re: Do you eat off of paper plates at your house each day?

For cooked meals, regular plates. A slice of cake or a snack/fruit for kids, paper plate.

We have paper plates. Only 3 of us in the house so rarely do I need to use a paper plate. Sometimes I do when there are plenty of ceramic plates and I can't explain why. Many times it's at lunch (work form home) and the dishwasher is full. It's the kiddo's job to empty the dishwasher so I'll make a sandwich or wrap and eat it off a paper plate or napkin instead of putting a dirty dish in the sink. Sometimes I grab one for no good reason other than my state of mind and the meal I'm eating feels like it belongs on a paper plate.

We have a family member that works for a paper printing company and they are able to keep some of the "misprints." Twice a year we are able to get a couple thousand paper plates in various sizes for free and they will last about 6 months. Cuts way down on the amount of dishes we have to wash.

We use plastic utensils too.

To answer your question it all just depends. The kids (7 and 1) use the little plastic compartmentalized plates 90% of the time regardless of what we eat. When I cook a meal I’m rinsing the pots and stuff I used for cooking as I go and put them in the dishwasher to be run when we go to bed that night and the wife and I will use ceramic plates. When we’re just warming up reruns the kids will use their usual plates and we’ll use paper plates. Salads or something like soup or gumbo it’s always ceramic or plastic bowls. When company is over we just play by it ear based on what’s getting served and how many people. When I’m home for lunch it’s always on a paper plate. But I know as the kids get older life is going to get busier, meals will change to quicker prepared dishes, and the Members Mark disposable plates will flow from the pantry like wine.

I ain’t about to knock nobody on what they do to make daily routines easier and work for their house though.

For most of the week, it’s just me at the house. I use foam cups for drinks, paper plates, plastic bowls and plastic utensils all the time.

It saves a ton of dishwasher stuff and using the dishwasher.

I just got tired of using regulates plates and cups and basically sitting them in the dishwasher for several days until i got enough stuff in there to turn the dishwasher on.

I personally can't stand eating off of paper plates unless I'm at a BBQ or something. I just think it's lazy and I happen to like setting a table. To clarify, it's lazy if I, personally, do it.

It takes about 2 seconds to rinse off a plate, and I'm going to be in the kitchen anyway. It's the pots, pans, etc. that are the pain.

Def trashy af. I only use tableware and flatware that sparks joy

Only true ballers wash and reuse paper plates and plastic utensils.

Curve ball-we use fine China as a charger, and put a paper plate on top. Best of both worlds!