The Chatty Gourmet

One of the most important things I hear about being in the health food industry is that portion size is so important. If you look at our program you can see that we have three different portion sizes (calorie levels). Most young adults over eat and portion sizes at restaurants don't help. That's one of the main reasons our program works. If you aren't on our program or only eat dinner or a couple of our meals a week, it is a good idea to look at the size of the intake of the other meals you eat. One thing I can suggest is when you put food on your plate or are served a meal only eat half of it. If you have to, ask for a box right away and place the other half in the box so you are not tempted, and can have the rest as another meal. Or if you're at home and made your own plate, do so, and then put half of it back to keep you from overeating. I am sure you will find that you are not only satisfied but full as well. This way you get the taste of the food you like without the guilt...

On Wednesday my task was to package again, but not only chocolate, Susan's Healthy Gourmet meals as well, since it was delivery day. The kitchen was crazy! There were trays going everywhere and drivers asking for the meals that they were responsible for delivering. Packaging was like an assembly line. The people in the refrigerated room put the meals together then they went to Victor. He scanned them and finally they went to me and I put them in bags and into the tray. Once again everyone was working together. After we were finished, I went to help Steve package chocolate for a second time. Everyone in the kitchen and Xan Confections were very nice and helpful. Everyone in the office are nice as well which makes it more enjoyable to be interning at Susan's Healthy Gourmet.

On Tuesday July 13th I arrived I little early than usual to Susan's Healthy Gourmet because my math teacher let us out early. I was looking forward to what my task would be for the day. Carissa asked Tracey if XAN Confections needed help packaging. Tracey said yes so I put my hair cap on and went to work with Steve, the shipping manager, from XAN Confections. Since I love chocolate, I was delighted to package it! I was working along with two other employees; it was a team effort. One of the main things that I have learned so far is that nothing gets done at Susan's Healthy Gourmet without team effort.