April was mostly spent at home, except for the last week which was in Las Vegas for the NAB Show. Our averages this month are back close to our typical amounts, unlike March.
The averages for this month:
- Lunch prepared at home $2.50 ($3.11 in March)
- Lunch eaten or purchased outside the home: $11.50 ($9.80)
- Dinner eaten at home: $5.51 ($6.81)
- Dinner eaten out: $21.75 ($11.48)
Our most expensive meal was dinner at Gordon Biersch (again) at $21.00 per serve. Because we were traveling there was another paid for dinner outside the home.
Had we purchased every lunch and prepared none it would have cost us $345.00 per person in April. We actually spent $37.45 for lunches at home plus $161.06 for lunches purchased or eaten out: $198.51.
Had we purchased every evening meal out and prepared none at home, it would have cost us $652.50. We actually spent $121.23 for dinners at home and $43.50 for dinners out: $164.73.
We saved $634.49 by preparing and eating most meals at home, plus we have better control over what we eat. Over the month we prepared 19 different recipes for evening meals.