The recipes are fine in that I probably wouldn't just happen upon them in my online searches and they're pretty east. However, in my first couple month's shipments, multiple seasoning packets sent didn't have enough for the amounts indicated in the recipes included. The others had *just* enough, which is fine. In my experience with other seasoning type services or companies, they will send a little more than is needed so you can try it maybe in your own recipes or add more than a recipe calls for, making it more likely you'll want to get more. I'd be happy with enough to cover 1 try at the recipe included. Canceling as this doesn't seem like a valuable service for the cost. Disappointed as I was really looking forward to this shipment each month. Important to note: I was offered replacements for the spices I was shorted - great! For us specifically, we already try a lot of variety & know several unique spice places so we plan to stick to those for now. This is a good option to try out if you're newer to cooking or just starting to branch out and want more recipes.