My husband and I love cooking and eating. Back in December 2012 right around Christmas time, we were starting to plan for the days when our baby girl will be here. Trying to see what we needed to do to make certain "chores" less stressful to tackle so that we may focus on our baby. One area that I wanted to make easier on us what cooking but not only cooking .. grocery shopping. I knew that it wouldn't be easy to food shop like we used to and the trips had to be quick and few. One day on facebook one of my friends posted about Blue Apron Meals - www.blueapronmeals.com . She mentioned how great the food was and how easy it was to make dinner. I don't think I blinked before I found myself on Blue Aprons webpage. Blue Apron Meals provides 3 meals a week for $9 per person/per meal. The ingredients come measured out for you already so all you have to do is cut/chop/dice/mix/cook.. The meals looked AMAZING and restaurant-y, something that I knew we would be doing less of (going out to eat) and this service allowed us to feel like we were out at a restaurant. In addition, the meals came to us every Wednesday and I didn't have to worry about food shopping. We have loved this service and It definitly has fulfilled the needs we needed it to. About a few weeks ago I stumbled onto a different meal service Plated - www.plated.com. What's intriguing about this service is that you can select your own meals and you don't have to be a member of this service but with not being a member the meals are $15 vs when your a member it's $12 and I believe there's a monthly service charge of $10 but I could be wrong. I looked for a few coupon codes and selected 5 different meals and we are going to give it a shot this week. I will review in another post once we made all the meals to let you know our thoughts on each company.
I'm trying to create a meal planning binder so my meal planning is a bit easier. This week since we are going to be testing Plated and also have our blue apron meal service I was able to use the 2 confirmation emails I recieved for the delivery and I planned using that.
Monday - My dad's beef stew (love having my parents nearby to bring us yummy goodies!)
Tuesday- Brussel Sprout & Mushroom Polenta Pizza and Roasted Apple and Butternut squash soup (Plated)
Wednesday- Center Cut Pork with Pan Sauce and Apple Kohlrabi Slaw (Blue Apron)
Thursday - Lamb Burgers with Pickled Red Onions & Greek Salad (Plated)
Friday - Sirloin Steak with Swiss Chard & Rice Pilaf (Plated)
Saturday- Out to Eat
Sunday - Roast Beef
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