how often do you forego cooking for fastfood...

Philippines
September 26, 2008 12:38pm CST
life not has started to be very busy and ladies dramatically involved themselves into the career world. working both as homemaker and a careerwoman can be exhausting at times. the easily viable option now to combine both is to buy ready-to eat fast food burgers and ready-made pasta. now how often do you forego your homemade delicious meals for the readily available meals in the market?
7 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 08
I'd rather go without food than eat fast food to be honest, or snack on fruit and have fruit if I am too busy to cook a meal, I stopped eating years ago mainly because I go training five times a week and to replace all my hard work at the gym with grease, fattening high fat content foods would be a waste, plus losing my appetite for fast food which has helped, so I'd much rather sit down to a bowl of cereal than buy fast food and plenty of fruit as well which can actually be far more filling than what you get from takeaways.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 08
I used to love pizza until I found out what my favourite restaurant does with the pizza before serving it and that has put me off for life, which is convenient in a way! I can't even eat chips any more, I think my tastes have change so even if I wasn't a health freak I still couldn't indulge in greasy foods.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
i see. well, certainly fruits are way better than pizza.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
hi wolfie, i envy how you discipline yourself into healthy living. don't you ever get tempted into a slice of a home-style pizza. also, you're lucky you also got time to be actually going to gym. cheers! i see lon life for you pal. hope to hear more from you!
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
30 Sep 08
We don’t eat fast foods at home. My mom always cooks for us. The only time we eat fast food is when we go out, in malls or in a park. Home made food is healthier than fast foods so we stick in eating home made food as much as possible. In fast food chain you don’t get to see how the food is done, even in high class restaurant there is the tendency for improper preparation of food as they are in a hurry preparing it. At home I am more confident that we are eating safe and healthy food.
• Philippines
30 Sep 08
hi katkat. you are very lucky that your mom is committed to serve you quality foods at home. going out, well fast-foods are always available. thank you for sharing and i hope that you enjoy more of mylot.
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
26 Sep 08
I don't buy already made meals at the grocery store, but I do go to fast food and order pizza way too much. Expecially now since it is football season. Our schedule is Mondays, my husband and kids aren't home in the evening, Tuesdays is a homemade meal, Wed is my husband and my daughter so we usually order out, Thurs is football game so we eat fast food, Friday we usually order out, Saturday another Football game, we eat at the consession stand, Sunday everyone work but my daughter and I so we usually eat something easy homemade.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
hi sunshine. hello to your busy family. the fastfood and pizza houses certainly get a good business out of us. weel, who would not order from them when your family needs food in an hour and we ourselves are still in work. i do hope that your family enjjoy more of football games together. happy cheering!
• United States
26 Sep 08
We used to do fast food 6 out of 7 days a week. It was completely ridiculous how we were eating up all our money! Finally, after gaining so much weight from eating out all the time, we went on a diet and the fast food has stopped. Now we do salads and soup so there still isn't much cooking but at least it's not fast food anymore.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
congratulatiions to you MrsRich for finally getting over that fastfood stage. not only do you save money now, (althoough your name suggests you have plenty, yey!), but also it's a healthy option for your family now. good luck on your diet ma'am. happy salad day!
• Chatsworth, California
26 Sep 08
More often then I'm proud of, honestly it is so much easier to just pay 3 bucks and get food made for you then it is to take the time to prepare it. But it's also a waste of money in the long run. But I'm trying to to cook more on my own now, though honestly, I think sometimes it's a good thing to relax and eat a meal someone else made for you that you don't have to clean up ether (besides a trash can)
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
hi babytaffster! whew that's plenty of money you're giving out for your meal. let's do alittle math. 3 bucks per meal, 3 meals per day, 9 bucks a day, and 270 bucks for each month on your meal alone. well, of course you don't eat all meals each day and not everyday but yet.. well, we want comfort. and of course you deserve to be served. happy cooking this time!
@CAdreamer (118)
• United States
26 Sep 08
I very rarely eat fast food anymore. I have found that I stay trim if I don't partake. Also, my meals are definitely more palatable than those offered by restaurants, even if I do crave fast food at times. I prefer to be able to eat the foods I love, flavored with real seasonings, not with chemically produced flavors. I hardly ever drink soda anymore for that same reason. I usually grill my meals outside, but when I feel like it I cook them up on the stove or in the oven. I definitely get to have all my favorites this way, as I make exactly what I want then. With fast food, it always seems to be the same old items offered. I don't think I would survive if I were toe at only burgers, tacos, burritos, and chicken sandwiches. That gets very boring after a little while. As long as I cook my own meals I can add some pizzaz to the flavor or spice things up a bit with a new seasoning.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
hi CAdreamer! i would love to visit your kitchen. with all the necessary equipments and enough variety of seasonings, i am sure everyone can cook up a very appetizing meal. that is if everyone cooks favorably as you seem to me. you are one lucky person to have both the skill and the kitchen to work up magic! enjoy more cooking, i'm sure the whole family adores you!
• United States
26 Sep 08
we don't get fast food too often at most 2 times a week. But there are some weeks we don't get any at all.
• Philippines
29 Sep 08
hi sassygirl. i think that's very good for you to stay off from fastfood mania. i mean, nowadays, it's simply so much more easier to just grab and go. i am a constant victim of hurriedness. i'm glad that you seem to get a good balance for your food. have a good day pal.