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Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by BafanaBafana(op): 8:40pm On May 08, 2025

From my experience, if you stay alone, eating out is cheaper. If you doubt it, calculate the actual cost of preparing a meal, check how many times you will eat that meal and then compare how much it will cost you to buy that number of plates of the same quality of meal outside.

Further more, consider the time and labor cost.
You go to the market to buy food stuff
Prepare to cook
Do the cooking.
Be cleaning while cooking.
Go out to a nearby shop to buy something you forgot to buy in the market.
Finish cooking.
Wash the dishes after eating.

All these after buying food stuff with your money o
Meanwhile if you go to a restaurant, all you do is eat and leave.

So gents, eating out is way cheaper.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by lordm(m): 8:57pm On May 08, 2025

Eating out is more expensive

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by HeatSeeker(m): 9:10pm On May 08, 2025

BafanaBafana:
From my experience, if you stay alone, eating out is cheaper. If you doubt it, calculate the actual cost of preparing a meal, check how many times you will eat that meal and then compare how much it will cost you to buy that number of plates of the same quality of meal outside.
Further more, consider the time and labor cost.
You go to the market to buy food stuff
Prepare to cook
Do the cooking.
Be cleaning while cooking.
Go out to a nearby shop to buy something you forgot to buy in the market.
Finish cooking.
Wash the dishes after eating.
All these after buying food stuff with your money o
Meanwhile if you go to a restaurant, all you do is eat and leave.
So gents, eating out is way cheaper.

I totally agree with you. I live alone. Whenever I want to cook, I spend nothing less than 5k. But if I eat out, it's never more than 3k. I did the math and realized that I am better off eating out than cooking food for myself.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Caaz: 8:12am On May 09, 2025*

Cooking is better than eating out.

#1500 prepared this chicken egusi soup this afternoon.
If you want to eat this food outside it will cost nothing less than #500
And i still have remainder in the pot.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by NORSYK(m): 10:47am On May 09, 2025

I live alone and eat out all the time. Haven’t cooked in over a year. I used to think it was cheaper, but when I checked how much I spend on food monthly, eating out turned out way more expensive. The only good thing is you get freshly cooked meals.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Cmanforall: 10:47am On May 09, 2025

You know it is eating outside

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by inoki247: 10:47am On May 09, 2025

Lol if na quality food Cooking at home is costly and makes you eat like bandit...

If you cook two cup or three cups of rice with the calculation say na till night ur mind no go gri leave the rice alone...

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by idrisolaide(m): 10:47am On May 09, 2025

Your eating habit determines.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by SimpleDan3: 10:48am On May 09, 2025

Cooking

Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by omoredia: 10:48am On May 09, 2025

Ask ur pa p a

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Larryfest(m): 10:48am On May 09, 2025

Caaz:
Cooking is better than eating out.

Yeah sure but cooking this days is more expensive than eating out.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by jimmyolasun: 10:48am On May 09, 2025

HeatSeeker:
I totally agree with you. I live alone. Whenever I want to cook, I spend nothing less than 5k. But if I eat out, it's never more than 3k. I did the math and realized that I am better off eating out than cooking food for myself.

So if you spend 5k to cook at home, you finish the food at a go? I am not understanding this..

Because I know whenever I eat out, I spend nothing less than 3500 to 4k eating Amala and ogunfe but whenever I have someone come cook for me, I spend at least 6-10k to get the dishes ready and it takes me nothing less than 3-5 days before I finish it.

So tell me how...

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by cybriz82(m): 10:48am On May 09, 2025

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Emu4life(m): 10:49am On May 09, 2025

If you cook, you will eat it twice or thrice.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by MaziObinnaokija: 10:49am On May 09, 2025*

go marry and enjoy yo PEACE @home rather than jumping from mama Nkechi Akpu , to iya Basira Amala spot to mallam Sheu mai indomie without knowing the source of their water

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by id4sho(m): 10:49am On May 09, 2025

Depends on the kind of restaurant.
You can get a plate of rice, beans, swallow with meat for 600 in Jos

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by TTPAAR(m): 10:49am On May 09, 2025

Cooking alone at home.

U can hardly cook with 800, but can get an averagely nice meal with that.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by bixton(m): 10:50am On May 09, 2025*

BafanaBafana:
From my experience, if you stay alone, eating out is cheaper. If you doubt it, calculate the actual cost of preparing a meal, check how many times you will eat that meal and then compare how much it will cost you to buy that number of plates of the same quality of meal outside.

