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[@WatchDoggyDog]

go vegan you jerx, n cool video

[@schunter20]

This video didn't even touch on your biggest problem. The fact, you haven't watched Krampus.

[@herrnerdmeyer3638]

You are my mom.

[@jaredburkemedia]

Our*

[@toria.rey.]

When I clicked on and first saw this comment, I was wondering how this comment would relate 😂. Didn’t take long

[@TheDanno210]

Dammit. I came here to call dibs. 😤

[@jaredburkemedia]

@@TheDanno210 Our dibs*

[@bluemoose4826]

Mom's great we should do something nice for him on mother's day

[@qwertydeluxe]

the stock footage of the elderly gentleman absolutely rocking out while cutting up a tomato is sending me 😂

[@jrussino]

That made me so nervous! Is this old guy going to slip and cut himself? That's way too much bopping for a guy with a knife. Then at the end he waves it in the air!!!

[@zelbinian]

And almost sent him to the hospital holy geez

[@kalliste01]

I questioned why such stock video exists :D

[@Museofmemory]

If you wanna make cooking at home long term, outside the constraints of a challenge, you gotta get BORING! I mean, there's a reason everyone's mum had about five recipes on rotation. To start with, pick three things, three meals that you're going to eat almost every week. And it's gotta be SIMPLE. I'm talking 3 - 5 ingredients that you will ALWAYS have in your fridge. Steak and veggies. Stir fry. Spaghetti bolognese. Mac and cheese. Baked potatoes. Sausage and mash. EASY meals, brain off, no recipe required. Now every week you buy those ingredients without fail. You don't think about it. You don't get creative. If you want to be creative, do it on another day of the week. Once you're in the habit, you can add some more boring meals and rotate your roster. And always have a salad on the table. Lettuce and tomato with a vinaigrette. BORING. Doesn't matter what your main is, there's a salad on the side to fill the gaps. I guarantee this works, it's how our mothers and grandmothers did it for generations before Instagram showed up to tell us about how boring our food looks.

[@ashtar3876]

Idk man the shit my parents make when guests are over slaps. It probably takes a bunch of work which is why they only make it then

[@ERYN__]

I started watching this, and my cat climbed on my back and started wheezing in my ear. She must have known I needed a Wheezy Weighter.

[@countchocala]

Until I read this comment, I've always read the channel name as Wheezy WaLter

[@beautifulbuds]

😂

[@coralovesnature]

I literally laughed out loud at this

[@moose4010]

Hey Mr. Waiterman, been watching for awhile and just want to give you a major compliment on how you include your daughter in these videos. Keeping her face out, but adding little moments is the perfect balance of accurately portraying your life without exploiting your child for content and it's just a nice thing. Props to you my good sir.

[@leahofliger7570]

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[@colechristian3765]

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[@RyeBreadGangster]

For the first time ever, you guys are trying something that I already do naturally. Feeling extremely smug right now.

[@cassandrabuitron427]

Same 😂

[@ludiwghartmann785]

we are great

[@shelleyjames4446]

Every time I get a takeaway I think about how much I just spent and regret it. I cook at home approx 28 days a month and the other 2/3 times are full of regret.

[@therabbithat]

Because a full meal with 2 veg and a protein source and a healthy carb is about 2 euro for me and in the US it's like 7 dollars or something

[@MindyTunnell]

Same same 😂

[@midtownfarmgirl5494]

I don't understand why people think "cooking at home" requires making a recipe. I sautee some meat and cut up some veggies. Meal. Done. Food on the table. Someone wants a sauce, there are condiments in the fridge. I get home at 5. Dinner's ready before 5:30. People make things way too complicated then complain that it's too hard and they don't want to do it.

[@ariesmry]

Cooking at home has a level of difficulty for people who prefer variety in their meals, because it’s more planning and skills to learn. But kudos to you for figuring out a system that works for you

[@KOutOfMyYard]

As someone who does cook 4-5 days a week from scratch for the family I understand the time, effort and $ that it takes BUT it is part of my way of caring for my family.

[@adamwpg]

Yep, my wife developed a severe allergy a few years ago that meant it's very rare we can eat out anymore, but I've really gotten into cooking in a big way as a result. There are definitely times when I wish we could just order something or pick up dinner on the way home, but I am grateful to have had the opportunity to explore cooking as a hobby

[@jenmatt1923]

Same. I meal plan and do some prep work on the weekend to make it easier during the week. (And it takes just as long to go pick up dinner daily as it does to cook a meal.)

