Which meal kit does your college student use?

[Anonymous]

The local grocery store? I taught my kids to cook when they were younger staring with helping out with the salad and setting the table. Progressing to baking, using the stovetop and grilling later on.

[Anonymous]

I’ve read the entire thread and nowhere have I seen posted by the OP or others who actually use meal kits seven days a week. We use them at home to supplement our weekly menu planning. We got into them because we got into a rut rotating through the same 15 or so meals. We plan our meals weekly and shop for what is needed beyond what we have at home. But we also have a full sized fridge and a deep freeze. This is not available in our DD five bedroom apartment.

For her, who has been cooking from very young loves the ease and convenience of supplementing her weekly menu and then re making the meals she liked. She can skip a week or two but sometimes she won’t. Between a full class load; intermural sports and sorority time, meal kits work for her. Everything is recyclable and yes it is convenient. Just like going out to the eat sometimes during the week.

For us personally, we love the meal kits and have tried them all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve read the entire thread and nowhere have I seen posted by the OP or others who actually use meal kits seven days a week. We use them at home to supplement our weekly menu planning. We got into them because we got into a rut rotating through the same 15 or so meals. We plan our meals weekly and shop for what is needed beyond what we have at home. But we also have a full sized fridge and a deep freeze. This is not available in our DD five bedroom apartment.

For her, who has been cooking from very young loves the ease and convenience of supplementing her weekly menu and then re making the meals she liked. She can skip a week or two but sometimes she won’t. Between a full class load; intermural sports and sorority time, meal kits work for her. Everything is recyclable and yes it is convenient. Just like going out to the eat sometimes during the week.

For us personally, we love the meal kits and have tried them all.

Which meal kits are 100 percent recyclable? And did you know that most “recycled” plastics are actually burned? Plastic is never environmentally friendly.

[Anonymous]

I just spent two hours driving between three stores looking for two specific ingredients along with my normal weekly shopping and only found one. With a meal kit, I can get it all delivered to me with far greater efficiency and saving my my most valuable asset which is my time. Meal kits are a great convenience for my family!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone?

Not sure how common this is.

My kid found the dining hall to be much easier (and on weekends she made smoothies for breakfast, burritos for dinner).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone?

Not sure how common this is.

My kid found the dining hall to be much easier (and on weekends she made smoothies for breakfast, burritos for dinner).

Yeah I have yet to meet a college kid who really wants to cook some fancy meal when they could nuke a burrito.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone?

Not sure how common this is.

My kid found the dining hall to be much easier (and on weekends she made smoothies for breakfast, burritos for dinner).

Yeah I have yet to meet a college kid who really wants to cook some fancy meal when they could nuke a burrito.

OP here; meet my and many other kids. After freshmen year, no more need for the required meal plan. Which sucked at her school as her dorm room had a full kitchen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS attends UVA and doesn't have time to cook due to his busy schedule. We pay a local chef to bring him high quality already cooked meals every three days for breakfast, lunch and dinner. DS tells the chef what he wants to eat for the next three days and they will be made ready for him in glass containers ready for microwave. DS is specific on what he wants to put into his body with specific calories for each meal. It cost a whole lot more than college meal plan but definitely worth it.

Nice try, troll. No chance this is true. Because if it is, you are deliberately raising the biggest douche to ever walk the earth.

A lot of young people in Orange County California outsource the cooking to someone else. You go online and pick what you want to eat each day and the meal will get delivered. Much more common than you think. My DS does this and he never learns how to cook his whole life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just spent two hours driving between three stores looking for two specific ingredients along with my normal weekly shopping and only found one. With a meal kit, I can get it all delivered to me with far greater efficiency and saving my my most valuable asset which is my time. Meal kits are a great convenience for my family!

See this is the beauty of cooking, it allows for improvisation & substitution. Get creative. You do not have to stick to recipes to the letter. Once you have a basic skill set and understanding of ingredients you are free to experiment.

Think outside the box

[Anonymous]

My daughter just graduated but she and her 3 roommates used the meal kits for most of this year. As others have said, they were all super busy and although they'd go to the grocery store, they used the meal kits Monday-Thursday. The girls wanted healthy meals, which they were able to get, and as others have said, it helped some of the other girls learn to cook, too! Ignore these weird mean posters, OP. They obviously don't have kids in college.

[Anonymous]

Taco Bell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just spent two hours driving between three stores looking for two specific ingredients along with my normal weekly shopping and only found one. With a meal kit, I can get it all delivered to me with far greater efficiency and saving my my most valuable asset which is my time. Meal kits are a great convenience for my family!

You are a fool. Who does this? Drives for 2 hours. Hard pass. Just make something else. You invented this issue and brought it upon yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter just graduated but she and her 3 roommates used the meal kits for most of this year. As others have said, they were all super busy and although they'd go to the grocery store, they used the meal kits Monday-Thursday. The girls wanted healthy meals, which they were able to get, and as others have said, it helped some of the other girls learn to cook, too! Ignore these weird mean posters, OP. They obviously don't have kids in college.

Taught my kids for free at home how to cook (including cheap tricks handed down by grandma) and yes, I do have 2 kids in college that are able to plan their meals for a week, shop on weekends and cook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just spent two hours driving between three stores looking for two specific ingredients along with my normal weekly shopping and only found one. With a meal kit, I can get it all delivered to me with far greater efficiency and saving my my most valuable asset which is my time. Meal kits are a great convenience for my family!

You are a fool. Who does this? Drives for 2 hours. Hard pass. Just make something else. You invented this issue and brought it upon yourself.

You are a turd blossom and a troll. Maybe you haven’t noticed supply chain issues equals several stops at different stores just for weekly shopping. It is normally a 2 hour trip when you add all the time together. We can make something else by using meal kits.

[Anonymous]

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