Chefs Plate - Meal Ingredients delivered to your door
A couple of years ago, I had a thread on Dashing Dishes, which generated a lot of commentary. Well, they've changed their model, and I got kind of tired of that type of food. See that thread here: http://forums.beyond.ca/st/387243/da...meal-pre-prep/
Recently We've tried out Chefs Plate https://www.chefsplate.com
It's a neat concept, it's meals delivered to your house. Seems strange to pay for courier fees (which are included in the price) for groceries, but it's actually been quite handy.
Here's my little review, with some photos:
This is the box it ships in, can of pop for scale (was out of bananas.) Usually delivered to my house by FedEx, overnight from Richmond. They also have distribution out of Ontario, and possibly elsewhere.
Pretty neat packaging, they have this honeycomb cardboard inside the box, which makes a pretty effective insulation. There is also a couple freezie-packs thrown in, the stuff has always arrived fully cold.
Here is what's in the box. You can see the two freezie packs, two packs of meat, and inside the brown bags are all the non-meat ingredients for the two meals.
This is all the ingredients for the one meal I'm reviewing, unpacked out of the bag. Pretty neat that they include "everything". You need to have cooking oil, and salt and pepper for seasoning, and that's it. Everything else is there.
438g of chicken breasts. The meat has always been good quality. No issues.
The ingredients come of course with the recipe on these cards. The recipes are easy to understand, and it's handy that they include full nutrition information. I do find that the estimate times are a bit short, it usually takes us about 20 minutes longer after prep times are factored in.
The back of the recipe card, with step by step instructions.
One neat thing is that any of the pasta dishes are pretty much always fresh pasta, and often "uncommon" shapes. My kids get a kick out of that. These Orichettes look like little ears. Kid couldn't stop laughing about eating ears. The fresh pasta is a nice touch.
This is how much it made. They say it's enough for four adults, and that's probably about right, unless you have a big eater. It's usualyl enough for the two adults in my family, plus the two little kids who don't eat much, plus one lunch serving for the next day.
This one came with some bread crumbs to put on top, and it came out nice and crispy.
In summary, it's an interesting idea, and really well executed, with tasty and interesting recipes. It IS more expensive than picking up the same ingredients from the grocery store, but for busy families who want something they can cook without much forethought on a weeknight, it's a cool option. Cost is $79 for two meals of four servings each. If anyone is wanting to try it out, PM me and I think I can refer you can you get a free meal or two. I get some kind of kickback too. I think the company runs a 50% off deal right through the website sometimes as well.
Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat
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Will try the Pork Schnitzel today.
