If you have a family of 5 or more, how often do you cook dinner?

[Anonymous]

Please share

[Anonymous]

We have 6 people in our household, 4 adults (2 grandparents, 2 parents), a teenager and a tween.

I probably cook 2 - 4 nights most weeks. Kids each cook at least once. Grandpa cooks at least once. Often we get together with extended family one night which is more like potluck.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5. I cook dinner 5-6 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Six kids. We cook five nights a week. One night is takeout, and one night is leftovers/choose your own adventure. Pre pandemic we cooked four nights a week and one night we went out for dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Six kids. We cook five nights a week. One night is takeout, and one night is leftovers/choose your own adventure. Pre pandemic we cooked four nights a week and one night we went out for dinner.

When you say we do you mean you and someone else cook together 5 nights a week?

[Anonymous]

Basically every night but some nights will include a lot of prepared foods. (Like we might have purchased flautas but I make beans and guac go go with them.)

[Anonymous]

At least 6 nights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of 5. I cook dinner 5-6 times a week.

+1 usually pizza once a week and date night once a week when kids have mac n cheese or hot dogs. All other nights it’s healthy homemade

[Anonymous]

Family of five (me, DH, three elementary kids). I typically cook dinner five nights/week and we get takeout the other two nights.

[Anonymous]

Family of five. Cooking is not in my husband’s skill set, so it all falls on me.

I cook at least four nights a week. Three of them are weekday meal-kits. One of them is on the weekend, usually seafood. Sometimes I’ll make an additional meal that’s super simple, like pasta and steamed vegetables.

The other meals are delivery (1-2 times a week), leftovers, and frozen food (like Trader Joe’s with a salad kit or something.

We spend insane amounts on food. But we eat well and convenience is everything, as we both work.

[Anonymous]

5 here. I cook maybe 3-4 nights. We go out with friends after sports practice once per week. Have maybe 2 nights of leftovers and get a takeout meal on weekends, but not always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 here. I cook maybe 3-4 nights. We go out with friends after sports practice once per week. Have maybe 2 nights of leftovers and get a takeout meal on weekends, but not always.

I will add kids are elementary/tween. Leftovers are not always available and I don't have the cooking/kitchen capacity to make double the dinner size. So as they get older and eat more, I'll probably have to move to cooking every night

[Anonymous]

OP here. Do many of you have set days for cooking vs dating out/delivery? Or do you just go with the flow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Do many of you have set days for cooking vs dating out/delivery? Or do you just go with the flow?

I go with the flow.

[Anonymous]

I am the one with grandparents living with us. It’s driven by sports and other activity schedules here.