Making Dinner at Home

We hardly eat out at all. It isn't the money, it is being able to control all of the interuptions that you mentioned. The TV and phones are off, no random people that you have to say hi to, etc. I would like to do away with the dishes though:)

We very seldom go out to eat. I love to cook and it is healthier and more economic for us.

It depends with us. When all of us are home I cook. If it is just me or just me and my daughter we go out about 30% of the time.

Last night we had turkey, potatoes, green bean casserole, etc... The guys deep fried the turkeys and we ate with neighbors (9 of us total).

We go out for lunch once a week & then out for dinner at least once a week...sometimes more if I "forget" to take something out in the morning. Last night we had a delicious herb chicken with a parmesan rice with onions. Yummy!

We go out to eat once or twice a month. Our finances do not enable us to go out to eat more often than that. We usually save the going out to dinner for special occasions and such.

I'd love to go out to eat all the time, but can't justify spending all that money when I can buy groceries for the same amount as a meal costs...and that will feed me for three days; not just one meal. Being single, it would be much easier...and tasty...for me to eat out. As it now, if I don't feel like cooking or eating what I have; I just skip a meal or meals. In the past 6 plus months, I haven't eaten a meal in a restaurant at all, though I did order a pizza from an Italian restaurant across the street about a month ago and brought it home to eat...and it lasted me three meals.

We go out maybe once or twice a month. I love cooking, and I can generally make food that tastes FAR better than the restaurants. Other than Mexican and Indian food, but I'm working on that.

There's all types of "eating out". Fine dining would be a wonderful luxury but, unfortunately, I lack the budget for that. With my schedule I also lack the time! Which leaves fast food as the only viable quick meal option.

I work a full time job, and run I also own and operate an Italian pizzeria/ restaurant(no giggling now). And..I don't WANT pizza or lasagne....let's face it, it's too accesible. I'm around it all day, or all night ...

Many nights , finishing my day at after 8 pm...I'm just too exhausted to make dinner for my older teen boys. The cooking doesn't bother me as much as the cleaning up. When I ask my sons to clean up, they do...but in another time frame then the "here and now". Since I hate dishes in the sink at bedtime, and REALLY hate them still there when I get home from work the following day...and since argueing is even more exasperating.... I cave in. Sanity dictates it.

On good weeks, I may cook enough on the nights I do make dinner, to use the leftovers in another meal. (ie: mesquite chicken breasts prepared on the grill, and then as leftovers as a salad topping another night, or a pasta dish one night that can be garnished as a cold salad for a side dish, on another ..)
But like it or not, plenty of nights I opt for Chinese, or Subs, KFC...or..Wendy's.
The saddest part is always..eating alone. Take out , or not...it's best to have company.

If I could I would eat out or take out every night. I hate to cook, but I no exactly what I am putting in my body if I cook it myself.

Hello to all,

Mary and I enjoy a healthy balance of cooking at home and eating out. Sometimes we cook at home and then take it out and eat (park, hiking trail, or just under the gazebo in the backyard). Sometimes we get take out and eat it at home. We're both good cooks and we both pick great restaurants.

Namaste, Wayne

I tend to go out for Asian food.
I can cook almost anything,
but I prefer to let someone
else do all the veggie shopping
and chopping!

I am single {loving it!} and I eat out lots of times.
No problem there! I don't do fast foods, way to
much fat!!! I like Pizza Hut as they have lots of
great choices, such as the salad bar, pastas and
of course the veggy pizza!!!!! I do frequent local
Diners where everything is home-style cooking!!

When we go out to eat it is to where we might have a buy one get one free or another coupon.

We will not answer the phone or door during dinner unless a very important call is expected. All our friends and family know this so are unlikely to call or stop by during dinner anyway.

We really enjoy picnic dinners. I try to have "cook ahead"type things on hand. Roast chickens, lentil salads, potato salads, and dips like hummus. Then we only really cook a few times per week.