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How many nights a week do you cook at home?

Posted by Successful_Fish4662@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 175 comments

I usually eat out/get takeaway only once a week and cook the rest of the week.

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MDKrouzer@reddit

Usually 7 days a week. We have takeaway maybe once a month.
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

This makes me feel less crazy haha. I swear everyone around me says they get takeaway almost every night. In this economy?!
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HUGE_HOG@reddit

I don't *at all* agree with this idea that 'young people can't afford houses because they spend all of their money on expensive crap', but I do think takeaways are one of the main things that people waste their cash on. A meal for two can often be in excess of £20, which is honestly what I spend on ingredients in a week, and they're so unhealthy and often (IMO) not even that nice. One of my mates never has money to come out for a few drinks, yet him and his missus get takeaways at least twice a week. I get people having busy lives or not having the motivation to cook, but tomato & basil pasta with a homemade sauce literally takes 12 minutes to make... or if you're going to eat crap, just fill your freezer with nuggets and chips.
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B_n_lawson@reddit

What world are you living in where a week’s ingredients is £20? We cook 6 nights a week and the weekly ingredients for 2 is usually £60-80. A takeaway for 2 is easily +£30 now also.
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keep_giving_up@reddit

£20 can easily get you 5/6 meals.
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Daisy_bumbleroot@reddit

That's like a day and a half worth of meals
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keep_giving_up@reddit

Not for one person, you can stretch it if you want (add potatoes, things like that) Or you can buy one takeaway for £20 and get one meal.
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Daisy_bumbleroot@reddit

Well yeah you can get more out of twenty quid by cooking from scratch but even for one person for a week £20 isn't going to go far. I don't know about you but I like to eat more than once a day too
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keep_giving_up@reddit

I can do a weekly shop (and cover all three meals a day for a week) for £40. That’s two takeaways, or one big one. How’s it worth it to spend that much on a takeaway? Half a weekly shop?
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Daisy_bumbleroot@reddit

I didn't suggest it was worth it / not worth it, someone further up the chain suggested they could get a weeks shopping on twenty quid. I was only saying to you that 5/6 meals for £20 isn't enough for a person for a week I probably spend about the same as you - £60-80 a week for two people to eat well. I also spend well over twenty quid on a takeaway every fortnight or so too.
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Bazlow@reddit

> I was only saying to you that 5/6 meals for £20 isn't enough for a person for a week I assume you're thinking you're cooking different meals for dinner. for 20 quid you're probably cooking 2 meals a week and having leftovers the other days. And then breakfast is cereal, lunch is a sandwich etc etc. It can be done, but if you expect to eat a different dinner each night... not so much.
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keep_giving_up@reddit

You probably could do it, if you shopped in the right places
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Daisy_bumbleroot@reddit

Lets be honest though, £20 per person per week isn't going to be very exciting food week in week out.
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keep_giving_up@reddit

Doesn’t have to be exciting
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Daisy_bumbleroot@reddit

Not every night no, but I could not live on boring food for long. I'd rather spend more than £20 a week and get freshness, variety instead of lentils
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keep_giving_up@reddit

I get fresh and variety, if I used lower quality meat it could definitely be a lot cheaper
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fluffton@reddit

Yea that's more than enough. I just made 5 portions of chili for a tenner
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Dazzling-Event-2450@reddit

What we do, when cooking Sunday lunch, we slow cook a bolognaise sauce, spaghetti bolognaise on a Monday, chicken leftovers on the Tuesday, lasagna made with the bolognaise sauce, then add kidney beans and chili to make con carne, by which time it’s pretty much gone. Once you’ve bought loads of spices you can make everything from meat, tinned tomatoes and veg. Always have celery, onion and carrots in the fridge to make a soffrito.
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keep_giving_up@reddit

Yeah I reckon you can do like three lasagnes for £15? Not too bad, as long as you know where to shop
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terryjuicelawson@reddit