[@adamwpg]

@@jenmatt1923For me it's the planning that I find most exhausting. If I have a plan, I'm good to go.

[@azfortuna9398]

i just do it cause im poor lol but ive been poor my whole life so ive learned to cook quickly and to my specific tastes to the point where restaurant food usually disappoints me now.

[@patrickhodson8715]

“It wasn’t sh*tty, it was just bad!” Seriously Chyna’s sense of humor is literally everything

[@SarahLovesFood]

Thanks for listening to Chyna and making this video! It's fascinating to watch people who don't cook every day--I know that's somewhat the norm in the US, but I've been cooking all my own food from scratch ever since I was a teen, so it's difficult for me to understand what it must be like to NOT do that. Cooking your own meals every day becomes MUCH easier when you no longer have to cook from a recipe each time. (Like the breakfast eggs and beans) It can be overwhelming to go shopping every day and cook something different (it also leads to food waste and wasted money.) Big batches of things that taste good leftover and freeze well are also your friends (lasagna, stew, pot roast, taco filling, etc.). It also helps to start simple and not try to cook something impressive every night (when I started cooking for myself, I would chuck 6 seasoned chicken thighs into the oven, make a pot of rice, and have microwaved frozen peas. Only 5 minutes of active cooking time, yet very satisfying, and it's still something I fall back on when I'm too busy to cook.

[@tylernormand7561]

Bro, I grew up in a Cajun family so I cannot relate. We barely ate out and the men cooked most of the meals (my wife cooks maybe one meal a week when I am at karate practice). It's actually one of my favorite ways to show love in making food for others.

[@septemberamyx]

I think I need to find me a Cajun man...

[@AZWings]

One bit of advice for avoiding excuses: keep it simple. Save the complicated stuff for a weekend or special occasion. It's fun to try to make something new, but if you don't have time on a weekday just make something simple. Proper seasoning can make even simple things really good.

[@Matt-sl1wg]

Yep! Salt, pepper and garlic powder make almost everything taste great. Save the recipes for when you have time.

[@bananababy605]

i agree with this guy....although, I could cook more at home as well. A fun twist on this challenge could be learning better cooking "hacks" to make at home cooking easier. Check out the KZbinr "Pro Home Cook". I particularly like his video on sauces and things because then you can make anything taste great with a great sauce.

[@axjspw4348]

When my wife and I both worked full time jobs and had a good income. We didn’t really think about what we spent money on, which included take out multiple times a week, similar to you guys. At the beginning of 2022 I started a new job and lost it within 4 months due to medical complications. So I was unemployed for the rest of the year, only doing Uber eats delivery driving when I was well enough to work. So basically my wife and I had to budget BIG TIME. We had a grocery budget of $150 a week AUD and we never ever got take out. I learnt how to cook, really well during that time. Take away is way too expensive. We were able to survive on my wife’s income alone, which is a true blessing and taught us a lot. Now I’m well and working almost a full time load, we’ve stuck to the same budget and way of spending. We still cook our own food every night of the week, very rarely get take out. Moral, learning to live on a tight budget, forces you to not spend money on something if there is a more budget friendly option available.

[@bronsiee]

Take away is so expensive in Aus. I have a large family and we hardly ever eat out. Groceries are expensive too but at least I can stretch out a lot of meals

[@SaffronBacchus]

I haven't eaten out since the pandemic and one thing that has helped so much is to just double whatever recipe we're cooking and freeze the leftovers in serving portions. That way you stock up on freezer meals without having to cook more often, allowing you to throw a pyrex into the oven on those long days you don't feel like cooking, and also have the variety of eating different things every day. Also just making a big batch of whatever carbs you like- I prefer baked potatoes, and then you only have to make meat and veg throughout the week! I think it's better to think of ingredient combinations you like rather than finding new recipes all the time because for me that takes too much time and leaves too many bits of unused ingredients. Hope this helps anyone who has the same struggle!

[@bfbrmm]

!! Brilliant!!

