[DannyTN]

I signed up for a couple of meal delivery services. You know the kind that send you the ingredients and a recipe card.

So far, I'm enjoying them.

Pros/cons

• Don't have to run around and collect all the ingredients from the store.
• Recipes are pretty clear.
• Teaching me dishes I might not have attempted on my own.
• And using ingredients I wouldn't have ordinarily purchased.
• Total prep and cooking time has been under 50 minutes so far. Though I may have taken longer.
• Not as fast as I would like, but I can make shortcuts later. Things like I don't really need to peel and chop garlic when I can use minced garlic out of a jar.

The first service I've tried is Everyplate. It ships from Chicago, which I'm not crazy about. First package was a day late (Fedex), but dry ice in the bottom was still frozen, so package seemed okay.

So far we've had:

• Pork Katzu with garlic rice and cucumbers in sesame dressing.
• Tomato bacon Scallop linguini
• Lemon Peppercorn Scallops on Orzo.
• Black Bean Tostadas

On Tuesday I have 5 meals coming from Marleyspoon.com which is Martha Stewart's meal service.

[Jamestown1630]

I tried one a few years ago.

It was a taco soup recipe - all the ingredients and a recipe, delivered expertly packaged, no complaints; and it was excellent.

But I don’t think I’d do it again. It’s too expensive, and with proper research, a little planning, and shopping, we can do the same thing even better for our own selves - and a lot less expensively.

But I’m glad you like it. I’m sure that these services are very useful for a lot of people, including those to whom money is no object.