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Originally Posted by Holladay
I was talking to a buddy today about this topic. He and his wife are good cooks. They are of means and can afford to go out a few times a week. The kids are gone and have business careers.
They would go out a few times a week because they don't have time to cook. Because they can cook and the prices are so crazy, they are trying to cook more at home.
His point is that you can go to Taco Bell for ~$20, but it is crap food.
So do you spend +$50 or more for quality or take your time, if you can cook, and cook at home?
Time = money.
That is the basic premise. or do mac n cheese and pop tarts?
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But the time it takes to go out to eat a decent meal also = money? Of course, unless you're just running to a Taco Bell drive through.
I do a decent amount of meal prep, so a few hours on a Sunday afternoon when I'd be on my ass on the couch instead really pays off... throw a dozen eggs into a muffin tin with some chicken sausage, ham, whatever, repeat a few times... and you have a month's worth of breakfast stored in the freezer that comes out to a dollar or two per meal..... and most of the time is spent waiting for them to bake.
I also tried Hello Fresh at one point and holy **** was it a lot of work... could easily spend an hour to 90 minutes on prep, just to wait for it to cook for 45-60 minutes, and it wasn't exactly cheap. If I was spending that kind of time in the kitchen, I just might go out and eat every night.