Did you know that the average American goes out to eat four to five times a week? Many of us have made stopping to get a burger or stopping at a fast food restaurant a part of our daily routine. Fast food is typically inexpensive, served quickly and requires no clean up at the end of a busy work day. And, above all, most fast food is delicious!
             Even though fast food is inexpensive, convenient and tasty, it is far from a healthy alternative to a home-cooked meal built on the four basic food groups. People who eat a lot of fast food should be very concerned about their health. It's easy to forget (or overlook) how unhealthy fast foods is but it would be prudent to remember that eating healthy foods not only makes us feel better, it also reduces our risk of disease or other physical ailments, and certain health conditions, maintains or lowers weight and improves the condition of your body.
             Ever since I can remember growing up in my family, we always ate healthy. My mother practiced good health habits. Every time she cooked, she would always have a colorful meal. The meals would consist on colorful vegetables like green beans, peas, or corn as well as a protein and a grain. I loved when she would cook Spanish rice with steak and green beans. I would always go back for seconds. My mother found a way to keep us getting the daily nutrition we needed to stay healthy.
             Eating healthy does not always have to be the simplistic way people describe it. Many people think that eating healthy is expensive and boring. No one likes to eat fruit and vegetables all day. However, it does not have to be all boring and it is not expensive. My mother always found a cheap way of changing up the theme. For instance, she would cook cabbage, corn bread, and chicken. She would throw some spices in the cabbage and it would taste amazing - like something I never tasted. Going to the grocery store, this would be around seven dollars and would last about th...