Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Despite the fact some people like to eat outside at food stands or restaurants, I prefer to eat at home. It is everything about lifestyle and manner of living whether to choose to be healthy, save money or even strength you relations in your family.
First, nowadays when everything is about money eating at home is cheaper, because you can always choose ingredients, which suit your budget. In addition many big supermarkets have promotional days, whereas some stocks are cheaper. In this way you can cook more, but for less money. Furthermore you save funds, when you do it by yourself, instead paying a tip to the waiter and some other money to the man who has made it.
Second, cooking at home is much healthier. You can choose the proportions of the dinner, because you know how hungry you are. By this you know the exact amount of what you have eaten. This is a good way to keep yourself fit. In addition you know what ingredients you have used and have some idea whether they are healthy or not. For example when I get served, I see the meal, but despite there are menus you can not be sure if the ingredients are fresh.
Thirdly, while eating at home you can spend time with family or girl/boyfriend. By preparing a dinner to your relatives you can show how much you love them. In addition eating together can strength you relation with the people around you. For instance dinner at my home is something where everyone participates. We ask each other questions about their day whether it was good or bad and what happened during it.
To summarize, eating outside or inside is to the person and its style of living. But I prefer to dinner at home.
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