HelloFresh review: a good meal for beginners

“For everyone” is there for everyone Really I mean, you have many options. But with its revised menu, HelloFresh, Hellofresh runs with a literal execution of the proverb. The largest meal kit in the world -as from 2024, commanded it nearby 50% of the meal -kit market worldwide-Pierte has around 100 different recipes to choose from every week, including a whole range of microwave meals.

We have decided to test the service again to see how the new leap in quantity to the experience of cooking and food changes (or not).

Read on for my full assessment.

What can be expected in a HelloFresh box

Each HelloFresh delivery is packed with (somewhat cumbersome) ice cream bag that keeps the contents of the box cool for a few hours until you can bring it into your fridge. In the box, ingredients are packed in paper bags for every meal. They are measured before, but not actually prepared, so that they find entire cloves of garlic and products they need Hack meat, rust, chop and cubes. Recipe Spices and bargains such as chicken broth concentrate, cream fraiche or balsamic glaze are available in tiny packages, which you can tear open and add to your sauce or on cooked vegetables.

Each meal contains ingredients, minus each proteins sorted into a separate paper bag to avoid mixtures in a recipe. Proteins come isolated, hidden under a layer of ice cream bag – which is beautiful for their preservation and prevent random leaky meat juices from preventing their other ingredients. Clearly labeled instructions say that they continue to dig for beef, chicken or shrimp so that they do not miss them.

With regard to the quality, everything I got was with the type of quality that I would shop in a chain supermarket: products were fresh and undamaged. Proteins were mainly high -quality versions of cheaper options (think of 51/60 shrimp, not jumbo shrimp).

What I liked in Hellofresh

I am a parent of small children who are spirited at regular intervals when it comes to food. To get my children to eat, I need softball recipes that are set up in the middle. And HelloFresh really nails that. Even dishes that contained larger flavors – like a fried Kimchi rice – and balanced them in a way that was friendlier for careful palate.

The portions were also among the most generous of half the dozen meals that I tried. I ordered four portions (for my family of four) and had leftovers with every meal. This may be due to the fact that my children are still small, but it means that even if their family of four goes through a growth thrust, nobody leaves the table hungry.

Finally, HelloFresh uses links in an intelligent way that the aromas of a court do not undermine. With poorly executed meals, meals taste like a warmed up TV dinner. This is because companies, to maximize the efficiency (both in the kitchen and in the packaging of the food), choose things such as pre -cut garlic or pre -frozen lemon juice. In the ingredients such as these fade compared to freshly chopped or pressed versions. HelloFresh finds links, but they are with objects that can be portioned without affecting the taste, such as shares or basic spices such as soy sauce.

What I didn’t like about HelloFresh

HelloFresh meals are not quick preparation processes. Usually the fact that a meal lasts 45 or 50 minutes would not earn much of me. This is a typical evening. But the HelloFresh recipe cards prominently proclaim that the preparation times would be as short as five minutes, and they were simply not.

I mention this because many people register especially for food skits in order not to save time not only in meal planning, but also when preparing meals. But the reality with HelloFresh is that you have to do 90% of the work to cook a meal. The result tastes as fresh as a meal that was made from scratch, but it takes time.