Our household has been cooking for everyone for the last 25 years on a weekly basis. Eating out has been frowned on for 25 years, even a roast chicken from the deli dept is a no-no. We'd rather go without than eat out or order in even the ingredients for a meal. The taste of commercially prepared food is disgusting. This espcially includes commercial pizzas tacos burgers etc etc.
We've kept records of the price per meal, and it has doubled and tripled, but still 50% - 70% less than eating out/ordering in. Our meals are organic and gourmet. Weekly menus must include a dozen fruits and veggies, salads, cooked breakfasts, sandwiches (home made bread) /quiches or meat handpies, entrees of 2 meats (chicken/turkey red meat, fish), every other week a hearty soup, and dessert (home made pies).We have a veg garden for a few things. We spend about as much on supplements as we do on food. Only one fam member has pharma meds for glacuoma. No other pharma meds.
It is seriously hard work. Anything that promotes health always is. On cook day the dishwasher goes 8-9 times, sometimes more. We make our own d/w soap and use vinegar for the rinseaid. The price of soaps has skyrocketed.
The pets also get home cooked or freeze dried raw. Either that or watch them suffer with degen diseases, spend thousands to cure them and still end up putting them down before their time.
Our household has been cooking for everyone for the last 25 years on a weekly basis. Eating out has been frowned on for 25 years, even a roast chicken from the deli dept is a no-no. We'd rather go without than eat out or order in even the ingredients for a meal. The taste of commercially prepared food is disgusting. This espcially includes commercial pizzas tacos burgers etc etc.
We've kept records of the price per meal, and it has doubled and tripled, but still 50% - 70% less than eating out/ordering in. Our meals are organic and gourmet. Weekly menus must include a dozen fruits and veggies, salads, cooked breakfasts, sandwiches (home made bread) /quiches or meat handpies, entrees of 2 meats (chicken/turkey red meat, fish), every other week a hearty soup, and dessert (home made pies).We have a veg garden for a few things. We spend about as much on supplements as we do on food. Only one fam member has pharma meds for glacuoma. No other pharma meds.
It is seriously hard work. Anything that promotes health always is. On cook day the dishwasher goes 8-9 times, sometimes more. We make our own d/w soap and use vinegar for the rinseaid. The price of soaps has skyrocketed.
The pets also get home cooked or freeze dried raw. Either that or watch them suffer with degen diseases, spend thousands to cure them and still end up putting them down before their time.
You have made very wise decisions frem!!