June 24 Hello Fresh Review and Coupon #hellofreshpics

 Hello Fresh is a meal kit subscription box where you’ll get the recipes and ingredients to make 3 meals for two (or 4) every week. Hello Fresh is a subscription, but you can pause your deliveries and choose alternate meals (at least for the Classic box). There’s also a vegetarian box available. This is a solid meal subscription box with easy and accessible recipes.  Take $40 off your first box with coupon code 7UT7K8. 

Hello Fresh recently redesigned their menu cards, and the instructions are super easy to follow.  It has nice illustrations, is clearly written, and even lets you know nutrition info, prep time, and which recipes are best to make first to optimize freshness of perishables.  Hello Fresh sends all the sauces, bouillon and such in individual serving packets or in off-the-shelf brand name packaging; although it means a little more packaging, they survive shipping better than the plastic cups used by Plated.

Chipotle-Rubbed Chicken Salad with Pico de Gallo & Avocado: Level 1, 35 Minutes

Yum! This was really a great meal – the chicken was rubbed with chipotle and lime and nicely charred, and the black beans were flavored with oregano.  I wouldn’t call the tomatoes pico, because the cut isn’t right on it and it didn’t have enough juice to be pico de gallo in my mind, but this was a lovely and beautiful meal.

Seared Serrano Steak with Sweet Mango Slaw & Cilantro Rice: 40 minutes, Level 1

 The steak was so so good – and it was a nice and normal cut of steak that was easy to cook! The mangos were quite spicy (my husband always goes heavy on the pepper) but it gave it a sweet heat that played so well against the other flavors. The meat was quickly marinated in serrano peppers and balsamic and was pair with a cilantro lime rice. My husband always laughs at how much citrus we zest in Hello Fresh meals, but to be honest, it makes them turn out so wonderfully that he doesn’t really mind.

Southern Cornbread Pie with Pork & Collard Greens: 40 minutes, Level 2 – HAHAH just kidding, they sent me shrimp instead. I haven’t bothered to follow up with them about it, I’m kind of sad – I really really wanted to try this recipe!  FYI they usually give credits for this kind of error. And yes, I’m really really really sure I picked that pie! Fortunately you can access all the recipes in your account and to be honest, I will probably buy the stuff myself and make it, because it’s a totally new recipe to me.

If you got this – let me know if it was a box of Jiffy mix or what!

Warm Farro & Shrimp Bowl with Wax Beans, Sweet Bell Pepper & Shallot Citronette: 40 minutes, Level 1

I don’t eat shrimp. My husband sure was happy. He loved this dish, especially the farro.

July 5-July 11th – we had to choose between Hello Fresh & Plated for this week because my family will be in town, and even with the screw up, we went for Hello Fresh that week.

Here are the selections for next week! Meal choices end Wednesdays at midnight.

You can click on each dish and get the recipe information, including calories, ingredients, and difficulty levels.

Visit Hello Fresh to select your box for next week!  Take $40 off your first box with coupon code 7UT7K8.C heck out all our Hello Fresh Reviews and don’t forget to take a look at other Fresh Food Subscription Boxes