So the wife signed up for "hello fresh" it’s an online food delivery subscription that sends you everything you need to make meals, I originally thought it was a waste of money when she told me about it, but I must say I have been pleasantly surprised! so thought I’d share some pics!
First the nice thing about the meals are you don’t have to buy a whole package , bag , box, spice etc. of an item you may only need a small amount of. There is virtually no waste or leftovers
I'm glad you're happy with it so far. I had one of these for a while, but after a couple deliveries I wanted to use some of the ingredients for something else. End of subscription... LoL.
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
We've used Hello Fresh for about 4 years. Started with it out of necessity when I broke a shoulder and my husband had to attempt cooking for us. Then we kept it up for the convenience of making fewer trips to the grocery.
I often took the ingredients and made something else, although many of their dinners are delicious, with inventive use of flavors. We had some favs that we would often order. The portions are a bit skimpy, especially the proteins, but that's how we should be eating nowadays I guess. What I like the least about them is that their "fresh" vegetables were anything but fresh. Most were pretty sad-looking.
I really appreciated having those deliveries during lockdown times, but now I associate those meals with lockdown/Covid quarantine, etc. and want to make a fresh start with using more of what is already in my freezer. So I put them on hold a few months back and honestly haven't missed those meals. They had a good run with us, though.
Like you said, the nice thing is that there are no leftovers. When I cook, there are always leftovers squeezing their way into my already-full freezers.
Kathryn
Last edited by fzxdoc; September 23, 2020, 08:35 AM.
My wife and I tried this (maybe it was Blue Apron?) a couple years back. Nearly every shipment arrived thawed and warm. They were good about sending replacements but sometimes it took two or three tries to get us something we could use. The food was decent enough but our kids didn't really care for most of it.
There used to be a burger box service that sent ingredients for some over the top burgers every month that I really liked. It ended up being around $15 per burger which is expensive for an at home burger but pretty reasonable compared to eating a burger like that out. Unfortunately they shut down after a few months.
My gear:
22 Weber Kettle
Napoleon PRO Charcoal Kettle Grill
Broil King Keg
Traeger Pro 34
Napoleon Prestige Pro 500
Pit Barrel Cooker
Blackstone Range Combo Griddle
We used to use HelloFresh but I found for me, they were too carb heavy (I'm diabetic) and they didn't have a low carb offering. We switched to MakeGoodFood.ca because they have what they call their Clean 15 which are all low carb meals. We love the service. Their protein serving sizes are perfect, the produce is really fresh and high quality, and the recipes are really good and varied. We do 3 2-person meals a week in spring, summer, and fall and then 4 2-person meals a week for the winter since my outdoor cooking is somewhat curtailed given the winters up here.
Equipment
Primo Oval xl
Slow n Sear (two)
Drip n Griddle
22" Weber Kettle
26" Weber Kettle one touch
Blackstone 36†Pro Series
Sous vide machine
Kitchen Aid
Meat grinder
sausage stuffer
5 Crock Pots Akootrimonts
Two chimneys (was 3 but rivets finally popped, down to 1)
cast iron pans,
Dutch ovens
Signals 4 probe, thermapens, chef alarms, Dots, thermapop and maverick T-732, RTC-600, pro needle and various pocket instareads. The help and preferences
1 extra fridge and a deep chest freezer in the garage
KBB
FOGO
A 9 year old princess foster child
Patience and old patio furniture
"Baby Girl" The cat
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