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Okay - so I normally wouldn't subscribe to Blue Apron, mainly because of the price. I like to make dinners that leave me leftovers for lunches, mainly to keep our grocery bill down. The normal cost of the subscription is $59.94 for the 2 person meal plan, which comes with 3 meals.. Thats more than half of our grocery list, so its a bit hard to pull that trigger. BUT! We have a $30 off your first order, so I decided to go for it. My husband is also away for work, so I decided that $29.94 is doable for 3 dinners and 3 lunches, so I'm much happier with that price point! That brings the price per meal from $9.99 to $4.99. What's ironic is that I wouldn't bat an eyelash to eat some of these meals at a nice restaurant without thinking about the price, but those nice restaurants are few and far between. So! All of that said, its rather nice to have everything delivered right to my door! Everything was packagee neatly and labelled by meal, which I loved, but I wasn't overly thrilled with the quality of some of it.. for example, a bunch of the spinach was bad and turning.. so it made it easy for me to pick which recipe I was going to make first. The oregano for the same recipe was also turning brown, so I wasn't exactly thrilled. Aside from my disappointment in the freshness quality, I really enjoyed the meal! The first thing I made was a Spinach & Ricotta Pizza with a sauteed Cauliflower & Clementine Salad. I won't lie - I was a bit weary of the salad, but it was delicious!! The recipe suggests that the prep would take 15 minutes with cook time being 35-45 minutes. This was fairly accurate. I had about 10 more minutes for the recipe, and I don't know why. Maybe I took longer to cut my produce up? No idea. Either way, it took me about an hour. The pizza was super delicious and gooey. A perfect combination of spices and cheeses. Its definitely a recipe I'll work in to my homemade pizza rotation, which is definitely expanding lately! Since I do make a lot of pizzas at home, I will say th Please don't mind my plastic fork - I was too lazy to wash the dishes! OopS!
But! Overall!! I give this recipe an 8/10. It was unique, flavorful, and fun. I would have given it a 9 or a 10 if the ingredients were a little more fresh, but thats okay. We'll see how tomorrows recipe pans out!
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Beth MetzgarI'm a 28 year old accountant trying to make it in the crazy world of accounting, while staying accountable to myself for my fitness goals. You'll find my thoughts on various programs I've tried and what's worked for me and what hasn't. Archives
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