HelloFresh Meets HelloCustom – Mix & Match to Elevate Your Plate

Don't you hate it when you love everything about a recipe but wish you could change just one thing? As a flexitarian, I would say 9/10 times I have this problem. When I first started using HelloFresh, I would drool over my husband's recipes. But, I wish they were with fish instead of steak, for example. Eventually, I bought my own ingredients and altered his recipes to meet my diet restrictions. But that was defeating the whole purpose of subscribing to HelloFresh, right?

Introducing HelloCustom

Now available with every plan, you can turn each recipe into your own with HelloCustom. Change, swap, or upgrade over a dozen sides and proteins every week.

Honestly, this is the best thing ever for picky eaters, restricted dieters, or simply for anyone wanting to make play around with their HelloFresh recipes.

Check out what HelloCustom lets you do:

Swap. Try different like-to-like ingredients. For example, now you can swap pork strips for chicken strips. As someone who doesn't eat pork, this is a dream.

Add. After trying some recipes, you know that sometimes you want a bit extra. Need more bacon for my husband's pasta? Now I can add extras. Or maybe if you want to add shrimp to your lemon pasta, well, you can!

Upgrade. I loved the idea of premium recipes, but I've always skipped them to keep myself under budget. Now, I'm happy I can upgrade certain ingredients (for a little extra), like upgrading my chicken for a fresh salmon filet.

Change. I'm a big fan of sweet potatoes, but my husband isn't. Because we share our meal box, sometimes I had to do extra cooking for him. No more! I can just change my sweet potato sides for broccoli or asparagus, so we're happy.

Tricks to Get the Most of HelloCustom

HelloCustom makes it easy to add or change things to their favorite recipes. More options are terrific, but sometimes it can be hard to decide if you're anything like me. So, instead of going down a rabbit hole, here are some tricks to help you get the most of this new feature:

• Preview next week's menu. Did you know you can preview menus for the upcoming 5 weeks on the HelloFresh website? Review options and save recipes. This will save you time when customizing.
• Pick any option without fear. There are over 12 options of proteins and sides per week to swap, add or upgrade and you can rest assured that HelloFresh has tested every variation and provides you with the same step-by-step guidance no matter what you choose.
• Keep upgrades for all-time favorites. Some upgrades increase the price of that specific meal, so make sure you do it on a recipe you absolutely would love to try. For example, changing the pork sausage on risotto for shrimp seems the perfect idea to elevate a meal from average to date-night quality.

Ready to Elevate Your HelloFresh Game?

To me, HelloCustom really elevated my HelloFresh experience. At last, I wasn't just saving time on shopping and cooking, but I was actually getting recipes I wanted to eat. Most importantly, with the ingredients, I wanted to have. I no longer have to get additional ingredients to meet my needs, and my husband can finally have the sides he likes – no sweet potatoes involved!