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Pink Peppercorn Pork Medallions with Creamy Kale and Sweet Potato Mash

Mongolian Beef with Charred Cabbage, Carrot, and Quinoa PIlaf

I recently had the opportunity to try out the services of a new company called Fresh Prep. They are a home meal delivery service of freshly prepared ingredients ready to be assembled and cooked at home. I personally love to cook, plan meals, do the shopping and just be in the kitchen chatting with the kids, so when the idea was proposed to me I thought “why would I want to do that?”. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. First, I went on-line to select the 2 meals I wanted delivered the following Tuesday. Pink Peppercorn Pork Medallions with Creamy Kale and Sweet Potato Mash and Mongolian Beef with Charred Cabbage, Carrot, and Quinoa PIlaf. 2 meals I likely would not cook mid week as they sounded time consuming. As it turned out, the following week was an unusually busy week, I was on carpool duty for soccer for my daughter and I had to drive to trampoline in Squamish for my son. Both require quick turnaround for meals. I was grateful to receive a text message on the Tuesday that my meals were being delivered in 17 minutes at my front door as I had been out walking the dog at the time. When I arrived home to check out the delivery it was like opening my stocking at Christmas. Each ingredient perfectly measured, chopped and packaged in tiny containers and bags. I read the recipes, selected the one to cook that night and literally it was on the table in 30 minutes, just as the recipe described. While preparing the Mongolian Beef I also steamed some extra vegetables to go with it as I was feeding a family of 4. It was delicious and well accepted by my critics. As I thought about the dinner, I realized that I didn’t feel as rushed as usual and the ready to go ingredients allowed for more time to chat with the kids so in fact I was pleasantly surprised. It was healthy, tasted great, easy and fresh. Without all the prep. Well done Fresh Prep! Thanks for the trial run.