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Written By Alison Chew | Dietitian Verified by Rebecca Housh, MS, RDN
HelloFresh brings you delicious convenient meals straight to your door with over 30+ easy-to-follow recipes each week to offer dinner-time variety, clearly labeled nutritional information to simplify meal selection, and high-quality ingredients sourced straight from local farms.
Plus, with the addition of Market add-ons like breakfast, lunch sandwiches, salads, sides, dessert, and proteins, HelloFresh is your one-stop shop for most of your weekly meal needs.
HelloFresh meal kits start at $19 for 2 people with $9.99 shipping per delivery.
The more recipes and servings that you buy the lower your price per serving.
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HelloFresh US delivers to the Continental United States.
HelloFresh also delivers to the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, and Denmark through country-specific websites.
Shipping for your HelloFresh box is $9.99 per delivery.
There are often new customer coupons available that include free delivery on your first order.
HelloFresh is a flexible subscription meal kit delivery service. This means that you subscribe to weekly deliveries with the ability to easily Skip Weeks, Update Plan Preferences, and Cancel Your Subscription through your online HelloFresh account.
You are charged a week before your HelloFresh box ships and can make changes to your delivery up until that point.
HelloFresh meal kit plans are for 2 or 4 servings, but you can add more servings as needed. Each serving is for one person.
If you are eating as a single, you can purchase a 2-person plan and have leftovers for lunch or dinner the next day.
In addition, HelloFresh has a ton of sides and protein in its Market section so if you are a larger family you can purchase these extras to create a larger meal. SHOP NOW >>
HelloFresh offers 30 meal kit recipes each week along with 20+ Market items. You can choose 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 meal kit recipes in your weekly box.
To cancel your HelloFresh subscription simply log in to your account on the web (not on mobile/app), hover over your Name in the upper right, then click on “Plan Settings”, and then click on the “Cancel Plan” button in the Status section.
You must cancel by 11:59 pm PST 5 days prior to your next scheduled delivery to avoid being charged.
HelloFresh meal ingredients will last 2 to 5 days in the refrigerator. Seafood should be cooked within 2 days and all other ingredients within 5 days.
We’ve tried HelloFresh meal kits, seasonal meals kits, and prepared meals many times over the past 7 years.
As customer needs change HelloFresh evolves to meet those needs.
We are loving all of the add-on items in their Market like lunch salads, soups, desserts, and snacks. If you are new to HelloFresh or haven’t been back in a while, their new selection of add-ons in the Market is a must-try! SHOP NOW >>
With 30 meal kit recipes each and every week, HelloFresh offers a large variety of meal kit recipes.
You can choose from Veggie, Fit & Wholesome, Bestsellers, Seasonal, and more. Plus, they give you the option to swap proteins and/or sides and upgrade proteins on select recipes.
See below for one of our unboxing videos for more details on the HelloFresh meal kits. SHOP NOW >>
My family loves international dishes packed with flavor and we have narrowed down our top 4 HelloFresh meal kit recipes below. These are recipes that we loved and would definitely order again.
Beef Bulgogi Bowls with Carrots, Pickled Cucumber & Sriracha Crema: This meal came together in less than 30 min thanks to the premade sauce and pre-chopped carrots. All we had to do was make the rice, cook the meat and carrots, marinate the cucumbers, and throw it all together in a delicious bowl.
Sizzling Hoisin Shrimp with Ginger Scallion Rice & Green Beans: The simple Hoisin marinade was a huge hit and packed with flavor. And for under 600 calories per serving, it’s a tasty go-to dinner. SHOP NOW >>
Sweet Chili Pork Bowls: This is another dish packed with flavor. We loved the sweet and semi-spicy sauce used in this recipe. One tip – brown the pork to get a nice crispy brown layer on the outside for more flavor!
Creamy Chicken Sausage & Kale Cavatappi: We loved the chicken sausage in this dish! It was packed with flavor and a nice change from pork sausage. We also really liked that this dish was packed with kale to add a little bit of healthiness to this cream and pasta dish. There was plenty for the two of us for dinner with some left over!
There are several other dishes that we enjoyed including the Sweet Ginger Pork Chops, Beef & Cheese Tostado’s, One-Pan Santa Fe Pork Tacos, Sesame Soy Pork bowls, and the Mexican Pork and Street Corn Tacos, but they didn’t quite make our top list. SHOP NOW >>
The Game Day Kit included recipes for BBQ Ribs, Loaded Potato Wedges, and Crispy Buffalo Onion Straws & Blue Cheese Sauce.
This meal kit, which actually makes 3 different appetizers, is a Homestyle Feast and is an additional $9.99/serving.
For two servings, the total price for this seasonal offering is $37.96. For us, this fed two adults and one child and was very convenient, and less expensive than ordering bbq takeout for the Big Game.
The ribs were wonderful and arrive fully cooked in the sauce. We amped up the sauce with the included seasoning packets and warmed them up in the oven for about 20 minutes. On the package, it says 3 servings, and our family of 3 devoured every last rib.
