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Home Chef Meal Service

Our third recent adventure with meal delivery services was again prompted by an offer of a discount; this time we tried Home Chef, a service that advertises its  services as ""easy recipes with fresh ingredients", and "with meals starting at as little as $7.99 per serving.  With the online offer, we ordered three meals for two, got $30 off and paid $24.70; the second week cost $49.70. For three generous meat- based meals, this was a pretty good bargain, considering the interesting ingredients that would have cost us at least double that if we had to stock up on all of them in a grocery store.  Menu - We were impressed by the choices that we had for each week, and it was easy to find three meals that were different from what we would normally cook for ourselves, not overly spiced, and attractive. There are now 16 menu choices for the upcoming week on the Home Chef site, including three lunches (the $7.99/serving choices) and one premium meal (filet mignon at $19.9...

Terrific sofa cover - for the right sofa!

We go through sofa covers with alarming speed.  I think we are on the sixth one in two dogs...And Ashton totally shredded one in a month!!   Since Kenzie has claimed the off-white sofa as her own,    I need to keep it protected. But it is hard to keep the cover on - Since she is so “active, I need to use upholstery pins to keep the cover in place! Would you believe that she bent every one of the pins, and they all came loose?  That's why I thought that this sofa cover ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M32JJM2 ) would be the solution to our problems, since it has rolls that tuck in between the cushions and the frame to keep it in place, and a nice strap that wraps around the back of the sofa as well to keep the back covered.  However, I failed to measure and check the dimensions accurately, and the cover is far too small for Kenzie's sofa - which, admittedly, is a large one. We usually need two protective covers to go from ...