Do You Cook From Scratch Or Buy Meals Pre Made? / myLot

@db20747 (43440)

Washington, District Of Columbia

September 10, 2023 4:00pm CST

Hello all! And good Sunday!! On the way to get dinner and it will be a chicken and mixed vegetables and a roll. The chicken will already be cooked and I can microwave the vegetables. Easy Sunday Dinner! Miss the good old days of making everything from scratch like biscuits and peach cobbler. Do you cook mostly from scratch or buy things already cooked?

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Raine38

@Raine38 (12391)

• United States

10 Sep 23

That sounds like a good and yummy dinner. As much as possible, I would like to cook from scratch especially if I am able to find fresh ingredients. Somehow, if I don't have time or too tired to bother, then we have no choice but to get those already prepared and ready.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

10 Sep 23

Yes, makes cooking so much quicker , especially chicken, mashed potatoes and and easy bake peach pies

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moirai

@moirai (2853)

• Philippines

10 Sep 23

I guess it depends on the time you have, (and perhaps whether you have ingredients available or not...). Cooking from scratch also ensures you actually know what ingredients went in your food and how it was prepared... I think I would prefer to cook from scratch, but to buy things already cooked would be fine on occassion.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

Food with ingredients you made has a lot less preservatives and hasn't been frozen for decades. Much more flavor. But a lots more time.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37369)

• Toccoa, Georgia

10 Sep 23

I cook a little bit of both.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

I need to cook more from scratch and eat more vegetables. Much less sodium.

Anna

@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

11 Sep 23

I ONLY cook from scratch I buy nothing already cooked.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

12 Sep 23

@db20747 We used to go to a restaurant several times a week when we both worked, but no more now.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

This is healthful, flavorful, and good homecooking!!

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

11 Sep 23

I cook almost everything from scratch and I don’t cook anything complicated.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

11 Sep 23

@db20747 I’m a plain cook. I don’t like complicated.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

If meals aren't too complicated that makes from scratch much easier.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38564)

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11 Sep 23

I have always cooked our meals. It wouldn't have been practical, healthy, or very frugal at all to buy ready-made foods. Pretty much the only cooked food I ever buy is a Costco rotisserie chicken, and I honestly haven't purchased any of those since last fall. I prefer to just cook, and then I have more control over what is in the food.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

Yes, much less sodium , much more. healthful. Costco rotisseries are one of favs.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38564)

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12 Sep 23

@db20747 Plus, after all the chicken is gone, I always cook the bones to get broth, so one chicken goes far!

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Amber

@AmbiePam (93739)

• United States

11 Sep 23

Lately, I have been buying flash frozen dinners due to the ones offered being so healthy, and flash frozen being a healthy way to preserve a frozen dinner : garlic salmon, lemon cod, and Cajun tilapia, all with vegetables. I have been thrilled with those. No preservatives or added junk is the best way for me to have anything frozen. I just haven’t been feeling good enough to routinely cook from scratch like I used to.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

These are good healthful meals. Where do you buy them.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (93739)

• United States

11 Sep 23

@db20747 I get them at Walmart.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (71520)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Sep 23

We do both. I should cook from scratch more often, but frozen pre--cooked is more convenient when eating so late.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (71520)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Sep 23

@db20747 Considering how late we tend to make dinner. That was the name of the game.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

Yes, very convenient

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90295)

• Arvada, Colorado

11 Sep 23

Both but rarely do I buy stuff already made..I cook at home more.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

Nothing like a homemade meal.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139782)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10 Sep 23

I cook mostly from scratch and sometimes buy already cooked meals.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

From scratch and homemade has the best flavor

DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

10 Sep 23

K and I do a combination. We buy some meals that all they need is to be heated in the skillet for 15 minutes or so. We also buy the ingredients to make some meals from scratch.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Sep 23

Yes a combo makes life much easier. Not everything from scratch

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