There is a smart way to make delicious meals at home and one of them is with Gousto.
It is a straightforward idea: every week choose from some of the recipes provided and they will deliver the exact ingredients to you with step by step recipe cards included.
This means you won’t need to go out and buy anything else to make your meals.
I was sent a box to review and I must admit I got quite excited when it arrived. I felt like a little girl opening a big present from Father Christmas. I had heard of Gousto before so I was curious as to how the whole thing worked.
The vegetables were arranged separately from the chilled ingredients. I was impressed by their freshness. All the sauces, vinegar and oils were neatly wrapped separately in small pots and pouches.
The chilled ingredients were well insulated and wrapped in a recyclable bag containing sheep wool and with ice packs.
The meals I chose were:
-Poached salmon linguine
-Balsamic glazed sausages
-Curried Cauliflower with Coriander
-Miso glazed aubergine
I started off with what I knew: cooking pasta!
I made the linguine with the poached salmon. I found that the step by step instructions were good and this dish was easy to make and would be a good starter for someone who is not very confident with cooking. This was the quickest of them all.
Et voila’: my children loved this!
My next meal was probably my favourite mostly because I don’t make many curries and we tend to eat them out. I was delighted I could make such a delicious Indian meal at home! I really loved this one.
This Japanese miso glazed aubergine was a really interesting dish too although perhaps it took a little too long to prepare for a midweek dinner. Better probably to cook this for the weekend when you have more time.
These were sausages served on a bed of couscous and vegetables and topped with a balsamic vinegar reduction. It was good although I would have left the balsamic reduction out.
So what’s the verdict?
- Gousto is great for professionals or people who are short of time but love to eat nice homecooked food
- a good idea if you want to learn how to cook.
- it helps cutting down food waste as meals are perfectly portioned
- nice recipes and easy to follow with step by step instructions
And here is my constructive critisism:
Some of the recipes could be shorter more suitable for quick weekday meals and this would also allow to use less pots and pans.
All in all I have enjoyed this experience, I can only imagine the organisation that must be behind all of this as most of the ingredients are locally sourced and organic. This is an excellent idea really.
Gousto is kindly offering a box of 2 meals for 2 people for one lucky My Little Italian Kitchen reader. Enter the gleam form below for a chance to win one!
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- Giveaway open to UK residents over the age of 18 only.
- This giveaway closes on 13th November 2015
I received a Gousto box to review. No payment was received. All opinions are my own.
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I love porridge with added fruit 🙂
Full English!
Scrambled eggs on toast!
a full english
I love smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, with a sausage on the side haha 🙂
continental
I enjoy crumpets with marmalade 🙂
Eggs Benedict 😀
Omlette and sausages
Boiled Egg and Bread and Butter
A full English with black pudding and mushrooms.
Full English Breakfast
Full English breakfast
Scrambled eggs
Sausage sandwiches
Scrambled Eggs on Hot buttered toast
Full fry up!
full breakfast xx
musli or porridge with honey
Black coffee, and toasted muffins with butter
A full english breakfast
Bircher porridge, yum
poached eggs and smoked salmon
Sautéed chestnut mushrooms on toast, sprinkle of herbs and a poached runny egg (or 2!) dribbling on the top.
My favourite breakfast is black coffee, scrambled egg and fried mushrooms on toast.
Huevos rancheros, love it!
Eggs on toast. Scrambled, poached or fried. My partner does the best eggs. Apparently I do the best tea so it works quite well.
I love eggs Benedict…although you can’t go wrong with a bacon sarnie either! 🙂
Jen xx
Complimenti per la collaborazione, hai preparato dei deliziosi piatti. Buonissime le linguine col salmone! Un abbraccio!
smoked salmon and scrambled egg.
Full English Breakfast
Buttered crumpets.
Full English Breakfast
My favourite breakfast is a full English
toasted cheese and a coffee.
Smoked salmon bagel, yum yum!
compettion entry- porridge with honey, and raisins.
eggs benadict
A slice of melon, yummy!
ok l love the full English
Toast and coffee 🙂
eggs & bacon with toast
Peanut butter on toast
Bran flakes x
Boiled eggs and soldiers
My favourite breakfast is porridge with honey.
Gluten free oats with cinnamon cranberries nom!!
Greek yogurt, blueberries and honey!
