Does this seem really expensive to you?

We have 2 kids, and one is little, so when we eat out it tends to be Moe's or Panera Bread or some Mom & Pop pizza place.   So it's pretty easy to spend about 9.99 a piece.  Especially since we are all water drinkers, and the drinks really up the price of a meal.  So, by adding just a bit more for a tip, we could stay pretty close to 10 bucks per person.  And I wouldn't have to cook or clean up.  

If it were just the 2 of us adults, then eating out might run us more because we could go anywhere.

Too expensive. And you still have to cook it and clean up afterwards. NO. Besides the recipes are on the site. I didn't find that much that I would want to buy and have them send. Have most of it available right now in the pantry, fridge/freezer. I would pay if it included someone to come and do the work, maybe to come in and prepare two or three meals, so all I had to do was pop it to cook.

No, I can't afford that. If I want to pay $10 per person for every meal, I want it cooked.

It would be fun to try. When we go out to eat I always order the same things. With this program I'd be trying different foods. My hubby would love it as he's the real cook in the family.

Off the top of my head, I can think of 6 restaurants here in this town of 25K where I could get a hot meal for less than $10. Three diners, two Mexican restaurants, and one Greek restaurant. 

I would so sign up for this. I spend quite a bit of money for my diet-specific food per week, so this would be within a reasonable price range. The recipes look yummy too.

I looked into it because for the two of us I tought it would be fun. However, it seems that the smallest plan is 3x per week. Maybe if I could do 1x per week I would go for it.

I posted this on a thread I started about Dream Dinners. Here it is. I love Dream Dinners!!!!

It is a chain, it may be called something different in your area. It's where you make up meals from their menu selection. There is a station for each meal, with all the ingredients in containers. They have a recipe card and you add ingredients in separate zip lock baggies, you add as much spice as your taste desires. Then you put all baggies in one large bag and throw in freezer. Each baggie contains 3 meals. You have to order a minimum of 12 dinners or 36 meals. Nothing is precooked, so you still have to cook/bake, but all ingredients are included.

I stretch mine out by adding sides or pasta. At first I thought it very pricey, it averages about $180 a month. However for me, it's great! I live alone and would eat tuna everyday. Now I'm eating something different all the time. The food is wonderful, I haven't had one thing I didn't like. So for $180 a month I have a good meal everyday! It averages about $5.00 per meal so it's less than fast food.

It's nice for larger families as well. You wouldn't eat a meal everyday, it's just nice to know you have a great meal in the freezer anytime you want it. You can be creative too. If the dinner is hamburgers, they give you a pound of ground beef then in separate baggies, are the spices. To switch it up, I'll make a meatloaf instead and use the buns they include to make meat loaf sandwiches or if it's seasoned chicken breasts, I'll add pasta and make a casserole.

Here is the link, most areas have a try it offer, 3 meals which is 9 dinners for $29.95, you'd have to see what they offer at your location.

It's nice if you have someone you know that is bedridden or unable to shop, you can stock up their freezer! I sound like a salesman, no monetary interest at all, just like the food!

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We must have been posting at the same time!    Love Dream Dinners!

I'd give it a try, maybe for 1 week out of the month since there's just two of us with kids off in college, not such a big $$ drain. I'll bet anything it's not available here like most anything easy, so I'd say poo on it. I'd try the Dream Dinners too or any other "help you get it done" dinner option.

I don't look at stuff like this as what you do for regular meals. More for date nights where the two of you open up the box and make the food together. Something a little fancier and out of the ordinary than what you would regularly make. It's less about the food and more about the experience and novelty of it.

That seems expensive for a large family living outside of a huge city.  When I lived in NYC, didn't have a car, just had my husband, and often worked late, it might have been worth it just to have groceries delivered to my house with the guesswork taken out so that I could make a meal healthier than the takeout I otherwise inevitably would have ordered.