how often does your family eat out/take out dinner?

Melanie2003

I am getting tired of planning and preparing meals and wish i could swing take out or eating out 4-5 nights a week - lol! but my waist would be huge and my wallet thin!

although, the last few weeks we have relied heavily on prepared foods from the supermarket or costco, so there isn't a huge difference except it would be the entire meal and less clean up.

right now, we probably get take out or eat in a restaurant once, maybe twice, a week.  dh and i bring lunch to work 99% of the time.

i think i'm going to add in an extra meal out or two - how often does your family eat out?

ladyredlight

Hardly ever.  With our schedule and my diet take out just doesn't work for us. I might get Travis fries at the rink if he hasn't really eaten that day b/c 95% of the time he will eat those.  But thats kind of as close to take out as we've had in a long time. 

As a matter of fact right before Christmas was the last time we had takeout.

penguingrrl

We usually do take out once a week. I cook 6 nights and DH brings leftovers for lunch. We rarely go to a restaurant because the girls have made it not fun lately lol!

knare

We eat out usually once a week, mostly Saturday night and sometimes on Sunday (maybe once a month). I might pick up something easy for dinner once a week and I cook the rest of the days. I pack lunches for my husband and I every single day.  But that does not mean he doesn't supplement from the cafeteria.  Although he denies it, I always find it odd that there is a tomato sauce stain on his tie when I packed him turkey on whole wheat .

Liz051405

Too much!

We generally eat out a lot on the weekends for lunch and dinner. But we are trying really hard to make it one meal tops per week now.

 ETA: WE are also trying to bring our lunches but we have both been bad lately.

Melanie2003

Liz051405:

Too much!

We generally eat out a lot on the weekends for lunch and dinner. But we are trying really hard to make it one meal tops per week now.

 ETA: WE are also trying to bring our lunches but we have both been bad lately.

I'd rather cook on the weekends when I could plan to be home and have the time. It's so hectic midweek that I'd rather not cook or clean or think ahead!

MrsDB

very rarely. we go OUT to eat maybe once every few months, i can't remember the last time we went out for more than a slice of pizza. we order take out once every 2-3 weeks i guess, usually just a pizza on nights i forgot to defrost something or i discover all the produce is too old. 

wed2506

Usually twice a week

oct11bride03

We get hoagies (takeout) every Tuesday. We usually eat out for lunch or dinner on Saturday and have started going out for breakfast on Sunday after church. But breakfast is hit or miss at the place we go so I'm thinking about nixing this and just making something Saturday that I can reheat quickly on Sunday when we get home.

ETA: We bring leftovers for lunch during the week. Then again, I love cooking so I don't mind cooking 5 or 6 nights a week. 

TSD

We've been on Jenny Craig since the first week of Dec so I never cook and we go out 1-2 nights a week. Def every sat night.

atwood345

Once a month, give or take. 

UsedToBeGoldie

before Griffin DH and I ate out a LOT... insane amount lol

then with Griffin we went to a restaurant at least once/week, and probably got take out once/week.

since the twins we've cut back a lot - finances, and time, etc.  We tried to take them all out to eat at least once every 2 weeks... for the experience, etc.  But lately the twins are at that hell age that going anywhere with them that isn't play based is hell for us... so we haven't been going out to eat at all in months as a family.  Dh and I try to go at least once/ month on a date- but sometimes that doesn't happen either.

 

Laurms15

It's just the two of us but we eat out or get take-out once sometimes twice a week. I make lunches every day. It's rough cooking and commuting out of the city during the week but I know its healthier and better for the budget in the long run even if its a pain in the short term.

shorewife

Too much.  We usually go out though and rarely do take-out.  Definitely at least once over the weekend, sometimes twice.  I try to cook for dinner most weeknights but we occasionally go out during the week as well if we feel the need to get out of the house (we both work from home).  

wannabemomma

My week consists of a pasta night, a chicken night (usually one I grab from the store), pizza on the night the kids are with MIL, probably chili or some other pasta/chicken dish and chinese takeout every couple of weeks.  It is horrible, but my schedule is a mess and my kids have a very short window in which I can get food into them. I need to find more quick easy ideas.  Prepping the night before is a good idea, but never seems tohappen due to our current bedtime issues with both kids...sigh.

