It’s much harder to determine the cost of ingredients. It’s easy to calculate the cost of hiring a TaskRabbit because I get a bill at the end of each session. When I tell people I’m doing this, the first thing they ask is, “How much does it cost?” Until I sat down to write this post, I wasn’t sure. I’ve hired Leah to cook three more times since then, and I’ve been pleased with the results every time. The experience went pretty much exactly as I had wanted it to. It looked great and tasted fantastic.īacon Wrapped Stuffed Pork Tenderloin: finished product. When the tenderloin was ready, I took it out and was delighted. She had wiped down my countertops and cleaned my dishes. When she was done, she told me I could take the pork tenderloin out of the oven in ten minutes, the pepper and broccoli were finished on the stove, and that the neapolitan fat bombs were in the freezer. ![]() It’s awkward having a stranger in my house, but the kitchen is isolated enough from the rest of the apartment that we both had a decent amount of privacy. I took advantage of the extra free time she afforded me and worked on my current software project. I showed her my kitchen, handed her the printed recipes, and she was off to work. Leah showed up right on time the evening she was scheduled. Within a few minutes, we had scheduled an appointment for two days later. I offered Leah the job, and she accepted. My standards for a satisfying meal are probably much more lenient than those of the majority of people that would hire and review a TaskRabbit chef. Or rather, I don’t have very discriminating taste in food. Leah seemed like a risky bet, but I had an ace up my sleeve: I don’t care that much about food. She only had one cooking review, which was a thumbs-down with no explanation from the reviewer. She charged $26/hr with a 73% rating, which is a worryingly low score by TaskRabbit standards. The best remaining option was a young woman named Leah. My new problem was that TaskRabbit doesn’t allow you to re-offer the job to people who have already turned it down, so I had inadvertently eliminated my top three candidates. I eliminated the shopping aspect and reduced the job to strictly cooking. The TaskRabbit workers seemed to dislike the idea of the combined shopping and cooking job. Determined to find someone to handle everything, I thanked her and continued looking.įinally, I found a third qualified canddiate, who enthusiastically… declined. She messaged me to say she’d do the cooking but wasn’t willing to do any shopping. I found another that charged $22/hr with 86% positive reviews. ![]() I’d never had a TaskRabbit reject a job before. I offered her the job, and she promptly declined. The first person I reached out to charged $29/hr for cooking and had 100% positive reviews, including two cooking tasks. I didn’t have many of the ingredients on hand, so it seemed like it would be simple to just say, “buy everything except for salt, olive oil, and pepper.” Not so much… □︎ My trial recipes were Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Pork Tenderloin and Neapolitan Fat Bombs. Shopping is a common task on TaskRabbit, and the workers can invoice clients for reimbursement. Since I was approaching this as a way to save time, I figured the way to save the most time would be if the TaskRabbit not only did the cooking, but the shopping as well. These were generally positive experiences, so TaskRabbit seemed like a good fit for outsourcing my home cooking. I’ve used TaskRabbit to find apartment cleaners and a handyman to wall-mount my TV. You can hire someone to stand in line for you, run your errands, or attend birthday parties on your behalf. They specialize in handyman type tasks, like home repair or furniture assembly, but the range of possible tasks is pretty broad. TaskRabbit is a service that allows you to hire people for small tasks. I thought this would be a good opportunity to experiment with outsourcing - I choose the recipes and hire someone else to handle the rest. The recipes look great online, but the road from online recipes to actual meals is paved with cooking. My favorite is, but I also use a recipe curation newletter to find new sources. do not fit the diet.įortunately, there are many sites that offer free keto recipes. I’ve had good experience with the diet, but it limits what food delivery I can order, as BBQ, deli sandwiches, pizza, etc. ![]() I recently started experimenting with the keto diet, which focuses on low carbs. I tend to be more limited in time than money, so if paying $30 can save me an hour, I consider that a good deal. For the past few years, I’ve been outsourcing tasks from my daily life whenever possible.
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