Preparing my meal

I decided to make a meal for my friends last night. I am a beginner at cooking so I stuck to easy meals. I wanted to make spaghetti with garlic break and salad. I figured this meal covered a lot of the necessary nutrients in a person’s diet. First I had to go to the store and get what I needed. I couldn’t find any garlic bread that I liked at the market so I bought a loaf of wheat bread instead with garlic salt. This way I can just make toast and sprinkle garlic on it. I also had to buy long spaghetti noodles, tomato sauce, and garden salad with French dressing. When I got back, I immediately started to boil the noodles and mix the tomato sauce. I kept the salad in the bag, so my friends can take out how much they wanted. It took about 30 minutes for the noodles to cook and for the sauce to cook. Eating was the best part because it was a delicious meal and I got many compliments from my friends! Overall, it was a great experience for me to take the responsibility to make a meal for others.
Michael Pollen describes in his book, “In Defense of Food” that we base what we eat solely on taste and not what is in the food. I agree with this statement for the most part because I am an example of it. I only eat what tastes good, but I am lucky that healthy foods taste delicious to me, such as salad. This article also agrees with Pollan and me. It says that we eat what is quick and convenient for us and we have also lost the value behind eating. We used to eat as family and eat with culture and now we forget what that is all about.