Copycat Restaurant: Fast Food Recipes

The average American adult is estimated to purchase a meal or snack from a restaurant or fast food roughly 6 times per week. An estimated 30% of children are slated to eat fast food on any given day of the week according to the United States Healthful Food Council. That’s an alarming amount of food consumed away from home while the United States faces an obesity epidemic. Eating out on a regular basis has its consequences- larger portions, higher amounts of fat and sodium, and oftentimes less dietary fiber and vegetables.

Luckily, eating at home can prove to be just as tasty, time-sensitive, and more in-line with a healthy lifestyle most families are striving for. Take control over the cooking methods and ingredients when it comes to your food. Living a healthy lifestyle can still include having a hamburger or enchiladas; the only caveat is to use healthful ingredients like lean meats and whole grains and avoid deep frying foods. 

Did you know that salt added at the table only accounts for about 11% of our daily  intake for sodium? The rest comes from hidden culprits like processed foods and eating out. Just by cooking at home you can save yourself sometimes hundreds or even thousands of milligrams of sodium per meal.

Avoid unnecessary sodium and find out the benefits of cooking your restaurant favorites at home.