![]() When we did shop, it was for milk, bread, bacon – you know, the staples. Any frugal-minded cook could feed a few people for that!īut what we found is that by using Hello Fresh, we didn’t go to the grocery store quite so often. Sounds crazy, because their meals average out to about $10 per person per meal. All I had to do was log in, make some choices, and wait for delivery. Meal planning mayhem and monotony came to a screeching halt. It was pretty cool learning new cooking techniques, experimenting with different spices (spices that actually matched the food… trust me, grabbing random spices is not a good idea), and vastly expanding my repertoire in the kitchen. A writing colleague of mine sent me a coupon and I was hooked.īefore I knew it, I was ZESTING my little heart out with a real zester from Pampered Chef. We don’t like processed food-like substances and we’re practically hermits. Fresh, whole, local – if we can get two out of three, that’s good three out of three is even better. My sweetie and I have a simple food philosophy. Living outside of New Jersey, pizza is mostly off the menu, too, because… why bother. The kids are grown now, and until I have grandkids, I hope to never ever eat another chicken nugget. Cooking was really more aptly described as “assembling” and “heating” and the only spices I knew how to use were salt and pepper… and sparingly at that. None of these options stirred much enthusiasm among my diners. Meatloaf (my kids called it “meatlove” awwwwwww).The usual list looked something like this: “Deer frozen in the headlights” is about the right look for when I used to sit there, stumped, trying to come up with 5-7 dinners to feed my family. In fact, he’s shared his longtime fantasy of consuming some non-cannibalistic version of Soylent Green just to not have to “waste time” eating meals.Īnd while I’ve downed my fair share of protein shakes standing at the sink (all part of the fun of the binge eating disorder I used to have), I actually kinda like eating real food. ![]() Here’s why.Īs a business owner whose sweetie is also a business owner, life sometimes gets a tad hairy. Plated… who’s the winner? I LOVE them all… and I’m canceling my subscriptions. Hmm, should I go with Blue Apron or Hello Fresh? Oh wait, there’s also Plated?
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