Foods play an important role in our life, for they provide us a variety of vital vitamins and minerals. Therefore, it is necessary that we choose the best foods which are good for our health. To my mind, home-cooked foods are the best choice for three following reasons.

First of all, by preparing meals at home, we can control over the quality of food. Cooking at home provides not only various choices of fresh ingredients but also proper hygiene. As a result, we can enjoy safe, healthy foods when cooking at home. On the contrary, many restaurants and food manufacturers profit by using out-of-date ingredients and ignoring good hygiene principles. Consequently, there is a high possibility that foods in such places have low quality which may negatively affect on eaters’ health.

Secondly, cooking at home helps us avoid harmful substances. We can choose to buy ingredients from trustworthy sources to make sure that they contain the fewest dangerous elements. Also, it is possible to wash the ingredients and eliminate all dirt, impurities, and pesticides when cooking at home. On the other hand, foods in restaurants or pre-packaged foods may contain a lot of unhealthy additives or artificial colors and flavors. Also, owing to mass-producing process, cooks in some restaurants or factories hardly wash and clean their ingredients carefully.

Last but not least, another benefit of home-cooked food is cost saving. It is obvious that we only pay for the ingredients and some other uncostly additives when eating at home; meanwhile, we have to pay much more than that when eating out or buying canned foods because the price includes service and producing cost except for the food itself.

In short, home-cooked foods are really beneficial in terms of health and finance. Therefore, we should choose home-cooked foods as our major intake no matter how busy we might be in this modern life. I strongly believe that cooking at home is the most healthy and economical choice.