Josh and I share a love for good food. We love eating it. We love cooking it. We love going out to eat. Most importantly, we love enjoying good food together.
Josh is pretty fabulous in the kitchen and is able to whip up meals on the spot sans recipes. While I consider myself a pretty good cook, I do much better when I have a recipe handy. At the end of a long day it’s nice to be able to let my brain rest, follow some instructions, and be rewarded with a delicious meal.
When Blue Apron reached out to me about trying their meals, I was immediately on board. I was excited for the opportunity to get to surprise Josh with delicious home-cooked meals. When you grocery shop with your husband, it’s kind of hard to plan a surprise dinner. Blue Apron sends the exact amounts of all the ingredients you need (down to the butter!) right to your doorstep. The ingredients are farm fresh and perfectly portioned. You won’t be left with a bunch of ingredients you’ll never get to finish.
Okay so how it works:
1. You pick either the 2-person or 4-person meal plan. The 2-person plan is one delivery a week with three meals for two. The cost per person is $9.99 a meal with free shipping. The 4-person plan is either one or two deliveries a week with each delivery containing two meals for four. The cost per person is $8.74 a meal with free shipping.
2. New recipes are created by chefs every week. Once you select your meal plan you’re sent a curated menu of recipes based on your dietary preferences. I opted for the 2-person vegetarian meal-plan for the week since I would be sharing these meals with Josh, who is a vegetarian. Our three meals for the week were:
Summer Squash & Squash Blossom Quesadillas
Each recipe comes with step by step instructions and pictures which I found very helpful.
3. You select a date for Blue Apron to arrive. There’s no commitment, so you can skip or cancel the service at any time.
4. On the day you selected, a refrigerated Blue Apron box with everything you need for your meals arrives inside. Each meal is between 500-700 calories per person.
5. You get cooking! All meals can be made in 40 minutes or less, which is perfect for people like me who enjoy cooking quick and easy meals but don’t enjoy laboring away for hours in the kitchen.
I surprised Josh with the stir-fried szechuan eggplant and it got two big thumbs up from both of us. This is a meal I absolutely need to make again!
My dad was also here for part of the week we had our Blue Apron box so we thought it would be fun to make the two additional meals and share them between three people. It worked out great with us all having more than enough for dinner. Josh and I made the romano bean & barley risotto and summer squash & squash blossom quesadillas and had a lot of fun cooking together for my dad. It was funny because my favorite part of the meal was the quesadillas, Josh’s was the corn, and my dad was the risotto! You can just say we liked it all! 😉
We really enjoyed cooking with Blue Apron and would definitely do it again. It was so nice to get to surprise Josh with a meal and then have family sit-down dinners together. That definitely doesn’t happen enough!
If Blue Apron sounds like a service you would be interested in trying, you’re in luck! Blue Apron was so kind to offer 2 free meals to the first 20 readers who use this link to order their Blue Apron boxes. If you try it you have to let me know what you think!
Questions of the Day: Have you tried Blue Apron before? Do you prefer following recipes or creating your own? Do you sit down to dinner with your family?
Thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this post!
Love Blue Apron! This looks delicious! Love your site!
xxMegan
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Thanks so much for stopping by Megan!! And the meals were incredible!
This is so cool- and great for couples on the go who don’t have a ton of time for grocery shopping + meal prep!
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
Yes! And the meals are so yummy!!
Wow!! looks amazing 😛
http://www.enmiszapatos.com
It was so delicious!
I have been seeing a lot of reviews of Blue Apron and their meals always look SOO good! I think it would be an awesome way to introduce new foods to my hubby!
Yes! My husband and dad were big fans!!
Haven’t tried Blue Apron yet but would LOVE to. I think it’s such a fun idea that you made the last two meals at the same time and got to have a little tapas/tasting style dinner. I’m not a vegetarian, but feel like ordering vegetarian meals would help me up my veggie skills in the kitchen.
The veggie meals are delicious! I would definitely order a veggie box again!
I’ve heard great things about Blue Apron, looks like something fun to try!
