I love to cook. I guess it's one of my hobbies, and most nights, I'm cooking dinner for Joe and myself. It's not always a gourmet meal, but I think I do okay in the kitchen. I had a problem though. In planning for the week, I would ask Joe what he would like to eat for dinner in the coming week. His answer was always the same: "Whatever you feel like eating." That's where the problem came in, I didn't feel like eating anything.
Remodulin leaves a funny taste in my mouth: almost a metallic-like taste. Everything I eat tastes 'off.' Nothing tastes as good as I remember it and some of my all time favorites, now turn my stomach to even think of eating them. After months of not eating much, I can't eat much... I try to save the room I have in my stomach for high nutrition items -- not salads and such that Joe should and would prefer to be eating. So planning meals became a real burden every week.
Until. I found this great service -- for me, it was a great service. It was just what I needed and when I needed it. It's called HelloFresh.com and I had a $40 off coupon – how could I go wrong? I decided to go ahead and sign up and give it a try.
They send me 3 meals for 2 people every week. I choose three out of the five offered, so I can have what we like to eat. They send me just enough groceries to prepare that meal – everything is included except for staples like oil, salt and pepper. I need 2 cloves of garlic? I get a little bag with 2 peeled cloves of garlic. It is wonderful. Every week is a new group of recipes with no repeats so far. Everything I've cooked has been great! Not one meal wasted. I even received some shipments while I was in the hospital and I thought they would go to waste, but I put the meat in the freezer and kept the staples in the refrigerator – some of the herbs did not last the 2 weeks, however, every meal from those shipments were used and were great!
This week's meals are: Chicken Saltimbocca with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes; Pan-seared Salmon with Honeydew-Cucumber Salsa & Watercress Salad; and BBQ-Rubbed Pork Chops with Spicy Plum Relish & Cilantro-Lime Forbidden Rice. Are you hungry yet? Every Wednesday, I choose my meals and every Friday, I receive the fresh ingredients to make 3 meals. The meals are quick and easy: 30 minutes to prepare. The portion sizes are very generous and I usually have some side dishes left over and Joe has never left the table still hungry. If I want to put a hold on my deliveries because I will be in the hospital for a transplant? I block off those delivery weeks and I don't have to worry about them.
I'm not trying to do a commercial for these guys, but if anyone is in a similar position or just needs to change up meal times a bit -- this is a great service to try. They also have meals for 4 people.
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