Hubs wanted to spice things up food wise — we do eat pretty wild and free and I’m comfortable cooking pretty much anything.
His biggest gripe is always that I never cook enough fish (I only like a few kinds) and that we never seem to have a bajillion vegetables (medically I can only eat ones that have been peeled and cooked). He’d be over the moon happy to be a pescatarian. I, on the other hand, not so much.
We have an impasse. I cook some sort of seafood at least once a week and almost always make his lunches for work seafood based with tons of veggies. I’ll make seafood more often if I’m feeling spunky or if I can find one of the types I enjoy for sale — most grocery stores aren’t stocking sole and grouper around here.
…but I did pick up two pounds of sole today at the fish market!!! I almost bought some grouper but it was almost $27 a pound right now. Eek! I also got hubs a dozen oysters as a treat — they’re waiting for him to crack open as an appetizer before dinner.
He never complains about the food that is served, he just wants a bigger variety of things I can (and can’t) eat.
I have a huge chest freezer stuffed to the gills with meat. We buy everything on sale and I shop the freezer before meal planning every week. It’s the only way we can get the huge variety of food that hubs wants to eat without breaking the food budget.
So, in an attempt to assuage his whiny self about more vegetables, I bought a delivery service box. Why not? If it’s in the house, I’ll use it. If not, I’ll stick to the same stuff I always get.
I started with a small box from misfitsmarket. The box cost $23.75, I had a $5 coupon, and shipping was $4.50….grand total of $23.25. If you subscribe, it’s $19 instead of 23.75 base price.
I haven’t liked food delivery things in the past, but I will say this one impressed me. The only veg that I wouldn’t have picked myself was the monster zucchini — it’s going to be loaded with seeds but I should still be able to use it in a stirfry. All of the packaging is compostable or recyclable, so I’m also pretty durn happy about that.
I weighed everything out and they sent 12 pounds 3.25 ounces worth of vegetables — the box promised between 10 and 12 pounds. Then, because I’m me, I priced out the difference.
$23.25 from misfitmarket, $26.86 for the same weight of vegetables from my normal grocery store (including member discount). There are two caveats: my store isn’t offering romaine lettuce right now so I just used the closest in price….AND I used non-organic vegetables for my store pricing — the variety simply doesn’t exist in my normal store. The in-store price would be way higher if it was all organic there.
Overall, I’d do it again. If these vegetables go down easily this week, I know I could be on board with the two boxes a month subscription.
Hubs is very, very excited. He’s going to be using some of the romaine on open-faced sandwiches tonight (I can’t eat lettuce so it’s a rare treat for him!) and I have tuna and avocado cups on the menu for tomorrow’s lunch.
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