BlueApron, HelloFresh or HomeChef?

Blue apron and hello fresh

Both are good. Makes cooking easy and fun. Anyone can do it. I only buy the recipes I know my kids and husband will love

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but she was annoyed that a lot of the seasonings didn't come in the box -- i.e., your salt, pepper, etc.. She also said most of the food was under seasoned if you followed the recipe.

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That happened in my BlueApron box too. Thank goodness I have salt and pepper at my house. It also called for olive oil. Fortunately that's the only oil I use. I was also kinda annoyed that the instructions told me to bring a pot of salted water to a boil. I assume that means fill the pot up with water to the top but how much salt? I'm awful at cooking so I need details like that to be included. Also the instructions said to use a medium skillet. We have like 6 skillets so I don't know which one is the medium. This is why I let my husband cook. Cooking is hard! BUT these boxes do make it easier for me because I loathe the grocery store and I hate having to measure stuff and it arrives measured out for you.

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I feel like you're fricking with me

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Unfortunately for her that doesn't seem to be the case

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. I was also kinda annoyed that the instructions told me to bring a pot of salted water to a boil. I assume that means fill the pot up with water to the top but how much salt?

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Also the instructions said to use a medium skillet. We have like 6 skillets so I don't know which one is the medium.

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Bless your heart

You are unintentionally hilarious. The comment about the skillet just killed me. I applaud your efforts, we all start somewhere!

AND you know what else they did to me I just remembered?? Ok, my first dish required me to "peel and mince ginger". But they don't tell me how! It was not like the pink ginger at the japanese restaurants, it's a hard root looking piece. But I couldn't peel it with my fingers and the skin looked too thick to use the carrot peeler. I had to stop everything and do a youtube search for how to peel and mince ginger!! What they should have instructed me to do was "get a knife and cut the skin off then chop it up as tiny as you can."

Anyways, I decided I'm going to try the HomeChef box next. They give you 11 choices!!

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Ok, my first dish required me to "peel and mince ginger". But they don't tell me how! It was not like the pink ginger at the japanese restaurants, it's a hard root looking piece. But I couldn't peel it with my fingers

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No offense, but that would have been hilarious to watch

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I had to stop everything and do a youtube search for how to peel and mince ginger!! What they should have instructed me to do was "get a knife and cut the skin off then chop it up as tiny as you can."

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also known as "peel and mince"...

Like another poster said, we all start somewhere. I was an awful cook in college, but nowadays i'm pretty damn good. I have several dishes that my wife or other family members or friends request me to cook.

I think there's a mail-a-meal place in BR and maybe other cities that sends you meals that you just heat up. That'll solve that pesky ginger peeling problem.