[@cassandrabuitron427]

To anyone looking to cook more at home, BEWARE the Instagram recipes!!! You're much better off goggling a recipe and using a published one. At least that's been my experience. I consider myself very comfortable in the kitchen, and we cook most of our meals throughout the week. And I don't think a single Instagram recipe we have used has ever ever worked well without significant tweaking. Thank you for coming to my comment talk

[@cassandrabuitron427]

*Google not goggle

[@aekaydubs]

I liked your comment talk and I’m glad I came to it

[@Yous0147]

@@cassandrabuitron427 Thank you for the heads up, I generally find watching a video gives me the best context personally, while written recipes I find to be great for measurments and speific guidelines. Oh btw, you can edit your original comment whenever you need to fix a typo

[@rosalie.e.morgan]

@@Yous0147 videos can be really helpful, but you need to watch out for creators who actually test and honestly present their recipes. There are a lot of garbage recipes circulating that at best are demoralizing and at worst are dangerous.

[@mainaheart99]

The one with the feta and tomato sauce worked pretty well for me but that's it 😅

[@pauldee1577]

I don't think you realize the dividends you are paying forward to those in their late 20s and 30s trying to figure out their lives. In these videos, you are showing us all how to adult better while also sympathizing with the struggle of learning to adult at the same time. It's a beautiful thing. As you make your lives better, we are all learning how to do the same. Just bravo, these are awesome videos!

[@saboo480]

My partner and I each pick one dish to make for two nights. We alternate days (they do Monday/Wednesday, I do Tuesday/Thursday) and then we eat out or have leftovers on Friday/Saturday/Sunday. On Sunday we decide what we'll be making, put in a grocery delivery order to come on Monday and usually keep it to one dish each and make enough so we don't have to cook again on our second night. It works for us and maybe it could be more of a middle ground for y'all too. 10/10 highly recommended

[@AmandainGeorgia]

So you already have the sheet pan roasting method down. You can expand this for some easy peasy options. Slice carrots, toss in a bowl with olive oil and spice of choice (za’atar is good, I like smoked paprika, but even just salt and pepper is fine), place on one third of the baking sheet. Cube some potatoes and repeat the in the same bowl you used for the carrots. Place on the far end of the sheet. Slice onions, place in the middle, place protein of choice well seasoned on top of onions. Throw that thing in the oven and check it when you start smelling good things happening. Now, use that as a template and switch out veggies, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, green beans, butternut squash, toss a few cloves of whole garlic in there occasionally. Have some sauces ready made (either premade by you or store bought) to dress it up. Teriyaki salmon/chicken/pork/tofu one night, pesto another. Some nights make some rice when you’re not using root veggies. Honestly, these are super easy and satisfying meals that take very little fussing over and will become pretty foolproof with practice. You’ve got to think about where you want to be in order to get there! I know you can do it. ❤

[@mattisme]

We do a little planning, but I find picking up smaller loads of groceries more frequently helps us cut down on food waste. Also, groceries are really expensive right now, which also helps us cut down on food waste!

[@kittimcconnell2633]

restaurant meals are also a lot more expensive now, almost twice what it cost 5 years ago.

[@supreethm92]

Same! We probably do 2 trips a week otherwise we end up forgetting about some produce which inevitably goes bad

[@RainbowJesusChavez]

This!! Plenty of shelf stable/frozen staples are much more spread out and in bulk to save money but fresh stuff I'll make small trips when convenient on my way home so they are very present on my brain to be used in the near future

[@therabbithat]

​@@kittimcconnell2633our local expensive Indian didn't raise their prices so now they are the same price as the dives we used to eat at and it's cool that now we can't afford either

[@joshhiroti]

The dude playing with the knife failing to cut a tomato and dancing was so stressful

[@davidcowan1889]

"It wasn't shitty, it was just bad" was a great line

[@ariahouston8733]

Woah I can’t believe it’s been 9 years since the proposal video! That means I’ve been watching for well over a decade and that makes me do a lil happy dance 🕺

[@aliciav7460]

We go through phases with this. I recommend a couple approaches: set a theme for each night like Mondays are Italian, Tuesdays are soup, Wednesdays are leftovers, etc. or use the crockpot more or have stuff around that’s low effort for the nights you’re not in the mood to cook like canned tuna or chicken or deli meat for sandwiches. Good luck!

[@soundlyawake]

“and all I had to do was a bunch of stuff” I feel that “[weeping] I just want a breakfast sandwich” I feel that even more

[@MsPhoebeJane]

I felt that cry for a breakfast sandwich.

