True confession time: I don’t cook. I don’t meal-plan or try new recipes or own fancy professional cookware. I simply don’t cook.
Of course, my family has to EAT (as do I), and I’ve been very, very fortunate to have a husband who is an awesome cook. Until very recently, hubby’s job allowed him to get home from work before I did, which gave him ample time to prepare dinner. We ate well and I didn't have to cook. It was the perfect dinnertime situation.
Did you notice I mentioned, “Until recently...”?
New job, new routines, and a very tired Mama suddenly in charge of dinner. Mostly, that means coming home from work to tear open a box of Mac and Cheese and steam some broccoli (on a good day). On a bad day? Takeout. Not healthy, not even very good, but easy.
Then, one magical evening I arrived home from work to find this amazing box from Gobble on my doorstep:
What's that you say, Gobble? #DinnerSolved
Dinner SOLVED?
One look at that hashtag on the box, and I was all in. After their first bites of Gobble's Chicken a L’Orange, my family was all in, too.
Here’s how Gobble works. You select your meals from the weekly menus at
Gobble.com. Every week there are a wide range of delicious options (with and without meat), all planned and prepped by an executive chef. You have 100% control over your meals and meal schedule: You can choose the number of meals per week, schedule your delivery day, and skip weeks if you need to. There is no commitment and there are no hidden fees.
Gobble packs up the meals in refrigerated boxes and sends them to you on the delivery day of your choosing. And yes, they are packed to last, even in the Arizona heat! My meals were fresh and cold when I arrived home from work in the evening. Gobble recommends getting meals into the fridge by 9 PM on delivery day to maintain maximum freshness, and that worked fine for us.
From the box to our mouths, the meals took 10-15 minutes, and that included the fancy plating I wouldn’t normally do, were I not staging pictures of my pretty food (hey, I was PROUD). Everything came chopped, portioned, and with amazing fresh flavors. Clear instructions for each meal were included, and as an unexpected surprise, Gobble even threw in dough enough to bake two of the best chocolate chip cookies ever!
Over three nights, my family ate better than they had since hubby started his new job. We started off with the Chicken a L’Orange, then had Thai Pork Stir Fry and Caribbean Shrimp Rondon. My older daughter loved them all! Even my picky kid found something to like in each of the Gobble meals, and that’s saying a lot. My husband loved the meals, too...but I think he was a bit jealous that Gobble made ME the dinner hero for once!
Finally, Gobble meals are designed to be prepared not only with minimal prep, but with minimal clean up as well. Kitchen clean-up has always been my job, even when Daddy was doing the cooking. Anything that gets me out of the kitchen fast is fine by me. Gobble points out that meals only require "one pan" (well one pan and a microwavable bowl or two), and I was thrilled with how easy it was to clean up afterward.
The moral of the story? Dinnertime doesn't have to be stressful. Even non-cooks can make AMAZING meals and become dinnertime heroes!
Gobble, you had me at #DinnerSolved.
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I was provided with free (delicious) products and compensation in exchange for this review. All of the opinions expressed are my own and those of my very satisfied family.
