Blue Apron: Meal Kits

Blue Apron has solved my what’s for dinner dilemma for good! I’ve been a home maker for 20 years and I have a few great family favorites up my sleeve. But after many years of cooking 5-6 nights a week, I’m left feeling uninspired, tired of my rotations and wandering the grocery store aisles wondering what to cook for dinner for my family, again! Blue Apron, to the rescue! Blue apron has made cooking fun again and dinner is always new and delicious. It’s so easy, even my husband has stepped up to cooking, and he loves it! The recipes are so straight forward and easy to follow. There’s no guess work, everything you need is on hand and just the right amount, no waste! No more searching for ingredients all over the grocery store, having to drive back to the store because you forgot that one key ingredient! Everything is fresh and stored in a convenient package ready to go in the fridge (makes my fridge look so tidy and organized). The recipes are always delicious and never disappoints. The best part is I’m exposed to new things I would never try on my own. Blue apron has made cooking fun again, and it will always be on my weekly menu. I’ve subscribed to other mail delivery meals and the food in Blue Apron is the freshest, best quality by far! My family looks forward to it every week! Thank you Blue Apron for coming to the rescue for dinner at my house every week!

Blue Apron keeps on improving their company as it grows and grows with its features and its recipes. Also, now you may purchase it’s seasonings and products to cook special meals right on their site. This company has had its ups and downs. However, Blue Apron REALLY listens to its customers to make it a better experience for ALL of its customers. There is no other food delivery service to compare to Blue Apron! Our family has tried them all. We thought in the beginning when Blue Apron first came out they were the BEST. Then the company slightly (only slightly) went down on their standards. We then started to try other companies out while still using Blue Apron. We even tried just using other companies when we came to a point when we had too much food. After two months we went right back to Blue Apron and tried a new approach. We started to publish pictures of the quality of their recipes when they were fantastic and when they were totally below par. We also contacted representatives and informed them of what we experienced. Furthermore, we explained how we would rather have our recipes. This was mainly the bok choy and the meat pieces we were receiving. They advised us to look at what to look for and changed the way they use their left over pieces of meat, which surprised us. We now thoroughly enjoy our experiences with BLUE APRON. Fantastic Company that listens to our needs as humans that love fantastic dishes with minimal cooking.

I’ve tried two other meal kit companies and by far, Blue Apron is my favorite. The meals are easy to make and are really delicious!! I’ve also had so many different types of food that I’ve enjoyed. My goal in 2018 is trying to eat better and Blue Apron definitely has assisted with that. I also decided a while back to reduce how much meat I eat, but I didn’t think I would find too many vegetarian meals I would like. Mannnnnn....listen hear!! Blue Apron vegetarian meals are my favorite and they are actually filling. However, I do love the chicken. It’s juicy and taste great regardless how it’s cooked. On the other hand, there are a few things I don’t like about Blue Apron. First, they seem to force certain types of food in your meal. When I first became a customer, I ate potatoes like every week. I had to take a break for like two weeks bc I was getting tired of potatoes with or in almost all of my meals. Now it’s snow peas, but that’s not a big deal; I just throw them a way. Snow peas don’t make or break your meal. The second thing I don’t like is the chicken portion size; especially when it’s already chopped up. I ran out of chicken for one of my taco/wrap meals before. Last, is the price. $60 for three meals a week is sometimes too much for me. Nevertheless, I’ll still give them a five because I can’t give them 4.5 stars.

My wife and I are trying to make healthier lifestyle changes, and or meals is one of the more drastic changes we are focusing on. We signed up for the weight watchers meal plan for two, with two meals per week. So far we have been relatively satisfied with the meals. They taste good and don’t take long to prepare when compared to other meal delivery services. The only complaint I have, as with other meal delivery services, is we’d like to have options for more meals per week, especially with the weight watchers meal plan. I feel that having more meals per week options would help us stay on track with healthier eating. The other complaint I have is some meals don’t have a lot of substance, which left us still quite hungry. For example, we got the grilled chicken with apple and kale salad ( I can’t remember the exact name), and we got one chicken breast for two people. We just wish there was a little more chicken; however, I understand WW focuses on portion control, but the portion still felt a bit small for two people. Overall, I’d definitely recommend Blue Apron for the ease and faster prep time than other meal delivery services, and also recommend the WW meal plan since it shows you the number of points for each meal. Hopefully Blue Apron will increase the number of days the WW meal plan is offered, or offer both a 2 and 4 meal per week plan.

The app is great the only thing I have difficulty with is if I want to swap/change a recipe; I find that to be challenging. Great possibility it’s just the user/me. The recipes have been really good and inventive, although I would like to see a little more variety of vegetables it seems to always be kale, collard greens, carrots and/or potatoes. Prior to blue apron I cooked everyday normally so the recipes have been a nice change up and are incredibly easy. Blue apron takes me out of having to think and using spices I haven't used before, it’s been enjoyable. I also like that my meals are for two and the portion sizes are perfect and help me stay w/in a good portion size for me which is helpful for the New Years resolution. I am excited about the whole 30 trial I love the idea and hope that we can make it for every meal if someone wants to make that choice. It would be great if Blue apron helps to lose weight with easy healthful meals.