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Save up to $159 over 3 boxes!!! If you haven’t had the chance to try Canada’s Chefs Plate, now is the time! For only $2.99-$3.99 per serving, less than the cost to buy the groceries yourself.
Pay only $2.99 to $3.99 per serving on your first week of Chefs Plate.Use this link and code CHEFP299
About Chefs Plate:
Chefs Plate is a meal prep, delivery service that delivers fresh pre-measured ingredients and simple recipes to your home every week. Each of the recipes takes 30 minutes or less to make and follow step-by-step instructions to prepare a delicious, healthy meal in no time! Chefs Plate meals are the perfect solution for any lifestyle!
What’s in a Chefs Plate box: Easy-to-follow recipe cards with step-by-step instructions and pre-measured ingredients. The only things you will need are pantry staples such as olive oil, butter, milk, sugar, salt, and pepper.
Frequency: Weekly (or skip a week)
Choice: Yes, you will always choose your own recipes from the menu each week – Meat & Vegetables, Vegetarian, and Family Friendly
Cost: Range from $8.99 to $9.99 depending on how many servings and meal plans
Shipping: Shipping is FREE for any 4 servings meals and 2 servings meals of 3 or 4 recipes per week. Otherwise, it’s $6.00 for 2 portion servings for 2 recipes a week.
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Fresh Prepis a Canadian-based meal delivery kit that assists busy individuals in producing first-rate suppers in minutes with prepared recipe ingredients, delivered weekly to your door within select locations in Canada– British Columbia (Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, and the Okanagan) and now available in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer). Eating well made easy!
All of the packaging is made from recyclable, reusable, and/or compostable materials.
What’s in a Fresh Prep box: Inside your reusable insulated cooler bag you will find all ingredients prepped and portioned for however many meals you’d like along with easy-to-follow recipe cards for you to cook incredible meals in under 30 minutes.
Frequency: Weekly (or skip a week) – Saturday through Wednesday deliveries
*Skip weeks or change your plan anytime – no commitment!
Choice: Yes, you will always choose your own recipes from the menu each week, and your plan.
2-Person Meals or Family Plan (4)
how many meals (2, 3, or 4 recipes)
Cost: Range from $10.00 to $12.25 depending on how many servings and meal plan.
My first reaction to my Fresh Prep “box” (insulated bag) was WOW!!! I could not believe the quality of this reusable cooler bag that my food and recipes were delivered in. The outside of the bag has this really practical, clear pocket to hold the recipes and the “Welcome” card.
The Welcome card outlines all the contact information for the Fresh Prep customer service team and many of the convenient reasons to choose Fresh Prep. Did you know that they have zero waste kits and nearly everything they send in the cooler bags can be reused or recycled?! You can return almost all the packaging and recyclables to Fresh Prep for them to sanitize and reuse or properly recycle.
Inside the insulated cooler bag were all of the ingredients for my weekly meals kept cool with reusable gel ice packs. The meat was packaged separately in its own insulated pouch.
Our recipes this week included:
Spicy Chipotle Beef Chili with Scallions & Aged Cheddar Cheese
Chicken & Gnocchi with tomato Rosé Sauce, Kale & Crispy Sage
Recipe #1: Spicy Chipotle Beef Chili with Scallions & Aged Cheddar Cheese
Estimated Cooking time: 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Servings: 2
All the ingredients were provided for us to make the meal. The instructions were very straightforward. Some chopping, some mixing, some frying then cook as instructed.
Our kit was only for a serving of 2 but we stretched it for our family of 4 with some additional tomatoes, chickpeas, and rice on the side, we expanded our 2 person meal to give us dinner for 4 people plus 2 lunches the next day. We made a lot of chili!!!
Chili is one of my favorite meals and the Fresh Prep chili did not disappoint. We kept the chipotle spice to a minimum for the kids, but then kicked up the flavor for the adults. The garlic bread ciabatta buns sent this meal over the edge! For all the garlic lovers this crushed garlic was so amazing!
Recipe #2: Chicken & Gnocchi with tomato Rosé Sauce, Kale & Crispy Sage
Estimated Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Servings: 2
This meal was only meant to be for two people, but it easily satisfied two adults and one kid (the other kid decided to eat leftover chili from the night before)
We chose gnocchi as something new for the family that we have never tried and knew very little about. The meal was very easy to make. Even our 10-year-old was in the kitchen helping cook.
In our opinion, gnocchi tastes very similar to a perogy but without the filling. Even our very picky daughter ate a fair portion. I know lots of people love gnocchi and you’d probably love this meal, but I think it’s just not for our family. The gnocchi was just very plain and doughy even with the spices.