Poached eggs on toast 🙂 xx
a full english thankyou
I love a bit of toast nothing better than the first mouthful while it’s still hot
Eggs Royale.
I love Greek yoghurt with honey and fruit. When the seasonal berries are over I use frozen ones and almost defrost them before using.
Full English with a strong cup of tea x
Full vegetarian english consisting of everything going, and fried bread!:)
I love toast! And tea…obviously!
Strangely love bran flakes with warm milk 🙂
Dear Alida,
We have something like that here in the states…I have never tried this type of box foods but I have heard it is a wonderful thing to have. The dishes you chose look so delicious..You have good taste…thanks for sharing this post…Good Luck to all the entries…
Have a wonderful weekend..
Dottie 🙂
Many thanks Dottie. It was interesting for me to try this. We have all enjoyed it. Have a nice weekend!
A bacon sandwich & a builder’s tea.
Scrambled eggs on toast.
bacon butties
hot porridge x
Favourite breakfast? Croissants and freshly squeezed orange juice. Yummy.
Full English
Greek yoghurt with fruit 🙂
Granola with yoghurt and a pink grapefruit
my favourite breakfast is a sausage bap 🙂
Has to be full English 🙂
Poached egg on toast
poached egg on toast
Granola and greek natural yoghurt 🙂
bacon sandwich with tomato sauce
Avacodo and poached egg on toast x
Scrambled eggs on toast
Muesli
Porridge with blueberries and honey
Poached egg on toast
Cereal topped with fresh pieces of fruit
Marmite on toast xx
I love porridge with plenty of fresh fruit
Pancakes!
Full English Breakfast
I love a nice full English 🙂
My favourite breakfast is croissants with real butter and strawberry jam, and freshly squeezed orange juice in bed 🙂
love a full english!!
full english
TOAST
Porridge with honey and blueberries
A Full English
A full English and a proper cup of tea!
Scrambled eggs
Gustosa collaborazione cara… io assaggerei un po’ di tutto, quanti piatti deliziosi, bravissima!!!!
pikelets crumpets potato cakes
Sardines on thick granary bread, with grilled tomatoes
Traditional porridge
A full english but I only allow myself one once in a blue moon, so usually a homemade banana muffin
Full English breakfast
Poached eggs on toast 🙂
kippers and brown bread! yum
Full English
smoked salmon and scrabbled eggs on a bagel (but I don’t get it very often)
I love Eggs Benedict. Although, I don’t eat it often.
Bacon and eggs
Our favourite breakfast is pancakes with strawberries, raspberries and maple syrup!!!!
toast and coffee
Good old fry up :)- no tomatoes on mine though please!
full English
Mushrooms on toast
Sausages & fried eggs
Scrambled eggs with bagel
Has to be a Full English 🙂
A full English
breadrolls with ham and radish
Croissants!!!
porridge with peanut butter and sultanas
My favourite breakfast is a fry up. Toast, egg, bacon, baked beans, onion, sausage, fried tomato and a lovely cup of Tea. This is making me hungry thinking about it!
full english!
A good old fashioned English breakfast for me x
Avocado and egg toast !
Potato cakes
Full English Breakfast
I love a good full english!
Full English!!
Eggs benedict x
Spanish omelette xx
Pancakes with fresh fruit and yogurt, apple juice , fresh coffee
I love having an omelette
Full English breakfast x
cheesey croissant (or eggy bread) – I cant pick!
My favourite has to be full English
BLT
Baked Cheese and Butter Croissants!
eggs benedict
Scrambled egg on toast!
Scrambled egg on toast.
scrambled eggs and smoked salmon
Boiled Eggs
I love toasted bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese!
Bacon Sandwich
Eggs benedict 🙂
american pancakes with maple syrup and crispy streaky bacon 🙂
eggs benedict!
full english breakfast
bacon and eggs with toast
Full English of course!
full english 😀 x
i love a traditional breakfast,a big mug of tea and jam on toast.
Full English
Porridge
Cheese & mushroom omelette 🙂
Gotta be a fry up x
The cancer fest formerly known as full English….
Mmm eggs benedict & crispy bacon 🙂
Eggs Benedict garnished with some wilted spinach
Eggs benedict!
Porridge with sliced banana and a drizzle of honey
i love the full english especially late morning.
