Meal delivery options are endless nowadays. And I don’t know about you, but apartment life is all about time management and convenience. With multiple apps, meal delivery services, and Amazon Prime, they all claim to give save you time. So,  how do you choose?

We recently tried a two-week trial membership with Hello Fresh, and we're now trying out our second week of Blue Apron. We like them both for several different reasons, but for different reasons. Read on to see which one we choose!

Both meal plans are for three meals delivered each week for two people.

Hello FreshInstructions were easy to follow and the package included pre-portioned and pre-cut ingredients. Big win for those of us without Master Chef-level knife skills! Recipes are interchangeable for the week and you can skip or cancel meals each week. ​Packaging includes all ingredients in labeled bags for each recipe. 

• Amount of time to prepare each meal: Not much time,  30 – 45 min

• Quality and taste: Excellent

• Cost: Varies by Meal Plan 

Blue Apron

• Instructions: Easy to follow

• Pre-portioned ingredients: all excluding garlic, onions

• Recipes are interchangeable for the week: yes

• Single and family meal plans available: yes

• Ability to skip or cancel meals each week: yes

• Packaging: Ships with all ingredients, labeled separately, but the larger products are not organized or labeled for each recipe

• Amount of time to prepare each meal: A good amount of time 45 min – 1 hr 15 min

• Quality and taste: Fair

• Cost: Varies 

Results

You do have flexible meal plans for both services, which is nice. Both use fresh and sustainable ingredients. Blue Apron does work out to be less expensive.  Also since the ingredients aren’t pre-cut, we felt like we were spending more time in the kitchen prepping and cooking each meal.  As far as taste and the amount of time it took to prepare each meal, Hello Fresh is the way to go. If you have a little more time to spend in the kitchen, then Blue Apron is for you!

Will you be trying a meal delivery service soon? We hope we gave you some insights to help decide what’s right for you! The best thing about these meal delivery services is that they will deliver to any Camden apartment!