Hello Fresh vs Blue Apron?

We actually did a trial of all the major ones to see which ones we thought were best. Our rankings:

1. Marley's Spoon
2. Home Chef
3. Hello Fresh
4. Blue Apron

Ingredients in 1 and 2 were fresher, the food tasted way better, and the portions are huge. We got wilted veggies frequently from Hello Fresh. Blue Apron was just "meh".

We now get a box every week from either Marley's Spoon or Home Chef. It's around $60 for 3 meals for the 2 of us. It saves us lots of money and time - we went from grocery shopping every week to maybe 1-2 times a month.

Sun basket is the best

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About how much $ do you think it saves? I’ve been skeptical of these for a while but they seem like great idea.

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I think it would cost us a lot more money than it would save. We got a free meal as a trial, and the portions were small. The food was pretty good, but we're pretty active people who eat big dinners. Not to mention my son is a garbage disposal.

$20 a meal is saving money?

What about the other 4 nights of the week?

Blue Apron has the most flavorful and ambitious dishes, but they take the longest, make the most amount of effort, and dirty the most dishes.

Hello Fresh is EXTREMELY simple...and kind of boring.


I found Home Chef to be the best balance between the two.

Sun Basket is indeed awesome. I really really liked it. Huge bonus: they give you a booklet with ALL of that week's recipes instead of just the ones you recieved, which is awesome.

However, they focus on healthy meals and salads, as well as quite a few meat-free meals. One salad I got from them might actually be the best single thing I've gotten from any meal service.

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$60 for just 3 meals doesn't seem worth it to us.

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It isn't

We only do it when we get half off, which is a lot.

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Blue Apron is more flavorful and provides a more realistic chef experience. Takes more time to cook.

Hello Fresh is much easier recipes and takes less time to prepare. Not as flavorful. We add spices and seasonings.

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perfect summation

Our friends were trying to sell us on Blue Apron. They spend like 60 a week on theirs (family of 4 which is what we are) and that gets them 2 meals. Considering that I spend on average 100 a week for our entire family’s groceries including breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 4-5 nights. No thanks. Of course, they have never been big cooks whereas we cooked pretty seriously for quite a few years so when we looked through the recipes we just kept thinking how simple, easy and cheap we could pull off the same shite.

Oh there’s was Hello Fresh, not Blue Apron. Evidently Hello Fresh is much simpler.

Main advantage it seems to me would be getting us out of the food rut we get into at times where we just cook the same rotation of crap always because it takes no effort.