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To me, the real appeal to me of meal services are "long tail" nutritional preferences- For instance, if you eat a strict ketogenic diet, you can get meal kits f

by drcode 8y ago

To me, the real appeal to me of meal services are "long tail" nutritional preferences- For instance, if you eat a strict ketogenic diet, you can get meal kits for that as well. It's difficult to make your own ketogenic meals solely via your own grocery shopping and recipe research... but I can now eat pretty tasty meals with minimal effort in 2018 via meal services.

bdcravens 8y ago
It seems the recently swarm of meal kits companies are "me too"s that offer even less choices, but are trying to compete on price ($5 vis-a-vis Blue Apron's $10 per meal)
eclipxe 8y ago
Which do you prefer for Keto?
- drcode 8y ago
  I'm pretty happy with "green chef".
wutbrodo 8y ago
That's interesting to hear; I'm not in ketosis, but have a pretty non-standard diet from an American perspective[1], and part of what's kept me doing grocery/cooking from scratch and away from meal kits and other similar solutions is that they seem pretty poorly tailored to my bare minimum of a healthy diet. A friend gave me a $30 referral discount to HelloFresh and I tried out one shipment and gave up on it, for pretty much precisely this reason. I guess I should take a deeper look at their options for special types of diets, or maybe even > It's difficult to make your own ketogenic meals solely via your own grocery shopping and recipe research I'm surprised to hear this even more. Have you tried Googling "keto recipes [other search terms]" and meal-planning around it? If you've already tried this, I don't intend this to be patronizing; I'm actually relatively new to cooking most of what I eat, which means things like meal planning are actually pretty new to me. I've just found it to be a really effective way to organize frequent cooking, and once you build up a bit of a repertoire of recipes, it doesn't really take any extra time beyond putting the ingredients and Instacart order together. [1] Which it turns out means simply "getting enough protein and fiber to not be super unhealthy"....
- brianbreslin 8y ago
  I've used sunbasket because it has paleo options. Happy to share a referral code.
bootsz 8y ago
> It's difficult to make your own ketogenic meals solely via your own grocery shopping You might need to just spend a little time researching recipes . I have 3-4 that I cycle through. Also, there's always just straight up meat + veggies to fall back on, for which there are many possible combinations and that's probably the easiest thing to make. Most nights I just bake some chicken or salmon and sautee some veggies. No hard thinking involved there. And I'll have leftovers for the next night. For me the grocery store is by far the easiest way for me to get stuff I can eat. Restaurants / takeout / convenience stores are a minefield of hidden carbs and sugar.
- matwood 8y ago
  > Also, there's always just straight up meat + veggies to fall back on, for which there are many possible combinations and that's probably the easiest thing to make. Most nights I just bake some chicken or salmon and sautee some veggies. I not even trying to be keto, but just generally healthy and this is my dinner most nights. Occasionally I'll add some rice or potatoes to the mix. You're right that there are many combinations of meat (chicken/steak/fish) and veggies. In the summer I grill, and in the winter I pan sear or bake. Even expensive meats like fish or steak, still end up costing less per meal than BA.

by drcode 8y ago

bdcravens 8y ago

It seems the recently swarm of meal kits companies are "me too"s that offer even less choices, but are trying to compete on price ($5 vis-a-vis Blue Apron's $10 per meal)

eclipxe 8y ago

Which do you prefer for Keto?

drcode 8y ago
I'm pretty happy with "green chef".

wutbrodo 8y ago

That's interesting to hear; I'm not in ketosis, but have a pretty non-standard diet from an American perspective[1], and part of what's kept me doing grocery/cooking from scratch and away from meal kits and other similar solutions is that they seem pretty poorly tailored to my bare minimum of a healthy diet. A friend gave me a $30 referral discount to HelloFresh and I tried out one shipment and gave up on it, for pretty much precisely this reason. I guess I should take a deeper look at their options for special types of diets, or maybe even > It's difficult to make your own ketogenic meals solely via your own grocery shopping and recipe research I'm surprised to hear this even more. Have you tried Googling "keto recipes [other search terms]" and meal-planning around it? If you've already tried this, I don't intend this to be patronizing; I'm actually relatively new to cooking most of what I eat, which means things like meal planning are actually pretty new to me. I've just found it to be a really effective way to organize frequent cooking, and once you build up a bit of a repertoire of recipes, it doesn't really take any extra time beyond putting the ingredients and Instacart order together. [1] Which it turns out means simply "getting enough protein and fiber to not be super unhealthy"....

brianbreslin 8y ago
I've used sunbasket because it has paleo options. Happy to share a referral code.

bootsz 8y ago

> It's difficult to make your own ketogenic meals solely via your own grocery shopping You might need to just spend a little time researching recipes . I have 3-4 that I cycle through. Also, there's always just straight up meat + veggies to fall back on, for which there are many possible combinations and that's probably the easiest thing to make. Most nights I just bake some chicken or salmon and sautee some veggies. No hard thinking involved there. And I'll have leftovers for the next night. For me the grocery store is by far the easiest way for me to get stuff I can eat. Restaurants / takeout / convenience stores are a minefield of hidden carbs and sugar.

matwood 8y ago
> Also, there's always just straight up meat + veggies to fall back on, for which there are many possible combinations and that's probably the easiest thing to make. Most nights I just bake some chicken or salmon and sautee some veggies. I not even trying to be keto, but just generally healthy and this is my dinner most nights. Occasionally I'll add some rice or potatoes to the mix. You're right that there are many combinations of meat (chicken/steak/fish) and veggies. In the summer I grill, and in the winter I pan sear or bake. Even expensive meats like fish or steak, still end up costing less per meal than BA.