Tune in next week when I make tacos and chicken meatloaf.
Follow along as I make a Blue Apron foccacia pizza
Follow along as I make a Blue Apron foccacia pizza
Follow along as I make a Blue Apron foccacia pizza
Follow along as I make a Blue Apron foccacia pizza
https://storify.com/courtneyhunt71/blue-apron-adventure-5#publicize
So, tonight, I made my fourth Blue Apron meal. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of salmon. It’s okay. I’ll eat it but it’s just not my favorite. My husband and son must have been bears in a previous life because they adore salmon so I was excited to make this meal for them.
Overall, I thought it was good. The salmon was certainly very simple to prepare this way and quick. I will probably make that again. I was a little surprised that we only got 9 asparagus stalks for 4 servings. I’d have usually made at least double that but then, we really love our asparagus here.
The other side was an ancient super grain freekah. Not loving that at all. I didn’t like the texture. Personally, I’d have preferred brown rice. The zucchini and lemon prep was fine. It tasted okay, it was more the chewy factor that I didn’t love.
Here’s my storify–for some reason I struggled with taking pix as I was making this meal. Sorry for the few tweets. I’ll have more Friday when I make our focaccia pizza.
Follow along as I make Blue Apron meal Herb-Crusted Salmon with asparagus and zucchini-freekah salad.
Follow along as I make Blue Apron meal Herb-Crusted Salmon with asparagus and zucchini-freekah salad.
Follow along as I make Blue Apron meal Herb-Crusted Salmon with asparagus and zucchini-freekah salad.
https://storify.com/courtneyhunt71/blue-apron-adventure-4-herb-crusted-salmon
In continuation of my culinary adventures, tonight I made my second Blue Apron recipe. It’s Seared Chicken & Verjus (sort of like white wine but without alcohol) Pan Sauce. It also contained kale and mushrooms. It’s served over homemade mashed potatoes.
Now, as I said yesterday, I am not known for my culinary gifts. My sister is the type who can whip up homemade individual beef wellingtons for Christmas Eve dinner and still have the gifts wrapped on time. Me–not so much.
I can cook adequately enough. But it’s not really my bag. I don’t like meal planning, grocery shopping, or meal prep (Eating, I’m pretty good at 🙂 So, I went into this Blue Apron lark with some trepidation but agreed to try it out as my sister and I are considering it as a Father’s Day gift.
So, follow along as I make the chicken:
Follow along as I make Blue Apron’s Seared Chicken & Verjus Pan Sauce recipe.
Follow along as I make Blue Apron’s Seared Chicken & Verjus Pan Sauce recipe.
Follow along as I make Blue Apron’s Seared Chicken & Verjus Pan Sauce recipe.
https://storify.com/courtneyhunt71/blue-apron-seared-chicken#publicize
As you can see, big hit! The Pilot adored it. He even loved the kale! I’m so thrilled. It reminds me a lot of this Jamie Oliver recipe.
I have one more meal for tomorrow night and that’s it for this week. We’re getting our next order the week of the 31st.
I do really like the service. There are some drawbacks. They don’t allow you to customize for allergies or preferences. For example, Fox is allergic to shellfish. My sister doesn’t really like mushrooms. I generally prefer chicken breasts to thighs. There’s no easy way to handle that other than choosing the meals but the ingredients aren’t always obvious.
Also, I wish that they had more options like paleo or even whole 30 cooking. And the only subscription model is a weekly service. It’s easy to cancel at any time but I’d rather do a once a month service. It’s possible to do by cancelling/scheduling deliveries but it’s not easy to do.
Overall, however, it’s been a great value. The cost is about $20 per meal and we’ve had enough to feed all three of us (two adults and a 7 year old child) plus enough leftovers for one lunch. The ingredients are extremely high quality, the recipes easy to follow (obviously, as I cooked it :-), and very delicious, satisfying, nutritionally sound meals. I highly recommend you give it a try!
Will report back on our meatball adventure tomorrow!
My sister and I are considering getting Blue Apron’s meal service as a gift for our parents. My sister is an amazing cook and doesn’t need anything like Blue Apron. I am a barely competent cook so I agreed to try the service to evaluate if it would be good for our parents.
I signed up a few weeks ago and we received our first delivery yesterday. I chose the two person meal plan. The only thing I didn’t like about choosing the meals was that not all combinations are available. So, after I chose the top two meals, I had no choice but to pick the shrimp curry. Fox is allergic to shellfish so I don’t usually cook shrimp at home and I wasn’t sure that The Pilot or I would love a red curry. But, with no other option, I picked it.
Our order arrived in due course yesterday. Everything was packaged neatly and easy to understand. However, looking at it, I kept wondering if it was enough food for two people.
I made the Red Curry tonight and OMG! It was fantastic. The Pilot loved it! And it was more than enough for the two of us with at least enough for a lunch leftover. I tweeted the cooking process and thought I’d throw it into a storify for you all.
I have two more meals to make this week but so far, I highly recommend this service. Will keep you posted on tomorrow’s recipe too!
Making our first meal from Blue Apron.
Making our first meal from Blue Apron.
Making our first meal from Blue Apron.
https://storify.com/courtneyhunt71/blue-apron-s-red-curry-shrimp
