Running head: Good Nutrition on a Low Budget
Good Nutrition on a Low Budget
Cindy Yee
Comm/215
Instructor: Harriet Marriner
October 24, 2005
Good Nutrition on a Low Budget
Can a single person have good nutritional meals on a low budget? During one of my lunch breaks at work, I went to walk with John (the name has been changed), a co-worker. We usually walk for twenty minutes and John goes to fast food restaurant McDonald or Kentucky Fired Chicken to buy lunch on the way back to work. The average fast food lunch cost him $7.00 per meal. On this particular day, John wanted a healthy salad for lunch. We walked to a nearby Safeway and went to the salad bar. He picked up a container and packed it with lettuce, broccoli, baby carrots, pitted black olives, chicken, tuna, cheese, and egg. I was shocked when I found out that the price was $11.00. ¡§Wow!¡¨ I exclaimed. ¡§$11.00? I can feed a family of four if I prepare my own meals.¡¨ John said, ¡§What can I......
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