Meal-kit delivery is a big business, and there’s every reason to think it will continue to grow. In May of last year, Blue Apron was valued at $2 billion, and Hello Fresh claimed to be selling 4 million meals each month – more than it sold in the entire first half of 2013. I consider these…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Chicken Meatballs & Creamy Polenta
Here we are at the last of the three meals from my Blue Apron trial week: the lengthily titled Chicken Meatballs & Creamy Polenta with Tomato Sugo & Lacinata Kale. I wasn’t really looking forward to this one. The chicken meatballs sounded kind of fussy to make, and I expected them to dry out during…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Roast Pork with Sauteed Spinach & Olive Smashed Potatoes
It was time to try the second of three recipes from my free Blue Apron trial week. I decided on the Roast Pork with Sauteed Spinach & Olive Smashed Potatoes because the spinach seemed the most perishable of the remaining ingredients from my box. Also, I was excited about the mashed potatoes with olives, a…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Cod Brandade
I signed up for a week of Blue Apron (read more about the process here), and was really looking forward to trying out the first recipe. My policy is to cook fish as soon as possible after getting it home, so I chose the fish recipe first: Cod & Potato Brandade with Watermelon Salad &…
Blue Apron: Signup and Unboxing
There’s an interesting new trend in the world of food: services that provide everything you need to cook meals from scratch (except salt, pepper, and olive oil), including detailed recipes, portioned for your family. I hadn’t paid a lot of attention to these services, though I was peripherally aware of them: Hello Fresh was a…