Hello Fresh Vegetarian Meal Subscription Box Review + Coupon – December 2015

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 whenever you’d like. They offer both vegetarian and regular (omnivore) boxes – this is the vegetarian box!

Hello Fresh instructions have very nice illustrations, are clearly written, and even lets you know nutrition info, prep time, and which recipes are best to make first. Even a novice cook can follow them. 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. I like that the outer packaging of the box is recyclable.

Tortellini Gratin with Kale and Parmesan Breadcrumbs. 30 min, level 1, 624 cal.

Hello Fresh is having a Throwback Week. featuring previously featured recipes that their clients loved.  What a great idea!  I must not have been a member when this recipe came out because I’ve never had it before and am so glad that they brought it back, it’s a 10+ on our food scale.  Delicious!!!

Easy, easy, easy and soooooo good to the taste buds. Perfect proportions and there was some left over pesto which we put a small dollop onto the gratin in the bowls. This was a very nice blend of flavors and textures.  We loved the crispy topping made from the panko, Parmesan and olive oil.  

Our compliments to the chef.

Spiced Moroccan Lentil and Chickpea Soup with Sour Cream and Toasted Pita. 30 min, level 1, 896 cal.

A wonderful hot bowl of soup is perfect for cold weather.  Too bad in northwest Florida it wasn’t cold. LOL!  Don’t be haters you northern people.  It was about 68 degrees when eating this soup but it was a great bowl of soup.

It’s labeled a level 1 on the scale of for preparation and that was correct and so was the amount of time it would take to make the soup and toast the pitas.

I couldn’t wait to make and taste this recipe based on the description on the front of the card.  The chef had recently been to the Atlas Mountains which is in Morocco, where he spent time with the nomadic Berbers.  The 2 spices, cumin and smoked paprika were very tasty.

Another great Throwback Week recipe, we rated it a 10.

 Toasted Brown Rice Protein Bowl with Stir-Fried Veggies and Cashews. 40 min, level 1, 640 cal.

Well, it’s that time of year.  Rush rush rush, to get everything done in time for Christmas so it’s perfect. Buy gifts, get house cleaned, decorate but the one thing you can count on is Hello Fresh. When the box comes you don’t have to rush to gather the ingredients or go to the store and get what’s needed or look up a recipe. It’s all right there, so nice at this time of year.

My husband and I love stir fries and this one was delicious.  You could easily fry these ingredients in a wok.  That might be an idea for Hello Fresh, note variations on the recipe card.

This week Hello Fresh is doing a Throwback Week, using recipes that clients liked a lot.  I think they could do this everyweek with one dinner a throwback.  I don’t know about you but I have favorites that I would love to have again.

Very good dinner tonight, 9.5.

And here are next week’s recipes! Boxes for the next week close on Wednesday nights.

Visit Hello Fresh to select your box for next week!  Take $40 off your first box with coupon code 7UT7K8.