My wife bought me the monthly package of four meals. You get four recipe cards and the spice to go with it. Each month is centered around a particular region—central South America, Polynesia, Scandinavia, Mexico, Northern Africa, etc…and contains four recipes and the spices to go with them. You provide the foods yourself but most of the ingredients can be found in a standard grocery store. Because I live in a very small town (less than 5k) all we have is a Walmart and still I can usually find a lot of what I need. Things I can’t find I have usually been able to buy (pomegranate molasses, for example) on Amazon. I definitely recommend finding the ingredients! They do give substitution suggestions for unusual ingredients but I love being exposed to new flavors and they’re always amazing. I’ve only run into two recipes that involved fresh ingredients I didn’t feel I could substitute well (and I’m on my third year of the program.) I had considered myself a fairly accomplished home cook prior to my wife getting me this subscription, but it has opened up a whole new world of options for me. Stews, curries, desserts, poke bowls, salmon sliders, Shish-kabobs, & grilled meats all spiced with wonderful new combinations I’d have never thought of. They include a vegan option most months, which I appreciate on some level but if I were a vegan I don’t think I’d want to pay full price for one of four meals being vegan. I do appreciate it on some level—exposing me to how a vegan meal can be quite delicious. But you can also add meat to a vegan meal if you like. The meals are generally quite healthy as they almost never involve over-processed foods and they’re not overly large in size usually, so the meals have kept me generally more healthy than I’ve eaten in the past. Warning: not a good gift for someone who doesn’t like rice. Turns out most places in the world eat rice and these recipes reflect that fact. We love rice so it’s not an issue for us. I love this product and have recommended it to many friends. I give it five stars.