It *can* but it would mean things like large pots of pasta, root veg, rice, beans, porridge for breakfast. It would be interesting to see this claim broken down properly.
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B_n_lawson@reddit

Yeah totally agree! You can probably eat very basic meals and often the same thing across different meals. But if you want to eat a varied meal plan it’s simply not feasible. Even if buying “budget” meats. Vegetarian only is maybe more budget friendly.
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Faithiepoo@reddit

I spend £40 a week on feeding me and my growing teenage son.
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HUGE_HOG@reddit

Up norf lad, Aldi massive. A lot of quick meals like pasta dishes, curries, and chillis can be made for about £2 or less per portion. I live alone so I make 2-4 meals every time I cook.
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5im0n5ay5@reddit

I shopped in sainsbury's earlier (I'm usually an aldi man) and the prices actually made me angry. I spent 50 quid on three bags of shopping and I was being thrifty!
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MTFUandPedal@reddit

> A meal for two can often be in excess of £20 You haven't had a takeaway in a while have you? Prices have gone up a bit!
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HUGE_HOG@reddit

I had a few with my ex earlier in the year and I'm pretty sure a curry with a couple of sides came to about a tenner each. Even more ridiculous if people are paying *more* than that for crap unhealthy food...
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penguin17077@reddit

I mean, I live close to London and can easily do a takeaway for 10pp (for 2+), I don't know how much people are eating or if they are just picking the more expensive places, but it's really not terrible.
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MTFUandPedal@reddit

Wow I'm genuinely impressed. Most of my takeaways the past couple of years have been me going "how much?!?!" before starting cooking
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terryjuicelawson@reddit

You can get reasonable value at times, we get a meal for two out of an Indian and enough for a lunch with the leftovers. Obviously it is going to be more than pasta in a tomato sauce, but not that much different to a particularly recipe maybe involving expensive cuts of meat and lots of extra ingredients. Yet that would be seen as wholesome buying it all in and spending hours cooking it up, and a quick takeaway (maybe after a long, busy day with little time to cook) as lazy and a waste. I feel like it can be the smaller purchases that are a waste and add up personally. Like buying coffee, takeaway sandwiches, bottles of water. Things that *can* be replicated in the home. I simply cannot cook a curry like that!
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BaseIcy7555@reddit

I wish I could get a takeaway for two for £20 or less. Since lockdown prices have shot up and quality has dropped. Used to be able to get a meal for two for £10 from a few places and the same is now £25. That’s just eat, ubereats etc are even more again!
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PMathis84@reddit

We gave up on takeaways because it costs too much, we now get a "fakeaway" from the local supermarket. Usually around £8
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BaseIcy7555@reddit

We do the same. Usually wait for marks and spencer to put on a deal and buy a few and freeze them.
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Puzzledandhungry@reddit

For some people they eat to live, for others they live to eat.
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Appletwirls@reddit

Cost me over £40 for a take away for 2 last month
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

Yes I agree in all points! The occasionally latte isn’t the reason people can’t afford houses. But I was guilty for a long time of blowing tons of money on eating out. It was out of control, but a couple of years ago I changed my habits completely and I’m proud of myself!
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HUGE_HOG@reddit

I'm proud of you too 🥰
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Numerous_Landscape99@reddit

Fat people yes
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PinkSudoku13@reddit

I mean to be fair, if you're single and don't live in a big city, it's not crazy expensive to eat out every night. If I ever order a take away it's never more than £15, that's £450 a month. I could easily do that but it's not worth it. I'd have no energy to do anything and I would no longer be skinny. I'd rather keep fit and actually have energy to do all the things I enjoy doing, Take aways just make you feel sluggish and generally like crap.
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LittleSadRufus@reddit

It's not financial with me, but we don't live anywhere near a decent takeaway, like to eat healthy and nutritious food, and find going out for dinner can be a bit prolonged on a school night when you've got to get the kids to bed. So in the evenings we generally cook 6-7 nights a week, eat out 0-1 times. At weekends we'll much more often eat out at lunchtime.
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Other_Exercise@reddit

