Will my kids eat Gousto/ Hello Fresh

[Sugarpull]

I’m thinking of splashing out on one of these. I am a single mum of two kids and want to cook for all of us. Are the recipes suitable for average fussy 6 and 8 year olds do you think?

You can choose to skip weeks so if there's nothing your kids will like you don't have to get an order that week. Next weeks hello fresh menu has chicken nuggets and mash with peas and sweetcorn as an option, also chicken fried rice and chicken pasta bake in tomato and cheese sauce amongst other things which all seem quite family friendly.

Yeah mine eat Helo Fresh but I choose things that aren't too spicy. We get a 3 person box whichs enough for 2 adults and 8 year old twins

Also, I can send you a free box if you want one although I think you might get the first box free anyway when you sign up

guess it depends how fussy your kids are. my kid won't eat any recipe cooked by me!!!

We’ve been using either hello fresh or gousto for years and it’s a hit in our house .

I currently have a three year old and a one year old . Neither of my kids are picky eaters ( my oldest is quite adventurous actually and will try anything )so I’ll start off by saying that. My sisters kids wouldn’t dare eat gousto ( or anything that’s not sugar , chicken nuggets or pizza actually 🙃 )

Currently we do 4 meals a week with gousto and it’s rare for there to be a meal they won’t eat anything from . I avoid spicy ( although a bit of spice is fine with both my kids ) . There is a lot of choice!

If I’m worried they won’t like something I’ll serve it along side other food I know they will eat ( with a side of fruit and bread for example ).

So far this week we’ve done :

a bacon/veggie risotto dish (both kids ate some of it but not a lot )

a chicken/veggie curry dish ( both kids devoured it and had seconds)

a plant based burger and chips dish ( both kids devoured it ).

My kids both eat it - one is relatively fussy but likes most of the hello fresh stuff

Is there a way to view the hello fresh options without paying first? I can't seem to on the app and I don't want to pay if we don't like any of the choices

I thought you chose the recipes from a selection and they sent all the ingredients.

So in answer to the OPs question, you look at the selection of recipes, with pictures of the food and pick the ones that you/they look of.

Lots of Gousto threads popping up today, all containing referral links....call me a cynic, but...

Yes, just done a search. There's a few threads that read very 'advertorial'. Then there was the one where the OP claimed that it was 'such good value even at full price'

Have reported all of them, but this smacks of an ad campaign.

Another referral code reported.

Hello fresh meals have a ridiculously high salt content, I won’t feed them to
my kids

Gousto yes, hello fresh no!
gousto is a lot more family friendly, we have one box of four meals a week and my fussy children 4 &8 always find dishes they enjoy. I pick out the family friendly options such as vegan burgers, pasta dishes .

my children really struggled with hello fresh, there was never anything they fancied so we stopped after one box. I found the vegetables not as fresh so it put me off also.

Affiliate link reported.

Depends what they like to eat and how fussy they are, it is just a range of relatively standard meals that you're paying a very high premium for them to portion off the ingredients and deliver.

You can view a lot of the recipes online and see if they would suit/gauge the kind of things you can expect.

Simply cook probably better. Far more versatile as the little pots last ages and you don't have to slavishly follow the menu set e.g. sub fish for chicken etc.

I got a Gousto box this week and love it, but two of my children are quite fussy and won't eat anything from there. If you get the first box to try then it's worth it I think, as the portions only work out at £1.20 each or something like that. But after that I'm not convinced I will be saving any money as I still have to cook separately for two of my kids.