Most of us spend a lot of time each day cooking, if you’re not one who eats out every day. I see that we eat the same things over and over, we are creatures of habit that is for sure. Why is it that most of us would be happy to eat out every day. Is the restaurants food better that what we can prepare? If so, something is wrong. We need to take back our kitchens and learn to cook again.

Why is this a must:

1. Cost- How much does it cost to eat out 4 – 7 times per week.
2. Heath – Most of the foods we eat at restaurants isn’t real healthy
3. Love – yes love. Most of us remember our mothers or grandmothers cooking. A lot of time was spent with them cooking. I know they loved to cook us a good meal that we loved, and would spend hours doing so. The kitchen was the number 1 room everyone gathered in.

We need to make a list of what we’re going to have for dinner for the week and Sunday go shopping for all the ingredients. Pre-cook some foods if necessary. Make a cake to last a few days to give you that little sweet fix. I’d like to see people do this for 1 month to see if they feel better, how much money did they save, and do they think they have more family bonding time.

Plus, we’d take some of the money away from the Taco Bells, McDonalds, and other restaurants we eat at, when we know they’re unhealthy but they’re quick foods. As a child I didn’t get McDonalds maybe once a month. I got restaurant pizza once every three months or so, and I was 16 before I ate at “Ponderosa”. (Damn I was the king)