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Meal Kit Review: Gobble’s Curried Beef Bowl with Basmati Rice & Mini Samosas

December 20, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Rating: 8/10

With the rush of the holidays, I’m running very behind on my meal kit reviews – but I haven’t stopped getting them.  My second week of Gobble, however, was a mistake.  I somehow had neglected to skip it for the first week of December so I got stuck with 3 kits that I didn’t choose.  Given that Gobble costs $79 for a 3-kit box, that was a costly mistake.  Fortunately, I had a $15 credit because of the mistake they made in my previous box, so it made getting this box more “palatable”.

I was also lucky that the three meals Gobble chose for me werethings that I would have ordered myself – and they were all quite good.

My favorite thing about Gobble is how quick and easy it is to prepare its meals.  They send as many pre-sliced and pre-cooked elements as they can without compromising quality, and this kit for Curried Beef Bowl with Basmati Rice & Mini Samosas was no exception.  The tiny samosas came pre-cooked, so all I had to do was heat them up.  They were very good and not too spicy.  We often get fresh samosas from one of our local Indian food stores, so I don’t say this lightly.

The main meal was simple to put together.  The rice came pre-cooked, and all I had to do was heat it in the microwave.  Gobble sends a very tasty precooked rice, which tastes even better than the one I make.  The meat was quickly sauteed on a pan, to which I added the curry powder, the pre-roasted carrots and peas, a pre-mixed garlic/ginger/scallion confit and chicken broth.

The results were great!  It was a very tasty meal and both my husband and I enjoyed it.  At $21, it was equivalent in price to the cost, before tax and tip, of take out – though, of course, we didn’t get leftovers as we do when we order out.  Alas, the whole meal was ready much quicker than it would take to get a restaurant meal delivered.

Meal Kit Review: Plated’s Chorizo-Spiced Cod with Fire-Roasted Tomatoes, White Beans, and Toasted Sourdough

December 20, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Despite this post’s title, this is not really a review of Plated‘s Chorizo-Spiced Cod with Fire-Roasted Tomatoes, White Beans, and Toasted Sourdough.  And it’s not a review because I totally messed up the cod by mistakenly using balsamic vinegar instead of olive oil (those bottles can look so much alike!).  Needless to say, my results were inedible (even the dog wasn’t thrilled to have them).

But I was disappointed by this kit even before I ruined it.  When I read its title I assumed that there would be actual chorizo in the dish – I love chorizo and I was excited to try the combination of chorizo and fish.  Alas, there wasn’t any.  Instead there was a small package of some chorizo spice mix to rub on the fish.  It might have been good, but it wasn’t what I wanted.

So this was a lesson to not just look at the title of the meal kits, but go further and look at the ingredients to not feel duped.

Fortunately, I only paid $8 for this kit by using a $40-off Black Friday promotion.

Meal Kit Review: Home Chef’s Texas-Style Steak on Toast with smashed red potatoes and red onion gravy + recipes

December 20, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Ratings: 8/10

Last week, it was my time to sample Home Chef meals, and all in all, they did pretty well.   This kit for Texas-Style Steak on Toast with smashed red potatoes and red onion gravy not only produced a very tasty meal, but it taught me recipes/techniques that I didn’t know and would use in the future.

First of all, who would have guessed that white bread brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with a tiny bit of salt before baking in the oven would be so tasty?  Of course, I’ve made crostini plenty of times, but the white bread seems to incorporate the flavor of the oil and remain soft inside in a way that crostini doesn’t.

The steak itself was better than I would have thought, and I enjoyed the onion sauce very much.  Once again, demi-glace showed its power.

I usually make mashed potatoes with large russet potatoes that I peel before boiling.  I really enjoyed the convenience of making it out of small red potatoes that I only needed to half before cooking.  It was a much faster approach (plus I hate peeling!) and the resulting mashed potatoes were very good.  The peel actually included some festive color to them.  I’m considering using this recipe to make mashed potatoes for my Christmas Eve dinner, but I’m not sure they’ll keep as well as my regular mashed potatoes.

The meal was simple to cook and the portion was adequate – in particular because mashed potatoes are filling.

