Hello Fresh

Once a week we get one of these delivered to our door...

The contents vary from week to week but inside it looks a little like this...

What you see there is all the ingredients, including spices, plus step-by-step recipe cards needed to prepare four meals for 4-5 people. Whoa, sounds like a lot right? It is actually just the right amount. I can prepare a meal about every other day and we have yummy leftovers in between. By the time we run out of food we receive another box.

We are totally hooked. Cooking has become a whole lot more interesting because I am preparing new meals every week and I'm cooking with foods I've never considered using before. Meal time is more enjoyable too because we are eating exciting new dishes with interesting flavors. Plus we are getting a lot more vegetables in our diet. Honestly it tastes as good as a meal we could find at a restaurant.

So what did we have this week?

"Cheeky Chicken Chow Mein with Oyster Sauce and Water Chestnuts"

"Chicken Fajitas with Home-made Guacamole"

"Spiced Tomato Penne with Chorizo and Smoked Garlic"

"Roasted Duck with Spiced Lentils and Caramelised Apples"

We've been monitoring our budget and have found we are actually saving money by getting Hello Fresh boxes. We are spending about the same amount on food per week but less on gas making trips to and from the store. Less trips to the store also equates to less junk food making it's way into our shopping cart and cupboards. And best of all, Adam almost always has leftovers to take for lunch so he very rarely will purchase food at the cafeteria.

In the past eight weeks we have had a meal or two we weren't crazy about but even when a dish isn't our favorite we still prefer it over mac-n-cheese or frozen pizza which is probably what we would have been eating.

We give Hello Fresh 5 out of 5 stars. If you are interested in learning more, check out the website. As far as I know it is only available in the United Kingdom.

If you want to give them a try use the discount code : W2HPS9 This will get you £20 off your first box...oh yeah, at it will give us a £12 credit as well!