HelloFresh Back to School Sale: Up to 20 FREE Meals
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“The Back to School period is the perfect time for people to use HelloFresh as it is a busy time of the year. The practicality of using HelloFresh on busy school nights makes feeding the family on school nights easy and stress-free!”
HelloFresh Canada & HelloFresh US are a weekly meal kit delivery service. Get easy recipes and fresh, pre-measured ingredients to your door. Select from the personalized menu with over 30+ delicious recipes and market items.
What’s in a HelloFresh box:
Your choice: Mostly Meat, Family Friendly, Smart Meals, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy, Pescatarian, High Protein, or Flexitarian (may vary depending on your country)
how many servings (2 or 4 people eating)
how many meals (3, 4, or 5 recipes – Canada) (2-6 recipes – US)
Frequency: Weekly (Skip weeks, swap recipes, and cancel anytime – no commitment!)
Cost: Range from $9.25 to $12.17 CAD ($7.99 to $11.99 USD) depending on how many servings and the meal plan.
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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.
Subscription boxes have gained in popularity ever since they first appeared on the market back in 2010. Every year new companies add their unique curated boxes to the market. Today, you can find a subscription box to fill your monthly craving of any genre; from beauty to clothing, vegan to carnivore, today’s boxes have something for everyone. Below are the Subscriptionboxes.ca Top Ten Winners of 2020! (contains affiliate links).
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Bespoke Postis a monthly men’s lifestyle subscription box that includes cool, up-and-coming trends in food, drink, fashion, travel and so much more. When you first subscribe you will take a quiz about your likes and dislikes. Then on the first of each month you will get a sneak-peak of your box and you have five days to customize items, switch boxes or cancel this months box all together.
I love that there is so much choice in customizing your box and the flexibility if maybe one month you just don’t want a month…no problem, cancel it and resume the following month. This is one of the awesome men’s boxes out there, comprising a mixture of the latest fashion trends, unique curated items, and down to earth tools. Bespoke Post is the perfect balance for all men.
What’s in the box? A collection of themed items introducing you to something new
Cost: $45 usd
Shipping to Canada: $10 usd
Carnivore Club is as the name implies a subscription box for meat-lovers! This box is packed full of premium cured meats from a different artisan around the world each month. You can choose either the snack box or the classic box. The snack box is great for people and families to grab a healthy snack on the go. While, the classic box is great for hosting a party or simply just enjoying straight out of the package.
I love that Carnivore Club helps bring family and friends together for more social occasions, by making it easy to host events while serving delicious meats.
What’s in the box? Classic box – 4-6 handcrafted cured meats like; Italian salamis, Spanish Jamon, American Bacon, and more. Snack box – 4-6 meat snacks, like jerky to meat sticks, biltong, and more.
Chefs Plateis 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 the box: Pre-measured ingredients sent in an insulated box with a simple recipe, that anyone can follow, no matter your cooking skill level
Creation Crate is a tech subscription box that helps you prepare for jobs in the future by learning, building and programming electronic kits. There are kits for every ability from beginner to advanced and while they are recommended for ages 12+, they are great for learning and spending time together as a family. The coolest part is that is when you are done you will have a real working electronic project that you built! With careers changing so fast in the world and moving more towards technology based jobs, a fun, educational subscription box like this is right on par and will help prepare people for the future!
Ages: 12+ (younger if parents help)
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Cost: $29.99 usd. Bonus gifts for longer subscriptions
FabFitFun is one of my all-time favorite subscription boxes. If you are just learning about subscription boxes this is a must try! It’s a women’s quarterly subscription box with beauty, fashion, health and lifestyle items that are creating a buzz in the beauty and entertainment world. Each box is valued at $200 plus with all full-size products! FabFitFun is the perfect gift for the girl who loves everything!
What’s in the box? 8-10 premium full-size products ranging from skincare, make-up, fashion, home, fitness and more
Fableticsis an activewear, yoga and workout clothing subscription box for women co-founded by Kate Hudson. It boasts high-quality clothing with on-trend styles at prices people can afford. First, you will take a lifestyle quiz outlining your fitness preferences, body type and sizes to help curate the clothing choices for you specifically. Once you sign up, you will get an introductory offer of 2 leggings for $24 usd or whatever the promotion is currently. On the 1st day of each month you receive new outfit recommendations based on your style and you have until the 5th of the month to make your selections or ‘skip the month’. If you love clothes, especially activewear, then you will love Fabletics!
What’s in the box: 2-3 piece Fabletics outfit
Cost: VIP members – $49.95 usd (value of approx. $100 usd outfit)
Home Made Luxeis a craft subscription box that delivers pinterest worthy craft kits to your door each month. Each box contains all the supplies you need to create gorgeous home decor projects. You will be creating amazing art projects that are easy enough yet, beautiful! The Home Made Luxe Box is the perfect gift for that crafty friend, girls’ nights, birthdays, to do with your kids or even alone. I love learning new art techniques and making new projects that I can decorate my house with. This box allows me to create beautiful craft ideas without all the stress of deciding what to make, then going out to buy everything then YouTube how to make it.
What’s in the box: All the crafty materials you need for your DIY project, step-by-step instructions, video instructions and a small bonus crafty freebie
Kiwi Co is a kid’s and teens’s subscription box that’s main focus is to inspire young innovators through fun and hands-on learning with STEM, STEAM, Science and Art kits for all ages. Over the years Kiwi Co has expanded its line to now include fun, educational boxes for all ages of learning. There are 8 different subscription boxes to choose from depending on your child’s age and interests. Kiwi Co. is the ideal gift giving solution for kids of all ages and my favorite part is I don’t have to deal with another toy they don’t touch!
Ages: 0-2, 2-4, 5-8, 6-11, 14+ and 9-16+
What’s in the box? Crafts and activities all relating to Science, Tech, Engineering, Art or Math and kid-friendly instructions
Cost: $26.30 – $39.48 monthly or less if your subscription is longer
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What’s in the box: Exclusive collectibles, figures, home goods, apparel, gear and more
Cost: Prices vary greatly from $17-$100 depending on the type of box
Shipping: FREE for some more expensive boxes, otherwise you pay shipping & handling
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What’s in the Box: Snack Box – 10 or more sweet and savory vegan snacks and drinks
Beauty Box – 4 or more deluxe or full-size products, including cosmetics to luxury skincare that are always cruelty-free, paraben-free products, and free of harmful chemicals
Make-up Box – 4 or more of the best cruelty-free, full-sized vegan cosmetics each quarter and colour customization for featured products
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