Creating Healthy Alternatives To Fast Food

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Everyone eats fast food out of necessity every once in a while, but if you also enjoy fast food, you might be looking for a way to eat this same food (or something very similar) without getting all the unhealthy components of this same fast food. If you find yourself in this position, the good news is that you can make just about any fast food menu item at home - and just about anything you make at home will be a lot healthier (and probably a lot tastier as well!) than anything you could get at a fast food restaurant!

Once you have decided upon the meal you want to create at home, figure out what you need to buy for it; for instance, if you are wanting to replicate a meal with hamburgers and fries, you can buy organic hamburger beef and french fries at a store such as Whole Foods, and can buy fresh-baked buns, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and onions, and healthy sauces to go with the burger.

Instead of getting soda to go with your meal, as you might usually do, you should consider switching to a sparkling fruit juice, or to homemade iced tea; even though water is always the best thing for you to drink, either of these options go great with hamburgers, and each will be much healthier than soda!

You also need to make sure that you are cooking your food in the right way; instead of frying your fries, try baking them, and instead of frying your burgers, try making them in a George Foreman Grill or on a regular grill outside. Not only will you have a much healthier option when you cook the food this way, but you will also have something that tastes a whole lot better than anything you could get at a fast food restaurant!

You might think that you do not "have the time" to do all this, but actually, you can make several burgers (and a whole batch of french fries) at once, and you can store these in your fridge and have "fast food" waiting for you whenever you want it!