Do you remember when I spoke about getting through the first month with a newborn? We were so blessed to receive so many fantastic meals from family and friends and my husband was so sweet to hire a cleaning lady to come every few weeks to free some extra time up for me! Our youngest is now just three months old and we finally feel like we are into a pretty good groove and routine again! Yet, one time of day still ends up being kind of stressful and crazy sometimes; DINNER TIME! I was looking for something to change things up a bit and my sister recommended Hello Fresh!
Hello Fresh is a website that delivers healthy and delicious meals right to your door with all of the pre measured ingredients and recipes included! They have many different choices for how many people are eating in your home, any dietary needs (vegetarian, dairy free, gluten free, etc) and how many meals you want delivered per week/month. We tried out the Family Box (for families of 4) for one week and had a lot of fun!
The following is what we received for our first week, the pro's and con's and don't forget to make it all of the way to the end to get $40 off your first box to give it a try!!
Italian Spiced Chicken with Tomato Rice &
Roasted Green Beans
Pan Seared Pork Chops with Rosemary Grape Salsa,
Sweet Potatoes & Roasted Brocolini
Shrimp and Lemon Risotto with
Roasted Zucchini and Parmesan
- Con's:
- We ordered the family box meant for 4 people and for our family of 5 people eating dinner there was not enough meat. We added a few chicken breasts and pork chops to each meal to have enough for our family. (We could have added more people to the cost but the servings of vegetables was enough for our family). I will also add that our family does eat quite a bit of meat as even our 2 year old can finish his own chicken breast/pork chop.
- More expensive than typical cooking/eating at home ($35/meal for a family of four getting 3 meals per week)
- Pro's:
- Trying new recipes and going outside of the box with cooking
- No meal planning needed
- Convenience of delivery to our home
- Healthy meals
- Having fun cooking new things with the children
- Meals are pre-packaged and conveniently all together and ready to go
- Ability to save favorite recipes to have sent again
- Options to have a mix of vegetarian meals during Lent (or abiding by other dietary restrictions)
- All meals were prepared/cooked within 30 minutes
- Flexible option to get meals weekly/monthly and even "pause" orders when they are not needed
- Cheaper than going out to eat as a family
Overall, we had a fantastic time trying out Hello Fresh and I can see times when it might be really great to use for our family. When we are really busy with kids activities, etc it would be fantastic to have everything planned and put together for us. Also, I could see using it while on vacation if we were staying somewhere with a kitchen where we could cook dinner as a family. This would be a much cheaper option to mail the box to the location rather than eating out. I also really loved to expand my cooking from my typical meals that I make and have everyone try a few new things!
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