We used them for a few months. I actually used Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Plated and just picked which box or two I wanted for the week and skipped the others. I usually ordered 2 boxes a week, or 6 meals.

The food was always good, but it can be expensive. However, in our case, neither of us had the time or inclination to cook from scratch, so the alternatives were eating out or take out, which is even more expensive, and unhealthier.

Eventually I started getting lazy and stopped cooking the meals, so a lot of the food went to waste. I've cancelled them, but I still consider re-starting again if I can get my act together. :) If you're an everyday cook, it should be easy. If I did it again, I'd just get one box a week so I had some flexibility for the nights I didn't feel like cooking.

My daughter got a few Blue Apron deliveries from her boss for Xmas. She was able to give a free one to someone and she gave it to me. Each week they send you food for 3 meals for 2 people. It costs $60 each week. I got only the free box. The food was nice but the recipes were a little weird and I wound up using the food to cook my own recipes.

HERE is a link to a discussion of the services from another GW forum.

I'm trying Blue Apron for six weeks. I have some of the same concerns noted above about packaging. Blue Apron calls for a lot of frying, which is my least favorite way to cook. Also, the portions are too big for me (not my husband). If I split my portion in half and save it for lunch, it seems about right. It's not low calorie, by any means.

I used Hello Fresh last year and liked it. Too expensive to feed more than myself on it and have to buy other groceries, so it's been on hold. I forgot to hold one shipment, however, so me and my exchange student made the meals together. It was fun but costly. Normally the meals make 3-4 for just me, which is perfect for me. I like the lack of waste of food, when it's just me in the house.

My sister uses Blue Apron and loves it. My sister in law uses a similar service that a grocery store in NYC area offers. For them it is great because otherwise they would be eating out or ordering in. It saves them money. For me it would be more costly but we only eat out a couple times a month and maybe once every two months do carry out (see my tipping post).

I am curious about Terra's Kitchen because I have a little crush on Ed Reed who is in their commercials. Has anyone used them?

Thank you, Fun, for posting the link to that other thread. Lots of information! I am one of those weird people that really doesn't mind grocery shopping, it's meal planning I hate. I am going to check out the meal planning link someone posted. I think I'll hold off on the meal delivery service for now. I like to eat low-carb an it doesn't seem like there are a lot of options for that.

sleeper, There was another thread about a poster here whose husband had to go on a specialized diet after developing heart issues. I can't remember the posters name but someone recommended a meal service that had quite a few options for specialized diets. Maybe someone here will remember or will be a better searcher than I am.

I signed up for the emeals website and have downloaded the food app. It seems pretty easy, I have a shopping list consisting of 37 items after deleting what I already had in my pantry. I chose the low carb option, but you can switch to any other meal plan when you wish. The recipes look easy enough, so I'll post after I make a few and let you know what I think. My niece visited us last week and had her BA delivered to our home. We made 2 recipes which were OK, but I felt too high in calories and carbs. So this will be fun, trying creative recipes for the way I like to eat.

You might like the Green Chef version. They have a paleo/low carb plan that looks good.

https://greenchef.com/menus/paleo

This company is more expensive but they are organic and their meals seem healthier. I will probably try them if I restart the meal delivery services.

I look forward to hearing how you like the emeals options, Sleeperblues.

My son was given a week's worth of Blue Apron when his neighbor suddenly had to leave town and their order was arriving. They told him to watch their front door for deliveries and to help himself. He did not order the food, but after a week commented that the meals were heavy on salmon and he would get tired of cooking that so often. He and his wife love to cook and experiment, so he liked that aspect of it.

My wife signed us up for Blue Apron last September for my birthday, partly because she had heard me grumbling that I was tired of making the meals that I usually make. We have continued receiving the meals since then, except for a period where we suspended the service while moving.

Some of the meals are quite good, some in my opinion miss the mark. I do like that they include all of the needed ingredients, but like others here I dislike all of the packaging they include, especially the honking big ice packs that are included every week.

Another complaint is that each recipe calls for adding salt and pepper at least six different times.