8-1-2: HelloFresh

As mentioned in a previous blog, I decided to try out meal prep kits. HelloFresh was the first to deliver this week. I got home to a beautiful box of food on my front porch in the rocking chair. My first thought after seeing the box, "Thank God I don't have to go shopping!" Only by the prospect of not having to shop, I'm excited.

I take the box in the kitchen, open it up and pull everything out. The first impression, I like the way they have everything separated into neat bags. I put those in the fridge, and realize there is something else underneath. It is the meats. Now, here is where I was a little disgusted. The outside of the bag was slimy. The meat looked to be fine, but I guess from the travel the condensation made them slimy. I wipe them off and put them in the fridge, and head over to the recipes to decide what I want to cook tonight. I decided on Crushed Peppercorn Steak, steak fries, and creamy kale.

I read all the directions and started cooking. There wasn't much cutting involved, and the instructions were simple enough to follow. I will say, they don't include basic kitchen staples such as olive oil or butter. Luckily, I had both. After maybe about 30-40 minutes of prepping and cooking, I was finished. I plated my dinner, and put my husband's in a Tupperware for him the next night. The hubs works nights, so he gets the meal a day late; too bad he doesn't get to enjoy it right off the stove.

Once I had stored his plate, it was time for me to enjoy. I tasted the kale first. I've only had kale once, and it has been so long I honestly couldn't remember the way it was supposed to taste. It was good; however, I'm unsure if I cooked it long enough. I did skip the water step, so that may have caused my kale to be a little bit tougher than it should have been. I won't make that mistake again. The fries were perfect; I did add a little garlic powder to them to give them a little spunk. The steak was delicious, and the sauce? I may have licked my plate clean. Whatever, I was at home alone.

Current rating, three out of five stars. This rating could change since this is just one meal. I still have two more meals, which are Chopped Chicken Thigh Tacos and Sesame Sirachca Beef Stir-Fry. I plan on making the tacos tonight.

I am not entirely sold on HelloFresh yet, but that is because I've only had one meal and I have two other meal kit delivery services to go. One downside is they only provide three meals. If I like these services, I need at LEAST 6 meals/week. That is how much I hate to shop. We shall see. Overall impression of a meal kit delivery service, TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!

Home Chef delivers on Saturday, so I'll be writing about them Monday hopefully. Until then, Bon Appetit!

Have another meal kit delivery service you think I should give a try? Email me!