I got my first week of Home Chef at a discount, so I paid only about $10 for this meal.  Regular price would be $20 – which is a better deal than other home meal kits.

Smashed Red Potatoes

serves 2

  • 12 oz small red potatoes
  • 2 oz sour cream
  • 1 oz butter
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 green onions, sliced

Wash potatoes and then cut in half.  Place potatoes in a cooking pot and cover with about 1″ of water.  Add salt.  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

Drain the potatoes and return them to the pot.  Mashed them with a potato masher, then add sour cream, butter and salt to taste and mix well.  Serve, garnished with the sliced green onions.

I got my first week of Home Chef at a discount, so I paid only about $8 for this meal.  Regular price would be $20 – which is a better deal than other home meal kits.

Red Onion Sauce

serves 2

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprila
  • 2 oz red wine
  • 2 tsp beef demi-glace

Heat olive oil over medium-high heat.  Add onion and saute, stirring occasionally, until it starts to caramelize, 6-8 minutes.  Add paprika and red wine and continue cooking until the red wine has almost evaporated, 2-3 minutes.  Mix together the demi-glace and 1/4 cup of water and add to the pan.  Lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until it thickens, 2-3 minute. Serve over steak.

Meal Kit Review: Gobble’s Albacore Tuna with Pearl Couscous, Chermoula Vinaigrette

December 8, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Rating: 7.5/10

I will admit that my review of this meal kit for Albacore Tuna with Pearl Couscous, Chermoula Vinaigrette is, of necessity, incomplete.  I made the tuna but didn’t make the couscous.  I was tired that night, we weren’t that hungry and I figured I’d make the couscous for my vegan daughter later.  Alas, I never did, and I ended up using up the peppers in a different recipe.

The tuna itself was very good.  The recipe required that it be sprinkled with tuna and paprika and then marinated and cooked in the pre-made chermoula vinaigrette.  The vinaigrette reminded me of chimichurri and it was delicious.

I did have some issues with cooking the tuna, however.  First, the recipe required broiling.  I have one of those ovens with a broiler underneath, and I haven’t cleaned it in a while, so I wasn’t up for using it.  I had to look up an alternative way to cook the tuna.  More problematically is that the two tuna steaks that came in my kit were very different in thickness – one was twice as thick as the other.  That meant that I couldn’t cook them at the same time as otherwise one would be very overcooked (and as it turned out, it was).

Still, both my husband and I enjoyed the tuna and I’ll be looking to re-create this dish with my own ingredients at a future time.

Meal Kit Review: Gobble’s Seared Flat Iron Steak with Baby Carrots & Harissa Green Lentils

December 7, 2018 / / 0 Comments

 

Rating: 8/10

Gobble distinguishes itself from other meal kit companies by offering meal kits that can be put together in just 15 minutes.  They do this by including some pre-prepared ingredients and having simpler meals than their competitors.

This meal kit for Seared Flat Iron Steak with Baby Carrots & Harissa Green Lentils consisted of just four ingredients: beef, carrots, pre-cooked lentils and their version of harissa sauce.  The beef was supposed to be flat iron steaks.  Instead, I got a bunch of beef slices labeled flatiron.  The quality of the meat was quite good and the beef was very tasty, however.  The small, multi-color carrots were very cute but ultimately they just tasted like carrots.  The lentils just needed to be warmed up in the microwave and then mixed with the harissa sauce.  They were very good.  The meal was a bit unbalanced, however.  There were plenty of lentils and carrots but not enough beef – perhaps this was because I was sent the wrong package.

Preparation seemed a little over complicated.  The beef had to be seared on both sides, then the carrots had to be added to the pan and the beef transferred on top of them, then the whole pan had to be put in the oven for 2-3 minutes, then the beef removed and the carrots cooked for some more time on the stove top with some water.  But having to use the oven meant pre-heating it, which to me added needless time and made it a waste of gas.  Now, this probably would have been a simpler process if I had two steaks rather than a bunch of slices – which cooled down quickly while I was finishing the carrots.

Still, the whole process was fairly quick – though probably longer than 15 minutes, but I’m a slow cook.

I sent Gobble’s customer service a picture of the meat and they apologized and gave me a $15 credit, which I got to use as I forgot to cancel/suspend the service for the following weeks.

