Cook at home or eat out? Which do you do more often?

i stil go out like once a month, its hard to go out and find something healthy without eating like a rabbit. Also, i am a chef, so cooking my own food is better anyway.

I definitely cook more at home than eat out. On average I probably eat out at a restaurant once every two weeks. Most of the time, I can cook what is served at restaurants with lesser calories, still good taste, and I know exactly what's being put into it. I'm vegetarian, so I'm always worried about cross contamination. But there are definitely nights where I don't want to cook, too hot out, or not in the mood, so I'll go eat at a restaurant.

I give myself one cheat meal a week that is eaten at a restaurant and then try to eat the rest of my meals at home. Knowing I have that one "treat" each week makes eating mostly at home not so bad. That's just what works for me!

most resturants you go to, you can just ask ffor a grilled piece of fish or chicken with veggies and ask for no added oil or butter and they will gladly do that for you. you can even get a small steak, just cut off the fat.

It depends. This week we are eating at home a lot because I am just flat out broke. It gets expensive w/ 5 people going out to eat ~ even with 2 of them eating off the kids menu. We generally eat out (between breakfast, lunch and dinner) about 3-5 times a week, tho. It is much easier to control my cal intake at home!

Diner beware a recent independent study shown that restaurants advertised calorie content is oftn off by up to 300 calories!!!! I eat in most often and pack my lunches for work.

I don't eat out unless I have a reason to (i.e. someone's bday, meeting with friends, etc.) and I cook my own food when I'm not out. I also pack breakfast, lunch, and snacks for work everyday. It's a lot of effort, but eventually it just became a habit. I like knowing exactly what is in my food, most of the time anyway

we go out mostly. still trying to get my mr out of it. he went a whole month of me cooking and went right back to wantign to eat out. i perfer to cook.

The former.

oh didn't mention that if i don't brown bag my lunch for work, i'm stuck with school food! Yuck! I never eat out for lunch during the school year. Left overs or protein shakes and peanuts here.

I'll eat out only if were out running around & won't have time to cook when we get home. I prefer to eat at home because it's cheaper and healthier. At least I can count my calories and now what ingredients are in it. Eating out is like a crap shoot, you just don't what's in it and your guessing half the time on calories

I almost always cook at home and take my lunches and snacks with me, but do enjoy going out to eat occasionally. My husband and I most like to go out for breakfast, which if you just stick to eggs and toast isn't too bad. If we go out for dinner, we now usually split an entree.

I eat at home mostly, probably about 95% of the time. I actually really don't enjoy going out to eat very much. I still live with my family so sometimes I have to go out when they want to and then I usually have to go out when I travel for business. Although now that I'm traveling more and more alone, I tend to pick up some fresh things from a grocery store and just eat in my hotel room unless I specifically have to go out to dinner to entertain.

I actually find the restaurant experience to be quite stressful. I live in an area where there aren't really chains so you can never quite be sure what you will find on the menu. I wouldn't say I'm a picky eater, but I am very concerned about where ingredients, in particular meat, come from and how fresh they are and how they are prepared. I'm an excellent chef so I would rather prepare my own food at home. I scour food blogs and cooking magazines for creative ideas so I can experiment with new things at home.