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 The most recent meal I ate/made was salad. This is probably one of my favorite meals to make because it is so customizable and you can make them in any portion size. The salad you will see featured in the picture below is a Chicken Garden Salad. It's pretty simple to make. I started off by washing the lettuce pictured then seasoning it with garlic, salt and pepper. Next, I made the chicken. I began by chicken and then cutting it into 1 inch pieces. I proceeded to season the chicken with paprika, salt, pepper,  garlic,  onion, powder and olive oil. I tossed the pieces in a pan until they were cooked throughly. I then continued to slice cherry tomatoes, persian cucumbers and carrots.  I then continued to add all these ingredients into the lettuce, then I topped off my salad with raspberry balsamic vinaigrette, Trader Joes 21 seasoning salute and parmesan cheese. Below is a picture of the results and a link to a recipe of a different version of the salad with other ing...

 1. One local impact plastic bags have on the environment that I was surprised to learn about in the  documentary was that plastic bags indirectly cause malaria in poor communities that do not have  developed sewer systems. The documentary basically explains that because plastic bags are not  biodegradable they can hold stagnant water. As we know, mosquitoes grow and stagnant water. So, these  plastic bags are basically creating breeding grounds for the insects. A high population of mosquitoes can  cause diseases such as malaria and cause health problems in the population of people living in that area. I  knew that stagnant water was a problem and brews bacteria, but I had no idea that plastic bags contribute  to disease epidemics.  2. When watching the documentary I found it absolutely fascinating and encouraging that there are  designers out there that are attempting to make a change and putting effort in to stop the use of plastic and...

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