How do we test whether a cheaper vegetable box is useful for our dinners?
Food"It's $28 for the whole box," my partner said, holding up a photo of cabbages, carrots, beetroot and a large bunch of parsley. "You spent $34 buying vegetables separately last week."
I had. But that shopping matched four dinners we had already picked. The previous box left us with two beetroot and most of the parsley when the next one arrived. I suggested pausing the subscription, and he said I was giving up before we'd learned to cook what came.
He's willing to collect the box and chop things. I choose the meals, find recipes and make the extra shop when we're missing something. This week we both get home late on three nights. I don't want a cheaper purchase to become a second evening job, but I also don't want to reject a useful idea because the first attempts were awkward.
We could try a smaller box, share one with our neighbour, or buy the same familiar vegetables for a while. Sharing would mean another handover to arrange; the smaller box still doesn't let us choose its contents. What would be a fair two-week trial that includes the food we actually use and the time both of us spend, without making dinner feel like an audit?