[@marleylately381]

I would love a video on the cost difference you find between eating out vs cooking at home (even can do Factor vs eating out). 😊

[@ujai5271]

It would be cool if you could go into how you decided WHAT exactly to cook. The cooking itself is not as much of a problem, the hard part is deciding what to make

[@leahofliger7570]

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[@therabbithat]

I appreciate family vloggers like yee who don't include their kids much in their videos because they have so much respect and consideration for their boringness and lack of entertainment value

[@terribohn7588]

Maybe do no take outs. Just go out to dinner when you are celebrating something or being with friends. It will be amazing how special these days will feel. My husband and I watched this and were just cracking up that you think eating at home is difficult. We eat at home probably 95% of the time. I like my food better than restaurants but I am critical. Keep up with the cooking, it will begin to feel more comfortable. I love making Indian food. A ton of ingredients but yum, yum, yum!

[@clipsforme-kr2xb]

I've been on a similar journey starting since the start of Covid. Finally feel like I maybe have a good balance. Planning the next week's meals is my biggest tip, even if you buy groceries day of or use freezer meals or whatever else. Plan easy meals around long days and fun longer meals if/when you have time and plan to eat out when you know you are busy. We usually plan to eat out when we do the weekly grocery shopping since we know we won't want to cook.

[@ludiwghartmann785]

Plan bigger meals that you can convert into another dish the next day. Say a chickensoup, but take the chickenparts for a fricassee. Always have leftovers!

[@courtneywilt7105]

Have to say I loved this video! You and Chyna seemed really happy, and the video just flowed.

[@nijinoshita3301]

Fascinating, I am one of the people who never goes out and I cook at home almost every day (usually I make bigger portions so they last for like 2 or 3 meals + I don't live alone and other people here cook regularly as well which means I don't have to do it every day, still do it most days though) to be fair, I also think my food is way better (or just more curated to my taste) than almost anything I ever got eating out...

[@youarebymyside]

9 pm and in bed is the perfect time to watch good videos. 🥰 UPD: I'm too broke to eat elsewhere but home, so yeah. But hell no, I'm not cooking every day. I don't have a dishwasher and I hate doing dishes. One or two posts. Pasta or potatoes or rice and chicken in the over will last be a couple of days for sure.

[@bsidethebox]

It really will get So Much easier as you build your cooking chops and find meals you and your family love and master them. You don't have to master every type of cooking, just a few "eggs and beans" masteries will reduce time and energy committment for cooking at home substantially. Think about each meal as an assemblage of different building blocks--once you know how to sautee mushrooms to fill your favorite omelette, making a creamy mushroom sauce is half conquered. Once you've mastered creamy mushroom sauce, scratch green bean casserole is a breeze. Or use beef stock and its a topping for steak. Swap the cream for sour cream and flavor with a splash of Worcestershire instead of wine, cut up the steak and serve over noodles and its stroganoff. More marsala and less cream: chicken marsala. Way more liquids: cream of mushroom soup. Etc etc etc. The other (learned practiced!) skill that'll help curb the overwhelm is the planning and the choosing of meals.Think of your home as a restaurant. Please, for the love of all that is holy, start out with it as a Diner, NOT the Cheesecake Dactory. Most people have a few favorite restaurants and a favorite menu item or two at each one, right? Nobody orders something different every time. So don't force yourself to cook something different every time! Variety is great, but so is familiarity, and you can have both. My family eats mostly home cooked meals with very few packaged/convenience foods. My husband craves variety, my kids struggle with trying something new. We have a slowly built stable of "Proven Winners" (to qualify, at least 2 out of the 4 of us have to Really Like it, everybody needs to be willing/able to eat at least some of it, it can't take more than an hour of hands on time, and it needs to have a reasonable clean up time). I meal plan 2 weeks at a time on Post-It notes, easily shuffled around as the week progresses. And I start with, each week, per mealtime, 4 of those tried and tested and practiced and conquered meals. (At least one of which MUST be a pantry/freezer/staples meal that crucially _can be skipped without stuff going bad_ because ADHD). Then the week is rounded out with at least one meal that's Something New. I also always reserve at least one empty "flex slot" per mealtime, which allows grace for "oh crap I forgot there was a PTA thing tonight" slash "we accidentally alept through the alarm and have to make it up somewhere" slash "I'm really not in the mood to cook" slash "I have a craving" slash "oops that crucial ingredient actually wasn't in the pantry" slash "uh oh this ingredient wasn't planned for but will absolutely be a pile of mold if we don't use it NOW", etc, which can then be filled as needed by eating out, cooking off-plan, leftovers, another pantry meal, etc.

[@nadirafant6428]

Is Chyna (your wife not the country) trying to learn Take me to Church by Hozier? 👀

[@proinn2593]

That’s what I thought!

