Hello Fresh is one of many meal box kits you can subscribe to. But is it worth it? My roommate and I decided to try it out the other day and here are my thoughts. The pros of using Hello Fresh They have different plans so you should be able to find something to suit your family's needs. In my case, I just wanted a few meals to share with my roommate so we went with their 2 meals for 2 people a week plan. We both have really different tastes when it comes to food and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find any meals that we would both like, but that wasn't the case. Choosing your meals is really easy too. And there isn't a meal you like that week, or if you just don't want a meal to be delivered (for instance, if you're not going to be home) you can just log into the website and tell them to skip that week. They also do a great job at keeping your food ingredients cold so if you aren't home when the box comes, you don't have to worry about the food going bad. The box is insulated and has…
One of the biggest factors in cooking good food is using good food to cook. This is a point we stress over and over, with every kid that comes through our cooking program. Not expensive food, not even "fancy" food (though that can be a lot of fun when you can swing it), but good, real, recognizable food. Start small, instead of buying that can of diced tomatoes, buy three Roma tomatoes (about the same price), dice them in a bowl, and sprinkle a little salt and sugar on them. 10 minutes later you'll have the same, but far superior tasting ingredient: diced tomatoes in juice...and really, was it that hard? (...and it doesn't taste like the can!) And I'm not even going to bring up the subject of the health benefits of freshly made food, vs. pre-packaged. Simple SauceNow, let's take that one tiny step further...now that you have your diced tomatoes, is it really that much harder to dice up an onion, chop a little garlic, and squirt some olive oil in a pan? Saute (that means a low fry in a…
I know that this title is going to bring some folks here lookin’ for a fight, so before you start sharpening your pitchforks and hurling your organic, fair-trade rotten tomatoes, let’s be clear… I love the farm-to-table concept. I love my local farmer’s markets, and I take every opportunity to support my local artisan food purveyors; in part, because I believe it’s the healthy and more socially responsible choice, but also because the food just tastes better! However, my love and support for the idea of farm-to-table do not negate that, in practice, the system is flawed. Maybe a more fitting title would be "Farm to Table…the missing ingredient" because the farm-to-table model leaves out a critical step…creating a gap that is not just important, but imperative to fill, for the system to work. Functionally, the equation is actually “farm-to-KITCHEN-to-table” The kitchen is the bridge (or, unfortunately, more often the gap) between the farm and the table. What good is fresh, organic…
Penguin Pete here, and today I'm going to venture far astray from my usual topics. No horror movies or Linux distro geeking. Today, we're going to talk about cooking. You must be asking, "By what authority do I have a license to lecture about cooking?" By having raised a household of four kids, that's how. During which time about 90% of our meals were all homemade, both Mrs. Penguin and I took turns cooking, and we weren't the richest household on the block so we mastered the art of cooking economically. During which time, in the life of a freelance writer, I also had to learn to cook lighter on the calorie side lest I balloon to 400 pounds from a career of sitting in a chair typing all day. But I'm not here to dispense recipes or techniques, at least not much. Instead, these are going to be my "kitchen hacks" if you will. Gadgets you wouldn't think to keep around a kitchen, or at least aren't the first thing you see in your average kitchen, but have come in handy enough over the years…
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