Peer Response 3

Lindsey recently wrote a blog post on preparing her own meal. She prepared her healthy meal at home during spring break. She tells about how she decided on what to make. A healthy salad and assorted fruits was what she decided to make. Her salad contained lettuce, mozzarella cheese, carrots, Chow Mein noodles, pecans, croutons, and teriyaki chicken toped with Italian dressing. She also prepared a fruit salad by cutting up some pineapple, strawberries and grapes.

She prepared her salad by washing the lettuce and carrots and cutting them into easy to eat pieces. Those ingredients were then placed on a plate. Lindsey then added the mozzarella cheese, pecans, croutons and the Chow Mein noodles. She used leftover teriyaki chicken from the night before. Lindsey warmed up the chicken before adding it to her salad and then toped it off with Italian dressing. She cut up some pineapple and strawberries and added some grapes.

I agree with Lindsey, she made a healthy and delicious meal in just 15 minutes. She states that college students do not eat like this usually, and she admits that as a college student she does not always eat healthily. Lindsey was able to make this meal at home, but it could easily be made in the dorm, except for the preparation of the chicken. I agree with her when she says people tend to eat and run instead of taking the time to prepare the food and sit down to eat it. This is especially true for college students. Although this meal is not hard to make, most students would not take the time to make it. It would be just easier to heat something and go, or grab something at the cafeteria on their way to class. Lindsey provides a link to an article about the eating habits of college students. I totally agree with this article.