From time to time we get a weekly delivery from Hello Fresh. If you know me, you know that I have always spent a lot of time in the kitchen. I worked in catering for years and have always been the one to host dinner parties with the friends. Coming up with what to create gets old and to be honest I am so tired of the same ol same ol. You know how it is you get in a rut and buy the same ingredients everytime you go to the market. We needed a change and I happened to find it with Hello Fresh. Shortly after moving my momma to the nursing home back in November I came across a good coupon deal on Facebook. After looking into it I found it appeared to be easy to skip weeks so it wouldn’t be difficult to postpone if we wanted, so I pulled the trigger and signed us up.
This is our third delivery and we have yet to be disappointed. We order 3 meals for 2 people as our son is the pickiest ever and my teenager that still lives at home is rarely here. With the first two shipments we had a friend staying with us and I stretched the meals to feed all three of us. So keep that in mind if you decide to give it a try. You might get lucky and have lunch for the next day. I am used to cooking for a large hungry household and it has been hard to reduce down to a meal for only two. Constantly having too many leftovers that are getting wasted sucks, so this is where Hello Fresh is so helpful in reducing waste. Below is the directions/ingredients list for the meal I was getting ready to create.
ITEMS YOU WILL NEED FROM YOUR KITCHEN
• Large pot
• Meat thermometer
• Strainer
• Paper towels
• Large pan
• Baking sheet
• Vegetable oil (4 tsp | 4 tsp)
• Butter (2 TBSP |3 TBSP)
• Potato masher
• Kosher salt
. Black pepper
INGREDIENTS
Ingredient 2-person | 4-person
• Button Mushrooms 4 oz | 8 oz
• Scallions. 2/4
• Broccoli Florets. 8 oz | 16 oz
• Yukon Gold Potatoes. 12 oz/24 oz
• Chicken Breasts. 12 oz/24 oz
• Prosciutto. 2 oz | 4 oz
• Sour Cream. 6 TBSP/12 TBSP
• Mushroom Stock Concentrate. 1|2
PREP & COOK POTATOES
Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. We have a convection oven so preheated to 400°. Wash and dry all produce. Trim and thinly slice mushrooms.
Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Cut broccoli florets into bite-size pieces, if necessary. Dice potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces, place in a large pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. Reserve 1/2 a cup of potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes to pot
SEAR CHICKEN
Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels. Lay two slices of prosciutto beside one another on a flat surface. Tightly roll prosciutto around chicken. Repeat with remaining prosciutto and chicken. (TIP: You may have some prosciutto left over use the rest as you like.) Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add wrapped chicken; sear until browned, 2 minutes per side. Turn off heat; add to one side of a lightly oiled baking sheet (for 4 servings, spread out across entire sheet)
FINISH CHICKEN & ROAST BROCCOLI
Toss broccoli on empty side of same sheet with a drizzle of oil and a large pinch of salt and pepper. (For 4 servings toss broccoli on a second baking sheet: roast chicken on middle rack and broccoli on top rack.) Roast on top rack until chicken is cooked through and broccoli is browned and tender, 14-16 minutes.
(TIP: If chicken is done before broccoli, remove from oven and continue roasting broccoli.) Set chicken aside to rest for a few minutes; slice crosswise.
MASHED POTATOES
Heat pot with potatoes over low heat. Mash with 1 TBSP butter and 2 packets sour cream (4 packets for 4 servings, you’ll use the rest later) until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Stir in scallion greens. Season generously with salt and pepper. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
MAKE SAUCE
Wash out pan used for chicken. Heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium high heat. Add mushrooms and scallion whites; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until softened, 2-4 minutes. Stir in stock concentrate and 1/4 cup water (a 1/3 cup for 4 servings). Cook until slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat. Stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP 4) and remaining sour cream. Season with salt and pepper.
SERVE
Divide potatoes, chicken, and broccoli between plates. Spoon sauce over chicken and potatoes and serve.
We really enjoyed this meal. The chicken breast was juicy which was amazing as we truly are a chicken thigh kind of family. The mushroom sauce was so tasty. My only complaint with it might be that I would have liked extra for my potatoes. The potatoes had a really good flavor with the added sour cream and the chives. Roasted broccoli is always good. I did use additional seasonings that included garlic powder. We like more flavor than salt and pepper alone on our veggies.
Have you tried a food delivery service? If so did you have good or bad results? So far I am pretty pleased with Hello Fresh. I haven’t had any bad products show up in any of the orders. I love that there is a nice variety of weekly menu options, as I tend to be slightly finicky when it comes to food. I also love that we can skip any week we would desire. So far we have ordered once per month. The individual packages meals are perfect portion sizes without the waste we regularly notice when cleaning out the refrigerator on a weekly basis. The price point will be different depending on what meals you choose and the size for your family. I recommend you going to the link and just checking out all the different options yourself.
Nick and I are really enjoying the new variety of flavors in our diet. If you are following along on this blog you know we are currently embracing change in many areas of our lives. #changeisgood. Or so I have heard….
Guess what??? If you would like to try this out at your house you are in luck as I have a discount code for $40 off. Yippee!!! Who doesn’t like a great discount. I know I sure do.
Please comment below and let us know if you have enjoyed any food delivery services. Or have you considered signing up for one? If you do let us know the results of your home cooked meals.
✌️♥️🙏,
Nick & Christina
