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> it will help some but less than you might hope That sounds odd, do you buy particularly expensive ingredients? I'm not in the US, but I prep my own meals wit
by dns_snek 2y ago
> it will help some but less than you might hope
That sounds odd, do you buy particularly expensive ingredients? I'm not in the US, but I prep my own meals with average quality ingredients. Not accounting for the extra time that it takes (which amortizes well with meal prep), I probably spend between 1/4th and 1/3rd as much as I would spend if I were to eat a similar meal at a restaurant.
- delichon 2y ago> That sounds odd, do you buy particularly expensive ingredients? Yes. Far more expensive than the cheap ingredients like the flours and oils of fast food. I focus on making my food as nutritionally dense as possible, which ain't cheap. But I ate a lot more than my share of fast-food first and did a lot of damage with it. I'm positive I'd be dead if I didn't change. That would certainly be a lot cheaper.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoAgree. I don't tip myself. And abundant portions at home are easy left-overs. And often the ingredients are not completely consumed by one meal and so amortize across a number of meals. I think if you run the real numbers, eating at home is still a huge savings. And this allowing that you are probably using higher quality ingredients.