Nowadays with takeaways we end up doing the rice and poppadoms ourselves. Then we wonder why it's worth it. On the other hand, I consider myself a good cook, but struggle to make curries.
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Necessary_Doubt_9762@reddit

Same. I used to eat takeaways for 90% of my dinners but then I had a baby and realised how appalling my eating habits were and I didn’t want to pass them on to her. I lost 4 stone and like to think my daughter ears a very balanced diet. We do have takeaways but like you once maybe twice a month.
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rubber_galaxy@reddit

Cooking a meal from scratch 5 Maybe one takeaway Also usually one really easy meal, something you just need to chuck in the oven
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Geezer_Flip@reddit

How do you motivate yourself to cook from scratch 5 days a week? I struggle even meal planning these days to be honest.
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lunes_azul@reddit

Just cook two big meals with loads of leftovers, and then relax eating leftovers the other 3 evenings.
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tlc0330@reddit

Meal planning was driving me crazy a year or so ago. So I came up with a 4 week rota of meals (some of them repeated within the 4 weeks). Now each weekend I do my meal planning for the following week and do my online shop at the same time. I have a little whiteboard to write out what meal I’ll do each day. We move meals around sometimes but overall it helps us keep on track with cooking every day. I also make sure to put ‘easy’ meals on Fridays and days I know I’ll be really busy at work so that it’s easier to cook than get a takeaway. And I also cook with the Chase on, lol
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monkeymidd@reddit

It’s my decompression after working. I shut the kitchen door turn the chase on +1 and have the hour between 6-7 just cooking away answering crap quiz questions .
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CheesyLala@reddit

Yes - this is the way to do it. For me it's usually football on the radio and glass of wine while I'm cooking. Started because my wife used to watch Eastenders which drove me out of the lounge! Thankfully she stopped that but I carried on with the cooking. Once you get into a routine it's dead easy.
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muistaa@reddit

Okay I like this idea - I do cook almost every night, but I don't enjoy it, and I *do* like quizzes
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rubber_galaxy@reddit

As I live with my gf it's a bit easier as we tend to cook together or i'll walk the dog while she cooks. We also have about 10 meals or so that are easy to cook and that we will have the ingredients for which I think makes it a bit easier to motivate yourself to cook
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Geezer_Flip@reddit

I live with the missus have done for years, got a dog and a son. I cook a proper meal like once a week, the rest is throw in the oven ready food. We both work and he’s at nursery. I walk the dog when I finish work, then bath & bed the little lad & then go downstairs. Im in bed by 9 how do you do it
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Affectionate-Cost525@reddit

What time do you get home from work? I can't use my own life here because I've never actually had a typical 9-5 job. But there are so many meals that take 20-30 minutes to prep/cook. Things like Carbonara for example. You can make a really simple carbonara in 15 minutes using just eggs, pancetta, butter, garlic, parmesan and pasta. Pretty much all of the ingredients last for ages in the fridge/cupboards too so it's just a really handy quick meal you can always have the ingredients for. Same with countless other "simple" pasta dishes. Soups, stews, casseroles and other one pot dishes also all have similar ideas. They may take a little longer to actually cook but they're still extremely hands off and essentially cook themselves. That way you can get the food prepped as soon as you get home, then just let it all cook whilst you do whatever else. Batch cooking is also another great way to make it a little easier. Back when I worked in hospitality I would regularly make a bigger batch of ragu or chilli or whatever else j was eating and just make enough for 2-3 different days worth of meals. Just freeze the extra and just deforst/reheat when you need a quick meal.
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BoopingBurrito@reddit

For some folk, time in the kitchen is time spent relaxing. That makes it easier to fit into the day.
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thegerbilmaster@reddit

Because I'm the dog's bollocks or like to think so. I don't even like eating out anymore unless it's something I can't relatively easily make at home. I cook 3 meals everyday, pretty much 7 days a week. It's really not that hard.
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lisa_kyle@reddit

