Do you still cook your food?

Philippines
October 3, 2008 12:44am CST
There are so many ready to eat food that you can buy anywhere or you can even make a delivery call if you want a food to be delivered in your house or you can even buy instant/microwavable food that anytime all you have to do is just heat it. What about you, do you still prefer to cook your food rather than eating such instant foods?
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@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Oh yes, we still cook our food. Those instant or microwavable food and delivery food from fastfoods are convenient but they don't taste as good as the "real" food. Aside from that you could save a lot if you buy and cook your own food instead of having it delivered. Happy eating!
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• Philippines
3 Oct 08
So nice to hear that you still appreciate the natural way rather than those instant foods. you're right, you can save more money if you just cook your own food. Thanks.
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
3 Oct 08
You are right in saying that there are so many ready to eat food options available that there is hardly any requirement to cook at home.More so if you don't have the time to cook everyday.Its a good thing because one need not go hungry if one doesn't cook.The ready made food with the good of any home made food is a good and handy alternative.
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
yes, instant and ready to cook food is an alternative food only, when you are in a hurry but let's not forget that the most healthy and delicious food is still the natural food that we prepare and cook.
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
3 Oct 08
Absolutely. Home cooked food is much better for you, much cheaper and tastes better. I could not afford to live on food someone else cooked. However, I do not do the cooking my partner does. He will cook up a big load of casserole or his own bolognaise sauce and we will freeze it in meal quantities that last a few months. Then I just reheat the sauce and cook some pasta or rice. I also cook roasts, sausages and things. I do not like instant foods at all.
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
3 Oct 08
I cook meals simply because i like to cook and the fact that there are five people to feed in my house would make the price for microwaveable meals (especially my two teenage boys) way over my monthly budget. Besides why eat pretend food when it is just as easy to actual cook real food?
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@pimagro24 (1046)
• Thailand
3 Oct 08
yes i do because i think it happy to do and happy to eat and safe for my life
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@sandymay16 (1617)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
I still cook my own food it's better and cheaper. But other times when you're really in a hurry instant food like canned goods are just as good. Eating out once in a while doesn't hurt also.
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@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
4 Oct 08
Yes I do cook my own food. My husband and I both rather eat homemade food than going out to eat.I try to cook healthy most of the time.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
22 Dec 08
I still cook a lot. I have a 14 yr old at home. As it is, on nights that I work, she eats frozen pizzas and things like that. On the nights that I am home, I cook her good meals...real food. I have to. If things are not too hectic here, I cook before I go to work and leave a plate to be heated in the microwave. She actually loves the junk foods but I just don't feel right allowing her to eat that all the time. If it were just me...I'm not so sure I'd go thru all the trouble. I don't eat a lot. I think I could live off from grilled cheese and peanut butter sandwiches...chicken noodle soup.
• United States
3 Oct 08
I go through moods where I want to cook everything and then into a mood where I will not want to cook anything. I think Im starting to notice why too. When I have the house cleaned up and theirs no chores waiting for me thats when I seem to fall into my cooking moods and its great having whatever dish you grab for there or on the counter nothing in my way (probably waiting to be put away or into the dishwasher). I actually like to cook a few meals when the mood strikes me which works out great because I have plenty of leftovers I can just pull out for my babies to eat and this makes my life easier because when my babies want to eat and were running late, oh boy.
@Barbietre (1438)
• United States
4 Oct 08
I avoid processed foods so we eat in more often that we did. I make my own food even when we visit other as we eat low carb and have for many years.
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
3 Oct 08
Yes I do. I think that all those processed foods are really bad for you. Don't get me wrong, they are great when you are in a hurry but eaten regularly I think is a bad thing. The things that I do buy are usually snack foods like pizza rolls or seasoned fries.
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3 Oct 08
I try to cook whenever I can. Sometimes I just don't have the time though. I've been cooking a lot more as of late - I make a mean rice and beans, recipe courtesy of my girlfriend.
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@babyorchid (1737)
• China
22 Dec 08
i dislike instant foods. bcz i love cooking myself... lol and in my opinion, most instant foods are thought to unhealth... but sometimes i am too lazy to cook myself then i will buy some instant food instead of cooking myself
@jelai24 (221)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
yeah i must prefer to cook my own food rather than eating in outside restaurant or fast food because I manage what i want to eat & I assure that my food is clean...actually sometimes i doubt to ate some other food chain because it will come to my mind that...is this a clean or nutritious food?...something like that....
@eshaan (6188)
• India
3 Oct 08
Yes freind, i do...i still cook at home, and in India most of the people cook at their homes only, very few who have no time for it, get their food ordered from somewhere, but even the rich class get it cooked at home,though they may not do it themselves, the cooks cook for them. Home food is best for health and you can make it as per your required tastes...
@seeths (413)
3 Oct 08
Yes I still cook food for my family and this is something I really enjoy and I lo ve tryiong new dishes.When I get bored then sometimes we order food or we go out and buy.My husband generally prefers home made food. Regards
@amlegend (945)
• Pakistan
3 Oct 08
if it is that i cook food then i can't but in our family we don't use ready to cook stuff and i am the only one who tries to bring it in the house and a couple of time i did but to be honest the quality and taste ain't there as it is in the home cooked ones and i no longer do so. we prefer to cook our meals at home and i am also a supporter of it now