We've only gotten take out twice, just dessert, from a restaurant that we called while we were sitting in the parking lot. We put the cash on the hood of the car and instructed them to put the food there too.We haven't gone out to eat either, since I'm high risk. But I'm not minding very much, since we didn't go out to restaurants all that often before. I'm so sorry to hear that it's getting to you. Are you using any of the options like Grubhub or delivery.com to get restaurant meals delivered? We do that every now and then, and we make it festive with a tablecloth and fancy candlesticks. Of course we still have to serve ourselves, and clean up afterwards, but it's still a bit of a break in the routine.
I've thrown myself into the challenge of cooking. I've always been a perfectly competent cook, but now I'm upping my game. I try to find at least one new dinner recipe a week. (Mr. PG is in charge of his own lunch, which helps a LOT!) I also plan our dinners at least 10 days in advance so that I'll be able to arrange for efficient grocery deliveries.
There really aren't any restaurants in the area that have us missing the food terribly. The enjoyment was in the experience of going out and the interactions with the people.
In my younger years, I was quite an adventurous cook, always trying new recipes and improvising. It seemed I never followed a recipe exactly, always substituting something, and the results were often really good. Often, I was unable to repeat the same dish exactly. We've been spoiled by all the things I've made from scratch over the years, including bread and noodles. There aren't many easy, throw together, dishes in my repertoire. These days I sneak in steaks and hamburgers as often as I can. I would be happy eating that most days but DH isn't.
I sort of plan meals 10 days in advance with the grocery deliveries but it is just a mushy idea of dishes and not a real plan. I make the big meal for lunch, then for dinner we often have leftovers.