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Cooking your own meals isn't usually high on the list of how to insure your financial future. But the cost savings might surprise you. Plus you get to learn (or relearn) something that gives you a practical way to be creative and to treat yourself well. Making a meal doesn't have to involve every pot in the kitchen. Buy what's in season and what's on sale. Plus then we you go out to eat, it's more of an event as well.