This is where my air fryer shines. Can have a quick meal sorted in 15 mins on nights where I’m too lazy to cook but don’t want to spend £££
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

I’m very similar!
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Dazzling-Event-2450@reddit

6 days a week we eat fresh homemade food. And 3 meals on Saturday and Sunday. We have a meal out or takeaway most Friday nights to celebrate the end of another week!
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pinkzebraprintbikini@reddit

Some times 7 sometimes 2 depends how tired we are. What deals are on around us, loyalty coupons we have for eating out. Depends on everyone's schedule. Honestly our local pub does 2 meals for £9 before 7pm sometimes it's cheaper and easier than shopping cooking cleaning up. Just don't fall in to the trap of buying expensive drinks we will just get a water or small glass of cordial with the food then go straight home. We have a curry house with no alcohol licence right by us so can share a curry, side, starter and large naan between the 2 of for under £20.
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InTheBack86@reddit

With the price of takeaways etc now, plus the delivery charges and other additionals that are now added on, it's a more regular thing for us to be cooking at home. If we are ordering out it's usually somewhere local we can go and collect, but even that's becoming less frequent
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bluesam3@reddit

About one, but I cook a week's worth of food when I do that.
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DavenportPointer@reddit

7 days a week unless we have friends or extended family descend.
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acheron4711@reddit

6-7. Sometimes we go out for meals with friends/family or end up eating en route to somewhere, but we mostly cook at home. Slow cooker and frozen leftovers from previous meals are our go-to CBA meals
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Little_st4r@reddit

Friday night is usually takeaway night. Cook the other nights.
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SubjectLuck6272@reddit

7. Takeaway occasionally. Eat out for birthdays.
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CHRIS12002@reddit

I think my wife and I have cooked dinner about twice in the last two years, we really don't enjoy cooking 😄
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Pale_Height_1251@reddit

4 or 5 at home, takeaway a couple of times a week, sometimes three times a week.
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InviteAromatic6124@reddit

I usually eat out or get takeaway once a fortnight when my girlfriend stays over with me. The rest of the time I cook for myself.
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NullandVoidUsername@reddit

I batch cook, so depending on how I'm feeling, I may cook enough food for several days for my partner and I. In the past 2 days I've cooked 5 different meals, 3 on Monday and two today, meaning we had enough food for between 24-28 portions.
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Faithiepoo@reddit

7
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LukieLDN@reddit

Every night, rearly get take away since Aldi did a rip off of dominos
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Fabulous-Wolf-4401@reddit

Mostly 6 days out of seven. I often get a takeaway on a Sunday as it's the end of my working week, but as I do a lot of doubling up on meals (cook a curry on Thursday, make dal to go with leftovers on Saturday, etc) I do sometimes find myself doing a bit of cooking on Sunday too.
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cbaotl@reddit

We usually get 1 takeaway a week, sometimes 2 tbh. We always aim to cook 7 days a week but it never happens as went end up going out or something
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educmandy@reddit

All my meals are home cooked but I don't cook every day as I batch cook.
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destria@reddit

Normally cook 6 nights a week, with the 7th being a night to catch up on leftovers. Takeaways are pretty rare, like special occasions only, I probably average like one every three months. I do go out to eat maybe 2-3 times a month though.
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pepe612@reddit

It depends. I'll make an effort to stick to my cooking all week but then the next week I'll be eating takeaways every other day.
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Roundkittykat@reddit

Depends on the definition of 'cook'. I'd say from scratch actual cooking probably 4 - the other nights are a mix of leftovers and easy meals like beans on toast or something thrown in the oven. We have take away or eat out maybe once a month, sometimes less sometimes more. I know a lot of people who get takeaway multiple times a week. He'll, I used to live below a couple who sometimes got three meals a day delivered.
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MTFUandPedal@reddit

