Restauarants and fast food chains VS Home cooked meal

Hello Azaerus,i am very interested in your discussion,i choose to cook food in my kitchen,also sometimes the food in the reataurants and fast foods is delicious too,but i think eat in the restaurant or fast foods frequently is not healthy, and why i like to eat in home,another factor is i like cook meals,that feeling is wonderful,i really do enjoyed it~

I stay outside most of the time and I am used to have the fast food or food in the restaurants which are my favorite. I prefer the foods in restaurants more than the food at home sometimes but if i have to choose from both then I will go with the food at home which cannot be compared to other food. I trust my mom's cooking and she is a really great woman in the kitchen, she is the one to explore foods in all styles and to offer you, so the food at home is the best to me.

Well it is not as healthy as home cooked foods that are cooked in fastfoods. That is one thing I am sure of. Take for example the fried chicken you can see that they are just dipped in oil that you don't know what kind of oil they use to cook it with. They might be convenient for us to eat but are you sure that they are that healthy anymore with the kind of cooking they use. They may be tastier but they are just so much msg in it or salt which can harm our body than help us.

When I was still single I used to eat a lot from these and I guess it bounced back to me years after and my health is not as good as it used to be. You should try eating home cooked they are much more healthier adn you are pretty much in control of your self what to eat and not to eat.

Nice discussion.....I prefer home made foods..Tey are good for your health always.... I often had to take fast foods though,specially when I am on a visit to some place in relate to my work...But generally I avoid taking these junk foods,they may led to gsin of weight of which I am always afraid of.

if i am capable of eating everyday outside then why not..of course you can save a lot of time and less kitchen work...but its not practical for average people..it is more advisable to have your meal at home so you can save more ...

hi azaerus, we dont eat out often, maybe its twice a month but no more if as much as that. We have a great Turkish restaurant here in town its very clean and they have lovely food as well.

Well i think i will always go on the home made food side, because it is more freshly prepared if compred to outside food.Plus we know what ingredients has harmfull as well as which has beneficial qualities.So we can take a better look and count at our calorie intake, even if home made food sometimes aint that tasty as outside but it is quality far more best than outside food.

Well, I will say that it's certainly a lot better to eat home-cooked food than food from outside. It's healthier (as you can control the oil, cooking method, type of ingredients used etc) in a way, and more likely "cleaner" too. I mean, you do not know how the restaurant/fast food chain outlet staff handle the food (with their own dirty hands, or glove) and so on. In addition, you can also control the freshness of your food. You don't know if the restaurants will serve you with leftover food...

However, with both parents working nowadays, and returning home quite late, I do understand that sometimes, cooking is the last thing on your mind. Besides cooking, there's also the clearing up of the mess after cooking, as well as the washing of the dishes. Thus, restaurants and fast food restaurants becomes an attractive option for working couples...

For me, we will try to cook, or eat at my in-laws place if possible for dinner. However, we do go outside to eat occasionally if there's no dinner, or we are too tired to cook.

I cook at home because my husband is in the pest elimination service and most of those places you mentioned are infested with rodents and bugs. Only a brand new place will be clean. I prepare most of the food 2 days in advance, I prepare salad and chicken so that way it is easy to access and already. We eat very healthy so it's also better for us to eat at home, that way we can weigh our portions and know exactly what is inside. Sometimes we will get fast food if we are out and hungry but that does not occur often. Plus we save a lot of money this way, I know a lot of people that are in debt because of restaurant dining.

I am a combination of both! Regularly, I cook at home for our regular meals. I love preparing food for my family. For my husband and son for that matter. In that way, I am sure that I am giving them the proper nutritients and balance meal.

Now during special occasions or in cases where we have something to celebrate, we eat at restaurants to treat ourselves.