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Pad Patter 9/1: Eat in or Eat out?

Although I am Dutch my Asian roots are dominant if it comes to food ;-)

I love to cook (for 2 -3 or 12 I love it ) but we also love to eat out as well and Shanghai offers EVERYTHING from a dinner made in heaven for a few bucks to a Michelin star haute cuisine which can be not so nice for the wallet.

Before the kids, we lived the young dynamic life in Shanghai, we almost never cooked and ate out almost every night.

Another great thing is a service called SHERPA's which is a delivery service and a lot of restaurants use their service. Call them, choose a restaurant, order and within 30 min you have your meal :-)

And sometimes when I don't feel like cooking our help/ayi cooks and she does a great job. My eldest is fond of her lamian (fresh made noodles in soupy broth) and if it were up to her she would eat that 4 times a week.
 
I try to cook at home most week nights. I succeed about 90% of the time. There are just some nights I walk in and don't feel like cooking it even though it's there. Then, my son will go pick up takeout or we'll go out inexpensively. I don't cook on weekends very much. We'll eat out and bring half home for later/tomorrow. I only have the one home now and he's sometimes out/camping/with his dad/with friends for some of the weekend meals. If that's so, I'll scrounge from the fridge or the pantry. I figure if I don't eat out for a meal, I can spend $10 on digi stuff, right?
 
We eat in most nights - family dinner is sacred time at our house (most of the time). Although I don't like cooking, I like having us all together around the table sharing a meal. About once a week we either go out or pick something up. Especially during fall and spring when kids are more involved in sports and other activities after school, we tend to go the take out route more often.
 
I prefer to eat in go health reasons - if it were up to me, I would eat out every day of the week! Right now, it's just the weekends for eating out and that also is a lot I feel
 
For the record, we sit at the table with the kids while they're eating. Prior to jumping ship to go have our salads at wherever. It's still weird. Not sure how we got to this place. LOL
 
We eat in. I love to cook and have three really picky eaters so it's just easier...and cheaper. I'm cheap, I'll admit it.
 
Most times we cook just because it is easier with my daughter being a picky eater and there's no way we could afford to eat out everyday. On the weekends though, we splurge. We will pick something up and bring it home or eat out.
 
I actually love to cook and try new things. However, even with cooking I am only cooking for me, my hubby, and my oldest son. Oh, and my FIL, who lives next door. My youngest son has developmental delays and sensory issues so, the things he will eat are limited. :( We do eat out now and then, but I find that I really do love eating at home more. I think I like all of the compliments. I like being in the kitchen and find that is relaxes me when I am just doing my own thing.
 
I don't love to cook, but I don't really love to eat out, either. I like to have someone cook for me in my home mostly, lol, and then clean up the dishes.
 
I like to cook, but I really hate doing dishes. I probably eat out several times a week. I have been trying to eat healthier and am trying to cook more, but I've kind of fallen off that wagon since I was on vacation a few weeks ago.
 
I would love to eat out more but it's too expensive with all the kiddos and frankly...they are the world's pickiest eaters!!

We eat in 95% of the time, maybe eat out once or twice a month. We all sit at the dinner table and talk about our day, yell at two boys for not eating, etc...you know, all the normal stuff! LOL

I hate cooking but do it. DH cooks a few times a week too!
 
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we eat in most of the time, although still we will drive through on occasion. i'm not the biggest fan of cooking, but i do it well enough, and eating in is SO much cheaper!
 
I love to cook and love to eat in!! But we do love to eat out a few times too!! I would say probably twice a month we eat out!
 
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