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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The golden beet borsch sounds amazing and I would be willing to give it a go cold in this Carolina heat!
Salmon burgers! I’ve been into all kinds of seafood recently!
Ahhhhh salmon burgers and corn on the cob! That looks absolutely delicious 🙂
The hanger steaks! yummmmm
The roasted veggies + Israeli couscous is calling my name! 🙂
I would try the golden beet borsch because it sounds like a cool twist on traditional Russian borsch.
Caramelized onion & Heirloom tomato crostata looks TDF (to die for)!!!
The hanger steaks!
Carmelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata. Yummmmmmmmm!
I would try the hangar steak first
Salmon burgers sound divine!
I love the Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata, and may even try to create it. What a great website, I’m also over grocery shopping and then I also have to look up what i want to make in a cookbook, this just seems so easy to me, and getting it weekly is great, seems like a no brainer! I may try to make this recipe with all the ingredients and recipe on the website, seems like i could just do it.
Salmon Burgers with Corn on the Cob! I am a newlywed (we got married on July 5!) and I think it would be fun to turn some of these meals into an at-home date night. We both love to cook…and eat! 😀
Definitely the golden beet borsch! I don’t know what it is about beets… I love them, but I just can’t work up the courage to try and cook them myself!
parm basil chicken patties~ i cannot get enough basil during the summer!
I would love the Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata! I’m obsessed with arugala and have never tried a crostata.
Ohh the heirloom tomato/carmelized onion crostata looks fantastic!
The Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata looks amazing
The salmon burger looks awesome!
They all sound so good! The hanger steaks with potatoes really caught my eye!
I am all about the Caramelized Onion and Heirloom Tomato Crostata! Anything caramelized is good in my book and this looks so delicious with the addition of feta and arugula … Yum!
I would love to try the caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata! I made a new years resolution to cook at least one new meal a week so Blue Apron would help give me a whole new set of adventures to try!
Salmon burger for sure!!
Oh. My. Goodness! I’d love that Salmon Burger & Corn on the Cob with Basil Butter. Wow! Not sure if I’m in the tiny strip they ship to in Colorado or not… but I really hope so! (I’m in the Boulder area). *crosses fingers!*
Parmesan basil chicken patties sound delicious!
Chicken Patties with beans and barley. I’ve never cooked with barley before so I think it’d be great to learn a recipe that uses it.
The Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata looks amazing! That’s my pick, for sure!
The parmesan basil chicken patties sound delicious!!!!
Roasted veggies and couscous. Yum!!
The parmesan basil chicken patties look delish!
I would love to try the Parmesan-Basil Chicken Patties with Braised Romano Beans & Barley.
I really love the idea of Blue Apron! I have been working long long long days and cooking has seemed like such a chore. I would love the chance to try Blue Apron and make cooking dinner a little easier knowing I already have all the ingredients!
The salmon burgers look amazing! I would love to try those!
Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata looks so good!
Crostata looks amazing!!!
The caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata is making my mouth water!
Parm basil chicken patties
The caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata looks delicious!
Love this!! I would love to try the Parmesan Basil Chicken patties. Adore those flavors!!
I would like to try the parmesan-basil chicken patties. I have not tried those flavors together in a chicken patty and it sounds delicious.
The parmesan-basil chicken with beans & barley look fab. My husband and I are always looking for new side dishes that don’t involve rice or potatoes!
I love the sounds of the Parmesan-Basil chicken Patty… It sounds like a nice change from hot dogs and tater tots! 😉
I would try the caramelized onion and heirloom tomato crostata. Yum. I’m back to work with a new baby, meals to cook arriving at my doorstep would be awesome.
I can’t wait to try this! Moving in with my boyfriend and Blue Apron meals will be perfect for us in our little apartment! I would love to try the salmon burgers with corn on the cob!
I’m trying to eat more vegetables, and the Roasted Vegetable Salad over Israeli Couscous looks AMAZING!
Normally, I would say the Hanger Steak looks delicious (and it does!) but if I were to branch out and try something outside my comfort zone I would go for the Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata! Love colorful meals 🙂
I would love to try the Salmon Burgers – delish!!
I just heard about this company over the weekend and would love to try Blue Apron!! I am in such a food rut that this would help SO much!
I think the salmon burgers and corn on the cob sound super yummy!!
Anything on bread is something I want, so definitely the Caramelized Onion & Heirloom Tomato Crostata!!
I would live to make the golden beet borscht or the hanger steaks, both look so good, I couldn’t make up my mind.
Yum! The salmon burgers look amazing!