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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also very much enjoy cooking and do most of the meal prep/planning myself.  But we use meal prep boxes and like them for two reasons- to help my teens and spouse cook two meals a week, and for a bit of variety.

We get a box with two meals in it.  Each week each of my teens prepares one of them, or occasionally my spouse.  It sets them up to cook on their own, gives them exposure to a little variety of ingredients and cooking methods, and can be done on days when I'm not around, etc.

So we use it in some ways as a parenting tool as much as a convenience.  We won't do it forever, but for now it really works for our family.[/quote]

That's interesting about your kids. My kids tend to look at them and go "eww, I don't like avocado" and so deem the whole meal inedible... OBVIOUSLY, this isn't true, and teaching them that is part of the trick here, but I find that going through a good kid/teen cookbook with them for some reason makes them feel more able to say, "well, I guess I could try that because it doesn't seem like I have to use avocado".

Interestingly, my wife, who hates grocery shopping and meal planning, and struggles with cooking, is no more interested/competent/comfortable with a meal box, because the ones that taste good don't seem to actually be particular simple. She gets flustered with too many steps, too many time concerns, etc. I think she also just would like a personal chef with thick skin.[/quote]

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