Back yard visitor

A couple of months ago, as I glanced out the back window, I saw this large thing that caught my eye. We have lots of birds and animals around here, but this seemed a lot larger and I actually thought it was a vulture. Dead animals don't last long around here, nearly everyday one can see a bunch of vultures devouring something that was hit by a car. But on this day on our neighbors roof was a bald eagle. I ran and got my camera and only got a couple shots, I would have loved to have taken more. The kids were thrilled to see him, and we talked a long time about eagles afterwards. He is just beautiful and majestic.

HelloFresh

I have found a new company that is pretty amazing. Hello Fresh provides all the ingredients you need – already measured out – to cook a meal; it says all you need in your pantry is salt, pepper, olive oil, butter and white sugar. You can choose to buy the ingredients for 2 people or 4 people and you get three days of meals, the classic box or the veggie box.

 

Cooking healthy has been a big goal of mine, but some nights it is just totally difficult to figure out what I am going to make. I look in the fridge, stare in the freezer and pace the pantry looking for a good meal to cook many nights. I should plan better, and many nights it all works out but there are some days I am running to the store last minute or asking hubby to pick something up on his way home.

Hello Fresh delivers to you everything you need to cook 3 full dinners for the family. Really yummy meals, with several choices and options to pick from on their site. All very fresh ingredients! The meats, herbs and veggies were probably fresher than I could get in my own grocery store. Recipe cards were included in the box, full color and very easy to follow.

We ordered the Flaming Pork Fajitas, which included cherry tomatoes, tortillas, red onion, cumin, fresh cilantro, with an perfectly ripe avocado, bell pepper and even a lemon. A great cut of pork chop. I rarely cook pork chops so this was a yummy change for us. I cooked this meal first and everyone loved it! We also got the Mustard crusted trout and Sizzling steak stir-fry dinners. They were so yummy too!

A few things I learned about this way of cooking meals. You don't have to cook 3 nights in a row. I put some of the meat in the freezer and refrigerated the other items too. I cooked the first night it arrived (wed) then Friday then on Monday. All food stayed fresh in the fridge and all food was organized by each meal it went in.

Because I ordered for 4 people everything came as doubles, 2 red chili, 2 bell peppers, 2 lemons, 4 cloves of garlic. A lot of this stuff we don't "normally" use that much of, so I used probably a bit less than called for in the recipe. So we had a bit of extras after the recipe to use for other nights of inspired cooking. Also, there was leftovers from the meal for lunch the next day too.

 

 

the pricing is as follows:

Classic Box (meats and veggies)

3 meals for 2 people:  $69.00

3 meals for 4 people: $129.00

 

Veggie Box (veggies only)

3 meals for 2 people: $59.00

3 meals for 4 people: $109.00

 

I would recommend trying this service out. It was fun just to try it. The food tasted so fresh, I never knew using fresh herbs could make such a difference. I will do it again in the next few weeks. Maybe consistently every 6 weeks. I have a coupon code for you to use to get $20 off your next order. The hello fresh coupon code is: TFC3W3+free shipping

http://www.hellofresh.com/