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#StartupStory: Easy home cooking with Gutsy Green

Adulting can be hard; 9-5's, bills to pay, groceries to shop, social lives to maintain, health to keep in check, it's a constant balancing act. One activity that often takes a back seat with busy schedules is cooking at home. Often, it's just so much easier to grab a readymade meal from woollies or call up Uber Eats.

Luckily there has been a recent introduction of local food delivery services that help take some of the admin out of home food preparation and inspire you to get creative in the kitchen. New local start-up Gutsy Green is one such service.

Chef designed recipes straight to your door

Gutsy Green delivers fresh and free-range ingredients as well as detailed chef designed recipes in perfectly portioned meal kits straight to your office or home door. This cuts down on possible food wastage and frustrating hunts for truffle oil or coconut shavings as everything you need is included in one handy delivery box.

#StartupStory: Easy home cooking with Gutsy Green

Last week I tested out three meals from Gutsy Green. It’s super easy; you sign-up, pick your options and meals and pay via their website. They offer a selection of single, double and four person meals for two to three meals a week at a reasonable cost of R305 –R892 weekly.

#StartupStory: Easy home cooking with Gutsy Green

Their recipe choice is extensive and offers a wide variety of meat, vegetarian and low carb options. It took me ages to decide which three dishes to go for as everything sounded so tempting. However as I am making a concerted effort to eat vegetarian during the week I settled for two veggie options and one meat dish. (Just couldn’t resist, and you know for a balanced review).

#StartupStory: Easy home cooking with Gutsy Green

Three nights of yum

Night one we dined on a creamy butternut risotto with sage. Night two we abandoned herbivore habits and had sirloin with mashed potato parmesan cakes, green beans and mushrooms (delicious) and final night went super healthy with baked coconut rice and wilted Asian veg. So, tasty and one recipe that has definitely given me ideas for future plant based meals.

The recipes were easy to follow and it was such a pleasure know I had the exact amount of everything I needed.

Other delicious sounding options include pork dim sum balls, lentil curry, sweet sesame chicken, bacon and red pepper pasta, spicy chorizo paella, tomato and baby spinach gnocchi and so much more. #Drool.

To free up some me time head to the Gutsy Green website to test out their meal-kits.
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