Dinner is served!

[Pseudolus]

Just curious about this. For purposes of this question I'm not interested in the fanciness level, just whether it's prepared by someone outside the household. So "Burger Barn" = "Olive Garden" = "L'Idiot".

[Polly Nomial]

I picked 3 as my best guess, but I think it's relevant that we have no children at home. When we had our children it was more like 1.

BTW, I love eating at "I'diot," but they only let me have the chicken!

[Maine-iac]

Once in awhile I bring home a pizza. We go out to dinner with friends maybe once every 4 to 6 weeks. But it rounds to less than once a week.

If I get to missing other folks cooking, I just go out to lunch. Most of the restaurants and fast food around here are much closer to my workplace than my home.

Originally Posted by Maine-iac

If I get to missing other folks cooking...

I think you're missing the whole "Oh man, I really don't feel like making spaghetti or frozen pizza again tonight. Looks like we'll need to go out again" aspect of things.
But that's sweetly naive of you :P

[Pseudolus]

Originally Posted by Polly Nomial

BTW, I love eating at "I'diot," but they only let me have the chicken!

Right. The "new cruelty".

[Maine-iac]

Originally Posted by urysohn

I think you're missing the whole "Oh man, I really don't feel like making spaghetti or frozen pizza again tonight. Looks like we'll need to go out again" aspect of things.
But that's sweetly naive of you :P

I'm a big advocate of the joys of crock-pot cooking. Toss a bunch of stuff in it in the morning, turn it on low, go to work, tempting smells greet you as you walk in the door at night. Cuts way down on the number of spaghetti nights.

[Han Solo]

I think it rounds out to twice a week. The wife and I usually try to get out on a date away from the kids once a week, and there will usually be a night neither of us feel like cooking.

[Retired Bookworm]

(12+ times if you include lunches, 6 dinner, 6 lunch)

We eat out when we wait to 8 to eat. We eat at home when we wait until 10.

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by The Question

In an average week, how many times do you purchase dinner (eat in OR take out) rather than cook at home?

Just to make sure I read these instructions (unlike certain recipes) correctly: if we go out because I ruined another meal, that doesn't count as a "purchase rather than cook at home"?

Originally Posted by Casual Bookworm

when we wait to 8 to eat.

It took a good 15 seconds or so for my brain to actually understand that.