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ownself cook also must see , scout the cheapest ingredients.

what dishes you plan to cook?

in fact some dishes is not worth to cook yourself after calculate the total expenses end up must well buy from outside.

Summary the key is try to scout for cheapest ingredients and cook simple if you plan to save don't want to go out much often to eat.

Also depend on the person tastebud. Some very particular in food one those hard to please.