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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Love800(m): 2:21pm On May 09, 2025
Can you explain how?
fabolouz1:
If you are a bachelor , eating outside is more economical.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Love800(m): 2:23pm On May 09, 2025
That is their job. If they(women) are tired of cooking, they should go provide for the family while the man do the cooking!
Empresa:
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
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Love800(m): 2:28pm On May 09, 2025
8k!
Mama-put no dey your area!
EBEk101:
I believe your eating habits influence how expensive it is to cook at home or eat out. Personally, I cook once a week and that’s on Saturdays, I prepare up to two or three meals and store them in my fridge. Here in Lagos, a good meal can cost between 7K to 8K per plate. If I eat twice a day, that’s about 16K daily, which adds up significantly over a week. In the end, I find cooking at home to be the more cost-effective option.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by ismodiwa(m): 2:32pm 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.
Strongly disagree
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by volts(m): 2:36pm On May 09, 2025
Food quality matters. The restaurant don't cook healthy. They are only after profit at the expense of your general health
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by lacasera14(m): 2:45pm On May 09, 2025
Eating out is way cheaper. You won't fill gas, buy water, stress yourself to go to the market, spend time which is also money to cook. Sometimes you spent an hour to cook and only eat for 10 minutes. Besides eating out gives you variety. You can eat rice, beans and spaghetti in one plate or eguisi, okazi and draw in one plate. But can you cook these three soups without spending up to 15k to 20k and let's say you don't have fridge or there's no light. You'll warm three soups for how long till you get tired? Also, eating out means you eat fresh foods all the time, no warming. And there's no way you'll spend money to buy food stuffs that you still won't eat out a little. Snacks is eating out too. So you'll still eat out.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by lacasera14(m): 2:48pm On May 09, 2025
Sunisonflex39:
I disagree.. I spent 2900 here for this meal and it lasted me till the next day.

I cannot use 2900 to eat out thrice in this port Harcourt..

Check the link

https://www.nairaland.com/8413535/vegetable-soup-cooked-2900
Well, you don't like variety. You mean you ate this soup morning afternoon and night? 😷 I can't. I love variety and hate repeating food which is why I eat out because I can enjoy the variety without the stress of cooking.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Lovit(m): 3:01pm On May 09, 2025
It depends on where you eat out

if it is a roadside mamaput, yes it may be cheaper eating out

But If you eat at Choice restaurants, or you order from the likes of Amoke and co, then consider it cheaper to cook your meal yourself
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by chronique(m): 3:05pm On May 09, 2025
Eating out is more expensive o. I spend over 3m on food every year with a minimum of 10k a day and my daily spend is usually more than that.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by jimmyolasun: 3:09pm On May 09, 2025
G0odharddick:
Which one is whenever you have someone to come cook for you? How can a sane man not know how to cook in this 25th century? You're waiting for a girl to come Cook for you?

Dude so if a girl doesn't come, u won't eat? pathetic!
E concern you. Oya come cook for me
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by PUMPIN11(m): 3:14pm On May 09, 2025
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Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Goldbw122(m): 3:28pm On May 09, 2025
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
Yes... You are right.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by diogo23: 3:31pm 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.
How many times did you eat that food you cook at home/ how many times did eat that food you buy outside? Answer me this two questions please
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by ekeneokwologu(m): 3:38pm On May 09, 2025
Eating at home is cheaper.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Twofoursix: 4:59pm On May 09, 2025
TTPAAR:
Cooking alone at home.


U can hardly cook with 800, but can get an averagely nice meal with that.
Thank you very much.

According to OP, people don't calculate the stress involved and the gas you used while cooking the food.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Walexybobo(m): 5:06pm On May 09, 2025
Don't know how you arrived at your calculations, but be it living alone or in group, cooking at home is way more favorable than eating out. What you eat at home in terms of quantity and quality is far better than eating out regardless of the points you mentioned above. Cooking at home is the deal anyday anytime
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by bixton(m): 5:33pm On May 09, 2025
TTPAAR:
Cooking alone at home.


U can hardly cook with 800, but can get an averagely nice meal with that.
Except this person is staying somewhere in the middle belt to north.....
This meal is meagre managed and not averagely nice.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Gpower077(m): 5:34pm On May 09, 2025
I am married with 3 children that's a total of 5 persons,I still spend less because of the kind of wife I have,she is very economical.but for the singles u have to consider the health implication, preparing ur meal is way cheaper if u factor in ur health.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by EBEk101(m): 6:10pm On May 09, 2025
Love800:
8k!
Mama-put no dey your area!
I’ve had a bitter experience with roadside food back when I was in Yenagoa…… so I'd rather cook my own meals or eat at a better eatery
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by BafanaBafana(op): 6:10pm On May 09, 2025
son4century:
You pay each time you want to eat outside
But if you cook at home, you can always have enough to eat later
Filling gas
Worrying if there's light so your food won't spoil,
Etc. Those are all expensive
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by mechanics(m): 6:14pm On May 09, 2025
Cooking is better either staying alone or with family members.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by mechanics(m): 6:15pm On May 09, 2025
Caaz:
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.
You are saying N500, you can't get this food for N500.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Jeffy1206(m): 7:32pm On May 09, 2025
inoki247:
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...
you be glutton na why. Normally if you cook any meal by yourself, you tend to eat less. If I finish cooking, I'll loose my appetite completely.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by BafanaBafana(op): 7:42pm On May 09, 2025
We4all:
Well hygienically prepared food is the most important thing to consider when preparing a meal, and you will hardly get that in a restaurant.
Most restaurants are more hygienic than some people so forget that one.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by BafanaBafana(op): 7:45pm On May 09, 2025
Ezzymadu:
Remember say na MAMA put na she carry. pot so no extra unless you put hand for pocket grin grin grin
That quantity they serve you is what you should be eating. Anything more is gluttony.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by We4all: 8:00pm On May 09, 2025
BafanaBafana:
Most restaurants are more hygienic than some people so forget that one.
Obviously, I am not among those people. Most people preparing meals in restaurant have very poor hygiene. Accept this and have peace.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by inoki247: 8:02pm On May 09, 2025
Jeffy1206:
you be glutton na why. Normally if you cook any meal by yourself, you tend to eat less. If I finish cooking, I'll loose my appetite completely.
Lol na u wan Lose appetite....


As for me my mind no go gri leave the food. If I wan go pee I go check am out, if I dey watch TV I go pause am to check if everything still dey intact along the line things will start missing in the pot sad shocked shocked
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by Love800(m): 8:15pm On May 09, 2025
Okay.

I appreciate your response.
EBEk101:
I’ve had a bitter experience with roadside food back when I was in Yenagoa…… so I'd rather cook my own meals or eat at a better eatery
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by DaCharis2016: 8:25pm On May 09, 2025
jimmyolasun:
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...
Tell them.
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by JobAndVacancies: 8:49pm On May 09, 2025
cybriz82:
Na food u Dey advertise here or pimple bobie? Which one?
grin
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by JobAndVacancies: 8:52pm On May 09, 2025
We4all:
Well hygienically prepared food is the most important thing to consider when preparing a meal, and you will hardly get that in a restaurant.
Ahnie you too like food.
Your other topic you cooked egusi is already on front page.
The one you posted on your Caaz moniker
Re: Cooking Alone Vs Eating Out, Which Is More Expensive? by We4all: 8:55pm On May 09, 2025
JobAndVacancies:
Ahnie you too like food.
Your other topic you cooked egusi is already on front page.
The one you posted on your Caaz moniker
Stop obsessing over a married woman. I am not Ahnie, dummy.
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