Where I work (the Day Job) they have offered to connect us with
Social Suppers. Let me start off by saying that my wife does most of the cooking around the house and does a great job. That being said, it's a lot of work being a full time nurse, chasing down the rug rat, cooking for the family, taking classes and now baking child #2. =) I pitch in with cooking where I can, but lets face it, you can only have chili, pizza, spaghetti, tuna helper or tator tot casserole so often. Let's face it, training in the AM and holding a 45 to 50 hour a week job doesn't leave much time for me to be a cook, either.
That's where
Social Suppers comes in. They start taking orders at the beginning of April and we're looking to try them out. The beauty part is, they cook up the order and deliver it right to my desk for a given price - we will also be looking at the cost-to-benefit ratio. I take it home, we pop it in the oven, toss out the plates and utensils and throw some food out there and chow down! Sounds simple, right??? Hopefully this comes in handy when I've been up early training, worked all day, my wife has pulled a 12 hour nursing shift, and we're tired and wiped out when we get home and instead of raiding the pantry for crap food, we can heat up a nice dinner and eat like "normal" people.
Since I'm a uber nerd when it comes to tracking expenses on the home front, I figured out for 2009:
$8.36 Average Cost of Eating at Home
$11.43 Average Cost of Eating Out for Lunch
$22.71 Average Cost of Eating Out for Dinner
2010 so far:
$9.10 Average Cost of Eating at Home
$11.77 Average Cost of Eating Out for Lunch
$24.30 Average Cost of Eating Out for Dinner
Stay tuned for some un-solicited reviews on our choices and how the cost-to-benefit ratio turns out for our family. Can they beat out tator tot casserole??? Does this help with the life balance to have a "family" meal without spending more than an hour and destroying the kitchen to make?? Time will tell.
