Brownies and Zucchini

If you’ve been around the internet at all recently, you are probably aware that there are several meal delivery services that have popped up in the past few years.  What do I mean by “meal delivery services?”  Those companies where you order all of the parts to a meal and they are shipped directly to you so that you don’t have to go to the grocery store, or search for a recipe.  Some examples are Hello Fresh, Plated, and Blue Apron – and there are many others out there too.

Before I start talking about all of these services, I just want to make it clear that I am not being compensated in any way for this (or other related) posts, and these companies have no idea who I am. Since these services seem to be super popular right now, I just wanted to share my experiences with you all, and maybe someone who is deciding whether or not to try one of these services will find them helpful. I will, however, use my affiliate links and/or coupon codes for the various services when I can.  Not only do I get a few dollars back if you use those links to make a purchase, but YOU also get some kind of discount as well!

Anyways.  A few weeks ago the husband and I decided to try out these meal delivery services.  I felt like I needed a little more variety in my meals and food choices – without just getting takeout a few times a week.  I also do generally like making fun meals, but actually finding a recipe, getting the groceries, and hoping that the recipe turns out well once you get around to making it time consuming and a little bit overwhelming sometimes.  I figured that trying these out would give me opportunities to try some new thing, expand my food choices, and have some fun.

So far we have tried a few different meals from Blue Apron, Plated, and Hello Fresh.  I wanted to give them each a few tries before I reviewed them, and now that I have done that I am ready to write some reviews! (Spoiler alert: none of them are perfect, they all have various good and bad qualities, but overall it has been great (and tasty!) trying them all out) Stay tuned for a post reviewing each separate service and then a post comparing the three that I’ve tried. Are there other services like this out there that you’ve tried? Let me know!

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