinch of salt to really give it some flavor. And there it was, the meal that I set out to make was created and boy did it look good. Now it was time for some chow. Each step of the cooking process made me realize what so many people go through every day of their lives to start out their day with a good breakfast. It was very time consuming both at home and at the store, but in the end it was definitely worth it.
I definitely would have to agree with Michael Pollan's claims about the changing ways of our society and the fact that we have switched over to eating "Fake" foods instead of the real foods that we need to be eating. In my meal I tried finding as many real foods as possible, yet I still had a couple of processed aspects, the hash browns, and the milk, both processed foods that aren't essentially good for you in any means. I don't think the meal I ate and prepared affected my opinion in the slightest book. After being in a nutritional science class, and reading Michael Pollan's book I knew what to expect when it came down to the standards of eating real food and not fake food. That is why I tried making nearly all components of my meal with real food. It was extremely tough, but I somewhat accomplished the feat. After seeing the facts of healthy eating and really looking into what Michael Pollan discusses concerning essential nutrients and vitamins I am really beginning to understand how to eat and why I need to eat that way. I know in the end it will lead me to a much healthier and better lifestyle.
