writing exercise

(question)
Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people
prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

(answer)
Some say that eating at restaurants is good because they can avoid spending time on cooking, while others prefer to cook by themselves and eat food at home because it has more good points. In my opinion, the latter one is true for the following reasons. Firstly, it is good for your health. Secondly, it is economical. This essay will discuss these reasons in further detail.

One of the best benefits of cooking myself is that it helps me to keep my good health. I can cook meals which are made from various ingredients, such as vegetable, meat, egg and so on. These balanced dishes are better than the dishes I usually eat at food stands or restaurants. For example, when I started living alone, I did not want to be bothered to cook myself and I often go out to eat fast foods at food stands. Needless to say, It did not take a long for me to put on weight and got not healthy. Since I decided to cook myself more often, I have planed my dishes specifically, and I have been able to keep the well-balanced diet.

Another good aspect of eating at home is that it is economical. I can buy inexpensive foods at the supermarket near my house, and the meals made from those foods cost much cheaper than the dishes at restaurants do. In my case, when I often went to the restaurants to eat, I pay as much as around ten hundred dollars a month. However I thought it was too expensive and I tried to decrease its cost. I made up my mind to cook my dinner at least three times a week, and I was able to decrease the food expense to seventy dollars per a month.

In conclusion, I prefer to prepare and eat food at home because it helps me to stay healthy by the well-balanced meals that I cook myself. Furthermore, I can cut down my food expense by cooking by myself because I can find cheap foods at supermarkets. Now I cook my denner only three times a week, but I will try to improve my cooking skill, and then I want to cook almost every day.