Have any of you used one of the food box delivery services?

Yeah, it's called meals on wheels.

lol no the ones that you pay for and get a choice of nice meals.

I always think they are for the type who spend 25 minutes harnessing an infant to their chest with a big scarf before they go out.

It's cheaper to eat out than to pay over the odds for a box of stuff they couldn't sell last week.

tell the wife to just buy what she needs, then you wont have any waste

My son sent me the free introductory one by "Hello Fresh"......

I can't recall in detail, but the weekly cost was £34.00, after the first week, where effectively the recommender was paying for it!

I like to cook, but this was a faff, and certainly not economical, at even half the price!

The "fresh" items were not, and the little packets of herbs & spices, were otherwise food cupboard things, that one should have in
all of the time!

If you are a working individual, or couple, you are unlikely to feel like cooking and, either way, would be better with a supermarket
"2 for £10.00" deal, including wine, which is great value....

That or chilled ready meals, or do as I do which is to make a big batch of something, such as "Bolognese" from which you can then serve as "Spag Bol" or a "Chilli" or "Cottage Pie" etc!

Check out reviews here.....
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https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/hellofresh.co.uk

Had a knock at the door from what I presume was Hello Fresh, can't be 100%, a couple of months ago. Lad was wearing an apron and was trying to convince me how much cheaper they could feed a family of four than we could buying the stuff ourselves.

We're still burning money at Lidl...

I will say that if my missus had answered the door, we'd probably be getting this stuff now. Women will fall for any old sh1te - Callistomoon's wife apparently believes this crowd will provide 'better' meals ffs! (No offence intended, CM)

or do as I do which is to make a big batch of something, such as "Bolognese" from which you can then serve as "Spag Bol" or a "Chilli" or "Cottage Pie" etc!

As it should be.................

We're still burning money at Lidl...

And killing ourselves with total shitt............

Slow cooking technology not reached one's areas yet? Once a week prep eg marinade whatever, and store in individual plastic containers or bags. Then tip each one into a slow cooker with sauce (or liquid) eg pasata/pasta sauce the night before; select slow, and press button the next morning before going to work; job done. And, the house smells wunderbar too.

Or make parcels (greaseproof paper) of food, then stick it into the oven when one gets in. Absolutely no waste, but savings.

I once had someone knock at my door and ask if I would like a Somali for xmas, I said no thanks we're having turkey.

i'd like to apologise for the op who actually meant food bank, not food box

A Wank bank Lord Sugar, i will make you millions..........

I use 'Simply Cook'. No produce as such but pastes and herbs/spices. 3 pots in a box...if you pick the right ones for you, then they are bloody brilliant IMO. I used their intro offer for a quid, asked 5 colleagues to do the same for a quid, for each I got another box for free and am still using them weeks on..The flavours in those paste pots work, I don't know how but they do. Clever and not expensive.

First you plug in the toaster, after awhile you can progress to opening a tin of beans, in a few months you'll be boiling eggs.........

Bon appitit Pecker, well done and keep going with it. Next, you'll be grilling bacon, peeling spuds and scrambling eggs

Don't fall into the trap of buttering both sides of a slice of bread if you want to put something between them.

ive told her its carp anyway, theres 40 meals to pick this week ans they are boring as feck.

cooked her lamb chops with a red currant glaze with asparagus minted Ratte pots and baby carrots.
No waste and not a fecking flat bread or taco in sight.

I love beans on toast, toasted cheese sandwich or toasted egg sandwich with brown bread down with a cup of tea - that would be my treat in any cafe. I cannot do that at home as I could get progressively lazy and become too reliant on them.

cheese on toast with somerset cheddar and sheffield sauce.

I got 6 lamb chops for £4.88 reduced at waitrose so the daft bat is getting them again.

Plus two brill fillets for £4 and 4 old spot sausages for £2.

miles better that a guttso box and cheaper too.

Hey lamb chops, you've got brill fillets, can i put my spotted sausage in your guttso box later........

Got my coat

im not buying that box, im going to try to cook a massaman curry later in week.

washed it down with brooklyn limited release naranjito which was tasty and also on offer

I would post this on money saving expert but im still banned after laughing at the precious lot
when the fluffed the first goal scorer betting.

you can still read those two threads however they deleted most of the comments from posters laughing at their misfortune (mostly from here)