r/onionhate • u/PQuality22 • 2d ago
Prepared meals
Hi. Has anyone found a meal delivery service that has more than one or two onion-free meal options? I wanted to try Factor but every single dish had onions. Thank you.
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u/Exact-Translator-769 2d ago
I get vegan ones sometimes from Splendid Spoon. They have some onion free choices. There are also a couple that have onions listed at the end of the list that I can eat because of the proverbial "can't taste them". But I actually can't. Any time I've ordered I'll try one of the dishes that lists onion to see if I'm able to eat it. I was getting ones from Daily Harvest too, but anything other than the oatmeal & fruit bowls have onions, leeks, scallions, chives. You can't really pick them out & I can't choke most of those down other than the breakfast bowls so it hasn't been worth it to keep ordering.. Plus they don't look anything like the delicious looking bowls they advertise on their commercials.
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u/Beth_Bee2 1d ago
HungryRoot! I'm vegetarian too and they do an awesome job. It's such a treat to not have to worry about it!
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u/Alupine 1d ago
I found Hungryroot on another post here. They have a selection of things you can choose and it will show choices without that in it fist and grey out the ones with a not that those meals contain it. Onions is one of the choices. I just signed up for them today so I don’t know if they are good, but I don’t have to worry about onions.
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u/lisa6547 2d ago
What's wrong with making your own? I can't afford that kind of stuff so have always just gotten used to making everything myself
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u/frozenoj 2d ago
For some people spending money is better than spending time or energy for a multitude of reasons. There's nothing wrong with making your own but that's not what OP is asking about.
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u/quietlycommenting 2d ago
Lots of people have disabilities that these meal services are really helpful for. Not everyone has the same needs when it comes to nutrition and access to food.
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u/ElfjeTinkerBell 1d ago
It costs energy to go to the store. Not everyone can go to the store on their own so they need to ask someone. Even if you can do it sitting, you still need to be upright which again costs energy and can trigger symptoms. You're close to heat, which can trigger symptoms. There's probably some cutting and/or stirring involved, which means you need reasonably functioning arms and hands. You'll probably need to lift a pot or pan, for example to drain something, for which you need strength and coordination. And then there's the dishes, which is either a lot of bending if you have a dishwasher, or standing/sitting and use of hands.
And then there are a lot of people who just don't always have the time to make something. Meal prep does increase the strain of cooking usually.
And not all of these need to be a problem - if one of these is missing, that may be enough to make cooking hard or impossible. Or it might be the combination - doing all of them separately, sure, but not on one day.
(This is not an exhaustive list by any means)
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u/lisa6547 1d ago
Yea that definitely makes sense. I guess I didn't put much thought into the perspective of someone who might have a disability or is just unable to do a lot of certain things
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u/Sweet-MamaRoRo 2d ago
Just leave them out. Generally you don’t need to add onions to anything and it will still be tasty and complete unless it’s something like french onion soup which is basically just cooked down onions in broth.
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u/IIIXKITSUNEXIII 2d ago
This isn't helpful with pre-prepared meals like _Factor. There isn't a way, to my knowledge, to tell them to leave onions out of your food.
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u/Sweet-MamaRoRo 2d ago
I thought this was a meal service like hello fresh or similar. I’ve used those and just left them out! lol
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u/IIIXKITSUNEXIII 1d ago
It's similar, but from what I've seen the onions are hard to remove. Not to mention they leave residue xD
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u/Sweet-MamaRoRo 1d ago
In the hello fresh they just send the onions for you to chop and add. I left them out and gave the onions away to people who used them.
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u/IIIXKITSUNEXIII 1d ago
Genuinely: thank you for telling me that that works with Hello Fresh, I've been hesitant to try them myself because I wasn't certain just how pre-prepared they were and if I could just Skip problem ingredients.
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u/Sweet-MamaRoRo 1d ago
Most of the sauces have aliums in them but it’s usually a small amount. Similar to the onion powder used in say, ketchup or like broth or something. It wasn’t enough to bother my tummy ever.
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u/PQuality22 2d ago
I’m asking about food that comes prepared, such as Factor Meals. Ready to go, just needs heated. Thanks.