A nice full english breakfast
Croissants with bacon and Brie 🙂
scrambled eggs
Has to be waffles!
A couple of boiled eggs with avocado and crisp bread.
Scrambled eggs on toast with coffee
Bacon and egg sandwich x
poached eggs and avocado
Pancakes
We absolutely love a continental breakfast with all the beautiful breads and jams. Butter and cheese. We think this Gusto box is a fantastic idea! Brilliant competition. Daximama+Dog
Thanks Julie! 🙂
A bacon sandwich with Daddies sauce
Boiled eggs and Soldiers 🙂
Jordans country crisp cereal with full fat milk
Eggs and Bagels 🙂
Eggs Benedict
Pancakes with Maple Syrup xx
full english
full english
Porridge
Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs on a toasted bagel! A very rare treat, but yum!
If I had to choose it would be kedgeree but that is for special occasions. Normally it would be poached eggs on wholemeal toast.
Porridge, made with skimmed milk and no extras
churros and hot chocolate
Huge big fatty fry up!!
bacon sarnie
i love pancakes for breakfast!
Full English.
I like porridge with seeds and chopped up fruit like strawberries and blueberries
Bacon and mayonnaise toasted sandwich.
I have started having porridge with cream on top and its divine. try and see
I love porridge with honey
liguine an salmon looked good
Full English
Full English as a treat
Eggs Benedict 🙂
Bacon sarnie
Full English
Tropical Fruit Granola
croissants and coffee
Bacon and egg toasted sandwich
Scrambled Eggs
eggs benedict
Poached egg on toast!
Poached egg on toast
Bacon and eggs
I love Eggs Benedict
poached eggs
Scrambled eggs on toast
Bacon and Fried Egg.
Full english 🙂
Poached eggs on toast! xxx
Tea and buttery toast
I love Eggs Benedict
homemade pancakes
full english xx
Weetabix
Marmite on Toast x
full english
Definitely partial to a good waffle! xx
Poached egg on toast
fruit ith greek yogurt and honey
A cheeky full English breakfast!
Poached Eggs with crispy streaky bacon on toast
Freshly baked criossants with a selection of cheeses and fruit!
Scrambled egg on toast!
French toast
cream cheese bagel
I love anything that gives me an excuse to eat sweet stuff for breakfast! Jam and butter croissants 😀
bacon sandwich
A crossiant with butter.
Nothing beats pancakes and maple syrup 🙂
Fully English Breakfast 😛
I love poached egg with salmon and pumpkin seeds spricled on top xxx
Eggs Benedict
The full English!!
Strong coffee and toast,I’m not really a morning person so it’s just so quick and easy to have x
Scrambled eggs, cherry tomatoes and toast
Crunchy nut cornflakes
Bacon and egg buttie 🙂
Crumpets and tea : )
Bacon sandwiches. Nom nom nom.
Bacon, hashbrown and scrambled egg
a full English
Eggs Benedict from choice, 2 slices of granary toast and marmalade in practice.
a full english
Scrambled eggs
scrambled and mushrooms on toast x
Smoked salmon and poached eggs x
I love porridge with fruit and nuts on top
A traditional English!
Scrambled eggs 🙂
Scrambled eggs on toast
I like poached egg and mushrooms on toast x
I love porridge
Spinach and mushrooms on toast
Bacon and eggs x
granola and fruit (@PeanutHog)
Granola
Scrambled Eggs on toast with pepper.
A full english with a cup of tea
I do love a full English breakfast
Scrambled eggs
Full English
Scrambled Eggs x
I do enjoy tin tomatoes on toast, lovely x
In the winter a nice hot bowl of porridge 🙂 in warmer weather muesli!
Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel!
Grilled tomatoes and mushrooms on wholemeal toast with a dash of brown sauce 🙂
chocolate spread on toast…which i have to share with my 18mth old daughter
Full English
scrambled eggs
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs on toast
Scrambled eggs
a bacon sandwich
Bran Flakes
On holiday – full English
Scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs
Healthy and rather satisfying all in one 🙂
Avocado feta on toast!
Love a bit of granola and yogurt
Just toast and green tea 🙂
eggs Benedict
Scrambled eggs followed by some yoghurt with fresh fruit
bacon sandwiches
A proper full english. sausage, bacon, fried bread, pancakes, tattie scone, black pudding and toast
if I have my healthy head on it has to be a smoothie but if not, it has to be a full English
Muesli plus lots of tea
Bacon baguette for me!
