Apologies To All Of You Dining Hall Chefs Out There, But I Miss Homecooked Meals
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Apologies To All Of You Dining Hall Chefs Out There, But I Miss Homecooked Meals

The meal plan is great, but it is not my moms cooking.

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Apologies To All Of You Dining Hall Chefs Out There, But I Miss Homecooked Meals
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I miss homecooked meals.

I never thought I would hear those words come out of my mouth. But it is true. I miss my moms cooking! I am on the meal plan at school the one where I can eat as much as I want whenever I want which has not been kind to my waistline. It is nice at times because I can run in to one of the many dining halls on campus and grab something quick before class. But it is the ‘quick’ aspect that I am growing tired of.

My mom used to put so much time and effort into dinner every night.

It is this kind of thought and deliberation that I miss because you really can tell the difference in the food. Meals in the dining halls are made to feed large quantities of students. Unfortunately, when food is mass produced it often loses its flavor and is super bland. This was never an issue my mom had. Her meals were always flavorful and interesting (cough... seafood pizza). Dinner was always something different, and that is something I really took for granted. Now I eat the same thing every single day.

At home I could always count on a healthy, but good meal for dinner. And I hated it at the time.

Grilled chicken was a stable in our dinner menu and I thought I was tired of it. But I would kill for some grilled seasoned chicken and kale right now instead of this 3-day old pizza I am still working on. It is true that you feel better when you eat healthy. You have more energy and get so much more done! Eating healthy is something I have completely stopped doing since I got to college, and I hate it. Yeah, I almost always complained about what was for dinner, but now I wish I had that old diet back.

I know it will be easier to get back to my old diet once I am off the meal plan, but my body has become use to this new, bad eating habit. And I know it will take me completely retraining my body to get back to the way I use to be. One thing I have to negatively say about the dining hall is they never have fresh fruit. Man, what I would do for some fresh, juicy pineapple slices right now!

All in all, I just wish I could have homecooked meals again.

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