Funny. I'm on the older side of Gen Z (closing in on 30) and I actually started cooking because of quarantine. (See my other comment.) I make a fruit smoothie for breakfast every day and prep salads for lunch at work, which I guess technically isn't "cooking", but it's food that I prepared. I often meal prep by cooking something for Sunday dinner that I'll reheat as leftovers for weekday dinners.

I do get takeout occasionally, but my favorite places tend to be things like a local Thai place whose curry pad Thai is under $15 and lasts 2-3, so it balances out to more like $5 or $7.5 a meal.

The Indian food that I've gotten also tends to last at least a couple meals for a very reasonable cost — and has become my favourite cuisine since first trying it in 2023 — but regrettably the nearest place is like 45 minutes away, and driving an hour and a half to pick up food is not my go-to, so I don't get it often.