Many people think that healthy eating is easier said than done. With healthy ingredients often more difficult to find and expensive than their pre-cooked, takeout counterparts, making the choice to go healthy is a commitment. While the USDA’s nutrition labels are designed to make healthy choices easier for consumers, “healthy” food is not just determined by numbers and percentages. Many Americans lack the proper knowledge required to make healthy choices and still cook and eat food they enjoy.
A healthy lifestyle starts with the raw ingredients. Home cooking is one way to put the control back in your hands, to know exactly what’s going into every dish you make. But with so many recipes out there on the web, where are you supposed to start? That’s why many Americans are turning to meal-delivery services like HelloFresh that take the stress and planning out of healthy eating.
HelloFresh provides everything you need to create delicious and healthier meals from pre-portioned ingredients in just 30 minutes, but will people really choose to have a hands-on relationship to their food to start eating more healthy? This company actually has an in-house team of full-time dieticians who work with their culinary team. By using 10 to 20 different herbs and custom spice blends every month in their recipes, they help keep dinners interesting by maximizing flavor and shaking up the ordinary.
The USDA recommends that healthy adults eat 5 cups of fruits and vegetables each day. We all know to do this, but how many people really do? A bag of frozen peas is easy, and we all love the farmer’s market in the summer, but we all get lazy. HelloFresh recognizes that not everyone’s perfect, so that’s why they’re making it easy to eat healthy. A typical week’s worth of HelloFresh dinners gives you sides of arugula salad, yukon gold potatoes, sugar snap peas, cauliflower florets, asparagus, all at the peak of freshness. HelloFresh uses between 40 and 60 different types of produce each month, and each recipe contains on average 3 to 4 different fruits and veggies. Without even having to think about it, you can make sure that your produce will be the star of your menu.
What most people find during the first week, is that they’re pleasantly surprised that they enjoyed cooking dinners. There are a lot of meal-kit options to choose from, but HelloFresh is known for being the quickest, with meal-time averaging 30 minutes. This is a win for all those people that are too busy but want to eat home-cooked meals a few times a week. People have found, they actually have fun spending time in their kitchens, and at the same time have learned new tips and techniques for cooking.
Here’s how it works. When you log onto their website, you can choose either the Classic, Veggie, or Family Plan for under $10 per meal. You can also select from “Rapid” or “Fit” options to cater to your lifestyle. The Classic Plan gives you a huge variety of meat, fresh fish, and seasonal produce recipes, and serves 2 to 4 adults. You get to choose 6 of 10 delicious recipes, and the refrigerated box will be delivered right to your door. The box comes with easy-to-follow recipe instructions and each meal can be cooked in 30 minutes, making it easier and faster than ever to have healthy eating habits for life.
The convenience of a meal-kit takes all the questioning out of how to eat healthy when you’re busy. Without extra meal planning and grocery shopping, you’ll be freed up to do more of the things you’ve been meaning to do. Eating healthy doesn’t have to be a chore. HelloFresh makes healthy easy.
Update: The folks at HelloFresh are extending a special offer to our readers! Follow this link to get your first 3 meals free!