7. Although that's misleading as a couple of batch cooks easily lowers that to 5 for a few weeks.
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yeahweliveforever@reddit

I have a takeaway usually once a week but I'm trying to cut this down. I'm guilty of buying stuff from work canteen instead of making my own lunches though! I do think people eat way too many takeaways these days. I'd never even been to half of the fast food places by the time I was a teenager (I was a bit embarrassed having never had a pizza hut or dominos tbh) but my niece's these days have an order for every chain, subway, McDonald's the lot.
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Sad_Doctor_70@reddit

Nearly all of our meals are homemade, that’s including simple stuff like breakfast, batch cooking for dinners, and I cook tea every night. But I enjoy cooking. Takeaway and eating out maybe twice a month.
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Affectionate-Till462@reddit

X2 a week, joys of single life with a 6yo
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RangeMoney2012@reddit

Every night. They spit in your food (or worse)
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xanthophore@reddit

Only if their customers have your personality, mate.
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YchYFi@reddit

Pessimistic outlook.
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aqmrnL@reddit

Where do you go, of course they don’t
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

Is that really true?
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68917041@reddit

Most nights. I only get takeaway maybe once a month - finding it hard to justify the cost unless I am sick (or very hungover!)
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anoamas321@reddit

7. Can't afford takeaways or restaurants Does beans on toast count as cooking?
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seeindepth@reddit

6 days a week and a takeaway or go out for dinner every Saturday night
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leeshouse90@reddit

Normally 7 nights a week, the odd week I may of worked more hours and really can’t be bothered to cook and my and my misses might give in and get a takeaway, or go down the pub for lunch one Saturday but we just can’t afford to do it constantly.
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jeminar@reddit

My life changed completely after I spent a month recording every single thing I didn't money on. I saved a huge amount not buying food from restaurants and holes in the wall, and not buying coffee. I also found I spend way too much on Amazon buying and not returning the shit.
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boomtownrat84@reddit

Try to do 6 nights. I make use of the slow cooker to help out so some nights are easier in terms of pulling things together.. Again the air fryer is used alot midweek and maybe weekends it'll be a bigger slog in terms of dinner.
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CheesyLala@reddit

Every night. I'm a good cook, and I am increasingly disappointed by the cost and quality of takeaways every time these days to the point where we've mostly stopped getting them. Have completely given up on the delivery apps as we've had nothing but bad experiences through them and even the more reliable local ones seem a lot of money compared to what you can do by yourself. Helps that I got one of the little pizza ovens and my pizzas are fucking awesome (if I say so myself). We always have quick options in the freezer too.
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Ambitious-Ad3131@reddit

7 days. Takeaways or eating out is a rarity - once a month at most, maybe more.
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sarsar69@reddit

Every bloody night!😱
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No_Nothing7384@reddit

4 nights. Takeout for the rest usually
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Helter7Skelter@reddit

I cook every night, or sometimes batch cook and reheat. Haven’t had a takeaway since about October when I decided to treat myself to a local fish and chips, was gobsmacked that it cost over £10 for one standard portion. Won’t be doing that again, wasn’t even that nice (maybe the price put me off). Maybe it’s me not coping well with the whole inflation thing, but it seems prices have gone up way past that. I can remember clearly that it was no big deal to have fish and chips, and had it regularly for lunch at work, or nip in on the home.
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No_Assignment4626@reddit

I never used to cook for myself but I have hello fresh now and I cook 3 times a week!
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Reaperfox7@reddit

Hello Fresh is EVIL
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No_Assignment4626@reddit

Haha why?
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Reaperfox7@reddit

Just sick of hearing it advertised on every podcast ever lol
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No_Assignment4626@reddit

Oh god yeah it’s so cringe when the ad is presented as part of the podcast hosts normal conversation. SMA is particularly bad for it, think I heard it 3 times in one episode, and it goes on for about 7 minutes! I also just googled “hello fresh controversy” and read something about coconut milk sourced unethically. Honestly my biggest gripe with it is the excess packaging. Also I’ve just cooked meal where I already had all the ingredients in the cupboard anyway. That’s my fault for not planning my meals though!
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SpaTowner@reddit

