# Blue Apron, Hellos Fresh and other meals by mail plans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-apron-hellos-fresh-and-other-meals-by-mail-plans/817961>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 15, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-apron-hellos-fresh-and-other-meals-by-mail-plans/817961 "2018-07-15T19:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-apron-hellos-fresh-and-other-meals-by-mail-plans/817961/41 "2018-07-19T19:55:21Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> We use “Sunbasket.”  
> We think the recipes and the quality of the food is very good. The portions are fairly small (I could probably eat two portions with no problem).  
> The price is reasonable, and it saves the hassle of shopping, but each meal still takes 20-45 minutes of prep work to prepare.

one thing I liked about Sunbasket is they give you all of the recipes for a particular week. So even if I can’t eat is as they sell it I can use it later with tweaks. using cauliflower rice instead of their jasmine rice for instance.

I have also tried Hello fresh and it was pretty good but my food was thawing out before I could get it in the house and I found their choices to be too high in carbs. (diabetic).

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