MommyReesa

I'd say probably twice a week....if that.  We usually will go out someplace for breakfast or lunch, very rarely for dinner. 

hookersbabe

we were doing take out and going to resturants 3 - 4 nights a week before the holidays. with the new year we set some new goals for weight loss and budget priorities...as a result, we're cooking home a lot more now...plus m is at that age where she doesn't want to be cooped up in a high chair for an hour...she wants to eat and then roam...its working well...i crockpot a couple times a week, we eat leftovers, and then a couple of 10 minute ww meals...

Notwifezilla7

Pretty much weekends we do bagels on Sat, take out/dinner out on Sat night, Sandwiches/pizza on Sunday and Monday we do dinner out. The Monday thing just started as the girls have swimming lessons 20 min away from 5:40-6:10. We just go to Panera or Baja Fresh after where DH meets us. 

Liz051405

Melanie2003:

Liz051405:

Too much!

We generally eat out a lot on the weekends for lunch and dinner. But we are trying really hard to make it one meal tops per week now.

 ETA: WE are also trying to bring our lunches but we have both been bad lately.

I'd rather cook on the weekends when I could plan to be home and have the time. It's so hectic midweek that I'd rather not cook or clean or think ahead!

For us its more that we are running all the errands that piled up during the week and we have to eat out. KWIM?

Since MH isn't home until bedtime 99% of the time, I'd have to be BSC to go out with the boys alone for dinner. Last time I did that it was so horrible all three of us cried the entire way home.

debfife

a lot. I have breakfast w/my Dad every sunday at the diner. Wednesday I usually pick something up and bring it to his house so we can have dinner together. Fridays we go to a pizza place (I don't always have pizza) after G's karate class. We probably go out to dinner every other saturday night. there are a lot of healthy options to get in most places, you  just have to do your research first.  

Kristen81603

Rarely during the week since the new year- and almost always on Saturday nights- sometimes breakfast on Sundays-  We like to go out on Saturdays as a family- Breakfast is like 2 times a month- and we usually do get bagels on saturday mornings- but i don't consider that take out since it is $2 for 3 bagels- 

We used to get take out 2-3 times a week and then out almost all meals on saturday and one on sunday- 

dmendel

Maybe once a week.

HarrietNJMommy

Once a week. We do pizza night on the night we have swim class.

yankees320

We usually get take out either Friday or Saturday night, so once a week.

We go out to eat infrequently, maybe once every 6 weeks? 

H is provided a lunch option at work every day, so he never worries about lunch.  I bring leftovers to work for lunch every day there isn't an inservice for teachers!

H and I both like cooking though, and most of the time we cook together and share the clean up. We usually pick a fancy recipe on the weekend night we don't get takeout to make together.  Last weekend we made this seafood stew that probably cost us more to make ourselves than it would have cost in a restaurant, lol.

bosha711

about once a week & that is usually at my mom's house on weekends b/c we all gtg & order pizza or chinese

AmyRob04

We used to do takeout every Thursday but stopped a year ago - it was never healthy. We might get lunch out on the weekend, or maybe dinner out. We like cooking so we make time for it.

al320

maybe once or twice a week.  i try to limit take out, we dont get it every week, but we do tend to go out on saturday nights most weekends.

ilovedave

now? never. but it used to be 2-3x a month.  before trevor, 2-3x a week.  it's just so expensive and i don't mind cooking so it's not the end of the world.  but i do miss chinese

turtle520

I aim for once a weekend. I deserve a night off, lol. Occasionally I just can't hack it during the week and we order. I try to cook something big on the weekends to gaurantee leftovers at least once during the week, sometimes more. And I really try to plan the weekly menu. I have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those women that throws in the towel and never cooks again once my kid(s) are grown. While I love to cook I'm the only one who does it so it gets old fast.

melbride2005

totally depends on the week.  could be 3 times - could be not at all.

veggiechick120

usually just on the weekends, and maybe i will have at work once a week for lunch. it used to be like all the time, but ive actually been cooking much more lately. meal planning can be a pain in the butt though lol