A Report on Blue Apron Delivered Meal Kits
Woman in the Middle | July 18, 2016My reason for getting Blue Apron meal kits delivered to my home was to make my life simpler. Maybe I should have read a few more reviews. But what I discovered was that the meals, while quite tasty, were fairly complex and time consuming to make. Since they were designed to feed four people, rarely were there left overs. So, instead of two lovely, easy, delicious meals to supplement the way I was already cooking, I got two delicious, lovely meals that left me without any desire to cook at all the rest of the week. That, in the end, is my review of Blue Apron, However, in case you actually enjoy the cooking process, and like the idea of someone else picking the recipes and measuring the ingredients, then I want to point out a few more things.
The only thing they expected me to have on hand for two recipes a week was olive oil and salt and pepper. They even included the butter, flour and red wine vinegar. That was very nice.
These were not low calorie meals. They ran about 700-750 calories per meal. Hubby and I really need to have dinners at home that are less calories.
The recipe cards were nice and colorful and easy to read. The only complaint I have about them is the constant admonition to salt and pepper, or salt and pepper to taste. I would have appreciated just a little more of an idea as to how much salt and pepper to use. However, if I was a bit more of a cook, I probably would know how much salt and pepper to use.
None of the vegetables were chopped. You had to do all the chopping, peeling, etc…yourself. This was part of the reason the recipes took so long to make.
The first week I made a recipe that took, it felt, forever. It was, however, delicious. I have heard the Blue Apron meals called “restaurant quality.” That meal was definitely that. As a matter of fact, the very next night I did go to a restaurant and had a meal that was similar. It was good, but I liked the one I made better!
In the end, good taste aside, Blue Apron was just too complicated for me. I am looking at trying another meal delivery kit company, one that was reviewed as being easier to make, with the veggies prechopped. I will let you know how that goes when I get around to trying it.
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