Cooking for yourself on a daily basis is hard, and we get why people default to meal delivery services. Meal kits offer convenience, but we argue that they still take time to order and cook. These are the major issues we have with them:
1) High cost
- While you can get introductory pricing deals, the cost per portion size is much more expensive than buying groceries yourself.
2) Packaging waste
- Individually packaged ingredients and shipping materials add up to a lot of extra plastic and cardboard.
3) They reduce effort but don't necessarily save time
- Once you learn how to cook for yourself, we’ve found you can cook meals in the same amount of time or less, especially once you don’t need to follow the step-by-step directions.
That brings us to our biggest issue with meal delivery services:
4) They stifle creativity and true learning.
- It’s like the cooking training wheels never come off, and it’s hard to develop confidence shopping and cooking for yourself without the pre-portioned box of ingredients and instructions.
We’re curious to hear from this audience of home cooks. Do you use meal delivery kits to help with getting food on the table?