Further more, consider the time and labor cost.
You go to the market to buy food stuff
Prepare to cook
Do the cooking.
Be cleaning while cooking.
Go out to a nearby shop to buy something you forgot to buy in the market.
Finish cooking.
Wash the dishes after eating.

All these after buying food stuff with your money o
Meanwhile if you go to a restaurant, all you do is eat and leave.

So gents, eating out is way cheaper.

Lazy Lazy Laziness is what you are.
People like me who is a heavy eater, its certainly cheaper I cook at home and if I'm too tired I get someone to assist and I give a token for such task.

I just had breakfast, porridge beans/yam/fried plantain/2 beef and bottle water for #2800. This is moderate eating. In this particular place I'll have to spend about #3500 if I want to eat to my fill.

There's also a low budget place in the instance I find myself around that area and a plate of eba with white soup is #1800 with pure water. All this are just moderate eating, like make food enter belle.

So I'll prefer cooking at home for it's always cheaper.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Jman06(m): 10:50am On May 09, 2025

Eating out is definitely more expensive!

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by moneyissweet(m): 10:50am On May 09, 2025

If single eating outside is better,if married cooking at home is better and cheaper

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Pentagon007: 10:50am On May 09, 2025

This is very 💯. I have done the calculations over and over and all the time, I arrive at the same conclusion. Eating out is cheaper when you are alone.
Cooking is quite expensive

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Jeje247: 10:50am On May 09, 2025

BafanaBafana:
From my experience, if you stay alone, eating out is cheaper. If you doubt it, calculate the actual cost of preparing a meal, check how many times you will eat that meal and then compare how much it will cost you to buy that number of plates of the same quality of meal outside.

Further more, consider the time and labor cost.
You go to the market to buy food stuff
Prepare to cook
Do the cooking.
Be cleaning while cooking.
Go out to a nearby shop to buy something you forgot to buy in the market.
Finish cooking.
Wash the dishes after eating.

All these after buying food stuff with your money o
Meanwhile if you go to a restaurant, all you do is eat and leave.

So gents, eating out is way cheaper.

Heard about H. Pylori before?

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by JibrinAm(m): 10:51am On May 09, 2025

Everything is expensive.

For days now, I haven't eaten. I don't have food. If I die, so be it. I'm tired

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by fabolouz1(m): 10:51am On May 09, 2025

If you are a bachelor , eating outside is more economical.

Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Empresa: 10:51am On May 09, 2025

Respect to the women who do the cooking and clean dishes, e no easy.

Cooking at home is better and healthier. If you eat out, when you fall sick you will understand better

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by son4century(m): 10:51am On May 09, 2025

You pay each time you want to eat outside
But if you cook at home, you can always have enough to eat later

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Pharaoh4rin(m): 10:52am On May 09, 2025

I cooked yesterday with 2k. It served me very well throughout and even today I'd have to finish it. Guess what I cooked.

Beans.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Samajogs: 10:52am On May 09, 2025

Cook at home and cook enough to last you for days

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Emeskhalifa(m): 10:52am On May 09, 2025

Once upon a time, there was a time that cooking and eating at home was more economical compared to eating out.

We did not appreciate those at the helm of power as of then, we insulted them and chose change. See where we are today, see what the change has brought us today. The change we so much asked for.

Prices of food and its ingredient have all blown over the roof top.

Eating at home is now extremely, in fact more expensive than eating outside.

Sometimes I wonder what legacy will be left for generation to come.

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by GenghisCan(m): 10:53am On May 09, 2025

How does the exposed boobs relate to the whole write up?😏🌝

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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by FineUsername(m): 10:53am On May 09, 2025

All this depends on location though.

Pentagon007:
This is very 💯. I have done the calculations over and over and all the time, I arrive at the same conclusion. Eating out is cheaper when you are alone.
Cooking is quite expensive

Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by AKWATGOLD1(m): 10:54am On May 09, 2025

From my experience, if you stay alone, preparing your is more cheaper and you eat to your satisfaction with left overs without draining your pocket.

BafanaBafana:
From my experience, if you stay alone, eating out is cheaper. If you doubt it, calculate the actual cost of preparing a meal, check how many times you will eat that meal and then compare how much it will cost you to buy that number of plates of the same quality of meal outside.

Further more, consider the time and labor cost.
You go to the market to buy food stuff
Prepare to cook
Do the cooking.
Be cleaning while cooking.
Go out to a nearby shop to buy something you forgot to buy in the market.
Finish cooking.
Wash the dishes after eating.

All these after buying food stuff with your money o
Meanwhile if you go to a restaurant, all you do is eat and leave.

So gents, eating out is way cheaper.

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