[@TisiphoneSeraph]

Yay! I was wondering how this challenge went. I get that it's super hard. If my food allergies hadn't gotten worse, I'd probably still be eating out regularly. I think a supplementary challenge that would be cool to explore is shelf cooking - it's about building and primarily cooking from a pantry. Takes a while to get the hang of it but you can learn a lot in a month. If you helped plan the pantry staples you wouldn't have to ask Chyna what y'all have which is a bonus.

[@stalesunday]

you're smart to avoid it! i'm a cook and i've worked in a lot of kitchens and if you have food allergies, you are taking a huge gamble going out to eat! i've seen way too much to ever trust a stranger in another room or building with my food again.

[@natashahussain6281]

Hard agree on the pantry cooking! I eat pretty all food at home for financial reasons and having a stocked pantry really ensures there's always something that can be made and relatively easily and with a pretty decent variety. Pasta can be with red sauce, white sauce, no sauce, with shrimp, meat, eggs, in soup. And that's just 1 pantry item. The most challenging part is maintaining the stock of vegetable since they have short fridge life. But I don't think that's such a problem for Craig and Chyna since they've said they're able to regularly go to the grocery store

[@willbesprog]

@@natashahussain6281onions, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes keep so well in the fridge, and corn, green beans and broccoli keep really well in the freezer - I count all those as my “pantry” staples

[@bronsiee]

I do all the cooking in our household. Family of 7 plus we have an 18yo niece staying with us. I just constantly make food, and constantly keeping on top of groceries. In my area I get free delivery from our local grocery store so that saves me a lot of time doing the grocery shopping online. The hard part is deciding what to make day after day but it always comes together in the end😊

[@ERYN__]

You can get double married. I did. I wear rings on both ring fingers, so if I'm reversed, I'm still married. We eloped on Alcatraz and then had a wedding 6 months later in our hometown. We get 2 anniversaries a year. I would do a vow renewal at some point, but wait until our kids can be used as child labor to plan it.

[@gecko736]

I remember getting the notification for your "?" video where you proposed to Chyna. Crazy to think it's been 9 years. I'm happy for you guys.

[@jutka12]

You did great, when you do it for a while you really get in a groove! My husbands fave trick is to take whatever we had for dinner, then in the morning put an egg on it and call it breakfast! Another tip…learn to actually cook. That’s very different, and once you know how, way easier than following recipes. Practice cooking different cuts of meat and perfect it. Learn basic methods of bean dishes and then you can vary them.

[@anitas5817]

I really like cooking and eating at home. Less expensive, the food is better and healthier. And I don’t have to go anywhere. My husband and I enjoy lunch out about once or twice a week as an outing. Enjoy leftovers and breakfast for dinner.

[@nadya_a]

I've made that Day 17 baked feta dish with chickpeas multiple times before -- easy, delicious and pretty healthy, what more would you want? Smitten kitchen, if you want to try.

[@jackieo2403]

I second Smitten Kitchen- great recipes that are delicious and they work!

[@gnarlynikki]

Watching this on my lunch break. Work has been stressful today. The part where you talked about pooping in the bike genuinely made me laugh out loud hard when I hadn’t laughed all day. Thank you for that.

[@mdkinfrance]

Having moved to the French countryside from a big Canadian city, my options for eating out have drastically reduced. Our village has a population of 40 (or 160 if you include the hamlets!). Nearest restaurants are 12 miles away and there are no delivery options. I have to drive 111 miles round trip for any kind of international cuisine (mediocre sushi, ok curry, passable pho)! The closest thing to take-out are kebab shops or pizza trucks that set up in a village on a certain evening in the week. But when you have to drive good distance to get there, you think twice! We cook almost all our meals from scratch (a lot of batch cooking for a few days at a time) and will make do with soup, salad, and cheese in a pinch. I miss having access to great cafés that serve tasty treats and excellent restaurants with international cuisine, but I'm also thankful for locally grown and produced organic flour, pasta, lentils, dairy, veg and fruit. I love watching you two and especially love your challenges. 💛

[@AmandainGeorgia]

The cheese there alone is worth it! We visited friends in the mountains above Nice a few years back, and my husband was skeptical about the cheese plate as an end to a meal. By the end of our visit, he was a born-again cheese head! So many lovely options. ❤

[@mdkinfrance]

@@AmandainGeorgia Agreed! We usually have no fewer that 9 types of cheese at home! 🧀

[@justanorthernlight]

A less strict but more spread out challenge could be making (at least) one new recipe per month for an entire year. I've done that as a new year's resolution for the past two years and it has improved my confidence in the kitchen by a lot.

