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[–] redditHasCooties 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

if you add up the time it takes to drive to a restaurant, sit, wait, be served, wait, pay, and drive home, it'll far exceed the amount of time it would take just to cook something on the stove.

I live literally on top of a pizza place (my name is Philip J. Fry, you may know my dog Seymour), and I was feeling uber lazy today, but rather than ordering a pizza from downstairs, waiting for it to be ready, and bringing it back up I grabbed a chicken breast from the fridge, sliced a tomato, grilled them both on an electric grill (which may or may not actually be a panini press...), tossed some pepper on them and called it good enough.

It was my crappiest meal of the week, not super flavorful or anything, but it took me like 7 minutes to make, I doubt it was much more than, what? 250-300 calories? and it probably cost me like $2.

Had I felt even marginally less lazy, I have brown rice, quinoa, eggs, lettuce, onions, garlic, spinach, and who knows how much more stuff... not to mention a ton of spices... I could've very easily at least made it tastier with still minimal effort and without really raising the calorie count or price by an awful lot.

What I cooked today is an awful way to eat, and I would absolutely not recommend that anyone eats like this every day, I try to treat myself better than that, but I was feeling lazy and I made myself a quick, cheap meal in less time than it would've taken me to heat up a Hungry Man frozen dinner, let alone go out and eat at a restaurant.

People talk about the price and the work involved, but the work and price are there when I make beef bourguignon, but that's a treat. That's a tasty meal that I make when I feel like it, most meals (not what I cooked today, but real meals) can be done in a reasonable time at a reasonable cost... their excuses are just excuses.