eat out or cook

[aggie49]

i love to cook so i do but also love going out for dinner but most of the time we go out for dinner twice a month

[emily01]

I have a bad habit of eating out too often because it's just more convenient, but I do love home cooked meals.

[madeara]

Hello,
My mom is the best cook.  I would much rather have her cooking than waste time and money eating out.  Have a great weekend!

[cecijuarez75]

Eating out is nice but it's best not to make a habit out of it.  I enjoy cooking at home, plus for my household it's better because I can manage how I prepare things and how much everyone eats. I have a very large family, so I know how difficult it is to prepare food for many people, sometimes easy is not healthy but I made some changes to improve on our eating habits. I switched all enriched foods with whole grains and dairy products to low fat.  I also introduced more green vegetables. 

[dmahoney]

Sometimes when it's ony 1 or 2 people it's cheaper to eat out. It might not be healthier tho?

[loriecampbell]

we rarely eat out anymore because of expense and quality. Today, however, we did eat breakfast out and are going to use our restaurant gift cards for dinner tonight. I can make a much better egg mcmuffin at home. I get my english muffin, an egg, some cheese and bacon or sausage and it rocks! If there's no meat...that's okay too! 

[Linda67]

I'm trying to decide whether to go out in the rain to a prime rib dinner tonight.  I've been fighting off a cold all week and haven't been out around people so I'm getting a little stir crazy.  I suppose I'll go just so I don't have to fix something for myself.  I've got two hours to decide.  We'll see how comfortable I get in that time.

[blondie71]

I can't afford to eat out but once in a while and its usually fast food or all you can eat places.  I go out for a nice dinner once a year for my anniversary.  My son told me when he gets his taxes back he is going to take me and my husband out to a good dinner, so I can't wait.  We eat a lot of pasta and chicken at home. Everything has gotten so high.  Crap I thought by now I would be set in life with owning my home which my parents lied to me so i stil rent, I can't work anymore due to work injuries so now we live off my husbands SSI which they take $41 out every month because I went to college and got a grant for the year and because they paid me all in one month so he was not intitled to a check.

[mommagoes]

cook, definitely! my family goes out to eat at an actual sitdown restaurant about 5 times a year, birthdays and anniversarys. occasionally we'll order pizza or grab a burger from somewhere, but no more than twice a month. most of the time we have home-cooked family meals, especially dinner where all 4 of us (me, husband, and 2kids) can get into the kitchen and make something together

[CharmedPhoenix]

I'm a good cook and I know what's in my food when I cook so I prefer to cook my own meals.  Besides it's too expensive and time consuming to eat out.  I also don't have a car so...   

[d1cheetah]

Eating out is nice sometimes, and less fuss than cooking and cleaning dishes afterwards.  I use our credit card for all purchases and pay the charge off immediately, so I don't get any finance charges.  Then I take those points earned for using it to get free $50 gift certificates for nice restaurants.  I average a free $50 gift certificate about every 3 months.  It's a nice night out.

[CHANEYLAKEGIRL]

Cook as much as possible. Eating out is too expensive.

[UltimateX820]

Cook during the week and spend a little and go out on the weekends 

[davidh121]

My family rotates the cooking responsibilities throughout the week, but we make a habit of going at least once during the weekend as they always feel like a treat.

[hawkeye3210]

I like to cook just because it ends up costing a lot less.