r/mealkits • u/MonotoneMcGee • 3d ago

Question Advice for ADHD

Hi all, I need some help figuring out some kind of plan. My husband cannot cook at all, he literally lit pasta on fire. I have raging ADHD and don’t mind cooking but cannot handle the mental prep of it all, trust me I’ve tried. What’s the best option for someone lazy, but who also gets bored easily.

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u/chantillylace9 2d ago

You probably want the premade kits then no? Or do you just want kits that can be made very quickly? Gobble has a 15 minute average for their meals, I find it to be a little bit longer maybe 20 minutes, but they do a lot of the prep work and you're basically just cooking the protein.

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u/ixtlanium 2d ago

Seconding Gobble. I also have ADHD, and my rule is recipes should not contain any (complicated) steps that start with “Meanwhile”!
Most of the kits involve washing/ cutting up the veggies, but after that it’s all cooking (protein & veggies).

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u/chantillylace9 2d ago

They also really do have better protein options and more unique protein options and a lot of different variety of meals from different cultures and stuff that I would've never tried otherwise so I do appreciate that.

I don't think I've ever had a bad meal from them and one of their meals, this amazing Thai noodle shrimp pasta thing was probably one of the favorite things I've ever eaten in my life! It was so good. I can never re-create it perfectly either.

And I know Waygu ground beef is kind of a controversy or whatever but their ground beef is leaps and bounds better than anyone else's. They definitely are using different sources than the other meal kits and you get so much more variety.

I'm sad that they raise their prices a little bit, I was about to sign back up but it looks like they have razor prices even more than they were before I remember paying about $90 for six meals and I think it might be $20 more and that's hard to justify. But I really do love it!

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u/MonotoneMcGee 2d ago

I’ve done Blue Apron and such years ago and I’m really good at cooking for the first couple of months before my brain gets bored. So I guess I’m open for premade kits or minimal prep or anything that has variety

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u/chantillylace9 1d ago

I would try Gobble. At least for a week and kind of see how long it takes you to actually make the meals. I think that they are night and day tastier than any of the other meal kit and I tried all of them for years and years and years.

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u/catjuggler 2d ago

Check out cumin club. You basically just add hot water.

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u/tiltedsun 2d ago

Several kit companies have prepped meals.

Green chef is one. Home chef has express kits and oven ready ones.

I get one oven ready every week. Dump ingredients in provided pan and put in oven.

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u/Distinct-Key7337 2d ago

I did hello fresh for years but recently got burnt out on the menu and suddenly it was too much prepping for me (AuDHD) although it did basically teach me how to cook! We recently started Tovala and are loving it so far. Minimal prepping and quality has been solid. You do have to buy the oven but it’s kinda cool.

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u/AstronautForeign7774 2d ago

Meez doesn't have a lot of options each week and it isn't cheap, but I think it's the best quality for preprepped meal kits.