Hungry Root Meal Service, week one.

We signed up for Hungryroot grocery service recently and although only one meal left a lot to be desired and there a few hiccups in the second weeks menu even after altering the items we wanted, we have decided to continue on with a third week to see how it goes.

Week one: we ordered 5 dinners and some light snacks (not shown.)

Zucchini Mushroom Falafel Bowl- good, but I had to add the rice.

Beyond Taco Salad with Creamy Lime Dressing- just ok. I like hot meals, or cool meals. Not hot meat with cold salad.

Caesar Chick’n Baby Broccoli and Herbed Potatoes- really good

Springy Spinach and Artichoke Pasta Bake – I added a jar of artichoke hearts I already had. – super good!

Refried Red Beans n Guacamole Bowl -not good at all. This called for frying salad blend. 🤮

The taco salad should have had taco chips sent with it to truly be a taco bowl. And the Zucchini Mushroom Bowl needed rice with it, but I had a pack of Right Rice and added that. I said no zucchini and they still sent zucchini falafel, luckily it wasn’t bad. The other two days we ate something my husband cooked or had take out.

Week two: We updated our meal choices and cancelled all snacks. They were highly processed and we didn’t really care for them. And also cancelled the cookie dough which we didn’t like and decided on free sweet potato burgers this week instead.

On the menu this week is:

Red Sauce and Beyond Meatball with Cauliflower Gnocchi – really good!

For week two we have:

Chorizo Spinach Artichoke Gluten-free pasta

Spinach Artichoke Chorizo chickpea pasta, almost the same meal as above. Very disappointing.

Beyond Sausage Red Sauce Rotini, more pasta.

Beyond Zesty Vegan Tostada, more Beyond products

Black bean Taco in a bowl, again, no taco chips?

As you can see here: There’s two almost identical meals right off the bat. There’s way too much pasta and way too much Beyond meat options in one week. We have again updated our food choices to see what the third week will bring.

Pros of the food service:

Hungry root seems to be the only one that fits our dietary restrictions: gluten free, dairy-free.

It’s nice to have someone else come up with the menu so I don’t have to.

Less running to the store, saves you time.

Less waste, as serving size is for two and two is all you get.

You’ll lose weight if you are used to small portions. We are not.

Cost is comparable to the grocery stores, if you can find all the items.

Good selection of vegan items.

Cons of the food service:

Not a lot of thought goes into their bowl meals and we feel they are always lacking something: chips, sauce, rice, green onions, etc. I think bowl meals should include more than two items.

They don’t look back to the week prior to see what has already been eaten.

Food delivery times vary greatly, very early to late afternoon.

No extra portions

You tend to eat later in the evening because smaller dinners for us means we are hungry later on.

You’ll still need things on hand such as chips, sauces, rices, green onions, etc.

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I’ll keep you posted on whether or not we keep doing this and share more photos of the meals I make with their ingredients.