Gardencup review: Makes feeding as convenient as possible

My usual days start with me waking up 10 minutes before I need to start work, drinking an energy drink, logging on to my laptop, and then getting a headache around 3pm when I realize I haven’t eaten anything nutritious thing). Between my ADHD hyperfocus and simultaneous ADHD time blindness, I have a tendency to eat like a child and accidentally leave out bad products because out of sight is absolutely out of mind. Sometimes I feel like a Sim from The Sims 4going aimlessly for my house in search of somethingYou don’t understand my Needs bars are all flashing red. When I remember to eat, I’m a shepherd, and I could eat charcuterie or grown-up lunchables for 90 percent of my meals. I like containers. I love finger foods. I am a foodie that he can’t he doesn’t like to think too hard about his next meal.

Gardencup. Gardencup is the answer.

Gardencup is a meal subscription service that delivers freshly prepared salads, bowls, soups, produce and snacks to your door. And I’m kind of bummed that I tried it because now I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop getting it.

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Gardencup is a little different than some other popular meal kit services because you can completely customize your order each week. Choose a six- or nine-pack, build your package (there are vegan and vegetarian options), and choose your shipping frequency. Order totals vary by item. Protein-rich salads cost $12, while snacks and produce cost between $6 and $9. Then join the Gardenclub after placing at least five orders to earn a percentage as cash back. You can pause or skip automatic deliveries and easily cancel your deliveries in your account settings.

Photography: Louryn Strampe

Each jar is packed to the brim with goodness. Filling salads are packed smartly, with dressings and wet ingredients towards the bottom and fresh vegetables towards the top. Just shake it up when you’re ready to eat and you’ll have a fresh, dressed salad in no time. They’re also packed tight – sometimes I’ve had to eat a few forkfuls of undressed spinach to get enough room in the jar to shake properly. Of course, you can also throw everything in a bowl. For products like Producecups – sliced ​​pineapple or apples with almonds, carrot and celery sticks with hummus – or spreads like tuna salad, just dig in. (Note you need to bring your own crackers).

The primary thing I love about Gardencup is how easy it makes my life. I’m already thinking about money, doctor’s appointments, going to the gym, career growth, maintaining my friendships, my abandoned emails, the state of the world in general, and if I can’t pull off a cool toned purple lipstick. (I can’t.) Despite my love for delicious food, the last thing I want to think about is having to eat a freaking meal three times a day. Gardencup lets me go on autopilot for a while. Add it to my fridge, grab a cup of Something, and eat it knowing that it’s nutritious and ultimately tastes good. Sometimes the meals are a little bland – my chicken noodle soup could have benefited from a little black pepper, and I would have added my own dressing to a few of the salads if I hadn’t reviewed them. But the exchange is absolutely not a problem for me and my lifestyle. “It’s better to have a cup of food and need to add your own dressing than not to have a cup of food at all. And these weeks eating well more easily and often with the help of Gardencup means that cooking or going out dinner has been more like a luxury and less like another thing on my to-do list.

Photography: Louryn Strampe