Out of the box (+ a Cravings giveaway)
This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. The first 50 to order using this link will get $50 off their first two weeks using Blue Apron!
BACK IN THE KITCHEN, and it feels so.good.
We are slowly starting to get back into the routine of life around here. Living in a hotel for a bit, and spending days packing/unpacking boxes was really NBD. At this point we’re used to moving so often, so you definitely get used to it! The only thing that made it kind of annoying for me was the food aspect. It can be tricky to be in a small hotel room (in a city with no food delivery services) and a teeny, tiny fridge. We made it work with hotel room snacks – I packed up tons of fruit, bars, and oatmeal packs – but all of our real meals for an entire week were via restaurants or hotel room service.
When we finally unpacked in the house, I couldn’t wait to have a real dinner at home. We hadn’t done a big grocery shop yet and still need to pick up the bulk of staple ingredients, so I was STOKED when a Blue Apron box arrived on the doorstep. I had planned for it to arrive while we were in Tucson, and the timing ended up being perfect. It was strangely blissful to be back in a real kitchen.
When I placed our order, I was thrilled to see their recent collaboration with Chrissy Teigen. I’m a huge fan – she’s one of the only people I lurk on Twitter – and she’s known for her flavorful, soul-hugging recipes. She’s also hilarious. Blue Apron is currently offering 6 recipes from Chrissy’s wildly-popular Cravings cookbook.
Week of June 4: Garlic & Soy-Glazed Shrimp with Charred Broccoli & Hot Green Pepper Sauce
Week of June 11: Sesame Chicken Noodles with Bok Choy
Week of June 18: Chinese Chicken Salad with Crispy Wontons
Week of June 25: Chicken Lettuce Cups with Sweet Peppers, Mushrooms, & Jasmine Rice
Week of July 2: Chipotle-Lime Chicken Fajitas with Mushrooms, Monterey Jack, & Crema
Week of July 9: Pork Banh Mi Sandwiches with Pickled Cucumbers & Carrots
We enjoyed the Sesame Chicken Noodles with Bok Choy one afternoon, and it was such a satisfying, flavorful meal.
I pretty much wanted to swim and live in the soy-tahini-honey-chili sauce and the girls went crazy for the noodles.
One of my favorite things about Blue Apron is that the servings are extremely generous.
(Whenever I have pasta for a meal, I’ll usually serve it on a bed of greens for a nutrient boost.)
We had enough for all four of us, plus a bowl I took to my mom at work (she loved it!), and one serving of leftovers for lunch the following day.
Some of my favorite things about Blue Apron:
– You get all of the ingredients to create chef-designed meals delivered to your doorstep. Everything is perfectly-portioned so it helps minimize waste and buying full-sized bottles of ingredients you don’t use on a regular basis.
– Convenience! We’re going through a phase right now where the girls want to buy everything and add it to the cart. I definitely let them try new things as much as possible, but it really slows down the already tedious grocery adventure. When I get Blue Apron, two meals are already planned and ready to go for the week.
– It’s reasonably-priced; as low as $7.49 per serving.
– The ingredients are sourced from sustainable sources, and the packaging is recyclable.
– Variety! There are 8 recipes to choose from each week and you can mix and match from different options.
– The recipes are ALWAYS good. We haven’t had a bummer Blue Apron meal yet, and that’s after using the service for about 3 years now.
-And now, one of my favorite things is their amazing collaboration with Chrissy Teigen. Her recipes are amazing and it’s such a fun way to try some of them without having to shop for the ingredients.
To celebrate the new collaboration, Blue Apron offered to give away a copy of Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings cookbook.
To enter, click here to visit Blue Apron’s recipes page and comment below to let me know which recipes you’d like to try!
I’ll announce a winner next Monday at 8AM EST.
Don’t forget, if you’ve been wanting to try Blue Apron, you can use my link to get $50 off your first 2 weeks.
Have a great day and I’ll see ya soon!
xo
Gina
Congrats to the winner of the giveaway, Allie! Stay tuned for more awesome giveaways headed your way.
