Friday, January 18, 2019

Home Chef vs Creamy Tuscan Chicken

This week, since I am a little bored
 - I'm not really bored -
- I am never really without some way to amuse myself -
I decided to prepare a pretty pasta dish I have been wanting to try.
I thought it would be a fun way to put my home Chef meals to the test, 
and see how they measure up cost wise.
I think this meal is comparable to a meal from Home Chef...

Click on the link above for the directions to make this delicious meal.

Ingredients:

1 - 2 tablespoons of EVOO
1/4 Cup of All purpose Flour
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
2 - 3 Teaspoons of Kosher Salt
A Few Turns of Black Pepper
4 Cloves of Garlic, Minced
1/2 Cup of Chicken Broth
3/4 Cup of Heavy Cream
1 Teaspoon of Italian Seasonings
1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese, Grated
1 - 2 Cups of Fresh Spinach, Roughly Chopped
1/2 Cup of Roughly Chopped Sun Dried Tomatoes
Pasta for Serving

The cost was as follows:

Chicken - $ 5.76
Garlic - $ .99
Heavy Cream - $ .99
Parmesan Cheese - $ 3.99
Spinach - $ 2.50
Sun Dried Tomatoes - $ 5.99
Pasta - $ .69

Total Cost - $ 20.51


I did not include the cost for pantry items I already had,
the chicken was on sale,
and even I was a little surprised with the results.
My Home Chef meals are $ 20.00, and that feeds 2 people, this did also.
This meal is like any I would prepare instead of a Home Chef meal,
but with Home Chef there is no planning, no shopping, and no waste.
In making the Tuscan Chicken, 
I realized what a grand convenience it is to have all of the ingredients pre-measured 
and all together in one bag when you begin cooking.

It was a fun and interesting comparison...
some will say I should have done a comparison with an actual Home Chef meal,
but I can assure you, this was something very similar to a meal I would receive with my plan.
Their chicken is better than any chicken I can buy at the food store,
I find all of their meats to be delicious.

We have been receiving the meals for a year now and the hubs and I love it!
And the Creamy Tuscan Chicken was awesome, if you want to try it.

This post was NOT sponsored by Home Chef!

16 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello, your Creamy Tuscan Chicken meal looks delicious. I love the sun-dried tomatoes, yum! Enjoy your day and have a happy weekend.

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Hello Dear Debbie!
Your Tuscan chicken looks very appetizing.
I love Italian pastes, they are delicious.
Hugs and greetings from far away Poland.
Lucja

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Wow, you pay a whole lot more for your parmesan cheese and sun dried tomatoes than where I live!

Brian King said...

Home Chef or not, it looks delicious! Glad you are enjoying those meals!

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

mmmmmmmmmmm

that's tough for me, since I'm trying to lower our carb intake. Sigh.

Farm Girl said...

Yum!! You make such yummy looking food. Have a nice weekend.

Marie Smith said...

Great idea to compare them like that, Debbie. The convenience with the plan is attractive for sure.

Carol W. said...

Oh, it looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Have a blessed day!

Susie said...

Debbie, I think your meal looks very good indeed. You know it has to be better. LOL Stay safe with the nasty weather coming. Blessings, xoxo, Susie

Conniecrafter said...

I should do that with the meals I make and try to figure out how much I spend, it would be interesting with the potatoes cause I buy them by the 5 pound bag and not sure how many meals are in one bag, same with our veggies I buy enough for 2-3 meals of each veggie, some of the meats I have enough leftovers for Greg to take for work, so it may be a bit interesting for me to figure out.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

What a good idea to do a comparison and I know you love the meals ingredients from Home Chef. i hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Debbie said...

thanks carol, this chicken was delicious!!!

21 Wits said...

Oh my this does look so delicious and I just happen to have some chicken breasts in the refrigerator that need to be cooked. I'm printing this out now!

Lowcarb team member said...

Interesting to do the comparison.
Your meal looks delicious, but I know you enjoy Home Chef too …

All the best Jan

MarkStoryJenks said...

Mmmmm, does that sound yummy! I'm gonna hafta try it! ��

Sandi said...

It sounds ideal!