All in all, I was very pleased with this meal, in particular the quality of the beef.

 

Meal Kit Review: Plated Scallop Penne with Mint-Spinach Pesto, Roasted Mushrooms, and Walnuts

December 7, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Rating: 7/10

We never eat enough seafood – as only two of us in the family like it -, so I decided to order seafood dishes for my first week with Plated.  It was a bad move as my husband ended up being out four out of five nights this week, but I made this one for our sole dinner together.  It was a modest success.

The meal kit for Scallop Penne with Mint-Spinach Pesto, Roasted Mushrooms, and Walnuts consists of 4 components: baby scallops which are simply seared, a spinach pesto which you make in the blender, mushrooms and walnuts which you toast in the oven and pasta, which you cook and  mix with peas.  That meant the use of three pans plus the blender, which for someone like me without a dishwasher, is a little more washing that I like to do.  I also wasn’t excited about having to roast the mushrooms and walnuts in the oven, as it seems to me a waste of gas to have to preheat the oven for just this purpose.  I wish Plated’s recipes were a bit more efficient.

All that said, the meal was very simple to put together and cook.  I was very happy with the spinach pesto, which seems like a good way to get some veggies into your diet.  I was hoping I could make the pesto vegan by not adding the Parmesan, but without it it had a terrible flavor.  With it, it was perfectly balanced.  I should note that I added the whole package of Parmesan, not just half.

The other problem with this meal kit is that it didn’t include enough walnuts or mushrooms (there were maybe 5 walnuts and 3 mushrooms for the whole meal).  It was good as it was, but more of the two would have made it better.

I was afraid that the meal wouldn’t be large enough for two, but we were both satisfied after eating it.

As a final point I should note that the scallops arrived semi-frozen.  I don’t know if that’s because they were frozen to begin with or whether they semi-froze by being in contact with the freezer sheets.

All in all it’s a good meal and I will make the spinach pesto again (recipe below).

Spinach Pesto

  • 1 1/2 oz spinach leaves
  • 1/8 ounce mint leaves
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 oz Parmesan or vegan Parmesan cheese
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Using an electric blender, pure together the spinach and mint leaves, garlic, cheese, olive oil and water.  Once you have a smooth paste, mix in the lemon juice and salt.

Meal Kit Review: Gobble Thai Basil Tofu with Brown Rice

December 2, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Rating: 7/10

I forgot to cancel or skip Gobble after my first week trial, so I found myself getting the default meals for this week.  Of course, I had to pay full price for them (minus the $15 credit I got because they had sent me the wrong meat last time).  Given my previous experience with Gobble, I wasn’t altogether upset at my error and I was happy to get a kit that I assume is vegan.

Gobble distinguishes itself from other meal kit companies by delivering kits that can be prepared in 15 minutes (maybe 20 for those of us who are slow in the kitchen).  They do this by pre-dicing and pre-cooking some ingredients and including prepared sauces/spice mixes (other meal kit companies do the latter).  In this case, the rice came pre-cooked and just needed to be heated up in the microwave, and the tofu came pre-cubed.  I still had to trim and cut the green beans, slice the garlic, remove the stems from the basil leaves and, had I used the chilies, I’d have had to slice them.

While I prepared the veggies, my teen daughter actually cooked the meal and she found it to be quite simple to put together. She doesn’t like peppers, so she didn’t use them in this dish.  She was quite happy with the results, and particularly loved the rice.  The tofu, alas, tasted like tofu, but she hasn’t encountered a recipe in which it tastes of anything else (e.g. where it actually absorbs the sauce).

The only concern we had about the meal is that it wasn’t a big enough portion for two people.  She ate more than half for dinner (the photo shows the leftovers which she had for after-school snack the next day).

From my perspective, the main issue with this kit is that it’s really expensive for what you get and not distinctive enough.  My daughter has been making herself stir fries with just as much ease for just a few dollars.  Also, while this meal might have been vegan, Gobble doesn’t offer enough vegan/vegetarian meals for vegan/vegetarians to have choices every week.

