Blue Apron 3/31/14

Blue Apron is Back!  Looks like the Plated vs. Blue Apron battle of meal delivery will continue for a while.  After doing Plated for the past few weeks, we decided to give Blue Apron a try again now that we have the option to have meat/chicken dishes in addition to the vegetarian ones.  

Here is what we enjoyed this week!

3-Chile Beef Chili

There are so many chili recipes out there, so I was expecting this to be just a standard chili dish.  This recipe went a step beyond the chili I've made in the past by including 3 varieties of roasted chiles.  There was a nice level of spice and the flavor was amazing.  An added bonus was that the recipe made 3 servings so I got to enjoy it for lunch the next day!

Roasted Chicken with Jalapeño Herb Salsa

Lots of chopping to make this salsa!  This was the first time I made salsa and included the seeds of the jalapeño, but the spiciness was nicely paired down with the citrus.  My "supreming" skills for segmenting the grapefruit is still a work in progress.  Overall a great dish, but our least favorite of the week.

Spaghetti with Zucchini and Pistachio-Spinach Pesto

This was our vegetarian replacement to the seafood option this week.  I love zucchini and pesto, so I knew this would be a winner.  There was lots of chopping involved to make the pesto (chopping pistachios isn't easy!), but it was worth it!

This was a great menu to be reintroduced to Blue Apron.  The quality between the two services is equal (both are amazing).  I think the serving sizes from Blue Apron tend to be a bit larger and that there are more ingredients for many of the recipes.  D and I are going to continue going weekly deciding which service we go for based on what is being offered.  Be on the lookout for another Blue Apron week ahead for this week!

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