Food by the Calorie

I went to Shawn's work to meet him for lunch today. I do this at least once a week because we normally watch TV while we are eating dinner and when we go out to lunch, we actually talk. I had a thought about the price of food and nutritional value. Now we all know that a lot of foods that you can get at restaurants are high in fat and calories - too many calories and lots of fat (unless you are VERY careful about what you order). The healthier things are usually more expensive - why? I don't quite know. Healthier foods are normally unprocessed and natural which means less preparation, less additives etc... which should mean less money right? You get the picture. Most of us really want to watch what we eat when we go out. Now, here's my idea - how about grocery stores and restaurants charge by the calorie? So, if you want a salad (of my favorite things to eat is simple cut up raw veggies with low fat dressing - cut out the lettuce - just the veggies), you pay a lot less than the person who wants a burger and fries that has like a million calories. I would love to open up a restaurant that does this. Think about it, going to a place where a plate of raw veggies costs you about 3 dollars. Add a chicken breasts for 150 calories onto that and you have a perfect meal for like 4 dollars.

On a little bit of a side note, I had my interview with Evergreen yesterday and it appears as though I did a pretty good job. The person that I interviewed with seemed very positive about me joining the adjunct team of instructors - which I am pretty happy about. I will find out definitely tomorrow, so I will update y'all then! I may post later - so stay tuned!!! :)