robert@fm
Much missed member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I have recently joined the above-named scheme. The idea is that every Sunday (and every Thursday if subscribed to the five-meal box) they deliver a box with a set of recipes, and all the ingredients you need to cook them. (Well, not quite all — they assume that any well-equipped kitchen has salt, pepper and olive oil, and water of course. But anything else, such as veggies, herbs, spices, lemons (if used in one of the week's recipes), is included.)
They have four options; a box which provides 2 people with 3 meals (which they say is used by a lot of single people to do themselves 6 meals), one which provides 2 people with 5 meals, a veggie option, and another I can't recall offhand. Part of the idea is to provide meals which are "exotic" and probably not the sort of thing one would otherwise do, but delicious and simple to cook.
The problem is that they assume a well-equipped kitchen, with oven (no prob for me, I have a tabletop oven, the convection mode of my combo microwave, and a halogen oven; although the recipes don't include any instructions for the latter's faster cooking time), hobs, good quality knives and a juicer (for when the recipe uses a lemon, lime or orange). The last three are problematic for me; until today, the only knives I've had are cheap generic ones which are as blunt as the proverbial a***holes, plus the hobs on the table oven have only one heat setting (high), making things such as simmering impossible, and the juicer I once had has long-since vanished. Hence I have today taken delivery of a set of Taylor's Eye Witness knives (not quite Sabatier, but quite good enough for me), and have a pair of hobs and a juicer on order.
The other thing is that although this scheme is top-quality, that unfortunately is reflected in the price; £39 per week (£6.50 per meal) for the box I'm subscribed to, which I don't think is sustainable for one on low income.
Still, in the nutritional values for their recipes, they list carbs, not "sugar".
They have four options; a box which provides 2 people with 3 meals (which they say is used by a lot of single people to do themselves 6 meals), one which provides 2 people with 5 meals, a veggie option, and another I can't recall offhand. Part of the idea is to provide meals which are "exotic" and probably not the sort of thing one would otherwise do, but delicious and simple to cook.
The problem is that they assume a well-equipped kitchen, with oven (no prob for me, I have a tabletop oven, the convection mode of my combo microwave, and a halogen oven; although the recipes don't include any instructions for the latter's faster cooking time), hobs, good quality knives and a juicer (for when the recipe uses a lemon, lime or orange). The last three are problematic for me; until today, the only knives I've had are cheap generic ones which are as blunt as the proverbial a***holes, plus the hobs on the table oven have only one heat setting (high), making things such as simmering impossible, and the juicer I once had has long-since vanished. Hence I have today taken delivery of a set of Taylor's Eye Witness knives (not quite Sabatier, but quite good enough for me), and have a pair of hobs and a juicer on order.
The other thing is that although this scheme is top-quality, that unfortunately is reflected in the price; £39 per week (£6.50 per meal) for the box I'm subscribed to, which I don't think is sustainable for one on low income.
Still, in the nutritional values for their recipes, they list carbs, not "sugar".
