What's Cooking?
And I'm going to blame Karen, my buddy from the food pantry!
One day when traffic at the pantry was slow, we sat out front chatting and the talk turned to "what's for dinner?" And that's when she told me, "We use Hello Fresh. I usually get three meals each week. And I really like it that there's no waste." I was skeptical. She then offered me a coupon for up to five meals for free; I'd just have to pay $11 for shipping. I thought I would be foolish not to even give it a try.
That was a little more than a month ago.
I've always enjoyed cooking. I have a lot of cookbooks. And I have Pinterest boards. And two recipe boxes. And four loose-leaf binders of recipes. And another stack of recipes that really need to be organized.
But in recent years, cooking has become a bit of a chore. After being "burnt," I'm wary of Pinterest and Facebook recipes. Sometimes my imagination fails me. Sometimes it's just too much hassle to plan a menu for a week, make a list of what all I'll need from the grocery store, shop, put away, return to the store for what I forgot . . . you know how it goes.
We now get three meals for two each Tuesday delivered from Hello Fresh. Each meal is in its own separate bag and labeled; the meats are packed separately. Everything is cold; everything is fresh. There is precisely enough of everything for the meal. The instructions are clear and well organized. There is little chance of error. The food tastes good and looks good. There is an immense variety of choices each week and I haven't seen the same thing twice so far. The portions are adequate, sometimes huge.
Oh, and did I mention that Himself has cooked a Hello Fresh dinner all by himself twice now?
Five stars.
Comments
I read a quotation not long ago (and this isn't it exactly):
"Who knew that growing up meant you had to think up what to cook for dinner every night for the rest of your life?"
Hugs!