A full English
Cakes
crumpets with sea salted butter and a cup of tea
I adore Porridge made with Coconut Milk
Pancakes, maple syrup and crispy bacon
Full english with a big mug of tea
I love a crunchy granola with home-grown poached blackcurrants on top.
My favourite breakfast has to be freshly made pancakes with Belgian chocolate sauce drizzled over them and a mug of lovely hot chocolate!
Tea and toast.
Scrambled eggs
big full on english brekkie , only have it once in a while though , i do take a banana too work with me everyday though
At the moment it has to be porridge with plenty of dried fruit!
Pumpernickle toast and poached egg whites
Scrambled egg.
Scrambled egg on toast
I love porridge and a mug of coffee
Eggy Soilders
full english
Poached Eggs on toast
croissants with cheese and ham
I love poached eggs on marmite toast, accompanied with a cup of tea. Perfect!
Homemade muesli
A traditional German Fruhstuck
Fried eggs 🙂
Depends on my mood but I love either poached eggs with asparagus and parmesan or soft boiled egg and soldiers. Or pain au chocolat!
Full English breakfast, with locally reared, smoked back bacon, traditional local sausage , home grown tomatoes and free range eggs
Frosties!
My favourite is a roll on bacon and fried egg
Scrambled egg on toast 🙂
I love porridge or toast and marmalade.
Bacon sandwich or scrambled eggs and smoked salmon
I love a nice Spanish omelette x
Scrambled eggs xx
Pancakes!!
I love a good fry up! I very very rarely have one though
Full english
Poached egg on toast
SUGAR FREE BERRY OMELETTE WITH GREEK YOGURT
pancakes with fresh strawberries 🙂
Indian style spicy eggy bread
I love croissants and black coffee
muesli & milk
Bacon and fried egg sandwich has to be white bread and brown sauce
porridge oats with nuts and seeds
Granola, fruit & yoghurt with fresh coffee & breakfast music
Croissants … and now you can buy croissants filled with ham (ready to b ake) mmm
Poached Egg and English Breakfast Muffins
full english breakfast naughty but nice!
Lightly scrambled eggs on toast
Eggs Cafe North with Black Pudding
Scrambled eggs
Scrambled egg on toast
Boiled edd and soldiers
Sausages, fried bread, baked beans & hash browns
Scrambled eggs on the toast. 🙂
Poached eggs on toast
poached egg and avocado on toast (with maybe a squirt of ketchup!)
Bacon & eggs
Continental
Heavily buttered crumpets!
hard choice, either a full english, or fried egg on toast
I’m really getting into porridge at the minute, with different toppings each day. Lovely warming winter start-up food! Today’s choice was hazelnut and banana, with a few chocolate chips! It is Friday after all! xx
egg and toast
Crumpets and coffee
Poached eggs on toast
Danish pastries!
Full Veggie English!
Full English but only as an occasional treat
I tend to eat breakfast bars for breakfast most mornings.
Full English, without the egg
Pancakes with bacon and maple syrup mmmm
I love a full english with fried bread 🙂
Poached eggs on toast!
Scrambled egg on toast
I would have to say scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs on toast
Poached eggs and toast
Bacon and eggs.
pancakes
A bacon butty
My favourite has to be croissants covered in butter and jam
Scrambled eggs
Full English
I would normally say poached eggs on toast but we are on holiday this week and the hotel has an amazing diy Musili which is fab
Scrambled Eggs on Toast
I love crunchy muesli with ice cold milk and cup of tea
Porridge topped with frozen raspberries & redcurrants
Scrambled eggs with beans on toast
Scrambled eggs
A full english Breakfast with a milky coffee 🙂
creamy porridge
Scrambled egg on toast
Porridge with honey and fruit
Full english brekfast
Smoked salmon and poached eggs, yum!
My favourite breakfast is a mug of detox tea and a bowl of homemade porridge, made with almond milk and a handful of nuts x
Cereal or toast with honey
Scrambled eggs with chives
A full English Breakfast
Eggs Benedict xxxx
scrambled eggs on toast followed by a strong coffee
Definitely a full english… unfortunately for my waistline
scrambled eggs with bacon n cheese
porridge
Scrambled eggs on toast! xx