Do you feel as though Hello Fresh is edging you closer to cooking without it?
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No_Assignment4626@reddit

I’m keeping all the recipes and yeah that is the plan!
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Cubehagain@reddit

Average above 6, probably have a take-away once a month.
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melanie110@reddit

Every. Bastard. Day
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AgnieszkaRocks@reddit

I batch cook on weekends plus two evenings a week I throw together something quick to switch the food up during the week. I eat out maybe once a month.
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YchYFi@reddit

Try to cook at home as we need to save for next year.
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

What’s next year for you?
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YchYFi@reddit

Travelling Scotland, concerts in London and going to travel Cornwall by train. So requires money.
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Cub3h@reddit

>by train Instant noodles and value brand bread for the rest of the year then, ouch!
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YchYFi@reddit

We are only going three places in Cornwall so it's not much distance between them.
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PastyKing@reddit

Ooh! Where abouts you heading down my neck of the woods!? Download the Cornwall Bus App, it'll make your exploration much easier on foot and if you have any questions about Kernow, feel free to ask away! Also, if you're driving down here in Summer, our roads are narrow little country lanes, drive as close to the left as you can and if the parking inspectors are out, tell them you're down from Bodmin for the day and they'll probably tell you where the cheapest parking is as they'll assume you're local.
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YchYFi@reddit

March we stayed in Tintagel, June Lostwithiel as we were going to a concert at the Eden project and Probus a few weeks ago. Took a train then bus to Fowey from Lostwithiel in June. We go every year to Cornwall but this year was special lol so 3 times. March next year it will be Fowey, Truro and then Mevagissey. So hopefully it will be lovely. We always wanted to do the train from Wales down so it will be extra special. We have lots of narrow country lanes here so we should be fine. Thank you for the tip!
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PastyKing@reddit

Tintagel Castle is class but nowhere near as cool as Caerphilly Castle! Not sure why but it's one of my favourite Welsh Castles! Catch the train from Truro to Falmouth if you want to visit the Maritime Museum and make sure to put Boscastle on your visit list in the future and visit the Witch Museum! From Fowey ('Foy' lol) you've got Looe and Polperro nearby as well and Lostwithiel and Bodmin to the North. Bodmin Gaol is a spooky day out if you're into spooky! Portholland further down the boot is lovely as well, Caerhays Castle just up the road from there is cool there too!
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HackedTheGate@reddit

Make meals from scratch 6 days a week. Frozen Pizza chucked in the oven is reserved for Fridays. We very rarely get take out since nowhere delivers to my house anyway 😂
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Qyro@reddit

All 7 days a week. Every week. The only time we eat out or have a takeaway is on special occasions. And oh my good I feel like a broken record typing this out again.
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Minimum-Pay-4169@reddit

4 night per week cook at home. 1 eat takeaway or outside. 2 my bf cooks at his house.
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Mdl8922@reddit

7. Takeaway once a month.
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Ok-Kaleidoscope-2785@reddit

Actual cooking probably once a week but I batch cook so the rest of the time it's heating up what I made and/or making some pasta or rice to go with it.
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beachyfeet@reddit

7 nights. Eat with family once a fortnight and maybe go out every couple of months. Less in summer when the restaurants are full of tourists. I don't enjoy takeaway food as we only have fairly second rate 'indian', and Chinese nearby and nobody delivers
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pullingteeths@reddit

Cook a meal from scratch about half the time, heat up a previously batch cooked and frozen meal the other half. Only usually get a takeaway if it's a birthday/special occasion.
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ComposerThen6483@reddit

Most nights of the week
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Mean_Effort_3680@reddit

7 days a week. Had only two take outs in past 3, 4 months. When you get used to home made food, takeaways do not taste same.
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Beanruz@reddit

