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Tasty, satisfying meals, cooked to my liking-any wonder I prefer eating at home. A few years ago, hubby and I frequented an “upscale” restaurant. As they were above serving “fried” foods, I settled for baked haddock and baked potato. I received the thin end of a piece of haddock cooked to a crisp and was charged $20.00. For this I could have fed my whole family two meals of haddock cooked properly.
Recently, I observed to hubby that whereas food prics had risen dramatically in the last year, I was spending no more for my food budget than I had for the last several years and in fact, I am stocking my pantry more than in the past. We are eating out much less often, and, as we age, we are eating less (and seemingly gaining more????) and our appetite for rich, expensive foods has diminished.

With a little planning, I find we can have delicious, semi-healthy meals with money left to stockpile for emergencies.

By the way, do hope your tag line comes to reality.

>>>“upscale” restaurant<<<

LOL - You brought back some memories.... When school teacher daughter was young, we went on a dinner train ride in New Hampshire... When her meal was served, she turned to me and asked “Dad, is this ‘rich peoples food’?” When I asked her what she meant, she said “You know, the kind that tastes funny and they don’t give you very much.”.

She was always the one who cut right to the heart of matters...

Tasty, satisfying meals, cooked to my liking-any wonder I prefer eating at home. A few years ago, hubby and I frequented an “upscale” restaurant. As they were above serving “fried” foods, I settled for baked haddock and baked potato. I received the thin end of a piece of haddock cooked to a crisp and was charged $20.00. For this I could have fed my whole family two meals of haddock cooked properly. Recently, I observed to hubby that whereas food prics had risen dramatically in the last year, I was spending no more for my food budget than I had for the last several years and in fact, I am stocking my pantry more than in the past. We are eating out much less often, and, as we age, we are eating less (and seemingly gaining more????) and our appetite for rich, expensive foods has diminished.

With a little planning, I find we can have delicious, semi-healthy meals with money left to stockpile for emergencies.

I loved your post on eating out. I find now that I'm ususally disappointed when going going - between the high prices, the crowds, and sometimes the food - it's not fun for me any more. I can't enjoy something when it's overpriced!

I usually just frequent the parts of grocery stores that I need - and not the frozen section too often. I went with some friends to Costco yesterday and was appalled at the vast number of frozen entrees there. Between that and the number of box mixes, people don't need to cook for themselves, do they? But I'm sure they're expensive and not all that healthy either. (And IMO, not very tasty either!)