I would order these as a protein add-on as they were really tasty and super easy to make. SHOP NOW >>
The loaded potato wedges were seasoned with a Southwest seasoning, baked for about 25 min, then topped with shredded pepper jack cheese until melted. The kit included ingredients for a simple lime crema (lime + sour cream + water) and pico (tomato, onion, lime juice, and jalapeno).
I wasn’t sure that I would like these wedges with pico, but they tasted great and were something that I wouldn’t have thought of myself. SHOP NOW >>
Finally, the onion straws rounded out this seasonal kit. We liked that the tempura batter didn’t add a lot of bread to the onions so that you could actually taste the onion flavor, but didn’t love that you had to fry them all in oil in batches. I would much rather bake them. They were good dipped in the blue cheese sauce, but our least favorite of the three.
I definitely recommend trying a seasonal kit or box if the recipes look good to you. They are a fun and easy way to make your holiday or special occasion stress-free. SHOP NOW >>
We tried two of the HelloFresh limited edition Ready Made Meals found in the Market. This included the Turkey Lasagna-Style Mac ’n’ Cheese and Coconut Cauliflower & Bean Curry.
Ready Made Meals start at $8.99/each and are in line with other Ready Made “prepared meals” that we have tried.
I have to say that I was surprised by how good both of these meals tasted. They were both one serving, ready in 3 min in the microwave, and packed with flavor.
My only complaint is that the Turkey Lasagna pasta dish had a whopping 800 calories! I should’ve checked before I ordered. If you are on a diet be sure to read the label information before you order.
HelloFresh usually offers 2 Ready Made Meals in the Market. You can see them after you have selected your weekly meal kits. SHOP NOW >>
HelloFresh offers 30 meal kit recipes on their menu each and every week. In addition, they have over 20 items in their Market including lunch sandwiches, salads, soups, protein, dessert, Ready Made meals, flatbreads, breakfast, and more!
Did you know that you can compare weekly meal kit recipes from the top 10 meal kit companies on MealFinds? Check them out now >>
Across the 30 weekly HelloFresh recipes on its menu, you will find vegetarian, Calorie Smart, Protein Smart, Easy Prep, vegan, Mediterranean, and pescatarian recipes.
Did you know that HelloFresh tests each recipe 45 times before adding it to the menu?
This ensures that recipes are clear as well as delicious. The instructions in our recipes were easy to follow and the skill level required, in our opinion, would be entry-level to intermediate. SHOP NOW >>
Every recipe card is included in your box.
Each recipe includes a list of ingredients, cooking tips, a list of what you will need from home, and the actual recipe with 6 steps.
HelloFresh recipes do require prepping, chopping, and usually several pans, but the step-by-step instructions walk you through everything.
Yes, HelloFresh is worth it! (for most) If you are looking for easy recipes with almost all of the ingredients included for less than the cost of going out to dinner or takeout, then HelloFresh is worth it. And with a new customer coupon trying HelloFresh is definitely worth it!
If you want to save time by not having to look for recipes or go to the grocery store, then HelloFresh could be worth it.
If you are looking to spend less than what you currently spend on groceries, are not looking to prep and cook dinner, or are feeding a large family of 6+, then HelloFresh is probably not worth it for you.
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With 30 meal kits recipes to choose from each week with additional Market add-ons like prepared meals, lunch, breakfast, dessert, and proteins, HelloFresh maintains fresh and seasonal recipes that are sure to please everyone in your family. They are becoming your one-stop shop for all of your weekly meal needs.
We love the variety that HelloFresh offers. Each week they have something for everyone – from customer favorites to burgers, several different seafood and vegetarian recipes, along with the standard pork, chicken, beef, and pasta. Unfortunately, you can’t see the full menu with all of these awesome Marketplace add-ons unless you are logged into your HelloFresh account.
We also love that HelloFresh has partnered with TerraPass to offset 100% of its carbon emissions. This is a great start and we look forward to seeing more planet-friendly from HelloFresh in the future.
The HelloFresh recipes lean more toward American, home-cooking, comfort food with fewer authentic international or global flavors as compared to some other meal kits. I’m sure that a majority of meal kit users enjoy these flavors, for us, though, we are more adventurous eaters and like to mix up our dinners to try new and interesting recipes. We will order HelloFresh when the menu fits our tastes and will skip it when it doesn’t.
I definitely recommend trying HelloFresh meal kits if the recipes look good to you as it will make cooking for the week so much easier and will introduce new recipes to your dinner rotation. In addition, the seasonal and holiday meal kits are a fun and easy way to make your holiday or special occasion stress-free.
Give HelloFresh a try with this amazing new customer offer! SHOP NOW >>
Looking for more meal kits? Check out our Meal Kit Directory >>
| This post has been reviewed and approved by our dietitian Rebecca Housh, MS, RDN, LDN for nutritional accuracy. | |
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 | Rebecca Housh is a registered dietitian based in Chicago, IL. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology from Boston University and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Rebecca is passionate about the idea of food as medicine in both preventative and therapeutic care. Her current professional interests lie in food security, food access, and nutrition for chronic disease. |
