HelloFresh review: Heres why its our best meal kit pick for beginners

If you’ve ever Googled meal delivery services, you’ve likely been suggested HelloFresh.Its meals have been around since 2012, arguably making it the most well-known meal kit around.While I don’t mind going to the grocery store, it’s not my favorite after-work or weekend activity.

Food subscription services make it easy to eat well on a budget without having to worry about food waste or the hour trip to the grocery store.HelloFresh is currently offering a delicious deal.Use the promo code NYPFREEMEAL when ordering and enjoy *free Ready Made Meals for Life, plus up to 10 free meals.

(*Editor’s Note: One free Ready Made Meal per box while supplies last with an active subscription, so don’t delay.)I have tried my fair share of meal delivery kits over the years, including HelloFresh, and there’s a reason I keep coming back to it.HelloFresh is one of the easiest meal kit delivery services to navigate.It offers flexible plans, which means you can switch meals, pause or cancel a subscription whenever you need.To select your plan, you’ll have to enter your zip code to know if HelloFresh delivers to your area.

It probably does, FYI, provided that you’re not located in Hawaii or Alaska.There are six meal plans to choose from:In the land of HelloFresh, ‘plans’ are how the HelloFresh team knows what type of recipes to suggest to you.

Multiple plans can be selected at once, so if you’re a flexitarian, such as myself, you won’t be locked into any one way of eating.After you have selected your plan, the next step will be customization, where you select the number of people you wish to feed and the number of times per week.The maximum for both is six, so even if you have a large household, the meal kit delivery service has you covered.Once you’ve selected the number of meals you want, you’re ready to pick your recipes and have them shipped to your door.

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