For a lucky few, COVID signaled a reprieve from the busy pace of everyday life. Suddenly, some people had significantly more time to spend in the kitchen, preparing healthy and enjoyable meals from scratch. But four years after the beginning of the pandemic, most of us have returned to our normal, busy lives.
Companies like Factor, Daily Harvest and Huel have taken over my social media feeds, using all their marketing might to convince me that their overpriced and under-seasoned ready-made meals are the key to helping me get the nutrition I need on a budget. But let’s be honest with ourselves: These delivery, ready-made meals are just glorified TV dinners.
At price points that often dip below the $5 mark, I can understand why you would sacrifice flavor to grab a frozen TV dinner every once in a while. But I certainly can’t appreciate buying a glorified, better-branded version of a similar meal for twice that price or more. That, my friends, is essentially what you’re doing when you buy from one of these ready-made meal delivery services.
Some of these services ship their food frozen, and others deliver meals fresh. But even the fresh options, when packaged in their perfectly portioned plastic packages, scream “TV dinner.” And although the packaging may look more appealing than that of the frozen Banquet meal that’s been in the back of your freezer for over a year, I’m not fooled: It’s the same sad, busy person food that’s been available in the frozen section of the grocery store my whole life.
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