 

Meal Kit Reviews: Sun Basket is the Choice for Environmentalists

November 1, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Sun Basket is a Bay Area based meal kit subscription service started by a former sous chef at Slanted Door, a high end Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco (one I’ve never been to).  It aims to distinguish itself by catering to special diets (Mediterranean, paleo, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) and by offering organic produce and “responsibly sourced” meats and fish.  It gets top rates in many professional reviews, but it gets very mixed user reviews on Yelp.

Sun Basket is a premium service and I tried it only for one week.  I paid $32 for 3 meal kits (the regular price is $72). These are the kits I got:

Steak and roasted sweet potato with scallion-ginger relish

A simple meal that you don’t need a kit to recreate.
Lamb korma with sweet potato mash and toasted naan

Not really a korma, but the lamb was tasty
Basket Salt-and-pepper tofu stir-fry with glass noodles

Tofu is tofu, but the noodles and sauce were good.

So far, I’ve made a single recipe from Sun Basket, though I’ll probably try more of their vegan recipes in the future:

Spanish paella with tofu, mushrooms, and peas

This was a totally miss but it was my fault as I ended up substituting for most of the key ingredients.

These are my general observations.

Sun Basket’s Kits Are Good but not Great

We weren’t wowed by any of the Sun Basket kits we tried. They all produced perfectly acceptable food, but nothing that we’d want to have again.  This may be a product of what I chose, however. Please bear in mind that my experience so far is very limited.  I will try cooking more Sun Basket recipes on my own and see if they change my opinion.

Sun Basket’s offerings are great for people with special diets

I have a vegan daughter and finding vegan recipes in other services has been very difficult.  Sun Basket offers three vegan choices a week, and some of their vegetarian fare can be adapted as well.  They also offer diabetes-friendly meals, paleo meals, gluten free meals and a bunch of other choices.

They are expensive for a meal delivery service

Sun Basket’s classic plan of 3 meals per week for 2 people costs $72 a week, or $12 pp/per meal.  There is a $1 pp/pm discount if you order kits for 4 people.  This means it’s priced at the highest end of the spectrum.  On the plus side, they feature organic produce, “responsibly sourced” meats and they don’t charge a premium for “gourmet” recipes.

Portions are just the right size

So far, the portions we tried were the right size for us for dinner.  We weren’t left full or hungry. We had some leftovers from the side dishes.

For a meal kit service, it’s more environmentally friendly. 

Let’s be real here.  If you care about the environment, meal kits are probably not for you.  The main issue with these services is not so much the price as the enormous amount of packaging materials that are not recyclable, chief among them being the freezer packs.  Blue Apron alone causes almost 200K tons of freezer packs to end in landfills every year – and to them you have to add the other meal kit services.  Meal kits generally come in recyclable boxes, but sometimes they are also lined with bulky and non-recyclable packing material, which again will needlessly end up in the landfill.

Fortunately, Sun Basket takes their packaging seriously.  Not only is their packing material a sturdy paper bag filled with shredded paper – so totally recyclable (though the market for mixed paper recycling has recently collapsed).  More importantly, their freezer packs are made from a solution of something like 98% water and 2% cotton fibers which makes them conpostable.   The plastic bags are not really recyclable – they are in theory, but nobody is buying them so they are being sent to landfills -, but they are much less bulky than the rest of the materials.

While I’ve been lucky with Sun Basket not everyone has been

I got one box from Sun Basket with three meal kits.  All the kits  contained all the ingredients necessary to make the meals and none of the items were spoiled.  However, other people report receiving missing and spoiled ingredients.  People also complain about bad customer service, delayed deliveries and difficulties cancelling.

Sun Basket is a subscription service

Sun Basket offers a$40 discount for your first week’s voice, but if you sign up you are enrolled in the weekly service.   So if you subscribe, make sure you cancel in time before you are charged for the next week.  Better yet, skip the following weeks of meals so you have time to cancel after you actually try the kits.

Suspending and cancelling is a breeze

Despite the complaints about having problem cancelling, I was able to easily suspend shipments and then cancel my account online.

If you want to subscribe to Sun Basket

You can use this link and get $40 off your first box.

Review: HelloFresh Is Worth a Try

October 28, 2018 / / 0 Comments

(October, 2021 Revision. This review is updated periodically.).

