I agree about the issues - (sometimes) poor quality produce, lots of tiny bits of waste, sometimes template-y feeling meals. Also very expensive, and sometimes not enough food.

But overall I really like it. I actually learned a lot about cooking. The meals aren't complicated, and they follow similar patterns, so you start picking up on things. Like seasoning in layers (they tell you to salt & pepper at multiple steps), how to improve flavors with stock, spices, how to make presentation nice. And they're all pretty quick. After a while I have a nice library of recipe cards, and now I just pick a few of them when I go to the grocery store and get the ingredients myself. And even though sometimes it doesn't feel like enough food, it almost always comes out perfect. Sometimes I'll augment the amount of rice or something like that.

So I like HelloFresh, and maybe eventually I'll graduate to more interesting meals like NYT Cooking. But HelloFresh is quick, easy, and usually good.

What do you mean about "creating unnecessary dishes"?