2025 doing something new / different

I followed a recipe (almost). Chestnut mushroom Bolognese with Linguine. It was one of the recipes, with ingredients, that came with the FREE Gousto box I was given on Sunday. Supposed to be for 2 people.
It had 13 ingredients, most of which were in individual packets (so much waste ). There were chestnut mushrooms and baby button mushrooms - I didn't use the latter as there seemed to be plenty of mushrooms without needing them. I also didn't grate the 40g block of cheese as I had grated Parmesan open already. Not did I use the 2 garlic cloves or the basil leaves (I forgot them).
You were told to grate half of the chestnut and button mushrooms and to slice the rest. Life's too short to grate a mushroom so I sliced them all. Can't imagine that the end result would have looked or tasted much different.
There's plenty left for another meal, and it was quite nice, but I wouldn't pay "real" money for it. It also took me much longer, following the instructions, than if I'd winged it.