Shake Up Your Routine, with Hello Fresh (& Get £25 off Your First Box!)

2nd April 2017

We’ve recently got into a bit of a routine with our meals, and despite eating healthy home-cooked meals most evenings, we have got a bit stuck with the same meals over and over again. My daughter has become very fussy over the last year or two and I think we got a bit sick of cooking lovely meals and then she wouldn’t eat them – it was so frustrating every night.

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

So for a while now, we have somehow ended up cooking mostly the same meals almost on repeat – Spag Bol, risotto, pasta or gnocchi and a homemade sauce, Lasagne or sausages. Whilst they are all lovely, I am a bit bored with them all and I think we’d kind of given up trying to get Ava eating new things, which is a shame. Life as an adult is so busy and tiring though, so it can be hard trying to think of new things to cook every evening and then actually make them, and it’s so easy to get stuck in the same old routine.

I know for me, I can cook but I’m not very experimental and I overthink things when I’m cooking and often making something from a recipe scares me quite a bit. But we are both really into food and trying new things, so it’s a shame that we have got into a routine with meals.

So being asked by Hello Fresh to try one of their boxes came at just the right time for us, to shake up our dinnertimes, and get fresh ideas for our evening meals.

Because of the simplicity of the Hello Fresh recipes, and the clear instructions, I’m happy to make them myself, and it has really helped with getting me back into cooking again and inspired me to do it a lot more often! I love being encouraged to try new recipes and Hello Fresh makes it so simple to do that with their boxes that are delivered to your house.

Hello Fresh subscriptions allow you to receive healthy and fresh ingredients and recipes to your door each week in a chilled recipe box, in a flexible way. I think they are a brilliant way to not only shake up your dinnertime routine, but also to save you time and energy thinking of something to cook for your family every night when you’re tired and uninspired by the contents of your fridge, as I so often am.

The step-by-step recipe cards that you get with your boxes, make it all so clear and easy to follow, and I find the pictures really help me to not become overwhelmed with reading the instructions over and over! Being provided with all of the ingredients in the right quantities also massively helps me, and I can just get on with it, and I have actually started to enjoy the process of cooking for my family again.

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

There is quite a lot to the recipes, but I love that because it means you get amazing flavours and such tasty, fresh dinners. And the instructions are so clear that they’re easy to get right and create an impressive looking meal easily!

It’s also helping to get me out of the routine of leaving the cooking to my husband! He’s a better cook than me, but he’d still rather not cook every single night. I usually end up carrying on with work or doing some things around the house, but I know he’d like me to make dinner a lot more often, and our HelloFresh box has really helped get me back into it. It’s also helping to make our evening meals a thing to enjoy again, together as a family, rather than something we just have to do.

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

Beef Enchiladas with Homemade Ranchero Beans – the best Enchiladas I’ve ever had!

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

Cheeky Chicken Chow Mein, with Oyster Style Sauce and Water Chestnuts

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

Honey Mustard Gammon with Parsley Sauce

As I have been inspired to break the routine of the same meals every week for our family, I thought I would share some tips for how to break a routine for anything in your life. I think it can be so easy in life to get stuck doing the same things in the same way, and it’s so good for us to shake things up a bit and try something new or make some little changes, so that we can get some excitement and passion back into our lives, and keep things fresh and interesting. To help us feel better when all we seem to have are those regular days filled with errands to run, bills to pay, and chores to do.

Tips for breaking your routine

Take up a new hobby or learn a new skill

It can be so much fun trying something new and really challenge you and make you feel inspired again. It’s so easy to keep living life on autopilot, but we only get one life, so we should make an effort to really live it and try out new experiences.

Turn off the tv at night

Read a book, or make plans to meet up with friends and do something different one evening. I know at the end of a long and tiring day it can be hard to not just slob in front of Netflix with a glass of wine – but getting ourselves out and spending time with friends in a different environment is so good for us, and always feel good once we make ourselves do it.

