As stated above. I can go months without eating an egg, for example, and suddenly crave eggs benedict for breakfast everyday.
Good thing is my dietitian is aware of this executive dysfunction/quirk/habit and works closely with me to help me out planning meals in a way that works me.
Right now I am on a soup kick: Soup, soup, soup everyday, all day.
ETA A word
This happens in my house. I love to cook and like variety, different things all the time. When I want something I make it, everyone else is kinda just along for the ride. Like to eat out too but we do that once every couple months. Not entirely sure it’s saving that much money but good food is worth something too.
We have 3 kids. We probably save $50+ every meal by eating at home.
We are down to 2 now (blended family, most we had at home at once was 7, with 4 of those teenagers, who can EAT but can also work part time so cost is offset). You are probably right, I just made a decision to not squinch on groceries, that’s not where we try to save money so it always feels indulgent. I do grow some food, more for health/quality than savings.
But yeah we went out last night (just the two of us) for supper and a drink and it set us back about 4 whole days of groceries, that’s 4 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 16 suppers (not everyone eats every meal, but we all eat supper together usually). So yes. Even with expensive groceries we can feed 4 for the price of 1, same quality food.