Verdict: Right from the second my box came, I was loving this ‘new to Alberta’ meal delivery kit. Everything just looked so professional and sleek! Don’t even get me started on the functionality and design of the insulated bag, you need to check it out for yourself in person to really appreciate it. The meals themselves were very straightforward, the card outlined the recipe instructions and ingredients, as well as the nutritional facts. Many of the products came vacuum packaged in airtight contains to maintain freshness. The biggest feature was that the serving size was very generous and allowed for the whole family to eat on a tighter budget using the 2-person meals plan (2 servings). I must be honest I don’t order many of these kits due to the cost value but when you can get 3 meals for FREE on your first box and it feeds your whole family, I am all for that!
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Same idea as the mentioned above, however, smaller-scale (currently only available in BC & Alberta, Canada) and with a focus on sustainability including recyclable, reusable, and/or compostable materials.
Fresh Prep is a Canadian-based meal delivery kit that helps busy people create world-class dinners in minutes with prepared recipe ingredients, delivered weekly to your door within select areas in Canada – British Columbia (Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, and the Okanagan) and now available in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer). Eating well made easy!
What’s in a Fresh Prep box: Inside your reusable insulated cooler bag you will find all ingredients prepped and portioned for however many meals you’d like along with easy-to-follow recipe cards for you to cook incredible meals in under 30 minutes.
Fresh Prep Frequency: Weekly (or skip a week) – Saturday through Wednesday deliveries
Fresh Prep Choice: Yes, you will always choose your own recipes from the menu each week.
Fresh Prep Cost: Range from $10 to $12.25 depending on how many servings and meal plan.
Chefs Plate Back-to-School Flash Sale: Up To 55% OFF
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About Chefs Plate:
Chefs Plate is a meal prep, delivery service that delivers fresh pre-measured ingredients and simple recipes to your home every week. Each of the recipes takes 30 minutes or less to make and follow step-by-step instructions to prepare a delicious, healthy meal in no time! Chefs Plate meals are the perfect solution for any lifestyle! I love how easy they are to make, especially with the kids in extracurricular activities in the evenings, we still manage to sit down as a family to a nutritious meal together.
What’s in a Chefs Plate box: Easy-to-follow recipe cards with step-by-step instructions and pre-measured ingredients. The only things you will need are pantry staples such as olive oil, butter, milk, sugar, salt, and pepper.
Chefs Plate Frequency: Weekly (or skip a week)
Chefs Plate Choice: Yes, you will always choose your own recipes from the menu each week
Chefs Plate Cost: Range from $8.99 to $9.99 depending on how many servings and meal plan
Chefs Plate Shipping: Shipping is FREE for any 4 servings meals and 2 servings meals of 3 or 4 recipes per week. Otherwise, it’s $6.00 for 2 portion servings for 2 recipes a week.
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Save 50% off your first Accio! box on a 6-month subscription with code ACCIO50 – CLICK HERE
Accio! Harry Potter
Accio! is a monthly curated Harry Potter house-themed subscription box that is inspired 100% by the Potterverse. Created for fans by a team of certified Potterhead nerds.
What’s inside the Accio! box: 4-5 high-quality indie, cruelty-free, and handmade items curated towards your chosen house.
Accio! Frequency: Monthly subscription
Accio! Cost: $39.99 USD monthly or save with a longer subscription
Accio! Shipping: Canada & Worldwide shipping calculated at checkout
Annie’s Creative Girls Club… Review & 80% Off Coupon Code!
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Annie’s Kit Clubs is the parent company of 14 different craft and book club subscription boxes. With this huge selection of craft kits and a fiction book series club, you are sure to find something you love!
Annie’s Kit Clubs have a variety of subscription boxes for adults, tweens, girls, and boys:
Annie’s Creative Girls Club is a crafting subscription box for girls ages 7-12 years old. Each month they will get 2 kits with easy-to-follow instructions and all the materials needed to get crafting with minimal adult supervision. They will have fun learning to paint, bead, stitch, papercraft, and more!
Inside each Creative Girls Club, you will get all the pieces you need to create two fun crafts with easy step-by-step instructions inside each booklet.
Recommendation: My girls have seen me looking at the Creative Girls Club kits many times. So I decided to surprise them each with their own kits (and yes, I got 80% off each kit!) When they arrived in the mail, they were so happy! They couldn’t wait to see which crafts they had. Our suspicions were right! It was the Dream Catch and the Kindness Shaker Frame crafts. These seem to be the standard crafts in your first box, but don’t quote me on that! The first craft they choose to do was the Kindness Shaker Frame. It was so much fun and simple. They got to experiment with rub-on words (I remember doing these all the time when I was a kid). It was the perfect starting craft. They could easily follow the directions and almost do it all by themselves. The Dream Catcher was more challenging. My daughters both got discouraged when they had to make their own net and I had to help quite a bit when they got knots in the thread. My oldest eventually figured it out and is so proud of herself. They both love their crafts and have them happily displayed in their rooms. I love the balance of one simple and one more complex craft. I found the crafts just the right amount of difficulty for ages 7 to 12 years old. With a 7-year-old needing, some help and a 12-year-old would easily be able to do it by herself. For the price, this is a must-try kids subscription box! Even if you only try it for one month and cancel before the next month. And the crafts are even more pretty in person!
