https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:31:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron/page/2#post-2669519 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:40:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: lol, an extra set of hands should come with these services!</p> <p>@Corduroy: so much for bringing the family together! The other thing I found interesting was just how much olive oil I used. The food didn't taste oily, but my goodness every other step called for it.</p> <p>I saw a commercial for Plated. Ahhh the TV meal times look so blissful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron/page/2#post-2669516 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:25:51 +0000 Corduroy 2669516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I tried two meals free during a recent promotion. One was General Tso's Chicken and the other was Pork and Braised Cabbage. DH was not interested at all. While I made the chicken he made lamb chops and veggies for the kids. They cooked them, ate them and cleaned up before I sat down to eat. </p> <p>The Pork and Braised Cabbage was just funny because I had just made Pork and Braised Cabbage the night before from a massive Costco pork pack DH bought. That was slightly faster cooking but mine was much better in IMO. Both meals took a ton of dishes and were much more sugary that we usually eat. I cancelled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron/page/2#post-2669469 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:04:42 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2669469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Hahah, I just signed up for HelloFresh as a black friday promotion. One of the options for the week was chicken skewers. I read the recipe though and it said you had to handle the chicken to put it on the skewers! No Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron/page/2#post-2669298 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:37:31 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reviving this thread. Just cancelled Blue Apron. :meh: </p> <p>A client sent me my first free meal. That first week was fun. Then, the recipes all called for frying foods. I am scared cook and hate frying. Plus my kitchen experience was nothing like the commercials- couples prepping together and smiling kids helping out. It was more like trying to placate a crying baby who wants to be picked up, but I have raw chicken guts on my hand. Even with DH at home his idea of helping out was watching the baby. </p> <p>So yeah. Blue Apron drop out! I did pick up a smoked trout recipe I will use for parties. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519928 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:59:54 +0000 Raindrop 2519928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: I want to do dream dinners again but I can't seem to find time to go to an assemble night! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519742 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:53:36 +0000 nana87 2519742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Blue Apron! Dh is a big cook, so he can make the meals pretty quickly and easily, so the perk for us is that it takes out the work of menu planning. We used it for awhile and then stopped, but then got in a rut of shopping/menu planning where we never seemed to have the right ingredients to make anything interesting, so now we're back to using it again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519681 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:00:10 +0000 psw27 2519681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: This place looks great! Thanks for the tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519673 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:55:25 +0000 psw27 2519673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yup! We get it all the time! They are over on L Street! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519672 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:55:05 +0000 ShootingStar 2519672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: If you want meals that are ready to go, a co-worker used <a href="http://fooderyboston.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fooderyboston.com/</a> and really liked it. He said the portion sizes were pretty big too. Not sure how the pricing compares, but since it's already cooked I imagine it is more expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519670 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:52:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 2519670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: oh is cafe mamtaz Indian? We haven't found an Indian place that delivers here that we like, we will have to check that out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519668 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:50:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2519668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: I can't even tell you how many AKs orders we did in the month or two before and after g was born! And we pay the $2 delivery fee even though we are two blocks away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519666 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:49:01 +0000 psw27 2519666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Ha. The AKs love is real... and the use of foodler... We do a lot of Cafe Mamtaz too. I think the delivery guy is so confused since he has delivered to us at 3 different addresses in the last 9 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519660 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:47:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2519660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: yes that would be a much better gift these days! I'll keep that in mind next time someone wants to get us a gift. I was saying to DH last night is rather foodler credit and pizza from AKs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519626 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:19:22 +0000 jape14 2519626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: yes, this! I use it for recipe inspiration all of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519536 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:11:50 +0000 psw27 2519536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For pre-cooked meals in Boston try Cooking from the Heart. My FIL got us a gift certificate to them and they deliver them right to your house. They even have dessert options. We liked it and it helped us our during our crazy "homeless" summer we had. We haven't kept up with it because I "like" to cook and theoretically have the time to do so right now. (ha!