Hi, ho, hi, ho

And we begin another round of 'where's my refund'.  

But first a stop off for cake.

I made my first spice cake yesterday

Cream cheese and butter icing

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Food roundup

I tried responding to a message from texasts about the food services we use.  I spent a bit of time on it and hit send but apparently it did not make it.  So here is the round up after about a year of getting food every week.  

Nearly every week we get 3 or 4 meals from Home Chef  (and, yeah, that link earns me a $35 credit so feel free).  We average about $78/week and get the three or four full dinners for two with complete instructions to cook.  The food is excellent.  There is a good variety and generally you can choose the meat (custom changes cost a bit more but are sometimes worth it).  There are surprise meals that I'd have never thought of myself (fish cakes from tilapia — easy enough to recreate myself if I want) and ingredients I've never used before.  There is chopping and mixing for most of the meals although they have a few that are dump in the provided pan and cook.  But overall it is an excellent experience.

Hello Fresh was about the same level done a little differently but equal quality.  I learned new cooking techniques and still have a binder of the recipes.

Dinnerly is a different animal.  First of all for three meals for two it is about $40.  Way cheaper.  But you don't get all the ingredients (sometimes an egg, or butter or such) and you have to print off the recipes yourself from their web site.  Or cook from a tablet.  The food is quality but the recipes are just cheaper.  More casserole kind of things.  Good food and amazing for the price.

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