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Review: Hello Fresh

November 25, 2013 By All That I'm Eating 7 Comments

Hello Fresh is a box delivery company who deliver full meals to your door. You can choose if you’d like it for two or four people and for three or five meals. It sounded like an interesting idea so when they asked if I’d like to try one I was looking forward to it. I quite like the Hello Fresh personality; the email they sent to me to confirm my delivery made me chuckle and the box itself was adorned with a ‘Caution: contents may be extremely delicious’. The box I was sent to try was for two for three meals and costs £39.
Hello Fresh Recipe Box Review

The ingredients in the box were packed nicely with the chilled ingredients well wrapped to stop anything else getting damp. When you unpack it it’s like playing a detective; what’s this ingredient for, what does that go in to? The recipe cards are easy to follow with good pictures. The only trouble is knowing what to cook first.

We started with the Chicken Tinga (above) which was easy to make and used some of the Wahaca sauce which smelt great. We had to poach the chicken and then shred it and poaching chicken isn’t something I’ve done for many years so I was glad to give it another go. It worked well with the brown rice and was spicy without being too hot.

After that we had Chorizo and Halloumi skewers with Tabbouleh. For this they had sent a different kind of chorizo than the recipe stated (sausages rather than slices)  so they emailed the recipe amendment across. This was really good too; the pungent chorizo and salty, creamy cheese were nice with the fresh and citrusy tabbouleh.

Our final meal was Salmon flakes with Citrus Wholegrain Couscous. The salmon was really nice and the sort-of-tartare sauce that I made to go with it was lovely and full of capers.
The thing I liked most about the box was that you had everything you needed even down to the skewers. All the meals were generous without being overfilling and there were hardly any leftovers. Having this box meant I knew I had a nice meal to cook when I got home and I hadn’t had to plan for it. Recently I’ve been so busy with other things that my meal planning has gone out the window! It was also good that the box used ingredients that I would choose myself; British chorizo, organic tinned tomatoes and the like. It was also good to cook things I haven’t before or haven’t for a while. It was nice to know that I had something filling and tasty to cook at home so I wasn’t at all tempted into a cheeky mid-week meal out.

To see how this recipe box compares to the others, take a look at my Recipe Box Comparison post here.

Thank you to Hello Fresh for the box. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Comments

  1. Navaneetham Krishnan says

    November 25, 2013 at 21:50

    Sounds like a good package to try out. I wish its available over here too. Sometimes deciding on what to cook can be mind boggling.

    Reply
  2. Juliana says

    November 26, 2013 at 04:49

    Interesting concept…I would love to give this a try…it must be nice to have the meals planned.
    Have a great week Caroline 😀

    Reply
  3. Jenny @ BAKE says

    November 26, 2013 at 08:05

    These meals look great! I’ve seen Hello Fresh advertised a couple of time and it seems like a great solution when your too busy to shop or fancy some new ideas for dinner. Great review!

    Reply
  4. Guru Uru says

    November 26, 2013 at 19:53

    I have heard of Hello Fresh as well, it sounds pretty awesome 😀
    Delicious meals at the drop of a head, that is pretty awesome!

    Cheers
    CCU

    Reply
  5. Amy @ Elephant Eats says

    November 27, 2013 at 17:15

    What a great concept! Everything looks delicious.

    Reply
  6. Kitchen Riffs says

    November 27, 2013 at 20:49

    Sounds like a terrific idea! Certainly a lot of fun to try, and sounds like there’s an interesting variety. Thanks for this.

    Reply
  7. lena says

    November 28, 2013 at 01:07

    it made me chuckled too reading that cautious statement! i only knew about delivering ready cooked food but not fresh ingredients and recipes..that’s fabulous idea too!

    Reply

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