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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The steak tacos and mole verde look like something I would love to learn how to make!
Steak tacos! I’d be so excited to give this a try!
The lamb and beef gyros sound delicious!
All of the vegetarian recipes look wonderful! I would love to try them all.
Roasted Brussels Sprout & Freekeh Salad with Pickled Raisins, Shaved Parmesan & Hazelnuts
The steak tacos and mole verde look fabulous!
Chicken and sage biscuit pot pie!!!
With so many really good recipes that was hard but probably the Seared Chicken & Roasted Acorn Squash with Sautéed Kale & Chestnut Pan Sauce!
Anything salmon
Chicken and sage biscuit pot pie!
all look so good! i’d like to try the white turkey chili
The white turkey chili looks like a great choice for a cold night!
The Kroean Tteok & Spicy Pork “Ragu” looks delish! My husband and I are always looking to try new foods, which isn’t always the easiest with 1 year old twins at home. This would be so fun to cook together as a date night in, after our girls go to bed.
This is awesome! I live alone so it is really hard to motivate myself to grocery shop for actual meals. I end up buying really random things and my dinners are typically trail mix, fruit, lunch meat, Pretzel Crisps (I’m addicted to the Buffalo Wing flavor but I’m going to try the Sriracha), Publix sushi, or some combination of those things. If I was to win the giveaway (which is for two) I could have dinner and lunch the next day 🙂 My favorites from this month’s menu are the Goat Cheese and Kale Quiches and the Fontina and Preserved Lemon Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. CHEESE. YUM.
Tacos!!
The chicken and sage biscuit pot pie! I great twist on a classic
I’ve never even had pot pie (I know!) so I would love to try the chicken and sage biscuit pot pie!
Hi Julie, Love your blog
I would love to try the Catfish and Po Boy Sandwich
Everything looks so good! I would definitely want to try the Manhattan fish chowder. It’s pretty cold here in Michigan and a warm chowder would really hit the spot! 🙂
Wow! That Manhatten Style fish Chowder looks amazing…I would also love to try the seared salmon! Thanks!
The goat cheese and kale quiches! yum!
Ricotta and Spinach Pasta!
I’m due in 8 weeks so we need easy, quick meals! 🙂
The chicken and sage biscuit pot pie sounds wonderful!
The cacciatore eggs look incredible! I’ve tried making something similar but only used eggs in tomato sauce. This looks much heartier!
It all looks good! : )
Those eggs look so yummy!!
yum the seared salmon and salsa verde sounds so good! Salmon is my favorite fish!
Wow, all the recipes look delish but Shrimp & Pineapple Fried Rice really piqued my interest.
The acorn squash risotto sounds like the perfect comfort food meal right now!
The mushroom and swiss chard quiche looks amazing!
Italian beef grinders! I rarely buy meat because I have very limited creative ideas on how to prepare it, so I think Blue Apron could help me a lot in this regard.
The lemon glazed catfish on the menu for next week sounds great!
Spicy Orange Chicken wings look awesome!!!
Shrimp and pineapple fried rice! My husband and I love to cook and this would be wonderful!
I’ve been wanting to try blue apron and that buffalo chicken sandwich looks amazing!
hoisin glazed pork roast looks delish
WOW that looks great.
I really want to try the Mexican-Style Chicken Tortas. They sound amazing!!
The Mexican Spiced Salmon looks delicious!
I’ve been wanting to try Blue Apron for awhile. A friend of mine just had Blue Aprons chicken scallopini the other day and it looked delicious!
The hoisin pork roast looks amazing, well along with everything else lol
The buffalo chicken sandwich is right up my alley – Mainly because I always end up tossing the container of blue cheese cause it goes bad before I can eat it. This way, the cheese is just enough for the meal!
My husband and I would love to incorporate more fish into our diet – the Meyer lemon glazed catfish looks delicious!!
OMG! The Spinach & Ricotta Calzones look amazzzzing! Everything looks delicious!
Spinach & Ricotta calzones…Yes please!!! it all looks so good
Cod and Potato Brandade – yes please! 🙂
The Mexican style tortas look delicious!
That’s a great idea. I didn’t think to use it as a stay home date night. I’ll have to give it a whirl. I would love to try the Korean Tteok & Spicy Pork “Ragu” or the Italian Beef Grinders. Heck, lets be honest. I would like to try about 99% of these meals. 😀
Spinach and riccota calzones……Yum!!!!