Cooking

So here we are trying to cut down on our spending by eating in. I mean you go to restaurants and they all have different ways to cook the same thing so why can't we do it at home, right? Well we can't because it is to EXPENSIVE!!!! Geeze, every time I see a recipe I think I would like to try I find I don't have the right cheese or enough of something or there is a host of spices that I have never heard of and spices are not cheap! I mean 8 dollars for a bottle of spice that is not available at a 99 cent store. To be able to cook at home you need to plan way ahead to make sure you have bought all that you need to do it and then who's to say you will even be in the mood to make it that week. The few times I have planned ahead and bought all the special ingredients the week went crazy and then we never got a chance to make it and some of the veggies and things went bad by the time we had taken care of it!
I think we should forgo the grocery store all together, except for drinks, and just eat out, how much more expensive could it really be given all the food that gets wasted anyway!!!