Hello Fresh? Something else?

[phoenixrising]

I am thinking of signing up for a food delivery service because I am an uninspired cook. I also just rejoined WW, so I am intrigued about the idea of dummy-proof healthy cooking. Any experiences with any of these services? Any yeas or nays?

[Deleted]

Not sure where you are located but I highly recommend Door to Door organics.

[phoenixrising]

My issue with that is that I am looking for more than just the food...I really need some inspiration for cooking because I am not a big fan of doing it. But thanks for the recommendation!

[sadlebred]

I have a friend that loves these services. She works 50+ hours/week, she is also a mom, she worksout 3-4 days/week, and she loves to cook. She doesn't have time to shop for a lot of ingredients, put things together, etc. She raves over Peachdish and another that I can't remember. I think she uses these services for 2-3 meals/week. They aren't cheap but are cheaper than eating out. Her family of 3 usually has leftovers. www.peachdish.com/

A few others I've heard of:
www.blueapron.com/
www.plated.com/how-it-works

This is a good read with more companies:

greatist.com/health/companies-healthy-home-cooking

[arch01]

We've done Blue Apron and were less than impressed. Yes, all the ingredients were there, but there was so much prep work in the boxes we got.

I'm interested to see if any others come with the chopping already done-because it really turned me off to the boxes.

[ktzmoh]

There are some really good menu services if you have time to cook. Basically they send you the menu, shopping list and recipes each week. My friend swears by the daily scramble , but there are others that cater to specific dietary restrictions and probably some that adhere to ww.

It's pretty cheap to sign up, but you have to do the shopping and cooking yourself

[bostonmichelle]

I do the Fresh 20. But its just 5 meals worth of menu and grocery list. You still have to shop and cook but her recipes are usually pretty healthy and fairly easy to make.

[Deleted]

I use Hello Fresh about twice a month. It's really great for me, none of the meals have ever taken me more than 30 minutes to prepare and we've only had a couple misses (usually my fault for not switching recipes out before the deadline).

I tried Blue Apron as well, but thought HF had better produce. I probably have a code for a free box if you want one.

I also like how easy it is to manage the account on their site.

[labbie]

Check out the website ohmyveggies dot com. There are free weekly meal plans put out each week, older ones are archived. It includes the shopping list.
I haven't tried any of the plans, but love the recipes I've tried from there.