Has anyone else found they are eating out more than they use too? My son's are grown and I've begun to lack!
Answers: the desire to cook. We eat out a few times a week now and that is horrible for a budget. Any suggestions?
It's difficult to cook for one or two people... I do the cooking for my wife and myself.... I try to spend 30 minutes to an hour, depending on what I am going to cook, in preparation and cooking time.
Occasionally I will make something that will take longer... make bread, pizza dough etc. or a larger piece of meat.
Portion control is the big problem and I am working on reducing the volume of food I cook... I hate to waste food!!
I've also begun to think about cooking for the week on one day and just reheating before dinner.
my husband and I really struggle with that. since we both work, it's hard to come home and want to make something. prepping things partially in advance helps, especially crockpot meals during the colder months...it's wonderful to come home to your whole place smelling like a delicious warm meal, and it doesn't usually take a lot of extra time in the morning.
salads are also easier to make, as they often don't involve cooking, just chopping and making a dressing.
good luck! at least you're aware of this and can be vigilant. because of ingredients restaurants put into their food and their large portion sizes, eating out can be not only bad for your budget, but for your health as well.
It's easy for me to avoid restaurants.
I just make a point to remember that the goons working in the kitchens are basically uneducated filthy people who could not be hired by anyone else due to multiple felony convictions on their record. To pass the tedium, they make sure to invent more and more creative ways to put fecal, saliva, and other nasty matter into your food.
You only hear about this when peopple actually get sick in large numbers. But i would guess that 80% of all meals are contaminated with intentionally placed disgusting offal.
Take some grammar classes, then go out to eat after.