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Hello Fresh tacos are so great.  This one has a pineapple salsa.  To make the salsa you take a pineapple fruit cup, strain the pineapple saving the juices in a bowl.  Mince about a tablespoon or two of onion.  Add diced jalapeno and some chopped fresh cilantro.  Add lime juice, salt and pepper to taste.  That pineapple juice gets tossed on your taco seasoned pork at the end of cooking.  YUM.  

Hello Fresh pork taquitos is one of my favorite recipes and I have made it a few times now.  It was pretty quick to put together and it has a lot of flavor.  

These were so good I have to make them again and soon!  Adam wanted burgers at the beach house so I took the ground pork out of the freezer and the rest of the ingredients were things I had.  Make these!  The caramelized onions with sriracha and lime blew my mind. Ingredients: 2 brioche bun 2 slices gouda cheese 1 sweet onion, sliced thinly.  You will need about 2 tablespoons minced onion. 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 limes, for juice and zest!  The recipe saids 1 lime, but I used 2 1 teaspoon sriracha 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons mayo 2 tablespoons sour cream 10 ounces ground pork 3/4 teaspoon sugar butter olive oil salt and pepper Melt butter in a pan, add thinly sliced onion, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, and a little salt.  Stir around the pan until soft and brown.  Do not let these burn!  Add a little touch of water if pan gets too hot.  This should take around 10 minutes.  Remove from heat and stir in a squeeze of lime juice and sriracha....

 People rave about this dish, but I thought it was just ok.  I probably wouldn't order it again.

  We got out of work early Thursday because of lightning so I had time to make this!  You need at least an hour.  You have to proof the dough, roll it into two pizzas, proof again, add toppings and bake about 13 minutes.  This had almost the exact toppings I always put on pizza.  It was diced shallot, green pepper, and tomatoes, plus pepperoni.  Then use olive oil on the edges.  After baking drizzle hot honey and dip in ranch dressing.  The recipe was very good, but I already make my own pizzas for pretty cheap.  I'd probably not buy it again.  

 The pork on this was perfect.  Seared on all sides then baked in the oven.  So yummy and tender when it was done!  The rosemary potatoes were good too.  The letdown was the sauce didn't have that punch dijon is supposed to have!  I think more mustard would have made it.  I'd eat it again.  It ended up being an easier cook than I thought since several things just went into the oven.

  This was a HUGE letdown on flavor.  It was not basil enough and I added twice as much lemon zest and juice to get any lemon flavor.  Sauce was also not creamy!  We won't be making this recipe again without major changes.

  This is my new favorite Hello Fresh meal. They had a ton of flavor and even included cilantro which I'm always suggesting they include!  

 We added some guacamole on the side, but this dish is awesome too.  I wish it had some cilantro.

 This meal is so so so good!  I added some microwave Uncle Ben's Spanish rice and some microwave text mex pinto beans.  We had enough filling to make a 7th taquito so I grabbed a tortilla form the fridge to make an extra.

 These were crazy good.  I did have to make mashed potatoes too because I like my meatloaf with mashed potatoes.  I had some broccoli that was a little underdone after roasting, so I'd steam it next time.  

  Honestly, my previous peanut noodles were better.  I didn't like having to cook anything and when I ate this I ended up avoiding the ground pork.  I just like peanut noodles room temp!  

I switched the pork out for beef.  It may be an upcharge to do it but I'm used to beef in my sloppy joes.  I had to spice this up my way.  I ended up adding vinegar and mustard and maybe some bqq sauce. I didnt want pickled veggies so I used some leftover slaw on top.  It was a great sandwich.  I just wasnt feeling an asian sloppy joe.    

  This was good!  Rice, meatballs, steamed carrots.  Can't go wrong

This recipe was good for a lunch.  I wouldn't buy it as a dinner.  It had so much filling it would have been nice to have extra pitas to divide it into 4 pita sandwiches.  

This recipe was amazing.  I also got to use my new Christmas presents of ramen bowls, chopsticks, and spoons!  

 I loved this recipe and I have it in my lineup in several weeks so I can have it again.  I did not do the tortilla smash style of cooking.  I feel like it's trendy but not a smart way to cook.  I cooked my ground pork like I would ground beef tacos.   Pickled vegetable topping vinegar sesame oil 1 tsp soy sauce 1 tsp sugar thin sliced cucumber, I used a mandolin grated carrot thin sliced shallot Drain veg after pickling before adding to tacos.  

So I hated this recipe.  It needs a lot of tweaks to get it right, but I probably will just avoid ordering it again.  The ricotta was very good.  I would make the lemon ricotta and put it on toast anytime. For the lemon ricotta (two large dollops worth) 4 ounce ricotta zest of a lemon juice from half a lemon salt pepper drizzle olive oil

Home Chef had a wonderful sounding ground turkey chili skillet meal topped with biscuits.  By the time my order came I was not in the mood for more chili!  So I just made spaghetti sauce instead.  I still have the dry biscuit mix for another day.  

Home Chef Baja Burgers.  These originally were impossible burgers, but they let me sub in ground beef.  Then the box came without ground meat and they sent diced chicken.  That was not going to make a burger :(  I immediately notified Home Chef and they refunded the meal.  I thawed out some ground turkey and ended up making the burgers with that.  The burgers had roasted jalapeno and roasted tomatoes plus pepperjack cheese and guacamole.  I felt like they needed some kind of creamy element like a spicy mayo or maybe just a chipotle ranch dressing.