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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Steak tacos and mole verde look delicious!
Spinach and Ricotta Calzones!
Chicken and sage biscuit pot pie- yum!
Spinach and ricotta calzones!
Great giveaway! I’d love to try the spinach & ricotta calzones.
I’d love to try the Italian beef grinders!
I would love to try any of the ones with salmon!
The steak tacos and mole verde look sooooooooooooo good!
Chicken meatballs with creamy polenta, sounds so tasty!!
Spinach and ricotta calzones! Yum!
I would love to try the goat cheese and kale quiche!yum!!
The Spiced Salmon & Cranberry Chutney sounds delectable!
The goat cheese and kale quiche sounds wonderful.
The steak tacos and mole Verde!
Hi Julie! What recipe am I not dying to try? They all look amazing but the White Pizza takes the cake for me. I’ve been wanting to make pizza w/fried egg for ages. The Brie & Pear Grilled Cheese is a close second.
Seared Salmon and Apple Mashed Potatoes looks delicious! We’re constantly trying to incorporate more fish into our meals!
The chicken meatballs look great 🙂
I would like to try many things, but the first would be the catfish. Fish is something that I love, but I’m so weary of cooking it at home because I am afraid to over/undercook the fish. It sounds delicious and would be an opportunity for me to try cooking more fish at home with some much-needed guidance.
They all look so good!!! But my husband and I love buffalo chicken anything- I’d love to try the Buffalo Chicken sandwiches!
The Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches look so good! My husband and I are big fans of Buffalo Chicken. Get so tired of eating the same foods week after week. Something like this would be perfect for us!
I’m dying to try the Spiced Salmon & Cranberry Chutney!
Spiced Salmon with Cranberry Chutney or One Pot Shrimp Perloo sound fabulous! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Oooo the goat cheese & kale quiche!
Beluga Lentil Stew & Spinach Agrodolce – Looks and sounds amazing
My husband and I have been wanting to try Blue Apron forever now but haven’t bit the bullet yet! I would love to win a free week, maybe after that we’d be hooked too! 🙂
So much of it looks so good! The beet and barley risotto sounds so interesting!
The rice noodles with coconut matcha broth looks is something I would never think of but sounds amazing!!!
The goat cheese and kale quiche sounds amazing – i’m picturing leftovers for breakfast!
Ooh, that chicken scallopini looks amazing!!
The beef sliders with creamy kale and carrot salad sounds like my idea of heaven!
I would love to cook those spinach and ricotta calzones! I have been craving ricotta cheese constantly these days so they would be just another way to incorporate the amazing cheese into my diet.
bbq chicken wings!
The spinach and ricotta calzones look amazing!!
Mole verde whaaaat? Sounds delicious!
spiced roast chicken and collard greens!
Butternut Squash & Poblano Chili looks amazing! Would love to try it.
I would love to try the Seared Salmon and Salsa Verde!!!
The chicken meatballs and creamy polenta sound delicious!
The goat cheese and kale quiches with butter lettuce and chive salad is nothing near what I have ever made and sounds really good!
spinach and ricotta calzones!
Chicken and Sage Biscuit look amazing! Mmm!
You had me at buffalo chicken!!!
This one sounds amazing! https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/delicata-squash-brussels-sprout-farro-salad-with-crispy-pepitas-cranberry-agrodolce
I would love to learn how to cook the lamb and beef Gyros. We love greek food but the time I tired to make it at home it was a complete fail! This meal looks so wonderful!
Steak tacos with mole verde… or butternut squash and poblano chili! Yumm
The white turkey chili looks delish! Would love to try it 🙂
I’d like to try the steak tacos and mole Verde as I don’t typically cook with steak!
I would love to try the seared salmon and apple mashed potatoes!! Looks delish!
The Roasted brussel sprouts and Freekeh salad sounds interesting!
ohh the Lemon Butter Shrimp with tomato rice !! That is a recipe I really want to learn and make monthly. It comes with arugula-orange salad. Some french bread and that is a date dinner that I would always order !!
did you know that if you click on the picture you can get the recipe? That is awesome!!