It’s a great service! The food is delicious!
Yum! I love the idea of having all fresh ingredients delivered. It’s nice to stop by a farmer’s market, too, but I like how with Blue Apron you get fun recipes that you can make over again!
xo
Amanda
http://www.fashionablyclearance.com
Yes! And I want to recreate all of these ASAP! haha
I’ve seen Blue Apron on a few blogs and I’m super intrigued! There’s been so many nights when I come home and hate figuring out what’s for dinner. This makes it so seamless!
It’s awesome! And the food is delicious!
I much prefer to follow a recipe. This sounds like an awesome service.
It’s a great service! Yeah I’m not good at the just throwing it together thing.
I have not tried Blue Apron yet but it looks like a good idea, especially for vegetarian meals. I have such a tough time coming up with ideas.
The veggie meals were amazing! I want to make more!
Wow this is a great idea. I’d never heard of this company before. Thanks so much for sharing this. It looks delicious and I’m glad your family enjoyed it.
We loved it! It’s a service I’d definitely recommend!
I have been so curious about Blue Apron. Too bad they don’t have an affordable plan for a family of 6 that includes 4 boys, two which are twin teenagers! Our food bill is crazy!
Oh wow I can imagine! In our house it’s just two adults and a cat! haha
Definitely not something I’ve ever heard of! Interesting.
It’s great Sara! A delicious and easy way to do dinner!
This is so neat! I should try this out! 🙂
It’s an awesome service! The food is delicious!
What a great idea! And everything looks delicious!
Thanks Laura! Blue Apron is a great service!
I have to try this! Everyone has been saying how amazing it is lately. Lovely post! xx, Hayley http://www.dailydoseofdarling.com
Thanks Hayley! I was really impressed with Blue Apron!
This looks delicious
It was so good Rosie!
Looks delicious! !!
Tasted amazing! 😀
I have never seen this program before, but LOVE the concept. I just looked at their recipes on their site, and they look so good.
I sometimes follow recipes and sometimes just wing it. If it is hot in the house, I keep dinner very simple. In the cooler months I get more creative. And yes, my husband and I dine together every evening 🙂 And quite often he enjoys helping with the cooking too.
I love that you guys dine together every evening! That’s really sweet!
I too tried Blue Apron recently.. Love the fact that I get to try new recipes without having to make an ingredient list and going for grocery shopping. Plus, the whole restaurant style at home is great!
I have this week’s meals coming tonight 🙂
—DT | Here I Scribble
Ohh what food did you get for the week? I hope it’s delicious!
I have really wanted to try blue apron – I love the variety!
The food is amazing! I definitely recommend it!
Sounds like a great program. I love how healthy all the dishes look!
They’re healthy and delicious!!
All that food looks super yummy, I would love to have some of those dishes!
I want to eat these dishes all over again!
This sounds like a great idea. I’m always searching for new dinner recipes, so this would make it really easy. Love that there are recipe cards with pictures.
Yes! And the recipe cards are so easy to follow which is a big plus!
We share a love for good food and this looks good!
This food is amazing!!
This is such a great idea! I can’t get Blue Apron in Denmark but I still think it’s a really good idea. We have something similar in Denmark. Perhaps it’s time for me to give it a try! 🙂
Ohh I’m curious about the Denmark alternative! If you try it I hope you love it!
I have been so intrigued by Blue Apron, and it looks absolutely delicious!
The meals were so good! I want more! haha
They sure make it easy to pull together an absolutely delicious meal for the family with ease!
Yes! And the meals are so good!!
I have never tried Blue Apron. It sounds like a great idea and I would love to try it.
If you try it I hope you love it!!
I am not a very good cook, but I can whip up a meal without looking at a recipe. Blue Apron sounds like a great service.
It’s an awesome service! I was amazed at how good the food was!
I have been wondering how this service worked. Looks like such a good plan.
It’s a great service! The food was delicious!
I hadn’t heard of Blue Apron until now, but those dinners look delicious, and it seems pretty affordable, too.
The dinners are so delicious!! I want more!