Blue Apron Vegetarian 7/9/13

A lot of my friends know I've been enjoying food from Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com) since about January.   It's a great subscription service that sends you amazingly fresh ingredients for 3 easy to follow recipes a week.  Each recipie is designed to feed 2 people, but you can also order on a larger scale.  I'm always super impressed with the quality of all the ingredients and the variety of recipes.

They currently have two plans available - "meat/chicken/fish" or "vegetarian."  Unfortunately you aren't able to choose your meals or mix between the two options, but the company claims there will be more options for customization sometime soon.  Since my husband and I I don't eat seafood, we've been doing the vegetarian plan and occasionally add chicken.  Honestly though, the meals are so diverse and interesting we are usually happy with the vegetarian version.  They take around 30-45 minutes to prepare and end up being 500-700 calories per serving.  

The price is $59.99 a week which includes shipping.  At first it seems high, but $20 for a meal is much less than we would spend on take out or in purchasing the often "specialty" ingredients in many of the recipes.  It's a subscription service where they automatically send you food every week, but you can skip weeks (and obviously not be charged). 

This week it looks like we will be enjoying the following 3 recipes:
Fresh Gnocchi with Squash Blossoms & Lemon Brown Butter
Vegetable Bibimbap
Snow Pea & Sweet Potato Salad with Walnut-Basil Pesto

Check back later this week to see how they turn out!

Interested in giving Blue Apron a try? They deliver to most of the eastern part of the United States.  Be the first to comment below on this week and I'll send you a FREE full week's trial!