I love to eat. Rather I love to eat good food. I wouldn’t say I’m a food snob necessarily, I will occasionally eat Taco Bell and processed foods, however I do enjoy really good food. I’m a foodie at heart and I have been for as long as I can remember. My brother and I at the tender ages of 6 and 8 were eating our way through escargot and buckets of clams, much to the chagrin of my folks, considering they didn’t have the money to afford such luxuries for a couple of punk kids. We grew up poor, franks & beans, bologna sandwiches, cooked carrots and pot roast we would eat all week long. But on those specials occasions when we got to go out to dinner, my brother and I made the most of it. Not purposely choosing the most expensive items on the menu, just those items that sounded the most interesting to us. I have to say though, that this was essentially my parents fault. They created this rule in our house “you had to try everything once and most things twice”, and suffice it to say it may have backfired on them, and they’ve been paying for it every since. Leap ahead a few years to us having our own families and rules, and damned if I didn’t institute the same thing with our daughter. Not that it was hard, my wife is a foodie too and we both like to cook, so honestly our kid didn’t have much hope. From an early age she had to try things, and honestly it bit us in the ass at the age of 5 when she discovered Sushi, and has never looked back, but that’s a blog for another day. So where am I going with all this? It’s to Blue Apron. I’m in love.
So from the outside, you wouldn’t think much of it. Don’t judge.
Because They are a foodies delight. You sign up for their service, and they send you 2-4 meals wholesome, healthy and utterly delicious meals a week. Seriously. It’s the craziest thing. We have had a few friends try this and rave about it, so we figured why not. Best. Decision. Ever! They prepare the menu, send you the recipe and everything needed to create a masterpiece. Everything is fresh, and in it’s whole form. So far there hasn’t been anything processed or fake. All whole foods. All of the packaging is recyclable too. #winning
Each meal takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 minutes prep and 35ish minutes to cook. So easy enough to give the kid a snack before dinner and get it done on a school night. So far we have made Chicken Torta sandwiches.
The most incredible salmon pasta dish with chard broccoli and this lemon basil garlic butter deliciousness. Wowza, so good that we all basically licked our plates. AHMAZING
This one was interesting. So while mini me is a foodie at the ripe ol’ age of 13, there are certain things I’m certain she won’t like. Take the sweet potato & Fontina cheese pizza with arugula for instance. I was totally prepared to throw in the Easy Mac and damned if that kid didn’t devour the pizza. Take it for lunch the next day, and eat the remaining two slices after her soccer game. We barely go to eat any of it ourselves.
So there you go. Blue Apron is the s***. Do yourself a favor and sign up for it. You won’t regret it. I’d tell you to tell them I sent you, but since they’d look at you like you were crazy, there’s no need.
stacy&maryann 