Something we’ve struggled with in the past is the clarity of the instructions on recipe cards. However, no problem at all with Riverford. The recipes are clearly well tested and the timings worked perfectly on every dish. Especially useful for people who are less confident in the kitchen; like Dave, who made the fish dish for us with ease. Sadly it did mean that I had to do all the washing up! The other element we found useful was the ‘when to cook’ flag on the front of each recipe card. This meant we could order them to ensure freshness of the ingredients.
Our favourite recipe was the Pan-fried Pollock & Padron Peppers. Written in smaller letters underneath the title, almost as an aside is this ‘with tomatoes and white beans’. Seriously, those tomatoes and white beans were fantastic. By slow roasting those big juicy cherry tomatoes with a dab of oil and sea salt, the flavour was incredible. It was the star of the dish and really brought the fish to life. We’ve kept the card and will be making this again for friends.
The Riverford Organic recipe boxes for two start at £24.95 for two vegetarian meals and goes up to £39.95 for the three meals including meat. This works out on average around £6.30 a head per meal which is quite pricey. However, if you consider that the ingredients are all organic and fresh, it starts to seem a little more reasonable. For me, too expensive to order frequently but definitely worth it for a treat every now and again.
Since writing this review, we learned more about the importance of going organic and try to eat as much as we can (budget allowing!). Want to find out more? Try this blog post about making the move yourself.
Have you tried any of these food delivery boxes before? Why not have a read of my reviews on some of the others out there:
Gousto // Hello Fresh // Fidelity // Degustabox
Have you tried any of them? I’d love to hear your thoughts: which is your favourite? And why?
Looks like you get plenty of stuff in there – the recipes look very nice, I think if I wasn't so adept as creating my own I would get on with service very well. I like how it's 3 recipes because you might not want to do one every night or be out some of the time.
This looks like a top quality box of produce and fab recipes too. I particularly like the look of the Thai Curry. I would love to subscribe to something like this over the school holidays when i've got lots on and can't get to the supermarket as easily.
It really was fantastic quality and the curry was good. I think these boxes are great for when time is tight or inspiration has run dry!
You really do. Totally agree about the three recipes. We didn't eat them on the trot either as we had plans. Very flexible.
I hear you on the expense when it comes to some of these box schemes. There's been many a time when I think – 'Yes, this would be a good way to get the food shop done.' Especially when time is tight. And the produce is usually always good. But the overall price just is just a little too much for my liking.
They are all quite expensive really, especially for someone who knows how to cook and meal plan. I would be tempted to get them all the time though if I had endless dosh because the ingredients are just so high quality like you say 🙂
I must say that this looks really quite impressive for a recipe box. I don't really use them myself (other than to review) but have recommended to friends who have little time to cook and they have said that they can be lifesavers! This looks like the best of the bunch
Yep, definitely the best of the bunch from the ones I've tried too!