If cash is tight, instead of running to the local all-night diner, offer to cook a meal up in your house. With a small amount of team effort, you can cook a meal for four people at home for as little as 25% the cost of dining out.
- 12 farm fresh eggs – $1.00
- 2.2 kg of bacon – $3.00
- toast – $1.00
- hash browns – $2.50
- coffee – $2.00
For $10, four people each get 3 eggs, 2 strips of bacon, 2 slices of toast, coffee, and a small pile of hash browns.
You do lose variety here (no pancakes or biscuits and gravy), but it demonstrates the relative cost of home-cooked food.
