It’s not even officially mid-November yet and our weeknights are almost completely booked with holiday events until New Year’s Eve.
How did that happen so quickly?
As much fun as it’ll be to dress up, see people we haven’t seen since last year and drink our weight in cranberry margaritas and candy cane espresso martinis, we can’t help but feel a little bit stressed at the notion.
So, the last thing we’ll have time for is cooking.
Luckily, a few weeks ago the Shef meal service launched in Dallas and their PR team sent us a gift card to try out some meals.
The first week, we ordered a pork tenderloin with sautéed kale and a side of mashed potatoes for one meal, and Japanese chicken curry with rice and a side of pork dumplings for another. The food came from four different chefs in the Dallas area and arrived in a cooler pack about 6:00 p.m. last Sunday night.
We’re not typically fans of heat-and-serve meals, but wow, we were extremely impressed with the quality of the ingredients and flavor of each dish, not to mention how perfectly they warmed up in ye olde microwave.
In fact, we were so impressed that even after our gift card ran dry, we ordered more meals for this week on our own dime. Once again, our meals exceeded our expectations, both the BBQ pork wonton soup (pictured above) and chicken shawarma pita wraps.
Meal subscriptions start at $35 for the first week, which includes four meals for one (or two meals for two) and there are practically limitless options, whether you’re looking for vegetarian, pescaterian, or GLP-1 friendly meals.
You can sort your choices by cuisine type, as well as flag any ingredients you don’t want, such as that highly disgusting creation of Satan himself: cilantro.
What’s really cool about Shef is that many of the chefs who cook for the service are immigrants, refugees, women and people of color.
Katy Perry and Padma Lakshmi are among the celebrities who’ve invested in the company and while we don’t know anything about Perry’s culinary tastes, we 100% trust Lakshmi to be part of something that’s only delivering the highest quality possible.
Best of all, you don’t even have to subscribe to the weekly meal service to try out Shef, making it easy to give it a whirl and see what you think.
We’re pretty confident you’re going to love it as much as we do, and it’ll get you through the holiday season without having to spend every bit of free time in the kitchen or spending a fortune out at restaurants.
Come January when things slow down but we’re in full New Year’s resolution mode, Shef will come in even more handy.
Cheers to a little extra help in the kitchen and welcome to the city, Shef!
Shef
From $35 per week for 4 meals
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