Hello and Goodbye

Last night I decided to make my first Hello Fresh meal.  I took my instruction card, bag of ingredients and got busy.  It did not take long for me to realize this was way more time consuming than I was prepared for.  I got to do food prep work that I never have done before like peeling and dicing onions, chopping parsley, making homemade croutons and more.  The skills required were not monumental but I don’t think I was very good at them.

I kept double and triple checking the instructions which made me very inefficient in the prep process.  I also was making a large mess along the way which I guess should be expected.  The meal was listed as taking something like 25 minutes.  I think it took me more like 45 minutes.  The end result I guess looked ok and it didn’t taste that bad so that is what matters.  However there was zero thought that this is how I want my meal prep to be in the future.  Cooking from scratch is really enjoyable for some people, it is not for me.  Once these three meals are made I will be back to my mostly microwaved cuisine.

I decided I am going to spend the majority of my New Year’s Eve like I did Christmas Eve, live streaming. It’s cheap, I can drink without driving, I can be social without covid concerns, and I get to hang with Elsa.  Sounds like a win to me.