Mindful Chef – Cashback, Rebates & Rewards

Very nice and easy recipes. Never miss any of the ingredients and always on time. I would definitely recommend it and I would only say that it is a bit pricey.

Like the food quality, tastes & flavours, portion size and packaging. I would prefer less little plastic packets of things. maybe offer a reduced price option if we supply ingredients like honey, soya from our own stock. Also please use fresh garlic and ginger rather than little plastic pouches of processed stuff.

So we’ve had the Mindful Chef box for 3 weeks. The positives - tried some new foods, includes good quality ingredients, reduced our food waste, took the mental load out of thinking what to have for dinner especially for me as a coeliac as all their recipes are gluten free. The negative - the adverts where they claim is reduces your food cost. It definitely doesn’t - even with the 25% discount on the first 4 boxes our weekly food costs increased by £30-£40. Don’t get me wrong, I know and appreciate I’m paying for convenience but this is a false claim to use in their advertising. We’ve cancelled the service now as at full price we just don’t feel the positives outweigh the cost of it but all in all it’s been the best meal box we have tried. We may get a box in the future every now and then for a treat.

I like the healthy focus of the mindful chef boxes, particularly helping to include more veg into meals. I thought the menu was a little restricted compared to other providers, and the portion sizes were a little smaller. I also struggled to dispose of the freezer pack contents, whereas other providers just use ice that melts easily.

My partner and I have enjoyed most of our chosen meals; during the first week we had two meals that were incomplete and needed to have a main ingredient supplied from our store cupboard. Plus the green herbs supplied were wilted and yellow. The second week was okay; most meals were adequate but at least two were not a filling meal for two adults.