Hello Fresh = hello explosion of deliciousness

The only way to put all the details about my experience with Hello Fresh is in a blog format. Here it goes...

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A little about my Hello Fresh order:

I bought the "classic" box for 2 which is 3 meals worth of food for 2 people. $69/week but I received $40 off my first box. Let me do the math for you: $11.50 per person per meal (at full price). Honestly, I buy a lot of food and it goes to waste. I am not a great cook, so I need help. This meal tasted like something I would order at an expensive restaurant.

Even if we had tacos, a simple, cheap meal... we are talking $7 for 1 lb of hormone free beef, $1.50 hard shell tacos, $3.50 soft shell taco boats, $2 shredded lettuce, $2 tomatoes, plus cheese, sour cream, salsa, and taco sauce. That's a minimum of $8 per person just for tacos. Colorado food is considerably more expensive than other states we have lived in, so if you live elsewhere it probably wouldn't cost this much.

This cost is offset by not having to grocery shop for obscure ingredients or take the time to search for meals and read reviews. My time is definitely worth $11.50 a meal.

**Note: they have packages for families of 4 and vegetarian packages as well.

So yesterday a giant box of food was delivered to my door. The meat was on bottom surrounded by ice packs. The remaining ingredients were separated into 3 boxes of food, clearly labeled with the title of the meal, along with calorie information.

Tonight I began to cook at 7:10, after putting the kiddos to bed and pouring a medium... or maybe large, glass of cabernet. Tonight's meal is Italian Meatloaf with green beans and potatoes.

All the ingredients measured for this recipe.

It took me 15 minutes to cut up all the ingredients and preheat the oven.

 

The next step was to soak the bread in water and the beef stock. Tully decided he was ready to try Hello Fresh too...

It really did smell awesome at this point.

Next, combine ingredients and make the Italian Meatloaf.

 

The recipe called for 20 mins at 400. Unfortunately due to the altitude here (9100 feet) I had to cook the meatloaf an extra 10 minutes.

 

 

While that was cooking I boiled the potatoes which took 30 minutes, 15 longer than the recipe called for.

 

 

By the time the potatoes were done I didn't even care about mashing them. I combined the remaining ingredients and mixed them with the drained potatoes. Delicious!

 

I will be making this again, with or without, their shipped ingredients. It was seriously amazing and SO easy. It was the perfect amount for 2 people with no leftovers. When my kids get a little older, and less picky, I will be upgrading to the family pack.

If you are thinking about ordering, please use this referral code: 2DSWNR
It will get you $40 off your order and I have a chance to receive a discount off my future order.

Thanks for reading!