Cranberry Walnut Salad

My friend and I made dinner a few nights ago. We wanted to make our own dinner instead of getting a typical meal at Frank’s. So we walked over to the Fresh Madison Market to get our food. We decided to make a cranberry walnut salad. We weren't that hungry and we figured a salad would be a lot cheaper than anything else. For our salad we got a bag of mixed greens, cranberries, walnuts, and lite blue cheese. The total came out to be around 16 dollars.

We made the salad in the dorm’s kitchen. There was no preparation to make the salads. We poured in however much of the ingredients we wanted into our own salads. Clean up was also very easy. Threw away the plastic bowl and fork and we’re done.

I support Pollan’s claim that scientific advancement in foods has changed the way we eating from savoring the food to only eating what scientists say is good. The food we ate supports this because we decided what we wanted to eat based on what looked good not on if it was healthy.The lite blue cheese did not support his claim though. The dressing was chemically engineered to have few fat calories in it. Additives were added to replace the lost taste from the fat calories, I think low fat products are healthy with fewer calories from fat. The pros outweigh the cons when it comes to low fat products. This article shows that low fat foods can reduce heart disease. It refutes Pollan’s argument that we should not be eating scientifically altered food. I think that it is important to watch exactly what you are eating. It is healthier to have a low fat diet but safer to eat natural food that hasn't been altered.