No, but I have been thinking about it. We have been using Hello Fresh again for a couple of months and I just feel it is not as easy or healthy as I would like. I will be following with interest...

We have tried Blue Apron and one other; I think Hello Fresh. We had a few issues. One, they are usually for 2 or 4; we have 5. Usually that was ok since the portions are large; but if they sent burgers and you had 4 buns... not ok. Moreover, they were pretty caloric, and if you don't care about calories making dinner is very easy and I don't need them. Tasty *and* healthy dinners can require more effort/creativity and that was why I'd consider a meal service, for a tasty and healthy dinner outside of our rotation. To me, HF is best for people who like to cook but don't like to shop or search for recipes.

I see Daily Harvest as a way to stock my frozen "pantry" with healthier one-off breakfasts and lunches.

Is there a way to see plans and pricing without entering your email address? Or do I have to use a fake email just to get basic info?!

Terri,

To get an idea, select a plan and let them choose the items (you can edit this but it gets you started). You will see what they put in the cart and the cost long before you have to enter any account info IIRC. I wanted monthly rather than weekly delivery, so I had to get 24 items; you can get weekly delivery of 9 or 14 items iirc?

I ordered 24 items delivered once a month (cancel or pause at any time) for $174; with a discount it was $154.

Okay, I gave them a fake email address. $7.99 for ingredients for ONE smoothie that I have to add my own liquid to?

I look at it this way, I paid $6.41 per item. For me, each item would be a breakfast or a lunch for me. For high quality food, even take away, that is less than I'd spend locally. Smoothies at my local place start at 7.29, All i have to do is heat something or blend something.

I have smoothie ingredients in my freezer at all times, but not the wide range of smoothies they sell. Moreover, there are many soups and bowls that I would like that all 5 of us would not. So for me, it allows me to eat more of the foods id like, without having to get take out somewhere.

No we haven't tried it. We actually have not tried any of the meal kit services. I am not big on frozen fruits (other than for smoothies which are something I rarely want/eat). I don't keep a ton of frozen veggies on hand either since we are pretty lucky with local/fresh produce. My worst time is January and February as my local produce market is closed. In March he will start going twice weekly to Florida area to buy fresh produce.

For the two of us, we seem to do best with fresh, local ingredients and most of my recipes are fairly simple.

Daily harvest is the only food plan that I find very tempting, those cut up fruits and vegetables just look delicious but I also tend to think they're probably not as fresh as they show in advertisements and I am very picky about fresh fruits and vegetables.

I agree, their ads are gorgeous. I don't eat much frozen stuff either, but I have always heard a lot of arguments pro-freezing. Nutritionally it is very sound, and it can capture things at peak flavor. I think texture is the issue, but not with these types of prep.

I didn't start my order until Jan 26 but will let y'all know!

Pls let us know...this seems up my alley!

Do report back on your experience. I don't have the freezer space for Daily Harvest, but if you love it, that might tip me over the edge on deciding to add a small chest freezer to the garage.

We use Green Chef. We like that it is organic and they have healthy meal options. We mostly do the vegetarian or the keto even though we are neither vegetarians nor on the keto diet. The food is excellent and it is so nice not to have to consider what to make for dinner.

I'll be eager to hear how you like Daily Harvest.

The commercials are very enticing. But when I look beyond the pretty produce, I wonder if I would actually like the food. I'm a vegetarian and as you can imagine, I eat a lot of fruits and veggies. But I'm also particular about flavorful food, using plenty of spices, and prefer fresh over frozen produce. I don't really eat smoothies much, though I have tried them as meal replacements in the past. I hope you'll share your experience.

It's too bad that Green Chef won't let you mix and match between plans.

I was another one who almost ordered because I liked the ad. I can’t even remember what I was watching when the commercial came on (CNN?) but the ad grabbed me.

Almost ordered. I’m still stress eating for a couple of weeks.

LOL, yes, whoever created the ads deserves a raise. But I also like the concept better than "dinner for 4." More flexible it seems to me.

A vegetarian friend of mine has been buying Daily Harvest smoothies for a few years now. She loves them. The quality is good and her family really likes the flavors and variety.