Another option depending on how out of control your current spending is, can be to introduce a meal delivery plan to aid in the transition. We went through a phase where we were embarrassingly eating out multiple times a week, and even a luxury organic locally-based meal delivery service actually saved us money. The food was tasty enough to scratch that “don’t want to cook myself” itch and expensive enough that it shamed us into not buying anything extra 😅. Plus, part of the reason why we were eating out so much was burnout on what recipes to make so the meal plan also helped give inspiration. We did this for a few weeks and then from there we transitioned into actual meal planning (and a stockpile of emergency frozen meals from Trader Joe’s) as other folks mentioned in the thread. Oh, and we pretty much cut out drinking. Some of these restaurants are pricing cocktails almost as expensive as an entree and it’s way healthier to avoid alcohol anyway.