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Omg so many recipes look good- Spice Chickpea & Vegetable Tagine, Summer Vegetable Gnocchi, Korean-Style Beef, Spinach, Tomato & Goat Cheese Quiche, Greek-Style Farro Salad, Feta, Mozzarella, & Fresh Tomato Pizza, Spicy Zucchini Quesadillas, Spanish-Spiced Chicken & Rice… I could go on & on!!! I too love Chrissy Teigen and how she just goes for it and doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
They all look SO good – but top recipe would be the lettuce cups! Yum 🙂
Tahini Chicken!
Summer vegetable gnocchi and Chrissy Teigen’s Sweet and Spicy Chicken Lettuce Cups
So fun! Would love to try Chrissy Teigen’s Sweet & Spicy Chicken Lettuce Cups!
The tahini chicken looks so good and the summer vegetable gnocchi=YUM!
I want to try Chrissy Teigen’s Chipotle Lime Fajitas and Pork Banh Mi. They both sound so good!
yummm I want to try the chipotle lime chicken fajitas and marinated vegetable soba noodle salad! they all look amazing!
The sweet potato bao buns! I’ve tried to get these from blue apron before but they ran out-they sound so delicious!
I would love to try the tahini chicken!
The cheesy pesto chicken calzone sounds amazing
The marinated veggie & soba noodle salad sounds right up my alley!
Chipotle lime chicken fajitas!
The sweet & spicy chicken lettuce cups sound really good! I haven’t tried any of Chrissy Teigen’s recipes yet but I’ve heard great things!
The lettuce cups sound great!
The sweet and spicy chicken lettuce cups sound delicious!
The sweet and spicy lettuce cups!
I’d love to try the Chinese chicken salad with crispy wontons!
hmmm, summer vegetable gnocchi sounds amazing!
Tahini chicken looks really good. Many of the dishes looks delicious.
I would try the pork banh mi sandwiches! I love banh mi but the idea of making that type of sandwich on my own intimidates me…guess that’s where Blue Apron comes in! xo
I love anything sweet potato, so sweet potato and spicy cucumber bao OR the spiced chickpea and vegetable tangine. As for pasta on a bed of veggies — I’m the one who will pick out all the veggies and leave the noodles.
The lettuce cups!
I would love to try out the pork bah mi sandwiches!!
I can’t pick just one – Chrissy Teigen’s Pork Banh Mi, Coconut & Vadouvan salmon, smoky beef burgers, Chrissy Teigen’s sweet & spicy chicken lettuce cups, Beef shwarma bowls – they all look yummy!
The Lettuce Cups look so good!!
Yum! The Sweet and Spicy Lettace Cups abc Honey Ginger Pork Chops look delicious.
All the meals look delicious but Chrissy Teigen’s Pork Banh Mi recipe caught my eye as one I’d particularly love to try!!!
Summer veggie gnocchi!
Chrissy Teigen’s Pork Banh Mi with Quick Pickles & Roasted Broccoli looks yummy!
I love a lettuce wrap – I’d say Chrissy’s (obviously we’re best friends and on a first name basis) sweet and spicy lettuce cups.
The recipes all sound so good! I’d like to try the summer veggie gnocchi
I gave up meat back in September and noticed lots of meat free options on the site. The spicey zucchini quesadillas look great. The summer vegetable gnocchi does also. And the cheesy pesto calzones sound so good.
The Honey-Chipotle Glazed Chicken looks amazing!
The seared chicken over pearl couscous sounds delicious as does the Pork Banh Mi with Quick Pickles & Roasted Broccoli!
The lettuce cups or Korean style beef. All look very good!
I would love to try the sweet potato bao buns and those lettuce cups!
I would love to try the sweet and spicy chicken lettuce wraps!
The seeet and spicy lettuce cups sound great!
Honey ginger pork chops!
Chrissy’s Chipotle-Lime Chicken Fajitas with Mushrooms, Monterey Jack, & Crema look amazing!
I wanna try Chrissy tiegens recipes. They look fab!
Tahini chicken looks delicious!
The sweet potato & spicy cucumber boa look so interesting. Something I definitely wouldn’t come up with on my own.
Any of the ramen recipes!
I totally would try the Zataar Baramundi! Love fish!
The sweet and spicy lettuce cups sound delicious.
Definitely chrissy’s Lettuce cups and the vegetable gnocchi!
All of them! That bowl you are eating looks fantastic!
The Za’atar-Spiced Barramundi looks good!