FreshlyReviews 7,505

Ordering meals from Freshly.com is the best decision I have made concerning food being delivered to my home. I thought it would be nice to not have to cook and was hoping the meals I selected would be good... well they were GREAT and i love not having to cook when I don't feel like it and I especially love the fact these are delicious and nutritious meals! My 88 year old mother tried "meals on wheels" and found them tolerable and I thought why not order Freshly meals for her, so I convinced my 88 year old mother to give them a try and she is waiting for her first delivery to arrive sometime today and I will provide a review for her stating exactly what she thinks (she does not have a computer so I will be her sounding board)... my mother is a woman who still cooks delicious meals but is complaining she just does not have the energy she used to have and she complained that sometimes she gets a little confused about how much of something she has added and she no longer has the strength to safely lift heavy pots and pans, and all of this frustrates her, and I too worry about her cooking and I especially worry about her lifting something hot off the stove, dropping it, and burning herself... so my fingers are crossed she will like the meals or maybe "love" them as much as I do and enjoy the freedom of not having to prepare meals each and every night!

We had been searching for a meal delivery service that was relatively healthily and had some good options in regards to food. We stumbled upon Freshly and decided to give it a try. My other half and I each picked out several meals that we wanted to try for the first week. Most of the options were fairly tasty; but, having said that, we didn't feel as if they were as fresh tasting as they were touted to be. Some of the selections had a somewhat gritty taste and many of them didn't heat up evenly in the microwave based on the recommended time on the cardboard sleeve. Honestly, I think they may be better if you had the option to cook them in the oven. They way the meal selection stands now, they are basically hyped up TV dinners. Now on to the second week. Somehow, we missed the email reminder that it was time to choose our selections for this week. So... what did Freshly do? They charged our debit card and ordered for us. If they were going to do this, the least they could have done was sent us a new and different selection of meals. Did they do this? Nope! They sent us the exact same things that we had last week. Seriously? Who wants to eat the same things every week? We certainly don't and for this reason and the reasons stated in our review, we have decided to cancel Freshly and will not be using them again in the future. Instead, we will move on to a service that better suits our needs and what we are looking for.

Overall I like your meals. However I would prefer if they weren't quite saucy / too much sauce and gravy. I would prefer to have a separate compartment for the sauces so I can mix in the amount I want. Otherwise most of the meals tend to be too greasy, fattening and calorie laden for my tastes. I also need to watch my cholesterol and your meals are too high in cholesterol and sodium. Even the "low" sodium meals are not low. 600 + mg is not low. I would love to see some vegetarian meals but without the soy.