We've decided to work our way through the meal subscription services. Trials are steeply discounted, and we figured it could be fun.
Week 8: Home Chef
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Biggest Perk: Comes with a binder!
On a 5 star rating (low to high):
Flavor:*****
Price: $$$
Portion:****
Variety: ****
Prep (Difficult to Easy): ***
Website: ***
Sustainability? Your box comes with a guide to where they source ingredients and how each packaging component can be recycled.
Promo used: 3PLATESOFF
Other Codes? GA30FREE There are other codes out there, but they pretty much all do the same thing.
Shipping: Pretty standard- basic cardboard box, eco insulation with ice packs. Proteins are in 1 bag, each recipe has another bag. This is the only one that seemed to make an attempt at easy open packaging on the protein (it still didn't open great, but the tab was there).
The Recipes: We went with a Bleu Cheese Crusted Sirloin, Coq Au Vin Chicken, and Shrimp Pomodoro. These are hole-punched like TK's were, BUT HomeChef is the first one to send a binder to put them in. It's nothing fancy, but i appreciated it. I generally found these easy to follow, and we had a busy week so i even made 2 recipes at the same time one night, but when DH made the third, he had some stumbles, so maybe the recipes aren't as straightforward as some of the others :/
Prep/Time: Our recipes were ~40 minutes. We had a busy week and i actually made 2 recipes together for dinner, turning it into surf and turf. Doing that involved extra dishes, but it was all delicious.
Price: This normally runs $9.95/serving (so ~$60/week). The trial was $29.70
Variety: There were 10+ recipes to choose from, as well as the option to do add-on premium meals (premium meals cost more per serving. This weeks option was lamb chops), smoothies, breakfast, or fruit baskets. All of the choices felt a little upscale which was nice. It did ask for some taste preferences (meat, seafood, vegetables) and foods we choose not eat (like soy).
Portion: These portions were good, but not huge or anything.
Flavor: Everything was super delicious, we would make it again, and the recipes are relatively easy to repeat.
Variety: There were 10+ recipes to choose from, as well as the option to do add-on premium meals (premium meals cost more per serving. This weeks option was lamb chops), smoothies, breakfast, or fruit baskets. All of the choices felt a little upscale which was nice. It did ask for some taste preferences (meat, seafood, vegetables) and foods we choose not eat (like soy).
Portion: These portions were good, but not huge or anything.
Flavor: Everything was super delicious, we would make it again, and the recipes are relatively easy to repeat.
Cancelling: There's a "Pause your account" button on account settings. I did have to consult their FAQ for skipping a week, but the option is there.
Overall: We enjoyed this one. They were a reasonable price, bag and a protein, sent a binder, tasted great.
Next Week, we'll be trying out Chef'd!
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