An illustration showing a Simply Cook box with 4 meal trays, each containing 3 pots.

Simply Cook – A Meal Kit That Lets You Do The Shopping

August 29, 2023 Chris Malme 0

The problem of Recipe Boxes is having fresh ingredients for 3-5 meals for 2 or more people turn up all on the same day. Simply Cook avoids this by not supplying the fresh ingredients. What they supply is the spices, stocks and flavourings needed and the recipe cards. You go shopping for the rest.

Return to the Mindful Chef

October 22, 2020 Chris Malme 0

Mindful Chef is one of the recipe box schemes that I particularly like. I first used them back in 2016, and since then I have had several continuous subscriptions with them, with breaks in between.

Review: The Baking Club

January 5, 2018 Janet Maughan 2

Several months ago Chris asked whether I’d be interested in reviewing a sample box he received from ‘The Baking Club’. As baking is a hobby for me, I was quite happy to take him up on that and, during his most recent visit, we cracked open the box to see what we’d find.

The box itself is sized to fit through a standard letterbox, and marks the ‘best before’ date for the dry ingredients included. The packaging appeared to be of a good quality and well-suited to the task of protecting its contents.

Gousto: Lemon Linguine With Crab

November 9, 2016 Chris Malme 0

I’ve had a couple more Gousto boxes since my last post on the subject. All of the meals have been very nice, but this – Lemon Linguine With Crab – is one of the best I have cooked.