Have you tried the Creative Girls Club kit? Which crafts have you got in your kit?
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GLOSSYBOX has begun launching its 2020 Advent Calendar!!!
You will have something to celebrate all month long with 25 slots, one for each day in December leading up to Christmas!!! The rose gold box is the most exciting way to countdown to the festive season!
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For the true Potterhead or gamer, any Geek Gear Box is a must have! Each month you will get awesome licensed and exclusive merchandise such as gaming gear or Harry Potter & Fantastic Beast collectibles, tees and replicas… depending on which box you choose!
Choose from 5 different boxes, 4 of which are Harry Potter themed boxes:
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Keep the kids learning and entertained during the school year with a KiwiCo subscription!
Weather they are learning at school, online or being home-schooled, a KiwiCo subscription will enhance their learning and give you a break!
With eight fun, STEM, STEAM and Science based subscription boxes for kids, there is a subscription box for any baby, kid, tween or teen no matter what age or interests!
The perfect gift for your children, grandchildren, neighbors, friends or even yourself!
Lillypost “Picture Books”… July 2020 Subscription Box Review & Coupon
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Lillypost is a book subscription box that sends children’s books to your door each month. The books are chosen by parents, aunts, and uncles for children ages newborn to 7 years old.
3 Subscription Options:
Ages 0-3: 4 board books
Ages 4-7: 3 picture books
All ages: mixed book box – 2 picture books & 1 board book
Cost: $24.95 monthly
* save money by subscribing to a longer Lillypost book subscription plan
Shipping: $7.95
Coupon Code: Save 15% off your first Lillypost box with code BOOKS15
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Lillypost Children’s Books July “Picture Book” Box Review:
Inside your first Lillypost box you will receive the ‘Welcome to Lillypost’ card, welcoming you to the family and outlining how the books are chosen and emphasizing the importance of reading to children from an early age.
On the reverse side of the card you are introduced to Finnley the Fox, your new welcome gift to enjoy and snuggle with while reading books together.
One of my favorite things about Lillypost is that for every box purchased, they will donate 1 book to a child in need through literacy charities all over North America.
1 box purchased = 1 book donated by Lillypost
Each month there is a colouring contest for Lillypost subscribers. The theme for July is ‘Camping’. You are to use the Lillypost box and draw, colour, or paint a themed picture of Finnley exploring nature while camping in the wilderness. The winner each month will receive a mystery prize box full of books, activities and special goodies.
Finnley the Fox
Your very own stuffed animal friend, Finnley, is a welcome gift included with your first box! Finnley loves to listen to all the stories and adventures together with you every time you open a book!
Eee-Moo! by Annika Dunklee & Brian Won – retails for $23.99
This is a heartwarming story about friendship and the love of family. It is a beautifully illustrated story about a platypus who was told he was an emu. He traveled far around the world, with lots of help from friends along the way, to find his emu family, only to discover he was a platypus.
Lizzy McTizzy and the Busy Dizzy Day by Sarah Weeks & illustrated by Lee Wildish – retails for $21.99
A silly rhyming story about a girl who looks everywhere to find her missing shoe before going to a birthday party. Only to discover that she doesn’t need matching shoes to be happy and have fun, all she needs is to be herself!
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang & illustrated by Max Lang – retails for $23.99
A feelings book all about a grumpy monkey who says he’s not grumpy, despite all his friends telling him repeatedly that he looks grumpy. His friends don’t understand how he could be grumpy on such a beautiful day. Eventually, he has a meltdown and realizes that for now it is okay to feel grumpy and soon it will pass and he will feel less grumpy.
Verdict: My kids and I really enjoyed the excitement of opening this month’s Lillypost. My kids are both avid readers, from a young age, so we have learned what makes a great book in their eyes and what types of books perks their interests. My youngest daughter is seven years old, so she is probably at the peek age for reading these books. When she finds a book at her level she will read it over and over again.
The favorite books among our family are Grumpy Monkey and Eee-Moo! Eee-Moo! has beautiful pictures and is so sweet. How can you not fall in love with a story about a platypus travelling the world?! Where as, Grumpy Monkey is a great book for kids to help deal with emotions and understand that it’s okay not to be happy all the time. Each of the books this month are completely different from each other, yet they each have a great lesson.
The value in our Lillypost picture books box was worth the price of a Lillypost subscription! Each of the books was a hardcover priced individually over $20 each. The special welcome gift, Finnley the Fox, is also a huge hit with my kids! I know he will get to enjoy many stories in the coming years!
What did you think of the July Lillypost ” Picture Book” Box?
