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Blue Apron (Free Trial)

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DISCLAIMER: Wifey hates mushrooms and onions. The chicken dish was delicious (mushrooms were removed and had to add other aromatics to make up for them) but very good. Pork dish was alright. The flavor was amazing but pork was too fatty for our taste. The last dish is a tart for asparagus and onions. If someone has an option for the onion part, no review will be provided. I'll be in the corner eating my bacon wrapped beef and potatoes awaiting any options.

In all seriousness, much love to clarity and his wifey. We now realize that we are not fancy people who cook at home, but we could be with better equipment. And our registry for the wedding is gonna include a lot of kitchen equipment.
 
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I'm glad some of the plates have been well received. I haven't had a "this is amazeballs" moment over the last three weeks, but there have been a number of very solid meals (orange chicken and yucca, as well as the kabobs) that have pleased us.

For the record, I don't have an emotional attachment to Blue Apron, I'm experiencing it as a customer full of expectations every week as well. So if any of you try a free box and hate it, NO worries whatsoever. I'm just happy to spread the free food love, and it's fun to not only be cooking (a welcome diversion while the Educational Testing Service is in full throttle mode) but to also share notes with others doing the same.

We could just as easily be trading 'normal' recipes and food porn shots. Which isn't an all-together terrible idea for a thread.

I'm eating the pork buns right now. You're not kidding, @TDunk, the flavor profile is wonderful -- even if the belly cuts were a little uneven and less than spectacular. We're making the chicken forager next, then the cod (usually we do the fish first, but we weren't feeling it tonight).

For any lurkers, I still have a couple trials to give.
 
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Did any of you who tried it end up sticking with them? We're still chugging along over here, made our fiftieth BA meal tonight.

Still mostly happy. Some minor issues here and there with incomplete boxes, but they're always quick to credit the entire meal off the next box, even if what was missing was minor.

Have stumbled across a few truly fantastic things (a raw squash/zucchini side from a couple weeks ago was epic, a maple glaze on salmon that I truly expected to hate was terrific, etc.), and will probably continue forward as long as they don't raise prices.

Just wondered about others' experiences, certainly not vested in any way so don't be shy if you hated it.

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Fungo Squiggly said:
My wife and I are keen to give it a shot. Any word on another round of trial offers?
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I think we've got a couple. PM @LongwoodBuck if you want one, she'll need a valid first and last name with email address. To get the free week you'll have to supply a credit card (as part of your registration with them), but you can still cancel before the next one charges/ships.
 
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Clarity said:
Did any of you who tried it end up sticking with them? We're still chugging along over here, made our fiftieth BA meal tonight.

Still mostly happy. Some minor issues here and there with incomplete boxes, but they're always quick to credit the entire meal off the next box, even if what was missing was minor.

Have stumbled across a few truly fantastic things (a raw squash/zucchini side from a couple weeks ago was epic, a maple glaze on salmon that I truly expected to hate was terrific, etc.), and will probably continue forward as long as they don't raise prices.

Just wondered about others' experiences, certainly not vested in any way so don't be shy if you hated it.

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I did it for about six weeks. It was good but we felt pressure to cook the meals promptly, and to do so on nights where we didn't necessarily want to. Toward the end we got to the point where we just wanted some Hamburger Helper for a change. Might do it again one of these days as a one-off, but more than anything it has inspired us to seek out meals on our own that we can cook in a similar manner.
 
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jlb1705 said:
I did it for about six weeks. It was good but we felt pressure to cook the meals promptly, and to do so on nights where we didn't necessarily want to. Toward the end we got to the point where we just wanted some Hamburger Helper for a change. Might do it again one of these days as a one-off, but more than anything it has inspired us to seek out meals on our own that we can cook in a similar manner.
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We felt similar time pressure at first, but ultimately felt like as long as we stored everything properly (greens in the crisper, etc.) that things could wait, and they mostly have.

That said, I'm with you 100% on the inspiration. If they ever raised prices or turned me off, we could just do our own shopping and still make everything the plan gets (all the recipes are online), or (much more likely) just incorporate concepts and approaches we enjoyed from the experience. There's a lot that we've experienced through them that would shape our play book going forward. We cooked all the time before, for us this has mostly been about taking decisions out of our hands 3x a week and not having to worry about shopping for unusual ingredients.

They're cool about the one-off approach if you ever go that way. I know a couple people who skip months at a time, do one that sounds good or if they expect to be in and cooking more than usual, then back to skipping (or temp cancel). But really, I think for most it's a fun/interesting/catalytic change of pace that is good for a bit but has diminishing returns. Jo and I have sort of an unusual dynamic because of my stuff and the fact we work from home, which is a big part of the reason we're still rolling with it.
 
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I tell ya, I would sign up for the BP Sack Lunch Club / fundraiser.

Somehow get me two hard boiled eggs, 3 - 6 ounces of albacore tuna, a couple of cheese sticks, some green olives, and some water flavoring and I would pay big. Thinking in a brown bag with fork, no can opener required tuna, maybe even a red solo cup and a baggy of coffee either instant or tea bag style (not the Ped State shower sort of tea bagging either) and I would pay 7 bucks a day gladly. Maybe more if I crunched the numbers.
 
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BuckStocksHere said:
is anyone still using this? any thoughts on how it went if not? I want to sign up but I'm still unsure.....
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We kept it for about a 4-6 weeks. The food was different from what we usually prepare, but not appreciably better. I found that a lot of the meals actually took longer to prep than our usual meals -- not really difficult, just more time consuming. That was a bit of a hangup as we were looking for something that would simplify meal prep during busy times. I also didn't feel like we were really getting our money's worth out of it -- $20/night for dinner is a bit rich for my blood.

That being said, if we lived in a higher-cost of living area where raw foods were more expensive, I could see it making a lot more sense. Also, the folks there are super friendly and helpful.
 
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