57th Home Chef Delivery Review & $30 Coupon


Greek Panko Crusted Cod with Spicy Lemon Aioli


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Chicken with Parmesan Fondue Cream with Celery, Apple & Smoked Almond Salad


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Tortilla Chicken with Elote Style Acorn Squash


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This is a review of our 57th delivery from a weekly food subscription box called Home Chef. This week we gave one recipe four out of five stars and two recipes three stars. Calories ranged from only 551 to 568 and preparation time indicated on the recipe cards ranges from twenty-five to forty-five minutes. Actual preparation time ranged from forty-seven minutes to one hour. I picked recipes that we could easily make low carb or were already low carb for Hubby's current diet. Hubby skipped the apple and the squash to lower the carbs. My shipment comes to North Carolina from Georgia via FedEx and shipping is free. This order costs $59.70 for six servings and three recipes.

Greek Panko Crusted Cod with Spicy Lemon Aioli

This was our favorite recipe for the week which surprises me because cod doesn't have a lot of flavor on it's own, so they did a great job with this recipe. We gave it four out of five stars. To make it to five stars the pieces of cod would need to be larger, but 6 ounces each is a healthy portion. The ingredients were really fresh. The panko on the cod was really tasty and it didn't require egg. It was simply made with panko, garlic, lemon zest and olive oil. The sauce was made with mayo, olive oil, lemon juice and red pepper flakes and it was so yummy. I'm not normally a fan of feta cheese, but it was really good on the zucchini and red pepper. Calories on this one are only 568. Preparation time indicated on the recipe card is up to thirty-five minutes, but actual preparation time was fifty-five minutes. This one has only 22 grams of carbohydrates.

Chicken with Parmesan Fondue Cream with Celery, Apple & Smoked Almond Salad

We gave this recipe three out of five stars. The chicken was moist and tender, but we didn't care for the sauce. It was made with light cream instead of heavy cream so it wouldn't thicken. It has only 551 calories, but a few more calories to have a tastier sauce would have been our preference. The bites of the side salad without the smoked almonds were really tasty. I think if they used a different nut or almonds that didn't have that smoked flavor it would have been perfect. That smoke flavor mixed with apples was just too strong of a flavor and it overwhelmed the other flavors. The photo on the front of the recipe card shows the almonds whole and on the other side it instructs to chop the almonds contradicting itself. The dressing on the salad was very simple and easy to make yet so delicious and low in calories and fat. It's made with seasoned rice vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. This recipe states up to thirty-five minutes preparation time, actual preparation time was forty-seven minutes. It was a healthy and filling portion. This one has only 23 grams of carbohydrates and Hubby skipped the apple to lower it even further. 

Tortilla Chicken with Elote Style Acorn Squash

We gave this recipe three out of five stars. The chicken was the best part. It was tender and moist and the topping of tortilla strips, jalapeño pepper, and cheddar cheese were really good. I didn't like the chipotle spice on the squash, it should have gone on the chicken instead. Hubby added some of our Mexican spices to the chicken and more cheese. It has only 554 calories and I know they didn't give us much cheese to keep that count low, but a bit more cheese made it taste so much better. We didn't care for the sauce, the lime added to the sour cream just made it too sour. The recipe card states it will take up to forty-five minutes to prepare, actual preparation time was one hour. This ones has 33 grams of carbohydrates and Hubby skipped the squash to lower it. 

It was a pretty good week of recipes, they were certainly low in carbs and calories which is great for both of us. Sometimes Home Chef has too many high calorie meals, so I'm glad to see that they are offering more low calorie meals. While we occasionally enjoy a higher calorie meal, we prefer to stick to low calorie meals that are healthier. I'm expecting another box from Home Chef on Thursday and I will be trying one of their new salads that offer already cooked chicken so that preparation time is only five minutes and there's no cooking required. I like to have salad for lunch on weekdays since I don't like cooking for one person, so this is perfect for me. Have you tried one of their five minute salads yet? If you haven't tried Home Chef yet, what are you waiting for? Grab my $30 coupon below and order it today! You'll love it as I do.

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