I received my first delivery today. It came in a big heavy box even though I ordered only six meals. Inside the box was a lot of foam packing and two huge ice packs that were still mostly frozen. Seems kind of wasteful but not sure how else they are going to delivery perishable food.
Since it was my first order, I went small and ordered six meals. I also found a coupon so I think it was $45(?) for all six meals. The first one I tried was the Swede-ish Meatballs with peas/carrots and cauliflower-potato mash. This is the PR photo on the website:
This is what it looks like in real life after three minutes in the microwave oven:
I ate about 75% of the meal, both meatball (3/4) and vegetable-wise. Overall taste was probably a 6 out of 10. I used to get Marie Calendar frozen meals from supermarkets a lot and the taste is not that different except Freshly is much more expensive. I still have five more meals to try but will probably skip the coming week until I decide if I like the taste and the cost. I didn’t specify any nutritional restrictions so it’s not really heart/kidney healthy:
| Nutritional Item | Swede-ish Meatballs | % DV |
| Serving Size | 396 g | |
| Calories | 620 | |
| Total Fat | 39 g | 50 % |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g | 95 % |
| Trans Fat | 1.5 g | |
| Cholesterol | 185 mg | 62% |
| Sodium | 950 mg | 41 % |
| Total Carbohydrates | 36 G | 13 % |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g | 29 % |
| Total Sugars | 10 g | |
| Protein | 32 g | |
| Vitamin D | 0 % | |
| Calcium | 20 % | |
| Iron | 30 % | |
| Potassium | 60 % |
Since I only ate 3/4 of the meal and it was my only meal of the day, it wasn’t too bad overall. The worst items are probably the saturated fat and potassium. The ingredients did not show any food preservatives so not sure where all the extra potassium came from. The cream sauce appears to be made of Greek yogurt so the taste is a bit strange for me. Hopefully some of the other meals are healthier.
At least I didn’t throw up… yet.
Life with chronic diseases 