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Huel comes in ready-to-drink bottles or in powdered form. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Here’s a confession: I’m a stay-at-home dad in my 40s, and I have trouble figuring out what to have for lunch on a regular basis. It wasn’t always like this. There was a long stretch — years, probably — where I had a very basic ham-and-cheese sandwich pretty much every day except on special occasions, and I didn’t get tired of it. And sometimes when we have supper leftovers that my kids aren’t fond of, I’ll dig into those for lunch because finishing off the old food in the fridge is my duty as a dad. But lately I find that quite often lunchtime rolls around and, for whatever reason, I just don’t have anything at hand that sounds good. So when I got offered a sample of Huel, I figured it was worth a try.
What Is Huel?
As you can see from the bag in the photo, Huel markets itself as a “nutritionally complete food.” Basically, it’s a drink made from various plant products — oats, peas, tapioca, coconut, and brown rice — along with some vitamins and minerals to give you a good dose of all the stuff you’re supposed to be putting into your body…
