{"id":39,"date":"2012-06-03T00:52:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T04:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steffaniskitchen.com\/wwc\/skblog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2012-06-03T00:52:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T04:52:50","slug":"eating-out-or-dining-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steffaniskitchen.com\/skblog\/eating-out-or-dining-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Out or Dining In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered how much of a premium you pay when you go out for a steak dinner instead of cooking that steak at home?\u00a0 Well I have, most recently this evening when my husband and I sat down to a couple of Delmonicos grilled to perfection.<\/p>\n

We also had a lovely spinach salad with fresh strawberries, hard-boiled egg, and honey mustard dressing.\u00a0 Baked sweet potato with butter and cinnamon sugar, and sauteed mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I still had my grocery receipts so after dinner I sat down and calculated how much our steak dinner cost us.\u00a0 Here’s what I found:<\/address>\n
0.92\u00a0 Spinach Salad with Strawberries, Egg, and Honey Mustard Dressing
\n10.41\u00a0 2-12 ounce Delmonicos
\n2.14\u00a0 Sauteed Mushrooms
\n0.68\u00a0 Baked Sweet Potato with Butter and Cinnamon Sugar\u00a0(big enough to share)
\n1.10\u00a0 Pop (this is a high estimate–I just used the price of a 2-liter on sale)<\/address>\n
That’s a total of $15.25.\u00a0 That’s right!\u00a0 $15.25 for a fantastic steak dinner for two!<\/address>\n
So how much would we have had to spend if we had gone out for this meal?\u00a0 Well I knew it was going to be more expensive, but I was surprised when I discovered how much more expensive.<\/address>\n
That same meal at a national chain steakhouse like Texas Roadhouse would have cost us $49.56\u00a0including tax and tip.\u00a0 That’s 325% more.\u00a0 Granted someone else would have cooked the food and washed the dishes, but we would have sacrificed the relaxing, quiet ambiance at home for the overly-loud, peanut-shells-on-the-floor atmosphere at the roadhouse.<\/address>\n
So now let’s aim for the ambiance and see what that meal would have cost us at a fine dining restaurant.\u00a0 Are you ready for this?\u00a0 At a finer restaurant, that meal would have cost us $77.59 or 509% more.<\/address>\n
Wow!<\/address>\n
So the next time your mouth is watering for a delicious steak dinner, think about heading out to the grocery instead of a restaurant.\u00a0 You can always take those savings and buy a nice bottle of wine to enjoy with your meal!<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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