[@MustBeM]

Something I do is give myself ‘theme’ weeks and then challenge myself. So like a ‘south East Asian week’ or ‘USA week’ (I’m in the UK and I wanted to cook Turkey lol)

[@nutherefurlong]

Proud of you guys, this is great. Did you record what your recipes were? I am less tempted to eat out, but would like to cook more than one thing every day.

[@Pyroific]

1:42 this has gotta be my new favorite stock footage i've ever seen lmao

[@frappalina]

This is so lovely. I cook a lot at home but I end up to have almost the same recipes on rotation every week. This motivated me to try out something new

[@artheaded1]

The Hubby & I rarely eat out because its too damn expensive, and for the last 3 years we had a housebound elderly parent we couldn't leave home alone. AFTER HE DIED - we ate out for 4 days in a row!! Quickly got sick of it and I begged to stay home so we could cook our own dinner on the 5th night. I hope you pursue the home cooked meal more often!

[@MothsAreTheBest]

You should make a video on ultraprocessed food and the effects of eating it minimally for a month!!!

[@KayeRobs]

YES. I'd love to see this!

[@sgsax]

Wouldn't say I was a good cook, but I am gangbusters at following a recipe. There are a couple meals I can pull out of a hat without looking, but mostly will need guidance to actually cook. And I will say that where I live, cooking at home is way cheaper than eating at a restaurant. Thanks for sharing!

[@usauditresponse]

Great video, it's less expensive, healthier and more satisfying than going out.

[@donnachong7814]

Forgotten how funny you both are! Thanks! Also the honesty about reverting to your old restaurant ways...😅😅😅

[@MRAROCKERDUDE]

Hello Fresh! That's what made us switch to home-cooking 5 nights a week (we eat with family one other night and make something easy the other)

[@Lucabythesea]

I still remember the proposal video omg 😢❤❤❤❤ congrats!

[@Ecto_42]

Personally, I find bagged steamed vegetables to be a really easy side dish or really easy component to throw into fried rice or pasta, and then all you have to do is cook a protein if you want it, and/or make some kind of sauce to bring everything together. Way easier. My mom used to do cans of vegetables just heated on the stove and a baked protein in the oven and that’s also super cheap and easy, especially with kids.

[@bgflorijn]

As a European (or should I say Dutch?) going to restaurants often feels weird. Going out for dinner is something we do two or three times a year while getting take out about once a month. I enjoy cooking and dare i say, we usually enjoy our own food more than the equivalent that restaurants provide. Interesting to see how you people eat in the US, though

[@iamgoodatgames5010]

The thing with cooking is that restaurants have economy of scale which means it’s more efficient for them to cook food for a large amount of people than everyone cooking their own food. In China there are way too many restaurants and just quick and easy side dishes to add onto home meals and they are super cheap.

[@ERYN__]

We make a smoothie every day for breakfast. We moved and didn't really have kitchen stuff, so we ordered smoothie delivery. We ordered a Vitamix, priced out the cost of the blender and ingredients compared to ordering smoothies, and saw that it would take about 45 smoothies to equal the cost. Then it became a habit, and I get to have breakfast in bed every day.

[@LaikasFriend]

4:43 the life, truly. i also live near a grocery store and love the walk 🫶🏻

[@FlorianNexuzZ]

I always forget about you and then once a year i stumble upon one of your videos and i remember how funny and sympathetic you are

[@stephaniesilic5446]

So nervous watching the clip of the guy dancing and slicing a tomato

[@yolernlimn3574]

Meal planning and a weekly shop helps. Plan what nights you will eat out, and what nights you will cook what, and make double so you have left overs. In the end you’ll only need to cook 3 days a week.

[@theskyway168]

Can you talk about what you did to manage clean up when cooking at home? I love cooking at home, but cleaning my cookware every night is super terrible, and I would love some tips!

