which is better?

I think it depends on your circumstances. There's no point making homemade food if you cook like my sister-in-law. She could ruin a bowl of cornflakes!

My children had various food allergies so I had no choice, I had to make everything from scratch.

Nowadays I quite enjoy doing it.
I think we might order take-out food once a year.
Ready meals we never eat.

What's best is what works best for you..

I prefer home made food but I do like to grow it as well. I also like eating out or takeouts and do occasionally eat ready meals. I am really omnivorous in the widest sense

once a year?

I think if I ate takeout once a year I'd starve. lol

i'm sick of cooking so i been getting frozen entrees the require a small amt of cooking and then pizza.

I'll eat whatever and like everything. I mostly cook and have leftovers for dinner. I save the frozen meals for tired or busy days or in-between meal plans if I don't have ingredients....

I also get fast food for something quick when I'm really hungry and don't have much at home that interests me, but it's usually for lunch and not dinner. We might do that a couple times in a month, mainly tacos or chicken nuggets (I get grilled ones). I'm obsessed with tacos, and I found a new taco place with lots of gf options that packs everything with a good amount of meat.

For whatever reason if I don't have anything for dinner or I don't feel up to cooking, then I usually order delivery of some sort (pizza, burgers, or pf changs), but there's not so many options, so we don't do that too much.

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I prefer homemade dinners. But I do also enjoy going out to eat. In fact, I've been going out for lunches and dinners for years and years. I always prefer eating with people than eating alone: whether it's with family, friends or work.

I don't mind eating alone. In fact, when I was first divorced from my ex, I decided that I would take myself out once a week. Also, I would treat myself to birthday dinners at upscale restaurants I had never before tried.

These days, I eat more healthily, so... Okay...Who am I kidding, I love takeout meals lol but I think I really have to prefer homemade food. Btw, what's your favorite takeout or supermarket-ready meal?

We had sugar snaps tonight. Really lovely.

I try.. and fail. Depends on what the meal is. For example... wings and french fries.. what green veggie do I want with that? I don't like celery that some people get with it to dip in ranch lol maybe a pickle could work.. but does that count? xD

String beans, they go with anything and are easy.

I prefer the taste of canned string beans to fresh. Maybe it is the texture.

Yeah, I eat green beans the most.. followed by broccoli. I like them relatively fresh, but it does have to be cooked right. Microwavable bags of them usually have a good texture... can even get the french cut versions, which is even better! It tastes pretty good with almond slivers... I never would have thought to do that on my own.

I hate mushy peas too, particularly the chip shop ones, the smell of which I find repulsive. I do like others though. I like most kinds of beans, although sometimes get confused on which must be cooked and which need not, so I cook all of them. I used to eat beans straight from the plants when I was in the fields where mum was working when I was little but those must have been Ok to eat