which do you prefer

[debidoo]

I like homemade foods the best but rarely cook anymore it just seems like it is too much on me.  My sons and I did make chili yesterday and I really enjoyed that and we will eat it again today.  Tomorrow will have it as chili fries or chili dogs.  I can't stand very long and even the walking back and forth to the table to sit is too much so I have to wait for a day when they are home to help. 

[Skyisbluetoday]

I prefer home cooked food rather than frozen, but I eat both!

[wendy19]

I don't know anyone who prefers frozen meals over home cooked lol. I always make plenty of extras to freeze for another day. Sundays are a big cook day for me. I make soups, broth, meat sauces, gravy. I buy fresh fruits and veggies and cut them up into serving sizes or prep for meals and then freeze them. That way if I ever come across a day where there isn't time to cook or I'm just not feeling up to it I can just heat up something previously made. It takes just aobut the same time as if you would heat up a frozen meal.

[Penwoir]

I really try to make as many home-made meals as possible, but that doesn't always fit with my schedule. Okay I might be a stay-at-home mom, but I seem to be as busy as ever. So I combine meals and do bulk cooking! So for instance the other day, I made tacos with ground beef and all the usual spices. I made a big batch because I wanted to be able to freeze some of the taco meat in a state that suited me. So I made (but you can purchase) some pastry and used the pastry to make some little parcels (or pasties as we call them in the UK). I cut out circles of pastry about 8 inches wide, added the taco meat mix and a little grated cheese and sealed up the edges, baked them for half an hour in a medium temperature oven and then froze them! Now I have all-in-one meals which I take out of the freezer and place them back in the oven to defrost and cook. Easy Peasy!

[clickers]

Yes, there're many ways to skin a cat! 'Home cooking:' is cooking at home using whatever device you have handy. By gholly, if you use a brick oven, it's still 'come cooking.' Meaning you didn't have to pay someone in order for you to eat.

[alaskakaren]

I have more time now so I am cooking more.  But I don't mind frozen foods.

[plennis]

Cooking in the microwave does not necessarily mean it is not homemade. I've made lots of good stuff in my microwave. I sometimes use a slow cooker, a pressure cooker, a microwave, a range, an oven, a toaster oven, etc.

If you make it yourself, it's homemade. Some ways are just faster than others. 

  Some of the frozen meals are ok when you are really in a pinch, Stouffers, Marie Callendars are 2 examples.

[batmobile]

microwave is so bad for you,,, zap all the good stuff outta your food  

[froggylover227]

I prefer a good home-cooked meal, but with my busy schedule, I usually end up with the frozen kinds!

[12amos]

I prefer home-made foods as opposed to other types.  But when I'm pushed for time frozen foods will work.   

[autumnsparklemom]

With 2 children, I buy a lot of frozen foods. It is just easier for me to do and much quicker.

[Liquidfire_43]

Homemade food... Microwave is only for convenience and a quick meal

[bleyd]

I prefer homemade food. Unless there's absolutely nothing i want or want something fast, then I'll microwave frozen entree.

[mrisha]

I prefer cooking my own food because I know what is going into whatever I cook.  Eating out - meh.

[gaylasue]

I prefer homemade meals as opposed to microwave meals.