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Food delivery services.
It’s just my wife and I at home now so I thought I’d try out some of the food delivery services. Since there are so many companies pushing this service now, you can get some serious discounts on the first delivery. You just have to be vigilant with your subscription and cancel it, or skip the following weeks meals. Our initial opinion of the food delivery service is that it's freaking awesome. I’ve learned so much about putting simple whole foods together to make a meal. Not just an okay meal, but food that’s better than most of the restaurants we have in our hometown. They are IMO almost as cheap as going to the grocery, Small farm, small business friendly, Fairly easy to prepare, a great teaching opportunity for wannabe cooks (me), healthy lifestyle food, portion controlled, delicious AF.
Some of the ones we have tried lisrted in order of favorites.
Peach Dish (not available up north)
Blue Apron
Sun Basket
Hello Fresh
If you haven’t tried these yet, you should.
Some of the ones we have tried lisrted in order of favorites.
Peach Dish (not available up north)
Blue Apron
Sun Basket
Hello Fresh
If you haven’t tried these yet, you should.
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$60 for three, two-person meals. Every once in awhile it's a total dud (usually due to a reliance on cauliflower) but over 95% of the time it's excellent. Last night was gnocchi with brussels sprouts.
The quality of the meats and fish has been outstanding. Hard to get that same quality at the grocery chains here.
And nothing even resembling pizza.
Hextall told me that the Dominos Pasta bowls were better than his favorite Italian dish. Chef Boyardee Beefaroni.
Mike
The real advantages, at least as far as my wife is concerned, are: a) no shopping; and b) that there's no need to find and keep some of the more exotic ingredients.
Some of the articles I've seen suggest that at $10 per meal, Blue Apron cost about twice a typical home cooked meal.
Don't give up hope.
If you spend a couple of decades in your new locale
Globalization ain't so bad sometimes.
Here the big hunt is for decent hummus.
Whoever wrote that obviously doesn't shop at Whole Foods. Which is where you would have to shop to get the quality ingredients that they ship with these meals. Hell When I go to the grocery with a meal in mind I always end up spending $100 and instantly regretting not just going out to eat. Three great Meals a week for two, delivered to my door for $70 is fine with me.
Er...I actually lived across the street from a WF the last four or five years.
The WF in West Des Moines is tiny.
Boar's Head isn't a brand here in Iowa.
We're partial to Sabra which isn't carried by WF and is spotty in Hy-Vee.
Mike
Hummus is so easy to make - chick peas, olive oil, tahini for a base and then the options are endless. My wife won't even eat store bought any more, I have to make it.
Have you tried truffle butter?
Do you have a food processor? I wouldn't want to make it without one, but with it it is pretty easy.
We buy sabra when lazy. Tasty and, quite honestly, better textured than homemade.
It looks like it's been voluntarily recalled, which explains why it disappeared. Listeria probably gave it that special taste.
No. I've tried truffle oil but what I found was made with black truffles and tasted like mushrooms, nothing very special. In Italy a year or so ago we were in a small town in Tuscany having a truffle festival and had some pasta with white truffle sauce and later with white truffle oil and garlic. Those dishes were spectacular.
The truffles in Wegman's are way beyond what I am willing or able to pay; something like $1000 a pound or so. Even buying an ounce to shave over pasta would set you back over $60.
ALP HUB is a delivery service in Singapore providing intime & safe local delivery service to customers in Singapore at a cheap and affordable cost
When I move to Singapore, I'm in.
Meanwhile, Karyn was unhappy with Blue Apron. Too often, they forgot to put in a needed ingredient. She's moved on to Hello Fresh.
Every bit as good, with less cauliflower (they seem to be zucchini fans instead).
Tonight is Shepherd's Pie.
Nice. Shepherd’s pie is a great comfort food. Lamb or beef?
We’ve received a respite from our hot weather so I can turn on the oven. Chicken and eggplant parm tomorrow! Going shopping as soon as I’m done procrastinating here.
Pet peeve No. 12: Shepherd's pie is made with lamb, d a m m it, if made with beef it is a Cottage pie.
Thank you. Now, get off my lawn.
Beef. Cottage or Shepherd's it was dang good.