How often do you order in/eat out?

[tchrchgo]

I have been trying hard not to order in, but with working full time sometimes I get home and the last thing I want to do is cook. So about 1-2 times a week, I break down and order in pizza or chinese.

Who else lets others do the cooking occasionally?

 

[My5Mouseketeers]

My parents normally come for dinner one night a week. THEY bring take out with them for all of us. Which is a very nice treat. I try to only order out a couple times a month plus Pizza Hut for each kids birthday/report card day.

We hardly ever (1/2 times a year) take everyone out to dinner. I (maybe w/DH) will take a kid out for lunch when we are out running errands or have to go for an appointment just to chat. With 5 kids, taking one kid out for a meal is a real treat.

DH and I try and go to breakfast/lunch/coffee once a week just to catch up and talk schedules.

 

[disney1990]

I couldn't check anything. My answer is less than once a week. Once or twice a month on average.

 

[sharonmickey]

I agree with PP. I eat take out once or twice a month. The days when I use to eat out at least once or more a week are long gone.

 

[ncbyrne]

We also eat out or have take out about once or twice a month. And starting in January with our new budget, it will be even less.
I spend time cooking all at once when I'm in the mood. I freeze portions for those nights when I just don't feel like cooking. We also have chef's salads once or twice a month - super easy to prepare with very little clean up too.

 

[Handbag Lady]

About 5-7 nights a week.

We both work and have no time to shop for food. We work 8:30 am to 7 pm nightly, the LAST thing I want to do is stand in a kitchen when I'd much rather talk to my husband at a small local restaurant. Or at home over take-out.

I CAN cook. I choose not to. I do make awesome cheesecakes.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

I have never had anything delivered to my house, no one will deliver as we live too far away. I may get take out once a week aawith the girls at work. I try not to make a habit as I really don't have the money to do that. I go out to eat once a week with DBF only because he pays.

 

[design_mom]

We used to eat out a lot (fast food), mainly for convenience. Both DH and I work full-time and with the kids' evening activities, things can get pretty busy.

However, in the last 6 months, we've really made a conscious effort to cut back. Not so much for the financial aspect, but because it's not healthy to eat that much junk. I've been trying to plan my meals better and when I succeed (eat at home all week), we've been "treating ourselves" to a sit-down meal at a restaurant on the weekends.

Although restaurant food isn't usually as healthy as at-home cooking, eating one meal per week out instead of 3-4 has to be better. The sit down restaurant is much more enjoyable than running through a drive-through... and, honestly, it's saving money, too. (3 fast food meals at $12-15 each, versus one sit down meal of about $25.)

 

[dementia412]

I didn't even bother with the poll because we eat out/order in on an odd schedule. We might order in every night for a week, go out to eat for lunch and dinner for several days in a row or not do either for several months. The last time we ordered in was about a month ago, the last time we ate out was about 3 to 4 months ago. In January we'll probably go out once or twice and then nothing until summer, but then we'll end up back on the foodie trail again!

One reason I don't order in more often is the lack of variety. We can order pizza or Chinese. When I was a kid you could order KFC and I guess I should be glad we can't still do that or I'd weigh about an extra hundred pounds.

 

[Kim in TN]

Our family eats out every Saturday. Sometimes its sit-down and sometimes it may be dine in fast food. And Granny and I eat out fast food breakfast every Wednesday its our time to catch up. Occasionally we will eat out Fri evening or another time but its rare.

 

[fakereadhed]

I put once a week, but it's less than that. Thanks to the budget board I have dinners down to under $6 and even chinese take out is around $15, so it seems like a splurge. The only time we eat out is if we are out on the weekend past 5pm or there is a crockpot malfunction.

 

[davidsprincess]

Once a week my sister and I do a girls day with my 3 year old DD. We do lunch and grocery shopping. Once a week we order in as a family or do take out and the rest of the time I cook. There are times we try to cut even that out and try to only order in 1- 2 times a month.

 

[NeedaVacation03]

I voted once a week. But it is usually 3 times a month.
We have 4 kids, so ours is mostly bring home- pizza, chicken or chinese.
Only pizza will deliver out to us.
It just costs way to much to take us all out together.

 

[rentayenta]

There is no such thing as ordering in in Utah.


I checked once a week but its really more like once every two weeks tops.

 

[AnnaS]

I also checked once a week. It is more like once every two weeks.

About once a week we buy pizza dough (3 or 4 - about $1 to $1.50 each) and we make our own pies. I consider this us cooking

 

[The Disney Bunch]

Your selection was too limiting! We get take out or order in food maybe once a month or every 3 weeks. Not a lot.

 

[mom4graceandlogan]

We are 2-3 times a week usually. No one will deliver to us becuase we live too far. One money saving tip I have found since we are going to eat out anyway. I buy take out chinese at lunch and just put it in the fridge. Lunch prices are cheaper, no delivery cost etc. We get 2 entrees and it feeds 4 of us. We also pick up Wendy's 1.00 baked potatoes about once a week and bring them home and serve with fresh fruit and deli meat rolled up.

 

[Miffy]

I agree with PP. I eat take out once or twice a month. The days when I use to eat out at least once or more a week are long gone.

Same here. Every once in a while, we do eat out/order in more than once in a week, but that's often followed by several weeks of zero eating out/ordering in.

 

[Golf4food]

About once per week. Sometimes stuff happens and we have to grab a quick fast food meal also but we try to have coupons (buy one get one or something similar) for that to lessen the cost. We try to do at least one sit down meal out each week just to get out and be alone together somewhere besides the house. Date night.

 

[Denine]

Where is that "other" choice?

We eat out maybe once at most twice a month.