The worst excuse I have seen for broke people not conserving their budget by not cooking for themselves is "It's too expensive!"
Bullshit. You need to learn how to shop and plan for cheaper ingredients. And you clearly do not know how to do math if you cannot see that ordering takeout is more expensive than making it yourself.
Yes, it takes practice. But if you are broke, you cannot afford not learn this skill.
Another complaint about it "being too expensive" to cook for yourself is people refusing to eat the same thing for days in a row. It also prevents the "it takes too much time" excuse, because if you only cook a couple times a week, you get more bang for your buck.
"But I don't want to eat the same thing every day!" If you are broke, too bad. You can't afford variety, so learn to eat leftovers. Also, leftovers "tasting bad" is just a skill issue.
Sometimes the time to cook times the pay per time is greater than the cost of restaurant food especially when you consider clean up
This used to be the case for McDonalds before they became expensive because you have to use bleach to clean up after cooking hamburgers and you could order twelve hamburgers for twelve dollars and that would be all the food you need for a whole day cooked in a fast amount of time that could be eaten in a single meal if you are busy plus exercise
@shortstories There are so many ways cook with little time investment. Get a crock pot and put some meat and vegetables in there (prep time can be as short as 5 minutes), and leave it cooking for hours.
That, and make simpler recipes. It also ends up being cheaper and faster when you have less complexity in your recipes.
And prepping a lot of food to last you for days cuts down on total prep time. And clean up really should not take you that long either.
@houseoftolstoy @shortstories I only cook on weekend Is a super power of Veganism rice and beans last a whole week in the fridge without getting spoil or descompone.