This post is sponsored by HelloFresh. All opinions are my own.
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to try meals from HelloFresh. HelloFresh is a meal delivery service. They deliver unprepared, fresh meals (including ALL ingredients w/recipes) right to your front door. I’ve been on a steady course to change the way I cook and the way my family eats for awhile. What I find difficult about preparing healthy meals is variety. I only know how to properly prepare a few dishes that are both healthy and likable to my family. Planning healthy meals and finding the right ingredients is not easy. This is why I am happy to be partnering with HelloFresh to tell you about their wonderful meals. I mean why wait till the New Year to start making changes, when you can start eating healthy NOW with HelloFresh.
When you receive a HelloFresh box you receive not just the fresh, individually wrapped ingredients that go into the meals but also the recipe. The recipes are SO easy they come on a recipe card that includes pictures and very easy to understand instructions. Each gourmet meal is tested and approved before you receive it.
Here are the 3 meals that I received and prepared:
Coconut-Crusted Chicken Fingers with Roasted Green Beans and Potato Wedges
This dish was easy to make and the instructions were simple to understand. I must admit that initially I want to bread and and fry that chicken and those potatoes and deep boil the green beans with a ham hock… but I didn’t. I followed the recipe to the letter. This meant roasting the potatoes and the green beans in the oven and dredging the chicken in honey and lightly cooking it in olive oil. The flavors were there. The texture was there and my family loved it. Win.
Nutrition per person: Calories: 623 cal | Fat: 23 g | Sat. Fat: 6 g | Protein: 46 g | Carbs: 59g | Sugar: 16 g | Sodium: 298 mg | Fiber: 8 g
Italian Sausage and Baby Broccoli Pasta with Oregano Gremolata and Parmesan Cheese.
This one was the family favorite. I really enjoyed the gremolata the most! I grow oregano and had never thought to use it in this way before. All of the flavors in this dish stood out. Especially the lemon zest. This was the 2nd recipe that I chose to prepare so by now I am familiar with process which did not take long. I am not a fan of Italian Sausage but I really enjoyed it in this.
Nutrition per person: Calories: 767 cal | Fat: 31 g | Sat. Fat: 9 g | Protein: 45 g | Carbs: 85 g | Sugar: 6 g | Sodium: 936 mg | Fiber: 11 g
Sesame Shrimp with Scallion Rice and Roasted Zucchini
I was initially hesitant about this one because I don’t grow, cook or eat zucchini. It wasn’t a winner for us. I don’t believe i prepared the scallion rice correctly and the zucchini… not so much. We did give this meal a try though and ended up eating the sticky scallion rice with the Sesame Shrimp alone and that was good. Hey, you can’t win them all! I now know that the only way I like zucchini is raw!
Nutrition per person: Calories: 496 cal | Fat: 10 g | Sat. Fat: 1 g | Protein: 25 g | Carbs: 77 g | Sugar: 7 g | Sodium: 553 mg | Fiber: 5 g
This was a great experience and I learned so much while preparing these meals. I learned that I do not have to FRY everything to make it taste good. I also learned new uses for some of the herbs that I am already growing in my container garden. Most importantly I learned that eating healthier does not have to be complicated. I feel like I can apply what I learned using the ingredients and recipes from Hello Fresh to new recipes of my own. I’m not waiting until the New Year to START getting healthy! I’m starting RIGHT NOW!
The folks over at HelloFresh have created a special code for me to share with you! Just enter SISTAHCAFE35 and you will receive $35 off at HelloFresh.com. (This is for first-time customers only. Offer expires 10/1/2017)
What if anything, keeps you from preparing more healthy meals for your family?
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