Which meal kit does your college student use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t comment on which meal plan, but you will have to consider the security of apartment houses. I can see these boxes being stolen.

no one would steal then after they realize how much work it takes to prepare a meal

[Anonymous]

Only two people answered the question. My DD loves to cook and even with a freshman forced meal plan, ate out or cooked in her dorm with a full kitchen. Her apartment accepts packages in the office so less likely to be stolen.


If your college kid used a meal kit, please share what worked for them. I don’t care to hear about waste and how your kid won’t cook. Mine does and hope those whose kids did use a meal plan will share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t comment on which meal plan, but you will have to consider the security of apartment houses. I can see these boxes being stolen.

no one would steal then after they realize how much work it takes to prepare a meal

Lol...


But some people steal things just to be mean.

[Anonymous]

The answer is that for a host of reasons, hardly any college kids use these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only two people answered the question. My DD loves to cook and even with a freshman forced meal plan, ate out or cooked in her dorm with a full kitchen. Her apartment accepts packages in the office so less likely to be stolen.


If your college kid used a meal kit, please share what worked for them. I don’t care to hear about waste and how your kid won’t cook. Mine does and hope those whose kids did use a meal plan will share.

If she loves to cook she wouldn't be interested in these types of meal kits. The "cook" is no different than an assembly line worker, just putting all the pieces in a pre-programmed spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine prefers the meal kit from Taco Bell.

this sounds about right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only two people answered the question. My DD loves to cook and even with a freshman forced meal plan, ate out or cooked in her dorm with a full kitchen. Her apartment accepts packages in the office so less likely to be stolen.


If your college kid used a meal kit, please share what worked for them. I don’t care to hear about waste and how your kid won’t cook. Mine does and hope those whose kids did use a meal plan will share.

If she loves to cook she wouldn't be interested in these types of meal kits. The "cook" is no different than an assembly line worker, just putting all the pieces in a pre-programmed spot.

Mine loves it. Thanks for not answering the question.

[Anonymous]

How about your child learn some adult skills and cook for themselves?

[Anonymous]

OP, I can tell you mine has switched from Every Plate to Hello Fresh and back. She shares with a roommate and they decide which meals or if they want to skip. EveryPlate has a good student discount but has a minimum of three meals a week. Hello Fresh has the most consistency of fresh ingredients.

At home we and she have tried them all from Home Chef to Marley Spoon (the worst with missing ingredients). Blue Apron offered no repeats in a year and forced us to try meals we would never try. However the included ingredients are hard to find to replicate. She loves she has new things in her menu making and she saves the recipe cards to replicate:

We got into them because we were eating the same 12 meals or so every month. This has added more variety to our diet. The packaging is all recyclable and when the ingredients come portioned there is far less waste.

If I were you, I would keep signing up with a new email after the trial periods are over as those beat the student discount. My dd pays for it herself using her own credit card funded as part of her student loans. She is responsible for skipping weeks she won’t be at school or changing the address to be sent to our home for long breaks.

None of us like the prepared meals like Dinnerly and Freshly. They were always too bland and the cooking times were never right.

Meal kits for us and our DD are tons of fun and cooking is a stress relief. After her freshman year she did an accounting of what she spent going out and it shocked her. For her this is a great way to sample new meals and takes away from the stress of college. It is one less thing she has to think about a few days a week. She usually only gets meals twice a week but sometimes three.

I hope this helps. Please ignore those who wish to impose their will on you. You do what works for your family and child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about your child learn some adult skills and cook for themselves?

+1

Those kits are expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a Tovala oven and ordered Tovala meals for a while to feed my starving college athlete extra meals when he was home during Covid, if that counts. They were quite tasty and required almost no work. I can’t really imagine him or most kids I know doing this on their own unless it was a local delivery. There is too much packaging to get rid of.

This is the laziest effing thing I have ever heard. A spoiled child having mommy and daddy pay for expensive meal kits for him, and he can't be bothered to throw away or recycle the wrapping it came in. PP, you should be embarrassed to admit this about your child. Honestly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got a Tovala oven and ordered Tovala meals for a while to feed my starving college athlete extra meals when he was home during Covid, if that counts. They were quite tasty and required almost no work. I can’t really imagine him or most kids I know doing this on their own unless it was a local delivery. There is too much packaging to get rid of.

This is the laziest effing thing I have ever heard. A spoiled child having mommy and daddy pay for expensive meal kits for him, and he can't be bothered to throw away or recycle the wrapping it came in. PP, you should be embarrassed to admit this about your child. Honestly.

NP-WTF is wrong with you people? Your kid's should be embarrassed to call you a parent. Get over yourself freak, imagine you don't talk to people like this in the real world, it wouldn't end well.

[Anonymous]

Wow. People actually use these meal kits? What is so hard about planning meals and going to the grocery store? What a complete waste of money!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a Tovala oven and ordered Tovala meals for a while to feed my starving college athlete extra meals when he was home during Covid, if that counts. They were quite tasty and required almost no work. I can’t really imagine him or most kids I know doing this on their own unless it was a local delivery. There is too much packaging to get rid of.

This is the laziest effing thing I have ever heard. A spoiled child having mommy and daddy pay for expensive meal kits for him, and he can't be bothered to throw away or recycle the wrapping it came in. PP, you should be embarrassed to admit this about your child. Honestly.

NP-WTF is wrong with you people? Your kid's should be embarrassed to call you a parent. Get over yourself freak, imagine you don't talk to people like this in the real world, it wouldn't end well.

Could you please rewrite this in standard English, with proper grammar and punctuation? Now I'm cringing for you AND the PP with the lazy son. Unless you are one and the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a Tovala oven and ordered Tovala meals for a while to feed my starving college athlete extra meals when he was home during Covid, if that counts. They were quite tasty and required almost no work. I can’t really imagine him or most kids I know doing this on their own unless it was a local delivery. There is too much packaging to get rid of.

This is the laziest effing thing I have ever heard. A spoiled child having mommy and daddy pay for expensive meal kits for him, and he can't be bothered to throw away or recycle the wrapping it came in. PP, you should be embarrassed to admit this about your child. Honestly.

NP-WTF is wrong with you people? Your kid's should be embarrassed to call you a parent. Get over yourself freak, imagine you don't talk to people like this in the real world, it wouldn't end well.

Could you please rewrite this in standard English, with proper grammar and punctuation? Now I'm cringing for you AND the PP with the lazy son. Unless you are one and the same.

+1 the “freak” poster presents as an utter imbecile.