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Indeed, and providing for kids is a pain in the arse sometimes. Hence the "Gregg's dummy" that many parents resort to (or the SW London equivalent of pasta-pesto).
Also, I'm aware I'm vaguely hypocritical as I'll happily pay for someone to do our ironing mainly because I find no joy in that whatsoever, and I could never find it de-stressing in the slightest. (Also I don't iron any of my stuff, it's mostly Mrs GB's stuff or MiniGB's school stuff.)
It was more the "I'm saving so much money now" as if it's some great surprise that you can feed yourself for under £10 a night.
I guess I'm lucky that I've enjoyed cooking at home (helped by my parents involving me in it from an early age) and even working in pub kitchens from the age of 13 didn't dent my enjoyment of it. I'm all physics and no art though, I can follow a recipe no problem and know how to adjust things if they're not quite right, but give me a random bunch of ingredients and if it's not something I recognise I'll end up with some form of a stir fry. I recently made the Ginger Chicken Teppan recipe out of the Wagamama cookbook (which is the same as the Ginger Chicken Udon item on their menu) and even without some of the specialist ingredients[1] it tasted just like the restaurant dish for a fraction of the price. I feel like I could eat this 9 meals out of 10 and not get bored of it, and it's vaguely healthy too. Wife and daughter liked it but aren't quite ready for that level of repetition.