Hello Fresh!

 Last week we enjoyed some meals from Hello Fresh!  I had been given a code for "free meals" and, yes, technically it would have been free if I didn't increase my order.  I wanted to get 4 meals for 3-4 people so that I knew we had enough for a basic week for all of us to eat.  I thought I'd share our recipes, our opinion, and our final review! 

Meal 1 - Hey Honey Salmon with roasted potatoes wedges and lemon green beans. 

Here's the truth, Darryl and I are not fans of Salmon but I picked this recipe for one reason.  Ever since our trip to Florida and all the seafood restaurants, Josh has been asking to try Salmon -- this seemed like the perfect opportunity.  Once of my concerns was that the portions would be small BUT there was plenty of food and even leftovers.  Darryl gave this meal an A- but he said the green beans and potatoes saved it LOL  Actually we both felt the salmon was great quality and the Honey Mustard Sauce made it taste really good over all but it's not something I would need to make again.  Josh liked it but I'm not sure he loved it.  The roasted potatoes were amazing and I might add those to our normal rotation.  Over all day one was a success (granted as I am writing this - every single one of us is eating a bowl of cereal at 8:45 pm LOL ) 

Meal 2 - Beef Flauta Surpreme

This meal was a hit!  We all loved these alot and I plan to cook tacos in the oven from now on because the shell gets nice and crispy!  This meal took more prep time then I expected and putting it all together took more "work" then I thought would be included in one of these "fast, easy meals" so I'm thankful that we all loved them so much.  I did add some things to the meal - I added regular salsa, homemade guacamole, and chips.  We did have leftover's - three of the flauta's so there really was plenty of food for us to eat for dinner.  

Josh picked his up to blow on it . .. but when he blew on the end "Smoke" came out the end and it looked like he was smoking a big cigar.  Needless to say, this got a lot of laughs at the table. 

Meal 3- Korean Pork Tenderloin, Carrots, and Lime Rice

This meal was amazing.  I think it is probably my favorite one and it is all because of the sauce that is on the pork loin.  It was amazing.  This meal had much less prep and was so much easier to put together than meal #2.  I did have to cook the pork loin longer then the recipe said - but the pieces were really thick.  I served the rice plain because Darryl doesn't care for lime rice but I added the lime and green onions to mine.  I did also cook a loaf of Pillsbury French Bread (from the tube) and I'm glad I did because we actually ate all of the pork and the bread was a nice additional filler.  None of us are big rice eaters really and the carrots were good but just, well, carrots HA!  

Meal 4 - Sweet Chili Pork and Cabbage Stir Fry

I saved this meal to the end because it was the one I was the least confident about and I was 100% wrong HA!  It was a favorite - I loved the flavor of the sauce and the cabbage was still crisp.  Yum!  Darryl and I both loved it and I'm thankful for some leftovers!  Josh tasted it and said it was ok but he isn't a fan of the veggies so much so he ate a pizza for dinner tonight.  

My overall review - Hello Fresh is high quality food and the recipes are so tasty.  Darryl and I both agree, if we didn't have kids we would order almost every week; 4 meals each week; and eat out the other three HA!  Really though, if I could do it, I would order this for 3-4 of our meals just because it was so tasty and so easy to make.  My only true negative is that I had to read each recipe carefully since they were all new and I wanted to make them right instead of going off of memory with family favorites.  This might be something we order every once in awhile just as a break from our normal eating!