Blue Apron

We have been using Blue Apron for over 7 months now. The meals usually taste good and are non-traditional. Our family has tried spices and recipes we have never heard of and otherwise never would have tried and it has made us look forward to upcoming meals.

The pros for Blue Apron is the novelty and convenience it offers. The cons are the amount of waste from the packaging. This includes ice packs, a large box, and the foil insulation box liner. We also end up adding meat for our son since the smaller portion size doesn't work for him. He is well over 6 feet and 215 pounds. On the other hand our daughter likes the sizes of the portion.

I have been a member of Blue Apron for over a year. To truly test out these meal delivery services you need to use it for at least 3 weeks. Don't fall for the 1 free meal delivery as you will have to signup for the service anyways and it means if you did want to cancel you would have to do it before really trying out the service.

The quality of the food is excellent. I am almost 6' and my husband is over 6' and we are both a bit over weight. With Blue Apron we always have leftovers. My daughter is now back from college but I still get the same order as before but I add a little to the recipe like some extra meat or potato, this depends on the recipe obviously. The 3 of us eat well this way and 2 people will have no problems with the 2 person meals. The only thing you need your self is  salt, pepper and oil.

To organize things I have bought 3 plastic bins to separate the ingredients for each meal while I unpack the main box. I get our Blue Apron delivery on Saturday which I like and one of the main reasons we choose them initially since the other meal services did not offer this. I usually cook the Blue Apron meals on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday so I can use up all the fresh ingredients.

People have complained about the packaging, and there is a lot. You can signup for free recycling but I have yet to do this.

I used a Groupon and signed up when Blue Apron had a $30 deal. The meals I received where awesome but the shipping by FedEx is a bit of a pain. FedEx only comes around my neighborhood at a specific time which means I would have to rush home from work to be on time to  get the delivery. In a few cases I was minutes from missing the delivery which is not good as I don't want the box sitting ins some warehouse over night just because I wasn't home for the delivery.

Other than that the food has been fresh and I always have gotten the ingredients I needed for the meals (I have read other reviews of some people missing ingredients). I really enjoy most of the recipes but would like to see a few more options every week to add a bit of variety.

I find these meal kit services a little expensive. I don't mind paying for the meals as they are good but it is only me and my husband. If I had kids I would think twice about spending so much.