So on my previous blog I discussed some of the ways I hire help and one of them was a food delivery service. The one I currently use is called Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com). It is basically a service where you pick how many people you will cook for and how many meals you want to receive a week and when you want it delivered. The ingredients and recipe cards for the meals are delivered to your door in a refrigerated box. All ingredients are portioned out ready for you to prepare. There is a new menu each week with plenty of options to choose from and you can skip a delivery or cancel anytime.
Since I am always looking for healthy meal options that my family will enjoy and that helps cut down on my preparation time, this one fits the bill. It is a bit pricey at around $9.00 per serving depending which meal plan you select, but it saves all the time of having to shop for the ingredients, it comes with the recipe card that is sturdy enough to keep if you want to try the recipe again and it comes with all the ingredients that you need (except olive oil) in just the amount you need (so no more wasted bunch of cilantro). Other nice perks is that they use seasonal farm fresh ingredients from family run businesses which I have always found to be very fresh and tasty. All of it is delivered in a box on ice so you don't have to be home right away to gt it into the fridge before it spoils.
Even my husband who is one of the pickiest eaters I have ever met enjoys most of these recipes, so that is really saying a lot. What is nice is because you are prepping from scratch you can change it up a bit if say for example you don't really like a certain ingredient.
The one thing I will say is that the prep times listed on the cards (usually 25-45 minutes) is less than what it takes me to get it prepared (45-60 minutes), but that may be because I also have two kids to keep an eye on while I am cooking and also perhaps I have not yet perfected my speed chopping :)
The website also has some fun blogs as well as cooking tips on video and a store to purchase some recommended cookware.
One critique I have is the packaging could be a bit smaller I think. It seems to me the large boxes are a bit excessive and wasteful. I would also prefer more vegetable and protein heavy recipes, but that is because I am trying to stay fairly low carbohydrate which is not likely the case with most of their customers.
Overall I would highly recommend this service to those who like to cook up fresh delicious nutritious meals at home. The following is one of this weeks deliveries while cooking and the finished product.
Bon Appetite!
Since I am always looking for healthy meal options that my family will enjoy and that helps cut down on my preparation time, this one fits the bill. It is a bit pricey at around $9.00 per serving depending which meal plan you select, but it saves all the time of having to shop for the ingredients, it comes with the recipe card that is sturdy enough to keep if you want to try the recipe again and it comes with all the ingredients that you need (except olive oil) in just the amount you need (so no more wasted bunch of cilantro). Other nice perks is that they use seasonal farm fresh ingredients from family run businesses which I have always found to be very fresh and tasty. All of it is delivered in a box on ice so you don't have to be home right away to gt it into the fridge before it spoils.
Even my husband who is one of the pickiest eaters I have ever met enjoys most of these recipes, so that is really saying a lot. What is nice is because you are prepping from scratch you can change it up a bit if say for example you don't really like a certain ingredient.
The one thing I will say is that the prep times listed on the cards (usually 25-45 minutes) is less than what it takes me to get it prepared (45-60 minutes), but that may be because I also have two kids to keep an eye on while I am cooking and also perhaps I have not yet perfected my speed chopping :)
The website also has some fun blogs as well as cooking tips on video and a store to purchase some recommended cookware.
One critique I have is the packaging could be a bit smaller I think. It seems to me the large boxes are a bit excessive and wasteful. I would also prefer more vegetable and protein heavy recipes, but that is because I am trying to stay fairly low carbohydrate which is not likely the case with most of their customers.
Overall I would highly recommend this service to those who like to cook up fresh delicious nutritious meals at home. The following is one of this weeks deliveries while cooking and the finished product.
Bon Appetite!