[@chacka9746]

Thank you so much for your videos, I enjoy watching them, having a great time with your and your wife's humor. It's interesting seeing you coming back to meal planning and cooking challenges again and again 😄 still waiting for it to stick as a habit. Thinking about it, a challenge to make a habit stick would be fun to watch! In Switzerland, we eat mostly at home, because eating out is so expensive. Paying around 30 Dollars for a warm meal and a normal drink in a Restaurant, e.g. Röschti, I can have the same at home for like 6 bucks. For me, it works with cooking from scratch with easy meals like cooked potatoes with cottage cheese etc., Milkrice (rice in a pan, risotto rice works just fine, add twice the amount of any chosen milk, a pinch of salt, stirr regularly (very important) until the rice is done. Add more milk during the process if needed. Serve with Apfelmus? Mashed apples? and sugar mixed with cinnamon. It's fantastic, your daughter will love it. Done in less than 30mins). Sorry, got carried away there... so easy meals on rotation is what works for me, after a while, it just comes naturally and recepies aren't needed anymore. Less mental load. Looking forward to your next video 🥳

[@madiantin]

I've always cooked at home because a) never ate out as a kid. Couldn't afford it. I was 15 when I went into Macdonalds for the first time and had a hamburger. (I hated it). b) didn't have any money in our early married life ($20 a week for everything. Try buying food, toilet paper, cleaning supplies etc on $20 a week. Ooff it was tight.) c) It takes less time than going out to eat d) It's soooooo much cheaper even now. Here's how I make it easy: Eat the same things every week. Monday: Tacos. We used to have tacos on Tuesdays but my kid is at college late on Tuesdays so we have them on Mondays now. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and sometimes Friday: Chicken thighs and vegetables. Yep. That's it. I buy a bunch of boneless skinless chicken thighs and a bunch of bags of veggies and that's what we eat. It's cheap. It's quick. It's easy. It uses zero dishes (YAY! I HATE DOING DISHES). It's healthy. It's filling. Sometimes Friday: Pizza Saturday: Either we'll hit the local Mexican restaurant (SO cheap in comparison to other restaurants) or we'll have something simple and easy. Ramen. Rice and egg. Rice and curry. Simple Burrito bowl. Beans and eggs on toast. Just...cheap food. Sunday: Spaghetti bolognese. Occasionally we'll stray out of this routine if we fancy something different. Or if we're bored. But this is the base level menu. It makes shopping cheap and quick and easy because I buy the same things every week. YMMV but it works for us.

[@TheDiplomancer]

Chyna coming up to say "I will!" after Craig said they were making marry-me chicken. That was the cutest shit I've ever seen. Also, this is unrelated, but I introduced some family to DPC this weekend. I think they liked it.

[@RidinOnPegasus]

love the old dood chopping up that tomato

[@mariejimenez3694]

that tiny "goodbye!" during the transition gave me life

[@JoYuu]

Watching again since 2010 and wow you have a beautiful family and a very cute dog

[@beautifulbuds]

I love watching your cooking.

[@SmileyBanana]

imagine a world where WheezyWaiter was our Mom

[@deannamarconi1513]

I plan by the month, and shop by the week. I go Monday/Thursday=chicken dish, Tuesday/(Sunday)=beef dish, Wednesday=vegetarian, Friday=fish dish, Saturday=pork dish, Sunday=leftovers or whatever strikes my fancy. I have a base recipe set of about 175-200 main dishes. Breakfast and lunch are at each person's desire; I keep stocked up on breakfast and lunch items. It does takes time and concentration at the beginning of the month, but boy, is the mental work pretty much non-existent over the rest of the month. It's a real effort not only to think of what to have for dinner each night, but then execute it as well.

[@reizak8966]

Dude, not gonna lie, hello fresh has helped me so much. I was meal planning and grocery shopping and all that, didn't really eat out very often, but now I waste less food, don't have to grocery shop nearly as often, and can just pick what meals I want the week before. I only use it during the work week, but it's been great. Our monthly grocery bill has gone way down, too, because we're not impulse buying at the grocery store anymore.

[@cellardoor1911]

This was a great video! If you do want to get into cooking more regularly at home, maybe you could buy a slow cooker? It means that you can shove all the ingredients in it in the morning (when maybe you have a bit more time), and have dinner ready for you in the evening. Great for things like stews, curries, baked potatoes, roast chicken etc. And you won’t be so tempted to eat out, because you’ll already have the hot meal waiting for you at home.

[@RobustMustache]

Was the song 'Take Me To Church' by Hozier?

[@artleitch]

My guess as well!

[@wheezywaiter]

By Jove you’re right!

[@RobustMustache]

Do I win a prize? And don't say 50% off of Factor. :) @@wheezywaiter

[@swampserpent2467]

wow... where to begin? loved the episode- cooking at home is always a challenge for me- main reason? flavor n taste. So when I cook at home I try to make things I would order at a restraunt... I have success and failures but I do enjoy it. ok thanks thats all.

