Blue Apron is a service that sends you all of the fresh ingredients you need to make three delicious meals a week for $9.99 per person per meal (with free shipping). All ingredients are delivered right to your doorstep in a refrigerated box and come with three chef-designed recipes that are easy to follow thanks to beautiful pictures of each step of the recipe. An added bonus? All meals can be prepared in 40 minutes or less!
Merri signed up for Blue Apron to improve her cooking skills and she raved about how much she and her husband loved every single meal they made. After trying my first Blue Apron meal with Merri, I signed up for one week of Blue Apron meals myself because I loved the idea of skipping out on some grocery shopping and meal planning. Plus, I wanted to get out of my cooking rut and experiment with different cuisines and ingredients I might otherwise never try!
Ryan actually surprised me with a few weeks of Blue Apron meals for Christmas and I decided to opt for the vegetarian meals to try to help me expand my meatless meal ideas. As many of you already know, I loved this gift and raved about the Blue Apron meals I made on this blog more than a few times! (The white chili with rainbow chard and tri-color quinoa recipe was probably my all-time favorite!)
When Blue Apron reached out to me this month to host a giveaway and try another batch of meals, I was 100 percent on board! From the comments I received on past Blue Apron posts, I know the service interests a bunch of you, so I figured a giveaway would be a great opportunity for someone to try the service for free. (Blue Apron currently delivers ingredients for meals for two, four or six people.)
In the vegetarian box I received last week, I received ingredients for the following three recipes:
- Three Pea Salad with Farro and Goat Cheese
- Trofie Pasta with Golden Garlic
- Roasted Poblano and Quinoa Sopes
Blue Apron ingredients are fresh and sourced from quality local suppliers and artisans and come packaged with labels so you can easily identify which ingredient you need for each recipe. The preparation, cooking and eating is up to you!
The three meals I made this week were all absolutely fantastic. I truly have not made one Blue Apron meal I haven’t adored. The only downer is that sometimes the recipes call for the use of a lot of bowls, pots and pans, so the plethora dishes that are leftover after cooking can be a bit of a pain to clean.
But when you sit down to a fresh and flavorful dinner that was basically planned for you, it’s hard to complain!
I really like the way Blue Apron incorporates cuisines from various cultures (like the Bangaladumpa Upma Koora I made in the past <— so good!) so I feel like I am truly learning about different spices and flavor combinations as I cook. And let me reiterate one more time how delicious these meals taste!
Okay, enough from me! Now it’s your turn to give Blue Apron a try. One PBF reader will win a free week of Blue Apron meals for two!
To enter this giveaway, please pop over to Blue Apron and check out what’s on the menu for this week and leave a comment below telling me which recipe you’d be most excited to create! Please note: This giveaway includes a week of meals for two people. Blue Apron delivers to 80 percent of the United States. In order to win this giveaway, you must live in one of the delivery zones. (A map of the delivery zones may be seen here.) I will randomly select a winner on Friday.
And please don’t worry if you don’t win! The first 250 readers who try Blue Apron will receive two free meals on their first order! To receive this promo, please click here to order.
Good luck!!!
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Disclaimer: While this post is sponsored by Blue Apron, affiliate links are not included and I am not receiving any compensation for orders placed with Blue Apron. Thank you for your support!
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I would love to expand my cooking skills! With a long commute each day, I am not always the most creative when it comes to cooking meals. As a newlywed, I think this would be a fun thing to do with my husband!
I am a HUGE fan of salmon burgers and I’ve never turned down a cob of corn, but the Parmesan Basil Chicken Patties (and accompanying sides) have really got me drooling, too!
I love the idea of branching out and trying new flavors! I’d live to try the parm chicken or hanger steak!
I would love to try the salmon burgers! They look great!
The crostata looks amazing! I love carbs!
Everything looks delicious! The Shrimp Summer Rolls would be my pick.
The roasted vegetable salad over couscous looks delicious!
The caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata looks amazing! I would love to not have to think about dinner a few nights a week!
I would love to try the Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties with Braised Romano Beans & Barley
The roasted veggies over couscous looks like a yummy way to incorporate more veggies into my day.
I would definitely dig into that carmelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata!
The Golden Beet Borscht looks amazing! I am a sucker for beets.
Everything looks awesome but I think I’d like to try the parmesan-basil chicken patties!
Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata! Get in my belly. I could totally get on board with this. Yum!
I would choose the Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties with Braised Romano Beans & Barley. What a great idea for a service. Quick and easy.
I totally digging the Hanger Steak!
I think the Israeli couscous sounds amazing!
I’d love to try the Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata. I’m a terrible cook and a picky eater. My boyfriend and I just bought a house and this would be so perfect to getting accustomed to cooking for us. Thanks!
The caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata yuuummmm!
The salmon burgers and hangar steak look amazing. This sounds awesome since I am a terrible cook!
Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties sound delicious!!! But then again so do the salmon burgers & the hangar steak.
The Israeli couscous looks so delicious. I love how simple they make it to cater to specific dietary restrictions as well!
They all look fantastic, but I think I would most like to make the parmesan-basil chicken patties; I’m always looking for ways to jazz up chicken.
I would love to try the parmesan-basil chicken patties….they look amazing!
I would have to go for the caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata. They all sound delish!
They all look so good it’s hard to pick but I would probably go with the Caramelized Onion& Heirloom Tomato Crostata!
Salmon burgers and corn! YUM
The onion and tomato croustade. I’m a pregnant vegetarian, so your post made me drool. I would love to expand my healthy vegetarian options!!
We just tried Blue Apron recently (after your review in January) and LOVED IT! The Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata looks to die for!
the salmon burgers look great!
I’m drooling over that crostata! This seems like a really fun service!
this looks like such a cool service! i’d love to try the parmesan-basil chicken patties!
The Golden Beet Borscht seems really interesting! I’m intrigued 🙂
They all look great, but would love to try the caramelized onion & heirloom tomato crostata!
I’d like to experiment with the Parmesan- basil chicken patties! They sound really good!
I’ve been wanting to try Blue Apron! The Parmesan-basil chicken patties look fantastic!
Definitely the Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties! Yummy!
Those salmon burgers look pretty awesome… I’d love to learn how to make them! 🙂
The carmalized onion tomato crostata practically has me drooling!
What a great giveaway! I would love to try the caramelized onion tomato crostata!!!
I could totally go for the Hangar Steak and Roasted Potatoes!
Salmon Burgers & Corn on the Cob for sure!
I would love to try Blue Apron, I could definitely use some new recipes. Would want to try the Hanger Steak and Roasted potatoes!
The crostata and roasted veggie salad over couscous both look incredible!
I have been meaning to learn how to cook more diverse foods! This would be a perfect way. The salmon burgers look really amazing, but the vegetable salad over couscous would be a great dish to try as well.
It would definitely be nice to have less meals to plan! I would like to try the salmon burgers!
definitely salmon burgers!
All of the recipes look great but since I like to try new things, I would really want to give the golden beet borscht a try!
Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties – I love finding different chicken meals…making plain ol’ chicken breasts gets a little boring!
Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata looks great!