Hello Fresh subjected me to two mushy dishes this week.  I managed to eat at least half a serving of each, but I didn’t enjoy them.

One featured beans.  Yuck.  Yuck.  Yuck.  Mushy and fart-inducing, can we say no thanks?  But I started cooking the dish anyway, and it dish smelled so good I thought maybe I could eat it.  As a bonus, this One-Pot Mexican Quinoa was by far the easiest HelloFresh meal I’ve cooked to date.

Still . . . beans.  I had serious doubts about this meal.   I scooped some of the stuff on a spoon, scrunched my nose,  and carefully took a small taste.  It wasn’t bad as I thought it would be, but I wouldn’t choose make this myself.  This morning I added some of the leftovers to an omelet, and although the omelet turned a very unattractive color it didn’t taste bad.  I could also see eating the stuff with tortilla chips, so I froze the leftovers.  We’ll see if it’s still there in six months.

The next dish, Stewed Okra over Cheddar Grits was also mushy, due to the stewing and the grits.  I ate about half the stewed okra, but only a few tablespoons of the grits.  The grits were bland in color and flavor, but the stewed okra stuff was not horrible.  After dinner I “enhanced” it with more cayenne, some roasted garlic, and more salt.  It’s in the freezer now, and I plan to try some this weekend with a double helping of saltines.  I’ll skip the grits, thank you.

So I’m discovering mushy doesn’t necessarily equal inedible.   This is an improvement, but it isn’t a pinnacle achievement.  That would be finding a mushy veggie dish I like enough cook on a regular basis.