7? Minimum 6?
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jj198hands@reddit

From scratch 4-5 nights with 1-2 takeaways supplemented by the odd frozen pizza and / or leftovers.
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monkeymidd@reddit

6 days a week cooking from scratch and a Friday where we have a M&S chuck in the oven meal deal
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spattzzz@reddit

7 days a week except payday Friday once a month when we have a take away
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robertodurian@reddit

we cook almost every day. it's great!
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Borsti17@reddit

I fucking hate cooking, so canned stuff it is.
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cgknight1@reddit

Varies - normally eat out three or four times a month. Never have takeaways.
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rye-ten@reddit

7 normally... Takeaways here are shit and I'd rather cook than eat ready meals
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mrsW_623@reddit

I cook all dinners from scratch except Fridays when we have either a ready meal for dinner or dip into the freezer stash. I also cook all lunches from scratch 6 days a week (I’m in the office 1 day per week) and often dinner for kids is something different to what we are eating as they have sensory issues with good. So yeah, I live in the kitchen.. We can afford take always every once in a while but tbh I can’t justify the cost and the quality is usually shit too. My digestive system can definitely tell it’s not the usual fare.
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elbapo@reddit

Varies but 4-5 on average. We do enough pub lunches/eating at friends and the odd takeaway to make it that.
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PsychologicalFan7749@reddit

i cook maybe 3/4 days a week, luckily my dad is a chef so i get food from him because hes retired and likes cooking which does me for the other 2-3 days. then if i go out at the weekend i'll get a takeway but usually minimise it as eating out usually gives me a bad stomach.
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AF_II@reddit

5 or 6, although we also tend to make a hot lunch when both of us are working at home, so about 3 days a week at the moment, and at the weekend.
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SeditiousPocket@reddit

Every night - I can't afford takeaways
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yellowswans@reddit

Four or five nights a week, perhaps one takeaway and a couple of nights with leftovers.
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anonoaw@reddit

7 days a week, but there are some weeks where ‘cooking’ means ‘throwing a pizza in the oven’. We get takeaway maybe once every 3 months or so.
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

We are the same…sometimes cooking just means a pizza 😂😂
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MadWifeUK@reddit

Yep. There's always a pizza in the freezer, we call it the Emergency Pizza - something that can be thrown in the oven when there's a reason we're not cooking like last night, husband was out all day at a thing, I'm ill with a dose of the covids, so emergency pizza for tea. Yes it does taste like cardboard but to be fair everything tastes like cardboard for me at the minute!
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AwkwardDisasters@reddit

7 or I'd starve
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chris_282@reddit

I reckon a person could survive on two or three.
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AwkwardDisasters@reddit

I mean you could batch cook / meal prep once a week, and plenty of people do, but I tend to eat different daily and if I do make something with multiple portions I'll freeze some down for homemade microwave meals
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ForsakenMarsupial@reddit

6 days a week, Friday is takeaway night.
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PubbieMcLemming@reddit

7 because fyck paying stupid money for shitty takeaway
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FaeFox13@reddit

I will batch cook over the weekend to take some of the monotony out of a daily cook. But I'm just one person so it works better for me to not use the oven daily.
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Wizzpig25@reddit

Pretty much every night. Might eat out or get takeout once a month, or so, unless on holiday or something.
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AloHiWhat@reddit

Mcdonalds every day this month lol
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Peartree1@reddit

Once every two weeks, bulk cooking is great
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EvilInCider@reddit

Every night we eat something home cooked. We don’t use meal boxes or anything - we can cook without having prepared meals and I imagine the cost is quite high. We were both just lucky enough to have been taught to cook from scratch. We don’t necessarily cook every night though - batch cooking is raven cheaper and less time consuming. We make enough for four - six portions (ie two - three days) out of each meal, and some I’ll use as lunches. I have them frozen for lunches to defrost before the next morning too. I dread to think of the cost of doing otherwise. I just don’t think we could afford it.
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Nice_specs_bro@reddit