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519525 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:03:15 +0000 MrsKerch 2519525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: Cooksmarts.com is a web based meal planning service. They set you up with 4 meals a week. you can make what is in the meal plan (customizable for size 2-8 portions and dietary needs, Vegetarian, Paleo, GF or Original). The website will put all of the ingredients on a shopping list for you and also provides prep instructions with the number of days ahead of time something can be done without going bad. Obviously they also then provide the recipes. </p> <p>For my family it works out really well. I shop and prep on Sunday, and then assemble &amp; cook on the week nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519281 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 23:14:06 +0000 PurplePeony 2519281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blue Apron has all their recipes available online. You can see what is/was on the menu for the past, current, and next weeks and buy ingredients yourself, or search all the recipes to plan your own week of meals. I have liked the recipes I've made so far, and while some of them are kind of labor-intensive, it would be easy to buy pre-chopped vegetables and other shortcuts from the grocery store and probably still come out ahead on price. I have no interest in getting deliveries because the packaging waste would drive me crazy, but I really appreciate being able to use the menus and recipes anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519277 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 23:04:04 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2519277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I do dream dinners. So easy and I can usually have dinner done in 20 minutes. </p> <p>I've done Hello Fresh a few times and I agree - way too much work for a weeknight. All it's really saving me is going to the store and if I went to the store, I can buy a lot of the ingredients already prepped like chopped onions and chopped cilantro. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519255 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:10:32 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2519255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I never got pizza! And that was one of the annoying things, how little choice you have. We had so much catfish it was a little ridiculous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519145 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:58:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 2519145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jape14: we had the BBQ salmon last night. It was tasty and the salmon itself seemed like high quality. </p> <p>Tonight we are making a chicken thing and honestly this is more work and taking longer than if I just planned and shopped and cooked myself because DH is "helping". I'm annoyed and hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519120 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:32:32 +0000 jape14 2519120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do Blue Apron and we like it. We like to cook but hate the planning aspect of it, so Blue Apron is perfect for us. The delivery schedule in our area happens to be weekends (Thursday or Friday) so we use it as a way to have an at-home date night where we cook together and have a glass of wine. But we generally don't do them on weeknights (except Thursdays, like tonight - just had BBQ salmon), we already like to cook as a hobby (so it's fun to work with different ingredients without having to buy a bunch of something we might not always use), and we only have one LO who goes to bed at 7pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519105 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:20:10 +0000 Mrs D 2519105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKerch: @simplyfelicity: what is cooks smart? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519056 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:50:57 +0000 simplyfelicity 2519056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKerch: love cook smarts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519055 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:50:46 +0000 simplyfelicity 2519055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely liked blue apron more than hello fresh because of the cost. One hello fresh meal was ground turkey, steamed veggies and pasta. Yeah, I can do that for 10 bucks. Both hellofresh and blue apron seemed really carb heavy,like lots of pizza. I love pizza but not every week. We ended going to cook smarts and love it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2519000 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:05:33 +0000 MrsKerch 2519000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not in exactly the same family as Hello Fresh and Blue Apron but we really like using Cooksmarts. I do my own shopping and prep on Sunday, then we assemble m-Th. there's great variety and I'm still able to pick and choose what I like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2518974 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:42:04 +0000 Dahlia 2518974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get it every few weeks. Besides all the packaging we love it. Although there's a lot of prep, the steps are simple. So DH, who NEVER cooked before usually cooks while I do LO's bedtime. So for us it's not so much about convenience but effectively allows us to shift responsibilities around. Sure DH could meal plan, go to the store, and cook something much cheaper, but that's never going to happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2518948 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:29:16 +0000 Mrs D 2518948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I preferred hellofresh - tried blue apron too!</p> <p>They both took 30-45 mins hands on time...too much for work nights for me... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2518947 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:28:04 +0000 PawPrints 2518947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, I turned down our Blue Apron invitation because if I'm going to spend that much money on dinner I expect someone else to cook it. I really enjoy meal planning since it means I get to pick out stuff that I know I like to eat, so why would I pay extra to give that power to someone else? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2518945 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:27:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 2518945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: yeah we both commented on how much packaging there was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blue-apron#post-2518940 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:24:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 2518940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: it sounds perfect for before kids, when maybe you don't have time to shop AND cook, and especially if you are a little newer to cooking. I get it. </p> <p>But now when I can't really start cooking until the baby is asleep at 8:30? Not so much.</p> <p>Eta: typing this as I snack on frozen meatballs that I microwaved for my toddler. That's more how I roll at the moment. Despite my screen name which is clearly from pre babies. </p>