HelloFresh is one of the largest meal kit delivery companies and one of the most ubiquitous as far as coupons are concerned.  Indeed, it was the first company I subscribed to and one I revisit every year or so, usually with very attractive “come back” offers.   The company is based in Germany and it delivers meals to several international markets as well as the US.

They are a mid-priced meal kit company, with kits selling at around $20/kit or $10/serving (plus $10 shipping). The food is tasty but not overly creative. Once upon a time, Hello Fresh introduced consumers to somewhat exotic ingredients (demi glace!), but lately they seem to have been using cheaper ingredients in their meals and requiring you to have more things at hand.

On the other hand, their kits seem to have been getting simpler – or I’ve just gotten a hang of making them. The meals are consistently tasty, though not mind blowing. In general, we rate them 7-8 points out of 10.

So far, I’ve only subscribed to HelloFresh with a discount, though how much these are have varied each time. While I originally felt HelloFresh was too expensive for me, I now feel it’s very reasonably priced even at full price. The price of groceries, restaurant meals and delivery has gone up astronomically during the pandemic, and HelloFresh has mostly kept its prices, though adding $10 in shipping (which works out to about $11.7 per serving)

While I’ve liked most of the meals I’ve had, I’m seldom excited by the offerings. On the other hand, I’ve had almost no problems with this service – except once when they didn’t deliver my box until after 11 PM.

These are the kits I’ve made so far:

Chicken in Dijon Sauce with Balsamic Greens, Walnuts & Grapes plus Garlic Bread

7/10


Mozzarella & Herb Chicken with Roasted Carrots & Buttery Couscous

8/10

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMG-1850-scaled-e1634486161761.jpgItalian Beef Melts with Onion, Green Pep per, Mozarella & Roasted Potato Wedges

8/10



Hoisin-Glazed Meatballs with Jasmine Rice and Green Beans

Tasty meatballs



Crispy Pork Milanese with Cheesy Potatoes and Blistered Tomatoes

Loved the potatoes, the pork needed lemon juice.



Melty Monterey Jack Burgers with Red Onion Jam, Garlic Mayo, and Crispy Breaded Zucchini

This was a great burger.



Sirloin and Horseradish Cream Sauce with Garlic Bread and Roasted Carrots

Uneven meat and pedestrian flavors



Crispy Parmesan Chicken with Garlic Herb Couscous and Lemony Roasted Carrots



Sweet ‘N’ Smoky Pork Chops with Apple Carrot Slaw, Mashed Potatoes, and Cherry Sauce ReviewThis dish had no right being this good.


Very tasty and the kiwi salsa is a killer.



My vegan daughter thought it was “just OK”.



Where I discovered just how amazing demi-glace is



Breaded Pork Cutlets with Garlic Bread and an Apple and Sunflower Seed SaladSometimes simple is best.


Creamy Dill Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Green Beans + RecipeLoved the dill sauce, but there wasn’t enough of it.


And I cooked several different HelloFresh meal kit recipes using my own ingredients. This allowed me to get a broader idea of what HelloFresh offers, without having to spend too much money doing so.

Singapore-Style Hakka Noodles with Summer Veggies

Good vegan recipe from HelloFresh UK


Oven-Baked Apricot Chicken Legs with Roasted Potato Wedges and Lemony Broccoli

Very satisfactory family fare.


Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Spicy Peanut Butter Sauce & Garlic Bok Choy + PB Sauce Recipe

A vegan choice with an awesome peanut sauce and coconut rice.


A restaurant-quality dinner at home. Yum!


These are my general observations.

HelloFresh’s kits taste better than I expected

I subscribed to HelloFresh before taking a look at the actual meals they offered – I had a coupon and I figured, for $15 for two kits, I don’t need to be too picky.  However, I was disappointed by the choices once I saw them. All the kits sounded boring and the photos weren’t too enticing.  Moreover, most of the kits included either pork or chicken breasts, not my favorite proteins.

