We’re no strangers to ready-to-cook meal delivery services. We’ve already given Atlanta-based PeachDish not just one review, but a second review after they revamped their offerings. Recently, we got to check out Relished, a Chicago-based startup trying to nose into the Atlanta market. Based on our experiences with them, we think they have a good shot at making a big dent into the appetites of Atlantans. |
| Ingredients for the lamb meatballs with polenta. The can of tomatoes is hiding behind the recipe. |
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| Making the tomato ragout |
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| The finished product |
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| Quinoa and roasted vegetable salad ingredients and recipe card |
Aside from a yellow pepper that was just starting to get a little wrinkly, the vegetables included were fresh and it appeared that once again we would have plenty of food leftover after dinner. The preparation was easy, and the included recipe page had step-by-step instructions with color photos of each step. Even the most inexperienced cook should have no problem following along. That said, I found the order of the instructions a little perplexing. If you were to follow the instructions step-by-step without reading ahead, you’d have a pot of cold quinoa and cold roasted vegetables while waiting for your chicken to cook. I knew enough to work on multiple steps simultaneously, but the instructions could be a little clearer in this regard.
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| Healthy, and it tasted healthy too |
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| Panko crusted cod ingredients and recipe card |
I often think of home-cooked fish as a recipe for bland food and being hungry an hour after dinner. The one fish I could get behind cooking on a regular basis is salmon, but unfortunately for me Lindsey doesn’t share my love of that fatty, pink delight. The cod from Relished came neatly packaged along with carrots, asparagus, panko, parsley, garlic, a lemon and organic butter.
Prep was very simple on this dish. After chopping the parsley and garlic, you melt the butter in a pan and add the garlic, panko and parsley. Top the fish with the panko and bake it. The instructions said 10-12 minutes but I found it took about 16 minute to cook the fish. Meanwhile, toss the veggies in a bowl with salt, pepper, and olive oil and roast on a baking sheet for 8-10. Again, the instructions were a little unclear about timing the various components to get everything finished at the same time. I would say to get the breadcrumbs on the fish and get that in the oven, then prep the carrots and asparagus and put that in the oven about 5 minutes after the fish.
The resulting dish was quite good, so good in fact that I’ll be looking to make cod a more frequent dinner guest in the future.
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| Panko crusted cod with carrots and asparagus: the best fish dish I’ve made at home in long time! |
All told, I was quite impressed with Relished. Even as somebody who is comfortable putting together weekday meals without having the recipes and ingredients delivered to my door, I could definitely see calling on Relished to ease the burden of weekday menu planning, shopping, food prep, and cooking. At $9.95 per serving (available in 2, 4, and 6 serving increments), it’s no more expensive than decent take out and frankly it’s a heck of a lot better than most takeout. Plus, there’s been enough food with two of the three meals we had–the lamb meatballs and the quinoa salad–that we had leftovers. As for the inevitable comparison with PeachDish, I don’t think you can go wrong with either service as they frankly seem pretty comparable.
You check out Relished’s current offerings at their website relishedfoods.com. Through April 4, use the promo code AdventurousTastes to get 60% off your first order. Happy cooking!