As moms we carry a lot on our plates and wear many hats to boot. One thing that I have found that helps take some of the stress of meal planning is Hello Fresh. No, they are not paying us to endorse them...but I seriously love them, like maybe more than Tyler some days. After wrangling Ellie to daycare, working a full day plus overtime most days, then breaking the kiddo free from daycare, we used to get home and open a cupboard to random pieces of a meal. A Pinterest wonder kin would be able to seamlessly throw together a perfect meal to please everyone in the family and in twenty minutes no less. I have already confessed my undying love for Pinterest, however post tiny human, our relationship is strained for time. I used to spend hours reading recipes, making a perfect shopping list, and cooking delicious meals for Tyler and I. Now days we get home, unpack lunch boxes and pull out our Hello Fresh meal for the day. No more pulling out my hair, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, or staring into a cupboard wondering what in the hell I am suppose to make for dinner. Now we pull out our perfectly prepped meal, fresh veggies, meat, and directions. Best of all, I can order them straight from my phone! We have our account set up to deliver meals every Tuesday. Tyler and I typically go in a few weeks prior and pick meals in advance, which helps tremendously! We then get our package delivered and off we go! The app is extremely easy to use and has brought my excitement back to the kitchen. It’s often hard when you get bogged down when dealing with a fussy 1 year old who wants to snuggle and is hungry and you have to pee after a long day. Now some days this still happens. On more than one occasion Tyler has come home to find Ellie and I sitting on the kitchen floor, dinner half prepared and either one or both of us crying after a rough day. When this happens Tyler is able to take over without compliant. The directions are both printed with pictures for each step and they are available on the app as well. Tyler loves using the recipes off the app! He especially loves the idiot proof timers for each step built into the app recipe itself. While of course Tyler loves the tech part of it, I love the convenience and not having to spend my Sunday afternoons at the grocery store. Best of all I love not stressing out what to make for dinner. To add a bit more tech in our daily schedule I have created an iCal to share with Tyler, we he isn’t stuck eating similar things for lunch and dinner as he hates leftovers. This all started after I would make a dinner that would blow his funky patterned socks off only for him to come home and tell me that’s what he had for lunch that day, thus our shared dinner calendar was born. All in all Hello Fresh has been a wonderful experience and has introduced us to some amazing food and unique ingredients that we would not have picked out or tried for ourselves....and the tech aspect hasn’t hurt either. Logan
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AuthorI am an everyday person who has a passion for technology. I am not a technology guru but rather a everyday user of technology. #techwithtyler is focused on technology that is used by everyday non tech people. I hope to pass along my knowledge to help you better live with and through todays technology. Archives
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