But so far, almost every Hello Fresh recipe I made was very tasty – far more than I thought it would be.  The one exception was the vegan sweet potato & black bean tacos I made. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

HelloFresh’s offerings are not very adventurous

HelloFresh mostly offers updated American food. This can be a plus or minus depending on what sort of food you like to eat.  Living in California, we rarely eat American food at home or in restaurants, but exploring it is not necessarily a bad thing.  Still, I recommend looking at the offerings before subscribing. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

They are mid-priced for a meal delivery service

HelloFresh prices their meals from $8 to $12 per person/per week, depending on what plan you choose.  Their classic plan of 3 meal kits for 2 per week costs $61 after shipping costs, or $10.25 per person-per week.  In 2021 the cost of shipping has gone up, so the typical subscription comes down to $11.67 per person per week.

You have to pay more for fancier meals.

HelloFresh’s basic plan costs $20 per 2-portion kit.  But if you want something fancier, featuring steak rather than pork or chicken or special ingredients such as balsamic vinegar, you need to pay a $12 premium per kit – making each portion cost $16.  That’s pricier than other services. Costs have gone up here as well. The typical premium right now is of $9-10 extra per serving, making a premium kit cost about $20 per serving/$40 per kit.

Portions are just the right size

So far, the portions we tried were the right size for us for dinner.  We weren’t left full or hungry and there weren’t leftovers. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

It’s not environmentally friendly

Like other meal kit subscription services, HelloFresh sends their kits in a large box with freezer gel packs to keep the proteins cold.  While the boxes are recyclable, neither the packing material nor the gel packs are (they claim the bag around the gel packs are, but there is no longer any plastic recycling going on).  Similarly, some of the veggies are in plastic bags that are not recyclable. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

The meals take about an hour to make

Maybe it’s just me, but whether cooking from a kit or a recipe, I always need about an hour to make a full meal. Some of the meals HelloFresh now offers take less time to make.

While I’ve been lucky with HelloFresh not everyone has been

I have never had any serious problems with HelloFresh. All but once the deliveries came in time and they’ve always included all the ingredients, usually with nothing spoiled. YMMV, however. 

HelloFresh is a subscription service

Many of the negative reviews of HelloFresh come because people sign up for free or discounted meal boxes and don’t realize this enrolls them in a subscription service.  So if you subscribe, make sure you cancel at least five days before your next order is due.  Better yet, skip the following weeks of meals so you have time to cancel after you actually try the kits. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

Suspending and cancelling is a breeze

I was able to easily suspend shipments and then cancel my account. I got offers to resubscribe at a discount after I cancelled, thrice so far. This continues to be my impression in 2021.

If you want to subscribe to HelloFresh

You can use this link and get $40 off your first box plus free shipping. 

Meal Kit Review: Sun Basket’s Steak and roasted sweet potato with scallion-ginger relish

October 27, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Rating: 6/10

A sauce or a topping can either enhance or ruin a steak.  Last week, I made a HelloFresh kit that had steak with an amazing thyme-demi-glace sauce that greatly improved the meat.  The relish in this kit for steak and roasted sweet potato with scallion-ginger relish did the opposite, it hid the flavor of the meat and just made it taste vinegary.

There were other problems as well.  The oven-baked sweet potato fries (which I overcooked) were pretty boring – again, I preferred the HelloFresh version which adds thyme.   This was my first time eating kale and I found it surprisingly edible.  It stayed crisp even after cooking for a couple of minutes and I liked the subtle garlic flavor.  Not a bad way of eating your veggies.

Sun Basket advertises that you may get organic filet mignon, organic rib eye or top sirloin in this kit.  Of course, I got the cheaper top sirloin – which weren’t even organic, sort of defeating the whole point of this subscription.  While the steaks were pretty small, ~5 oz each, the whole meal was the right size portion for dinner.  Still, I was not happy that one steak was far thinner than the other.  In this case it wasn’t too big a deal, as my daughter likes her beef well done and I like it medium rare, but it would have been a pain if I was cooking for two people who like their meat with the same doneness.

All the ingredients in the meat were fresh and remained so even a couple of days after I got it.  The produce was organic even if the beef was not.   It was relatively easy and quick to put this meal together.   But then again, it would have been relatively easy and quick to shop for it as well, specially given that the relish was totally unnecessary.  This is one meal for which you don’t need to have a kit.

I paid $11 for this kit using a discount, and it was definitely fine for that, but it would be overpriced at $24.

 

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