Just Add Cooking

This service is wonderful. My wife and I had considered doing a meal delivery service for a while, but due to dietary restrictions, many of them didn’t work. Just add cooking however lets you choose which meals you want from a choice of seven options a week. The portions are probably not the size you are presently cooking, but that is one of the things I value, they are accurate servings, and you are completely satisfied, without having the extra calories.
I have cooked so many meals (Coq au Vin, Ratatouille, Moussaca) with this service that I thought were completely too intricate for me as a very novice cook, but have been pleasantly surprised each time. Also, the usual comfort foods that I have learned to cook from scratch have been awesome. On top of that, even the meals they describe as hard, I have found to be relatively simple using their directions. If you enjoy cooking and want to do it more often or try new recipes, this is a fantastic way to do so.

This service is great. I redeemed a Livingsocial voucher for 5 meals for 4 people. They accidentally delivered 5 meals for 2 people, and when I emailed them, they offered to come that night and deliver the missing meals. By then, though, it was a Tuesday and I wouldn’t have been able to cook all the meals before leaving town for the weekend. So they credited my account for the missing meals that I could later redeem, and I got to try another week’s worth of recipes. My second delivery even contained some chocolate covered marshmallows and a couple candles, which I assume are for Valentine’s Day? Nice touch.
The food itself is really tasty. The pad thai was good, not great, but everything else was amazing. The ingredients also kept really well. Only one carrot and a couple scallions went bad before I got a chance to cook them. Everything else was fresh and tasted great. It’s also really convenient to have individual portions of everything, including spices, soy sauce, and vinegar, divided out. This totally got me out of my cooking rut.

I recently just signed up for Just Add Cooking and way more excited about the service than expected. I like cooked meals. You know the type that do not require a microwave or delivery. Although with how hectic my schedule is, avoiding those two things is very difficult… yeah…I know… I’m lazy. What appealed to me about this service was the absence of me having to plan a meal and shop for those specific ingredients as well as preparation. The meals take about 20 – 30 minutes to prepare and all have been delicious. Each Meal feeds 2 adults and 2 kids. So for families this is great. It is just me and my fiancé so we end up with leftover which rolls over to lunch. The surprising thing is I have noticed my grocery bill go down since adding this service. I am now not eating junk. I also enjoy the ever changing variety every week. Every Monday a new set of dishes are available to choose from so each weeks meal is different and we are eating thing we typically would not have thought of or considered. Another surprise was delivery; I seriously doubted they would deliver to Pembroke. They do. Anyway 5 Stars all the way.