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August 29, 2016

Recent Favorite Dinners from Blue Apron

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Thank you to Blue Apron for sponsoring this post!
The first 20 readers to click here will get 3 free meals on their first order.

Hey guys! As you know, Matt and I are continuing to enjoy our weekly Blue Apron dinners (which we pay for on our own outside of the free week I get for these occasional sponsored reviews). It has been especially helpful with all the travel we’ve been doing on the weekends – no time for grocery shopping or planning dinner recipes!

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We have been doing Blue Apron for a couple years now and really love it for a few big reasons:

  • Grocery trips are faster because I can just grab breakfast and lunch staples – meanwhile, the exact quantities of ingredients we need for 3 yummy dinners (and we usually have leftovers) arrive right at our doorstep.
  • No staring into the fridge asking each other “what should we make for dinner?” or making the same old things over and over.
  • No one is the “keeper” of the recipe/dinner plan, so whoever gets home first can just grab one of the Blue Apron recipe cards and the ingredients and get cooking!

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Blue Apron is also great when I have friends over for dinner – no stress figuring out what to make! My grad school friend Stephanie came over for dinner one night last week when Matt was out and we made a really yummy Seared Salmon and Miso Soba Noodle Salad.

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It was delicious!

salmon with soba noodles

Another thing I really love about Blue Apron is it has us cooking with unique and new-to-us ingredients. An example from this month was purple beans!

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They taste just like green beans, and interestingly when they are cooked they change to green – cool right?! Neat to watch them change right before our eyes – magic!

purple beans change to green when cooked

The magic beans were in a vegetarian Neapolitan-Style Stewed Vegetables and Farro dish. Loved all the veggie volume and the chewy farro – so colorful!

farro veggie salad

It made a TON of food, too, so we had two more servings worth of leftovers – it made a great lunch, too! I added some lentils to the mix that we had on hand that needed to be used up – solid addition. 🙂

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Other Blue Apron meals Matt and I have loved lately are Seared Cod with Pickled Grapes and Summer Succotash – so unique and very summery with all the fresh produce!

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This Seared Chicken with Fregola Sarda and Salsa Verde was also amazing – super flavorful!

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I will leave you with a fun fact: did you know that Chefs in training worldwide wear blue aprons? It’s become a symbol of lifelong learning in cooking! Apparently Matt needs to ditch his orange apron and get a blue one… 😉

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If you haven’t tried Blue Apron yet, give it a shot – the first 20 readers to click here will get 3 free meals on their first order. They offer two types of plans, a 2 person plan and a family plan – and you can cancel or skip weeks at any time! The ingredients arrive in a refrigerated box so the food stay fresh even if you’re not home – and they offer a recycling program for the packaging, too – more info here.

Happy cooking, my friends!

- anne
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15 comments
  • Jill @ RunEatSnap
    August 29, 2016 · 12:44PM:
    Yum! I think I would like to try Blue Apron again in the future if there is more than just me eating it. I thought it was too much work and food for just me!
    Reply
    • Anne
      August 29, 2016 · 12:54PM:
      Yeah, it's a lot for just one person - although if you like leftovers it would work out well to have it as dinner one night and then lunch the next day!
      Reply
  • Barbara G August 29, 2016 · 2:17PM:
    I made exactly the same chicken and salmon dinners from Blue Apron this week. Your photos look somewhat more delicious than mine do, but the meals were very tasty all the same!
    Reply
    • Anne
      August 29, 2016 · 2:35PM:
      Glad you enjoyed them too!
      Reply
  • Riley August 29, 2016 · 2:24PM:
    Matt looks like he's ready to go to work at Home Depot with that orange apron!
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    • Anne
      August 29, 2016 · 2:35PM:
      Lol I know, I thought that too when he first got it!
      Reply
  • Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment
    August 29, 2016 · 2:38PM:
    Food looks so good. Interesting combinations too not just the regular fare.
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    • Anne
      August 29, 2016 · 2:39PM:
      Yeah, the recipes are very creative which we love!
      Reply
  • Melissa August 29, 2016 · 2:56PM:
    I can NOT get my husband to try Blue Apron. He thinks it's too expensive. Secretly I think he also thinks it's too "weird". I think it would be a great way to try new veggies in different ways, because I am definitely vegetable-challenged.
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    • Amber @ Madden Wellness Counseling
      August 29, 2016 · 3:45PM:
      Hey Melissa, I struggle with the same. My husband eats like a child most of the time. We BOTH have really enjoyed Home Chef and it's also a little less expensive. Hit me up if you would like a referral code for a discount! ( I don't want to be rude leaving it on Anne's page...)
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    • Anne
      August 29, 2016 · 4:52PM:
      I'd probably just go ahead and order it and make the meals and see what he thinks (maybe don't tell him it's Blue Apron until after he tries them?!) - but do whatever works for you! It definitely gets us trying new foods - and veggies! Good luck!
      Reply
  • Amber @ Madden Wellness Counseling
    August 29, 2016 · 3:44PM:
    I love, LOVE Blue Apron!! We rotate between Blue Apron, Home Chef and Hello Fresh.
    Reply
  • Heather @ Polyglot Jot
    August 30, 2016 · 10:12AM:
    Yum! Ive not yet tried blue apron--i didnt know abotu the color of the apron thats neat!
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  • Roadrunner August 30, 2016 · 3:11PM:
    Blue Apron looks terrific!
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  • Kelsey
    September 7, 2016 · 11:31AM:
    I always see the commercials for BlueApron and have been dying to try it. All of the food they have to offer looks delicious and somewhat easy to make. The only problem is being a broke college student lol For the time being I guess I gotta stick with the cheap basics ;p
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