[@meganhirschi6248]

Now try freezer meals. Make double the recipe and freeze half. Makes it so you get more rest days.

[@spalaum]

Love you guys

[@SenoritaSevilla]

This video absolutely made me cackle. I’ve been struggling with cooking at home so this was especially resonant to me. Thanks for making!

[@Number8Entertainment]

Ethan is the man! Glad you watch his stuff too!

[@breezyncj]

Ironically it would be an equally difficult challenge for my family to eat out more than once every 6 months lol

[@ashleyanderson4821]

I'd LOVE to know fully how that bread was made!

[@TheTyper]

I made the snack wraps from Ethan's channel this sunmer, they were amazing.

[@noahhall5827]

“…If you know what you’re doing, and rest assured, I do not.” 😂 definitely going to be using that

[@Rummage.rabbit]

I’m so glad you mentioned your parent’s anniversary cause those moments when they said they’re getting a divorce made me worried, gullible me thought it was for realzies 😅

[@beyondresearch991]

We do Sunday shopping and cooking! At least two protein two veggies and a carb. No effort for the rest of the week except for breakfasts and it generally last for 5 days. Worked great for the last three months :)

[@brendamclean8447]

I loved this video so much! Omg so funny, I laughed my head off when China started crying for a breakfast sandwich. You guys are so awesome!

[@taylorevansen6008]

The “look at me” segment has me cry-laughing, I don’t even know why

[@gabybautista7821]

We don't eat out almost never because food allergies... even if we travel we bring pre made food for every meal for my son and lots of snacks. Is hard on the family but also is a blessing of eat more fresh and homemade. The reality is that we rotate meals in 2 weeks (basics) because the kids found uncomfortable to try new things and substitutions for some ingredients make it expensive if they don't like it 😢😅 so we try to make little variations like cooking on the grill and sometimes on the griddle.

[@jukerdanz]

We have a small selection of favourite meals and repeat them every couple of weeks.

[@EricSartor]

We meal plan at the beginning of every week, and cook every night. We use left overs for lunch and do smoothies for breakfast. We use a meal delivery service (Chef's Plate) 2-3 nights a week to keep things fresh and learn new recipes. Honestly, it works really well for us, and we really only eat a restaurant for occasions or if we are just too tired, which is pretty rare. I've become competent in the kitchen, I very much used to be useless, and at one point I was borderline addicted to Uber Eats, spending upwards of $500 a month. Meal planning has been huge for us in many ways. It generally is a fair bit cheaper, it's maybe a bit healthier (the way we do it anyways), and it's a good practice in "doing" stuff, especially for a lazy person like me. I would highly recommend it, specifically by using a meal delivery service in conjunction with normal meal planning. Some tips: buy meat in bulk and freeze it if you can, rice is cheap and easy, steamed brocoli is an easy side, potatoes are super versatile, and you can shake things up with off the shelf spice blends and sauces. We basically eat some version of "chicken plus vegetable" every night, more or less.

[@sluggdiddyyddidgguls]

Once a month (or so ...ish), I go through this with my girlfriend. We will go to the grocery store and get stuff to cook for two weeks. But almost ALWAYS...after a week, we'll go out or order in, and it all falls apart then and we are left with groceries that we don't use (some of which soon go bad). So it ends up negating any of the money we save, and since I don't personally like eating leftovers... the savings ends up being minimal to none over going out or ordering food... its a frustrating cycle that other than MAYBE health (depending on what we cook) doesn't seem to have a lot of benefits to us..takes longer, costs about the same, sometimes doesn't turn out great, wastes food, causes some anxiety when I get home from work and realize I have to cook immediately because I am starving, etc....

[@maura462]

the cookie joke made me giggle, nice video!

[@Mykasan]

that's a challenge if i ever seen one. i need to try this one and save money!

[@EbyKat]

In your place I would tag two weeks of every month as "no eating out" weeks. That way you can work around special events and still reduce how much eating outside of your home you're doing.

[@jasonmighty3328]

both

[@silvercookies]

Where I live, groceries are about as expensive as getting takeout all the time, BUT the quality of takeout has declined, so we may not save money cooking at home, but we at least enjoy dinner more and can have leftovers for lunch (so I guess it does save us some money).

[@mindwithpurpose4466]

I’m ready for 30min wheezy videos