Well it has been a rough few days (and not set to improve any time soon 😞) But as it is all out my control I have decided that it's "positive head on, chin up and keep on going"...

I received my first Recipe box yesterday.... this one was from HELLO FRESH ...with the discount it came in at £22.50 (although I should get and extra £6 back in cash back 😉).  I have gone for the 2 person box as we are cutting down portions and the only other option is 4 persons which will create waste I'm trying to stop.  I did see some reviews saying that the portions were far too small - well baring in mind I don't eat like a sparrow, I have been left wondering just how much some people can eat as we are finding them more than enough for the 3 of us 👏.
The first one was CREAMY GNOCCHI WITH MUSHROOMS AND BROCCOLI

As you can see this made 4 servings and I actually struggled to finish mine -the other is in the fridge and I will have that as a quick lunch tomorrow.  It went down well, and has gone on the "have again list"

Today's dinner was PAN FRIED TURKEY WITH CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE, PANCETTA  ROAST POTATOES-WITH WILTED SPINACH.  Again there was plenty for us, I did add frozen peas though for a bit of "freshness".  Again, we all loved it and Charlie actually devoured the spinach first 👍

So far, so good -the ingredients are good quality and good brands-  Pataks, longley farm and so on and I'm really enjoying just getting everything on the worktop and cooking (no searching for things, or finding things have been eaten/gone off )

For the rest of the week we have :-

Dukkah crusted chicken

Fragrant Caribbean beef

Pork loin steak with peppercorn sauce

Next weeks -17th is due from GOUSTO(only 4 meals in this one) ..so far I am going with :-

Smoky chicken n Mushroom Linguine 

Pork n sage meatballs with onion gravy

Lebanese spiced beef pittas and Tahini yogurt 

Loaded chilli beef cheese fries with zesty slaw

the 24th is also GOUSTO (4 meals ) :-

Chinese style beef n green pepper stir fry

Creamy haddock linguine with tomato n chilli

BBQ chicken, apple slaw and wedges

Cheesy cottage pie 

the 31st is back to HELLO FRESH :-

Balsamic steak with wedges and red cabbage

Thai pork stirfry with green beans, holy rice n basil

Tray-bake chicken with roasted tomato salad and minty salsa

Orzo risotto with mozzarella and roasted tomatoes

Veggie shepherds pie with broccoli.

By the end of the 4 weeks I will have used the discounted boxes so then will be when we decide if we are still wanting them at full price - I'm also considering trying a week at M&S (my mum and brother shop there and I do love some of their food).  I will be looking at their raw ingredient packs to cook at home rather than the ready meals  as we don't seem to get on with more than the occasional ready meal.... the dine for £10 deal will be looked at though (although we could do without the dessert 🐽), hubby does like a glass of wine of a weekend so that won't be wasted .... 

Right enough waffle about food for now... but I will be back *mwahaha*

OH AND I DO HAVE DISCOUNT CODES FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRY A BOX.. £20 OFF HELLO FRESH AND I BELIEVE £15 OF GOUSTO, SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED LET ME KNOW AS WE BOTH GET A DISCOUNT THAT WAY 😀