Gousto has asked us to find 100 Mumsnetters to test one of their recipe boxes. Testers will be sent a family box of four meals (for four people) to try out with their family and will then be asked to leave feedback on a thread on Mumsnet. Two of the four meals selected will be recipes from a new family-friendly range launched in partnership with Annabel Karmel.
Here’s what Timo Boldt, CEO and Founder of Gousto says: “For people who want to cook and enjoy good food together but don’t always have the time, ingredients or know-how to do it well, Gousto delivers simple ways to (re) discover the joys of cooking, so you can choose what you want, cook it with confidence and enjoy sharing it with others.
Taking the hassle out of planning, shopping and cooking, Gousto delivers up to 4 meals for the week with the ingredients and recipe ready to make, so there’s no more ‘what’s for dinner’ panic.
This month, we’ve launched a 3-month partnership with family cooking expert, Annabel Karmel to introduce 20 additional family-friendly recipes to our menu. Supporting busy families with tried-and-tested, nutritionally balanced meals, proven to suit fussy eaters, including Heavenly Hidden Veg Bolognese and Mouthwatering Veggie Mac & Cheese – the new recipes will allow you to enjoy cooking dishes which suit everyone around the dinner table.
Each recipe uses Gousto’s fresh, quality ingredients – including 100% British meat, sustainable fish and free-range eggs from trusted suppliers – allowing you to know what’s in every meal and feel confident you’re feeding your family well.”
If selected, you’ll be given a unique discount code to place an order for a box (free of charge). Gousto is a subscription service, so testers will be required to create an account. However, Gousto’s customer care team will prevent the subscription from continuing automatically. You’ll then need to test the recipe box as a part of your daily routine and give your feedback on a thread on Mumsnet.
Testing will be for orders placed on the Gousto website on 10th October or 23rd October, with deliveries taking place between the 14th or 27th October. Please only sign up if you’re available to test at this time.
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JustineBMumsnet · 25/09/2017 11:37
Looks like I was charged the money for the box because I didn’t use the email address linked to my MN account like MN asked us to in the test instructions (I skim read the instructions cos I was in a rush, that’ll teach me to pay better attention 
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Oops. MN very quick to respond and try to sort things out though, thanks!
2014 agree biryani looks nice.
But don’t worry because I too have the vile looking Basa fish. To come. 
The only AK option at the time. And now I really wish I hadn’t ordered it.
OK so I tried to cook the sticky salmon and my cooker broke down halfway through.
So I tried to finish it in the microwave but it didn't come out very well. Mind you I am not very good at cooking in the microwave, I just usually heat things up in it.
Luckily I had frozen the chicken for the chicken schnitzel so am planning to cook that in the next couple of days when my cooker is sorted. Such a nuisance as I have really enjoyed cooking something different.
Just sounding off here. Please ignore whole of this post. I just needed to have a moan. Well, I’ve had a nightmare.
And I’m using this thread to post all my thoughts, will then condense for comments/feedback thread.
Right, so, after the easy and delicious lamb biryani as meal 1, I move into mozzarella and portobello mushroom burger, meal 2.
1.5 hours of awfulness.
I started at 4pm. I worked continuously and never stopped, chopped and cooked and chopped and re-arranged 4 trays in the oven. It was Probably the most effort that I’ve put into a Meal for a long long time I didn’t even taste that good and at 5:15pm we had to eat and I ate my mushroom partly cooked in order to leave at 5:30 to take DS2 to football.
I’m cooking for 4, so you know I’m doubling everything up.
Two bags of waxy potatoes, I cut into halves, some of them in half again, in a bag, oil, salt and pepper. Into the oven.
I peel and finely diced 2 red onions, chopped 4 tomatoes, chop the 2 lots of basil, chop 2 lots of olives, chop 2 cloves of garlic, chop 2 bags capers.
In a bag, add oil, and I myself added a little bit of vinegar.
and I kept aside some of the diced onion and garlic to go into the mushroom.
I remove the Stalks from 4 portobello mushrooms chopped them aswell.
chop the 2 mozzarella balls, added the chopped stalks with her remaining diced onion chopped garlic.
I am hacked off with all the chopping at this stage.
put the mushrooms in the oven spray with oil, cook, turn the potatoes over, put the mozzarella mix on.
Partially cut 4 ciabatta, before coking to allow easy opening. In they go to the oven too.
an absolute nightmare. and it was all quite tasty, although the mushroom had no seasoning. Was not tasty at all. with hindsight I should’ve seasoned it.
and it was just such hard work. Cooking rarely stresses me out. But this was just awful. I would not recommend this dish to anybody.
I didn’t eat my ciabatta, but the ds’s wolfed it down, as an extra.
Dh said it tasted ok. But I was mightily unimpressed.
Plus can I just say, the calories of both biryani and mushroom burger are nearly 800 calories and high carb. Not good.
Rant over. As you were! 
Meal 3: the dreaded AK vile fish. Ha ha.
How funny. The fish was Absolutely delicious 
and I’m not even that keen a fish eater so I was quite surprised.
Once again, involved a lot of chopping, 3 different pans, numerous bowls for flour/egg/pano. was a lot of hard work.
the sauce was completely overpowering, so much so that I had to drive it, rinse it and put it back into the frying pan, it was that strong and I like strong sources, so.....
Certainly wouldn’t order again. much too much like hard work. But tasty.
Peas, that’s clearly where I’m going wrong.
Splash of wine in pan.... glug of wine in the glass 
....... oh look, the bottles gone. How did that happen? 
yes, yes, I will try that as my cooking technique!!
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