Take-out - Page 2

[noobmom]

As a family, we get take-out/fast food about 2-3 times a week. However, if you count my husband's lunches, it goes to probably almost every day.

[pumpkin]

We have been eating out 5 or more times a week. We are just so busy that it's hard to get meals on the table. We are trying to scale back though. Part if why we are so swamped is because I'm using every spare moment for a wah job and it kind of defeats the purpose if we just spend my earnings at restaurants. I convinced DH to try a new crackpot meal today. He is generally anti-anything easy so hopefully he will like this.
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[DevaMajka]

once or twice a month- it's usually a pizza deal ($5 little ceasars pizza. etc) or sushi. Occasionally, we get chinese food or eat at the mall. Very rarely do we do actual fast food like McD's. (we've realized recently that we *never* think it tastes any good).

[velochic]

We quite literally NEVER eat fast food. Haven't for years (dd is 8 and hasn't had fast food). However, we'll go to a favorite ethnic restaurant (Turkish, Mexican, Greek, Indian) and take food to eat at home. We'll do that probably 5 or 6 times a year.

ETA: We eat at restaurants (the sit-down-with-cloth-napkins type) about 2 - 4 times/ month. Usually closer to the 2 than the 4. We don't eat at chains like Applebee's and the like because those we consider to be just expensive fast food, as it's all processed, heat and eat frozen food in these joints, too.

[HollyBearsMom]

never fast food-meaning any type of chain, big box restaurant or drive thru.

We eat at a local Thai place at least once a week, No matter how hard I try I can not duplicate pad thai, basil fried rice or chicken gra pow at home.

At least a few times a month we go to a small middle eastern place too. Nothing like an authentic lamb gyro!

And while I make a great homemade pizza sometimes you gotta have big greasy slice of greek pizza.

[jeminijad]

Originally Posted by noobmom

As a family, we get take-out/fast food about 2-3 times a week. However, if you count my husband's lunches, it goes to probably almost every day.

This is us.

I work Fri, Sat, Sun- leave the house at 5am and don't get home till 8pm. We'll order pizza, subs, wings or something 2 of those 3 nights, and then once during the week when I want a night off of all work.

A major, major contributor to all the eating out is that DH and I both detest doing dishes, and we have no dishwasher.

[BetsyS]

I love take out. We usually do it twice a month. We recently moved to an area with lots of options (Mediterranean, Indian, Thai, Malaysian, Mexican, Greek, you name it...), so that might up my intake of take out.

And, I'm totally a sucker for Chili's chips and salsa. I really like their salsa, and you get a nice sized portion for $2.99. So, sometimes, I'll go get that for a treat after my kids go to bed. Random, but good. LOL

[Sol_y_Paz]

Fast food, almost never. I can't even remember the last fast food time. Eating out/take out is also pretty rare. Once a month if we are lucky. I love eating out at restaurants (no dishes and coming home to a clean kitchen is also a nice part of the appeal) and can find lots of healthy options but we don't have eating out in the budget.

[OkiMom]

Depends on how you define takeout.. We eat out a couple times a month, sometimes its fast food and other times its a restruant.

[CBEmomma]

My DH really loves pizza, to be more specific he really loves Pizza Hut. I don't really like pizza all that much, and I prefer to have home-made pizza. So once a month we'll do some Pizza Hut. Usually when we go shopping, which is every saturday we go to Panera Bread for lunch. But once or twice a month we'll go to some other place, usually Subway, but my DH does enjoy Taco Bell. Fast food upsets my stomach so I eat as little as possible. But we also have this really awesome sit down resturaunt that uses all natural ingredients. It's a bit spendy, but so worth it, and it's never busy so it's great for the kids too.