For more than two years now, Ryan and I have been regular customers of Blue Apron, a meal delivery service that ships all the farm-fresh ingredients you need to make chef-designed recipes right to your doorstep. After discovering Blue Apron during a trip to visit one of my best friends in New York City, I came home raving about it, which inspired Ryan to give me a month of Blue Apron meals for Christmas one year. Ever since then, we’ve been hooked and I’m looking forward to partnering with the service again in 2016 to share some tasty giveaways and recipe highlights with you guys again!
(Someone apparently wanted to browse our latest Blue Apron menus for himself…)
Our most recent shipment included everything we needed to make a fresh salmon dish, a healthy one-skillet cacciatore-style recipe and a buffalo chicken sandwich that left both of us wowed!
Before our meals were shipped, I checked the Blue Apron website and swapped some recipes in and out to customize the meals we wanted to try. Ryan and I almost always include at least one vegetarian dish in our orders (we’ll often do all vegetarian and tend to love these dishes most) but this time I opted to include both a fish and poultry recipe in our box. (We ordered the two-person plan but there are family plans available.)
The recipe I was actually least excited to try – the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich – was actually my favorite of the bunch and easily rivaled the best buffalo chicken sandwiches I’ve had at any restaurant.
As always, I followed the picture tutorial recipe cards that come with every Blue Apron shipment and had no trouble following all of the steps.
The recipe cards also often give tips and tricks to make meal preparation easier and I’ve picked up a ton of great “cooking hacks” along the way. (Example: Peel fresh ginger with a spoon. It works so well and you don’t waste nearly as much ginger as you do when you try to peel it with a knife.)
His and hers buffalo chicken sandwiches… Served with a baby monitor on the side.
Ryan and I have used Blue Apron boxes to create a fun “at home date night” experience and now that we have a baby and our desire to go out for dinner is at an all-time low, these meals have truly helped us feel like we’re enjoying something special together from the comfort of our own kitchen.
We used the Seared Salmon and Salsa Verde recipe for a weeknight date night of sorts and prepared it together after Chase went to sleep.
It was fantastic and the salsa verde was easily the best part of the dish. I’ve already remade the salsa verde (a combination of mashed garlic, almonds, capers and parsley) a handful of times and used it on everything from baked chicken to tuna.
Unfortunately the photos from the Cacciatore Style Baked Eggs recipe didn’t turn out so well but it was definitely one of the healthiest (and easiest!) recipes we’ve received from Blue Apron to date!
It was packed with vegetables and the parmesan garlic toasts we served on the side were incredible. (I actually added an extra egg to our recipe because Ryan and I both love dippy eggs!)
Blue Apron Free Meal Offer + Giveaway
If you’d like to give Blue Apron a try for free, here is your chance!
Blue Apron is offering the first 100 PBF readers who purchase a Blue Apron box two free meals! To redeem this offer, please click here and you’ll be all set.
One PBF reader will also win a week of free Blue Apron meals for two. Woop! Simply check out the Blue Apron recipe page and leave a comment on this post telling me about one recipe you’re dying to try.
A winner will randomly be selected next Friday.
Good luck and happy cooking!
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Disclaimer: This blog post is sponsored by Blue Apron. I hope you enjoy the giveaway and sincerely thank you for your support surrounding sponsored posts.
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I would love to try the buffalo chicken sandwiches!
Seared salmon and salsa verde!
I didn’t have to search very far, because I would love the ricotta & spinach calzones!!
shrimp and pineapple fried rice looks delish!
Chicken meatballs + polenta!!
Roasted Cauliflower Mac & Cheese! The coziest.
The Vadouvan Spiced parsnip soup looks good to me!
I would love to try the buffalo chicken sandwiches! Yummy 🙂
The ‘West African Vegetable & Peanut Stew Over Couscous’ looks great. I love that they have so many vegetarian/ethnic options.
The White Pizza looks amazing and interesting to try cooking 🙂
Yum- the steak tacos and mole verde!!!
Spinach and Ricotta Calzones sound amazing…I would definitely want to try those!
I would love to try the shrimp and pineapple fried rice!
I’d want to try the salmon with salsa verde! Looks so good! And I love me some salmon.
Definitely the Aloo Chana Masala – I have been obsessed with Indian food since we got back from London!
Shrimp and pineapple fried rice, chicken meatballs and creamy polenta (never tried polenta before), spinach parmesan and parsnip risotto… how could I possibly choose just one? I guess that means we need to sign up for Blue Apron, stat! 🙂
I’d love to try the chicken meatballs and polenta.
The spinach and ricotta calzones caught my eye right away 🙂
The Apple & Blue Cheese Panzanella Salad with Smashed Purple Potatoes looks so delicious!
I’d love to make the spinach and ricotta calzones! Perfect winter meal!
I think the Korean tkeok & spicy pork ragu sounds tasty!
The buffalo chicken sandwich looks sooo good! I’m hungry now just looking at the pics!
Mexican spiced salmon looks delicious!
Spicy orange chicken wings – yum!
butternut squash & poblano chili looks delish for a winter meal!
Spinach & Ricotta Calzones- YUM!
The cod and potato Brendade looks really interesting and something I haven’t tried through Blue Apron!
All of the recipes look so good!! I’d love to try the white pizza and the chicken and sage biscuit pot pie. Yum!
I’m so hungry now!
Blackened Chile-Dusted Chicken with Zucchini Rice & Corn-Tomato Sauté looks delish, but I think I’d choose the Dukkah-Spiced Salmon with Spring Vegetable & Oyster Mushroom Ragout first since I’ve never cooked Salmon and am pretty unfamiliar with the ingredients so it’d be a good learning opportunity!
The butternut squash and poblano chili looks delicious! That would definitely be my pick.
Spicy orange chicken wings!
Can’t decide between the manhattan style fish chowder or the chicken meatballs and palenta!
Looks like I am in good company with the Spinach and Ricotta Calzones sounded absolutely delish. I would totally love something like this to try and I think my Mom would enjoy the meals too.
butternut squash and poblano chili please! yummm
Oooh. The salmon with salsa verde. Yum!
Wow so many yummy looking dishes! I know the spinach and ricotta calzones would be a huge hit at my house.
The buffalo chicken burgers look BOMB!
Spinach and Ricotta Calzones! YUM!!!
Nice giveaway! Would love to try the Salmon & Lemon Bucatini.
The Spinach and Ricotta Calzones sound amazing!!
Lemon Butter Shrimp.
I’d love to try the goat cheese and kale quiche! Sounds amazing.
I’d love to try the chicken meatballs and polenta!
Wow, there are quite a few delicious looking meals! I never realized how many options Blue Apron has!! It’s tough to pick my favorite but it would be between the Meyer Lemon Glazed catfish or the seared salmon with Apple Mashed Potatoes.
The spinach and ricotta calzones look amazing!
Spinach and ricotta calzones!
Chicken meatballs and creamy polenta sounds amazing and so different from what I usually make!
I’d love to try the seared salmon! My husband loves salmon and I am terrible at cooking fish. He would definitely appreciate this 🙂 (as would I of course 🙂 )
I would like to try the Chicken Meatballs and Creamy Polenta!
id like to try the spiced pork & winter hash!