Hello Fresh!

Hi everyone!

So, last month we started receiving a monthly box called "Love Your Food" in the mail, courtesy of Philip's mom, Lynda. In our first box, we got a $40 gift card to "Hello Fresh". 

If you have never checked it out, I have placed a link right.....

HERE! www.hellofresh.com

Basically, you get a box delivered to your house on your day of choice, weekly, for as long as you subscribe. The boxes range right now from vegetarian to meat eater and either for two or four people. The box comes with all of the ingredients you would need for three separate dinners for $70 (for two people). 

The recipes are supposed to be quick and easy and come with a step by step guide for preparation. 

So, I figured I would share our experience with Hello Fresh, in case you were curious in trying it! 

So, first off, quality of package is great! Our food was still perfectly refrigerated when it arrived and in perfect condition. (I have had some bad experiences before with other programs, where the food is old, moldy, just bad, so this was a positive change!)

Night One! 

Chicken Tostadas

I will say the only negative about this one was we had to use our own tortillas, as they came folded and were broken in half when we took them out.

All in all the meal was delicious and just the right amount of food to fill us both. 

Night Two!

BBQ Pork Sliders

This meal was pretty delicious! 

It came with sides to make sweet potato fries and coleslaw! 

Honestly, this was way too much food for me! This was absolutely delicious, and plenty of food for just two people, we honestly could have had a friend over for dinner as well. 

Night Three!

Shrimp Cakes (kinda)

Ok, where to even begin with this meal...

First of all, this meal was DELICIOUS!!! Probably our favorite of the three.

If you look though, at the picture, these were supposed to turn out like patties, like little shrimp burgers if you will. Needless to say, that did not happen! They CRUMBLED in the pan, flipping them, forget about it! So we had to figure out something to do, and luckily had some sourdough bread on hand and just cooked it and piled it onto the bread. I will say also, without the bread, this would not have been enough food haha. DELICIOUS MEAL, but extremely difficult. 

So, all in all... I would have to say, the food was delicious, the meals were healthy for the most part and it was a fun experience. These are some recipes and meals we probably would have never even thought to eat so I have to give it that. On the other hand, I feel like for the amount of ingredients we got, I could have gotten that and more at the grocery store for $70.   While this definitely won't be a weekly occurrence in our house, I think it is safe to say occasionally we would love a Hello Fresh box on our doorstep!

XO