Who should use meal delivery services?

Who should use meal delivery services? That depends on what type of person you are. Are you a novice cook or have been cooking for a few years, but want to expand your repertoire and the time it takes you to prepare meals? Or do you find yourself strapped for time so much so that even keeping a well-stocked pantry and fridge full of ingredients for last-minute meals is not an option?

If you're the former, then starting with a service like GoodFood or HelloFresh will help you learn how to cook. If you're the latter, you should know that there are services out there like WeCook which make healthy home cooked meals easily accessible.

GoodFood

GoodFood is a service that delivers all of the fresh ingredients for each recipe, along with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare them. You can choose from 4 different levels of meals, beginning at Basic Chefs up to Advanced Epicureans every month. Each plan has a different weekly price, with the Basic Chef being $9.95/serving and the Advanced Epicurean being $12.95/serving.

HelloFresh

HelloFresh offers a weekly box that includes everything you need to prepare three meals for your family every week, along with recipes cards in English and Spanish so everyone can get involved in meal time. They offer a classic box for $8.74/serving and a Veggie Box for $8.99/serving each week, which provides three servings of vegetables and two servings of meat or fish.

WeCook

WeCook is a service that addresses people on a budget by offering high-quality, home cooked meals at only $10-14/serving. They offer 6 different menus for 6 days of the week, which are then repeated monthly. WeCook has basically taken away all the guesswork of cooking by providing with everything. You don't even have to wash dishes! Read this WeCook review for more information.

Should you even use a meal delivery service?

If you are looking to use a meal delivery service because you are cash-strapped, this is a bad idea. It is a much wiser choice to learn how to cook for yourself and your family. I know that learning to cook can be a challenge, but it will save you money to learn these skills now. After all, cooking is a valuable life skill to have and you'll actually gain more free time if you aren't tied down to meal-prep every day.

On the other hand, if you do have the disposable income, then using a service like GoodFood, HelloFresh or WeCook is an excellent idea! Meal delivery services are convenient and most of them use premium ingredients that will result in high-quality flavor.