Say Hello to Fresh and Fab Meals for the Busy Teacher

With the hustle and bustle of today’s minute-to-minute schedules, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prepare healthy home-cooked meals for you and your family in the traditional sense. To be honest, most of my daily meals are consumed by the copy machine or scarfing lunch down before heading outside for recess duty, or while typing an email. So coming home after a long work day, picking up the kids from school, and then looking up recipes, going to the grocery store, and ensuring you have the proper amounts of each ingredient requires a lot of planning. Planning and time that a family does not have. 

We fell into the trap of cooking prepared meals whether frozen or fresh from places like Costco which worked great for a while. All it needed was to be put into the oven and clean-up was minimal. The problem was the meals were not the most nutritious and there was little selection and change from week to week. This has finally led us to try something new, something we hoped would be more wholesome, healthy, and flavorful for our family.

We have been getting coupons in the mail for Hello Fresh and saw their ads on TV and decided it was time to give it a try.  We used one of the advertised offers and went for it. We were pleased that the app was easy to navigate and there were tons of options to choose from. We tried recipes we would never even consider cooking or even ordering at a restaurant but were more than satisfied with the taste of every single meal! The freshness of the ingredients and the flavor of the prepared meals were delightful and delicious. And the smell that fills your home while it’s cooking is the best part!

After our first order, we discovered additional options to select meals based on: 

• Number of servings
• Number of meals per week
• Meals that fit your lifestyle: Meat & Veggies, Family Friendly, Fit & Wholesome, Quick & Easy, Pork Free, and Pescatarian

You can use the filters to choose meals without compromising flavor. This was ideal for us when we have more time to cook and make a family activity out of it vs just getting something cooking so we can eat a healthy meal before running back out of the house for our next scheduled event.

What we really like is that you customize or change your meal plan any time you’d like, or even skip a week when you’ll be out of town or are just not up to cooking due to a busy schedule. And even though all of the ingredients are fresh, we don’t feel obligated to cook the meal rights away. The fresh items come in a labeled brown paper bag for each meal and the meat is vacuumed sealed which allows it to last just a little bit longer if needed.

Other perks:

• The recipes are easy to follow and include step-by-step directions with photos. You don’t have to be a “cook” to make delicious meals.
• You can send free boxes to friends or family to try (I got others hooked on Hello Fresh, maybe you will be hooked too!)
• You can earn rewards–we got a free cheesecake (Delish!)
• Shop the Hello Fresh Market and grab some other items. There are so many other options to choose from like breakfast and lunch, bakery items, desserts, and even beverages.
• There are a ton of meals to choose from. You will never get bored, especially when meal selection changes with the seasons.
• You can add different meals to your order that may cost more per serving but might appeal to your taste buds.

Cooking has always felt like a chore but now we actually look forward to making dinner. So, have fun with it, pour an adult beverage, and put on some fun Italian cooking music to get into the cooking mood. Cooking as a family is a lot of fun too after a long school day.

And if you’re still asking yourself if Hello Fresh is worth it, I assure you that it definitely is. 

Full disclosure: We are not affiliated with Hello Fresh in any way so we are not writing this post to earn an extra buck or get a free meal. We truly love Hello Fresh and how it has impacted our lives in a positive way and that’s worth writing about. 

Have you tried Hello Fresh or anything similar that you love? Please share in the comments. We are open to trying different ones.

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