You pay a premium price, even with coupons, for very small portions and food that's far from premium. When you look at the small portions and then look at the calories for those small portions, which are overwhelmingly high, then there is nothing on Blue Apron that is suitable for those trying to be healthy and lose weight. On the website, it shows plates being very full, but the only way the plates could be that full is if they were sandwich (small) rather than dinner plates that's how small the portions are. The portions are also very small, not that small portions are a bad thing, especially if you're trying to lose weight, but it's something to be aware of. The tilapia I got was farm-raised rather than wild which I don't care for. The grape tomatoes were soft rather than firm and the peppers were wrinkled and not at all fresh.
The chicken that was by the ice packs was defrosted to the point that the juices that are natural with chicken after it thaws, leaked everywhere in the box. The food I got was not the freshest and while there were ice packs in the bottom of the box, it wasn't all that cold, everything had completely defrosted, and I took the boxes from the delivery guy's hands. I was excited to try Blue Apron until I got my first 2 boxes. In my experience with other meal delivery services (Plated, for example), the recipe cards have helpful tips that instruct you how to do every single step, no matter how small. You're told to do multiple tasks at once-which is hard even for more experienced home cooks, and there's a lot of assumption that you know how to chop vegetables properly, know how to add the right spices, and multi-task.
But, as I said above, for those who have never, or rarely made full meals, the recipe cards can be hard to follow. You pay upwards of $50 for two meals a week (and that's just dinner), so you'll need to go grocery shopping anyway, and by the time you've bought everything you need, Blue Apron's price doesn't seem very budget friendly.įor the most part, the recipes led you in the right direction. Once I added more salt or pepper or chili flake (you get the point), the food was a little better, but still fairly bland.įor the cost of Blue Apron, I don't feel that the food quality is necessarily worth it. That's likely due to the fact that most of their food simply didn't call for enough spice. The food was always fresh when it arrived and could last a few days in the fridge, or, if you need to wait longer to make certain meals, the food was fine being frozen.īlue Apron's food never tasted bad, but it didn't taste high quality either. Overall, using Blue Apron wasn't the best experience, but I think that has more to do with the fact that I enjoy cooking and Blue Apron's fast and easy to cook meals were a little too simple.
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