6 or 7
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MonkeyHamlet@reddit

Takeaway about once a month, all the rest is me.
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EuphoricFly1044@reddit

7
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ClevelandWomble@reddit

We cook at home most evenings. Eating out is for special occasions, but we will eat somewhere nice, not KFC. That's for a quick bite on long journeys
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neveraftet@reddit

All nights. I don’t eat out.
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HamsterEagle@reddit

It’s the only place I cook
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inflatablefish@reddit

I eat out about once a fortnight (me and a mate meet in a pub after work for dinner), get takeaway at home maybe once every couple of months, and get takeaway at a friend's place maybe another once every 2 months. The rest of the time I'll cook, but it's pretty lazy cooking. Right now I have rice in the rice cooker and a mess of frozen veg, meat, and sauce in the microwave.
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Underwritingking@reddit

we cook 6 or 7 days a week
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SpaTowner@reddit

Home cooked pretty much every night. I’m in a slightly weird situation where I moved in with my partner just after lockdown but haven’t yet disposed of my house (through a combination of lack of time to mentally process the whole thing, working full time and being poor at organising myself) so up until I ruptured my Achilles and lost independent mobility for the duration, I’ve been spending a couple of days a week at mine to keep the council tax and insurance within terms. At my house I sometimes get a Chinese which does me two evenings meals and leaves more time to procrastinate.
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Elastichedgehog@reddit

4/5 with leftovers.
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2point4children@reddit

7
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Western-Edge-965@reddit

Once a week at most.
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Saturnuria@reddit

I’m on the Gousto boxes so usually three nights a week. I make two portions then just need to reheat one every other night. Takeaway Friday.
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PinkSudoku13@reddit

either every day or I make things like vegetable stew which lasts for 5 days so I only have to cook rice. I'm not making elaborate meals daily but I cook simple meals from scratch every day or meal prep. I only get takeaways maybe once a month. Home food is so much better and often, it's faster than waiting for a takeaway.
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Scarred_fish@reddit

3-4, but that's because we usually make meals that do multiple nights. Everything is home grown and home cooked as far as possible. Last week the only bought food items were a couple of wholemeal wraps.
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aqmrnL@reddit

Usually 4/5 days/week. We eat out at the weekend plus one midweek day most weeks- just as we feel tired and we treat ourselves!
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Helicreature@reddit

Every night, with the occasional night out at a good restaurant.
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Have_a_butchers_@reddit

I cook every meal from scratch at home. I batch cook some meals to make it easier.
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MikeSizemore@reddit

Varies for the adults. We cook every night for the kids. If we’re busy or just tired we’ll have back to back takeaways for a few days, but once a week or so normally. Tonight is a slow cooker lasagne but we may order some pide tomorrow.
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bucketofardvarks@reddit

6-7 as long as we're considering cooking to include like, heating up chicken goujons or soup or whatnot from time to time
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GlitchingGecko@reddit

For humans, 6.5. Take away once every couple of weeks. Some nights it's frozen pizza or chicken nuggs though, so it's not like I'm cooking full from scratch meals every day. Dogs get hot meal every evening though, so I'm cooking 7 a week even if the humans have a takeaway.
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HUGE_HOG@reddit

I have homecooked meals every night. But I batch cook, so I only have to cook a few times a week. I'm vegan so most takeaways aren't really an option, and even then, I was never a big fan of them since they're expensive and often underwhelming. I probably go out for food once or twice a month.
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T_raltixx@reddit

Every night
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Successful_Fish4662@reddit (OP)

This makes me feel better 😅
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Strong_Roll5639@reddit

Cook from scratch 5/6 nights a week. Either get a takeaway or go out for dinner once, sometimes twice if I have plans.
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CliffyGiro@reddit

I work shifts. I’m not always at home for an evening meal. If I’m in 99 time out of 100 either myself or my partner will cook.
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