Go for a picnic

Pack up a meal and take your food somewhere else to enjoy. Kids love to sit on a blanket on the ground and enjoy the casual fun of eating with their hands on the floor. It’s a simple thing, but can make a lunchtime more fun and break up the mundanity of lunchtimes with children up a bit for you, as well as getting you all outside and spending time chatting and focusing on each other.

Plan a trip or visit a new place

Even if it’s just a cheap night away at a local campsite, it can be really good for you to get away from it all for a short time, and come back feeling more refreshed.

Try a different cuisine

It’s easy to get stuck eating the same foods, especially with a young family. But maybe take your kids out to try Chinese or Thai food for the first time and allow them to explore the different flavours and ingredients. A buffet-type restaurant would be great for this as then they can try whatever they like the look of and it can be more fun for them

Change your schedule

Maybe get up an hour earlier and workout, or switch up your routine so it doesn’t feel so monotonous to you and reinvigorates you for life.

Get out of your comfort zone

Make yourself do something you wouldn’t normally do or push yourself to try something you’ve always wanted to do but have been to scared to. It will make you feel so good and give you more confidence knowing you can do it.

Shake up your mealtimes

If you’ve got stuck in a rut with your evening meals and are feeling uninspired by planning and cooking meals, then do something about it. Try out some new recipes, or use a Hello Fresh subscription to re-inspire you to love cooking for your family again and at the same time get to try some new tastes and delicious meals together. Get children involved in cooking them so they are more likely to try new dishes.

Have you got stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes to mealtimes? Then come and shake up your routine, with Hello Fresh (& get £25 off Your first Box!).

If you fancy trying a Hello Fresh box yourself and want to shake up your dinnertime routine then you can get an amazing £25 off your first box with the code BIRDS (or you can click here). A Classic Box, with 3 meals for 2 people costs £39 – so with the code you get a box full of lovely fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door, for just £14 or just £24 for five meals! It’s a great way to get back into cooking or to break out of a boring routine with your meals and get excited about food again, and it makes life so much easier to be able to have everything you need there to prepare and cook a healthy meal after a busy day.

This is a collaborative post with Hello Fresh.

11 responses to “Shake Up Your Routine, with Hello Fresh (& Get £25 off Your First Box!)”

  1. I so know what you’re talking about. Probably twice a year I need to have a shake up after getting back into the rut of making the same meals on repeat! Especially with working full time, it’s tricky. Meals look lovely x

  2. I’d have to look carefully as I have a wheat allergy and I’m vegetarian but it might work for the rest of the family

  3. I love love love Hello Fresh. I find everything about dinners so much less stressful when we have a box. No meal planning, grocery shopping, thinking about meals, and. I repitition. This box looks fab! Kat x

  4. Wow all of this looks amazing! I’m gluten free so I tend to stick to the same meals at the moment, I’m going to have a look over at the website now!

  5. I’ve heard so much good stuff about Hello Fresh. You meals look so tasty! Especially the enchiladas. Yum!

  6. Kara says:

    We are in a real meal rut and seem to have a set menu – I need to shake things up and this looks like a great idea

  7. Fi Ni Neachtain says:

    Everything you’ve made looks so delicious! I’ve only ever read and seen great things about Hello Fresh.

  8. I’ve just discovered Chinese food at 4yrs old. Chicken Chow Mein meal looks delicious. Thanks for the offer and we’ll definitely try when we get stuck 🙂

  9. Kerry norris says:

    The hello fresh boxes looks great. Been meaning to try them for ages. Loved the tips for breaking up a routine too.

  10. Clair says:

    Oh the beef enchiladas look good. I might have to sign up!

  11. Kayleigh says:

    This looks fantastic I’ve always wondered exactly what you get in these boxes and it looks so good and well worth the money! Will have to check them out 🙂 great tips to shake out of the routine too I will have to Try some of these over the Easter holidays

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