So in an effort to prepare for 2020 Home School continues, I’ve been interested in trying Home Fresh. I already do a lot of meal prepping for the family but my personal meals I cook daily. Now with home school around the corner I’m looking to find ways to cut my energy and time.
Hello Fresh Gift
So one of my besties sent me Hello Fresh to try. I was happy. Now the opinions expressed are truly mine as this is not a sponsored post. There are a few things that I’ve heard about Home Fresh:
- Great portion sizes
- Fresh options
- Flavorful options
So I wanted to put it to the test. Now I’m Vegan so I did substitute a few of the options with the vegetarian box. It was easy as the dairy options I already keep in the house as is! So for anyone who is vegan that is how I worked around it especially with cheeses etc. So does Hello Fresh add up? The three meals I received was Chickpea Tinga Taco, Gorgeous Greens Farro bowl, and BBQ Pineapple Flatbreads.
Portion Size
The portion size was perfect. The only meal that I thought this can’t be for 2 people were the tacos. Let me be clear tacos is life so yes I can really eat quite a few tacos. It took a lot of self discipline not to eat all of the tacos at one time. You can select how many portions you want per meal. Standard is 2 so for me taking these 3 meals allowed me enough food for the week. Some other meal services gives you 2-4 meals, Hello Fresh for the one I was given was 3 meals for 2 person settings. So 2 portions divided per meal gave me 6 meals for the week and to get honest the Farro bowl, I was able to get 3 servings out of it.
Gorgeous Greens Farro Bowl
Side note: I love the fact that Hello Fresh not only sends you the meals but meal cards so you have the recipe to actually do the cooking. I love the pictures that are on it as well.
Parent hack: After I made the meals, I allowed my kids who have a play kitchen to use the meal cards to pretend they were cooking the meals too. Now that I have the cards I can on my own recreate it!
Fresh Ingredients
So again with Hello Fresh all of the ingredients down to the seasonings. I’ve heard stories of people complaining about some of them produce not being as fresh I didn’t have that as an issue. All of my items arrived fresh. No issues at all. It was in the same level of freshness as if I had picked it myself. I will say I can how it can be bad if you allow it to sit for a week.
Chickpea Tinga Taco: substituted vegan shreds and vegan sour cream
Flavorful Options
These meals are good y’all! Like I absolutely love them. I mean, I at first bite just was in awe of how great the meals were. It was bursting with flavor. I can’t put into words how happy I was. So no issues on great tasting food.
Easy Meals
The meals aren’t hard to make. The recipe card walk you through it all. Again even pictures are with them, so you can’t really mess it up. I love that. I have enough stress going on as it is I don’t want to have meals that are difficult. If I’m ordering to make life easier I don’t want drama with the meal kits.
BBQ Pineapple flatbreads: substituted vegan cheese
Is Hello Fresh Worth it?
I am going to do another meal kit to compare and I’ll have the results either by end of week or next week but off yes it’s worth it. I’m vegan. I spend enough money as is on vegan food. The vegetarian options which I substitute out the dairy options make it cost effective in the long run for a weeks worth of groceries for me. The 3 meals for 2 serving settings is $61.93 and there are options to get 2 meals for 2 serving options too. I like the convenience of the meals being delivered and you can choose the meals too. They don’t just send you any meals. They have a menu for the week, you pick, they deliver. You can also add snacks or extra protein to your meal box. I like the options.
Also the meal prep kit makes a great way to eat healthy food without overthinking.
So would I get more? Yes. You can skip meals and weeks you don’t want! I love the freedom of not feeling obligated. So yes I would especially with the home school year coming. Hello Fresh y’all did well!!
