Homemade or store bought?

My fiance does most the cooking...i'm ok when it involved putting frozen stuff in the oven (eg home made spag bol etc) but as for just putting something together from the cupboard i'm useless!

We usually shop in Sainsburys/Aldi and Tesco as they're the cheapest and we're skint!

I love too cook, in fact my major was culinary arts ( a fact that got me here lol). I'm having a blast figuring out new low calorie recipes and love the recipes on eatingwell.com. Do you have any place you get your recipes? I'm always looking for new things.

Home made definitely! So many of my recipes are yummy (not bragging, I just try to collect yummy easy ones!), I can't imagine buying store bought (soups for example... YUCK!).

I contribute a good part of my weight loss to cutting out not all, but a lot, of processed prepared foods. If I can figure out a way to make something myself and control the ingredients, I do. My favorite is to catch cans of tomatoes on buy one get one free at the grocery store and stock up. Always have some on hand for homemade pasta sauce!

I am a mother of 4 and have always cooked for them. At first it was to stretch pennies (single income) but then I learned that I was giving out of love.

I cook! I eat clean and that entails lots of fresh foods and healthy options. No prepackaged stuff unless I am sick and can barely move. I had a migrane a few days ago....I did resort to a Kashi frozen meal and my daughter ate chicken nuggets and fries that night.
We get take out once or twice a month...usually Thai or Japanese...very rarely is it pizza. We try to keep healthy snacks in the house...my down fall though are chips/crisps and gummy snacks....both of which I buy in individual servings so it's a one time snack and I'd have to go back to the store to buy more if I wanted it. It keeps my portions in control and because I hate having to deal with traffic...I don't usually make that second trip, lol.
I also love to bake....I've cut back on it since I've started cutting out carbs. I do eat healthy carbs 3-4 times a day...but I do love muffins and pastry. Lol.

I love to cook most of the time we eat at home. I also enjoy going out to eat when we can (which isn't much anymore). I'd rather cook it at home knowing its saving us $$ and I can prepare the food the way I want it!

I never really made time to cook or do anything more than basics until my grandmother passed. I always used to spend time with her in the kitchen and now it makes me feel closer to her when I am cooking. I think she would be happy.

I love to cook but cooking has made my fiance and I both gain weight. He is out of town so when I am alone I do not usually cook much for myself but, I am looking into healthier options for us both when he comes back

I love love love to cook! But moving from the central valley in CA to New Mexico I've the produce is lacking...and no Sourdough bread. thats good for the diet...bad for the tastebuds. Miss the local farmers markets

I have always been a home cook (even prior to MFP we rarely had take aways / conveneince food but we did go out to restaurants a lot more!). The problem was never really what I cooked but the amounts I ate. My mammoth portion sizes and the fact I'd sometimes have 2 carbs with one meal meant I gained a lot of weight - garlic bread goes with pasta so well though LOL

I now portion control which means I can still have my home cooked food but I just eat less and have made lots of healthy swaps!

I commute 2 hours a day so do need to use cheats here and there. I may sometimes buy a packet of cubed potaoes that just go in the oven (140 cals per half pack). We have fresh veg or salad with every evening meal.

I do sometimes buy ready meals but always go for the low cal options and always serve something healthy on the side.

OH has a lot more processes stuff than I do [he doesn't have to watch his weight - his job burns 1000 cals per day] so I will sometimes do myself a healthy salad and stick him a pie in the oven.

I do try to have one evening a week that is my night off cooking though - so OH cooks or we go out or get a chicken shish kebab from the local Turkish restaurant.

90% homemade, 5% going out, and 5% prepackaged.

It's always a toss-up. How much Time and Money do you have?

I like to make homemade whole-wheat bread. It costs about $.89 per loaf and is delicious. But it takes all morning and makes a ton of mess/dishes, for three loaves (I stick two in the freezer). So for the money I've saved, I don't know if it's worth my time, especially if my kids aren't playing well together.

You can pay through the nose for GOOD whole-grain bread, but a lot of us can't afford that. Or buy cheap white bread and "pay for it" with stopped up intestines and empty carbs, KWIM?

I do a lot from scratch because it's cheaper. Buy in bulk, divide and cook down myself (beans, cheeses, pantry items) and I buy meats, eggs, and milk from a local farm.

I only buy pre-packaged things like spaghetti sauces, crackers, and frozen veggies that I use in cooking.

Occasionally I'll throw in a DiGiorno or use a frozen meal that I made weeks ago.

Always, always a balance between time and money. And priorities.

I love to cook, but the more I think about food, the more I eat, so the only way for me to cut calories is to stay out of the kitchen as much as I can.

Definitely home cooking. I used to eat the Lean Cuisine's and the Lean Pockets but the sodium content is just way too much.

I eat out too, but no more processed/frozen meals from the freezer section for me!