Several people, myself included, expressed frustration with the time, cost, stress, of preparing reasonably healthy and tasty meals.
I struggled with this problem for years. A few months ago I hit upon what is, to me, the ideal solution. I pay someone to come to my place twice per week and prepare all my meals. I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you’d have to pay for a similar service in your own country. The fact that I only eat salads (including fruit salads) also lowers the costs considerably, so you’d very likely have to pay more than I do if you are located in Europe or North America.
I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you’d have to pay for a similar service in your own country.
I would expect that incomes in a country with a lower cost of living would also tend to be proportionately lower; have you found a way around this?
I don’t have debts or dependants, and I live relatively frugally. In any case, before hiring this service I was spending more than an additional USD 80 per month on food (since I was eating out a lot), so I’m actually saving money relative to the relevant counterfactual.
Hrm. There’s a star on benthamite’s post, but I usually fail my perception rolls. I’ll bet the misreading was mine, and he never exceeds a four-day-old salad. Not ideal, but not revolting.
2022 edit: I’ve started using a meal service that delivers once per week. When there’s a salad, or fish, I eat that early in the week. It’s been working well so far, although twice I’ve thrown away some ingredient that looked questionable.
I struggled with this problem for years. A few months ago I hit upon what is, to me, the ideal solution. I pay someone to come to my place twice per week and prepare all my meals. I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you’d have to pay for a similar service in your own country. The fact that I only eat salads (including fruit salads) also lowers the costs considerably, so you’d very likely have to pay more than I do if you are located in Europe or North America.
I would expect that incomes in a country with a lower cost of living would also tend to be proportionately lower; have you found a way around this?
I don’t have debts or dependants, and I live relatively frugally. In any case, before hiring this service I was spending more than an additional USD 80 per month on food (since I was eating out a lot), so I’m actually saving money relative to the relevant counterfactual.
2-week-old salad doesn’t sound at all appetizing. Does that really work?
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Hrm. There’s a star on benthamite’s post, but I usually fail my perception rolls. I’ll bet the misreading was mine, and he never exceeds a four-day-old salad. Not ideal, but not revolting.
2022 edit: I’ve started using a meal service that delivers once per week. When there’s a salad, or fish, I eat that early in the week. It’s been working well so far, although twice I’ve thrown away some ingredient that looked questionable.