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So far, my family has enjoyed our Blue Apron meals. I was tired of trying to get him to eat, and Blue Apron looked like a fun, not-too-expensive, and worthwhile experiment in picky-eater feeding. Often, my son would just refuse to eat dinner or would complain for the whole meal, even if it was something he usually tolerated like baked chicken with sweet potatoes. It was because my 10-year-old saw the flier in the mail and promised that he would eat the food if I ordered the service. When I decided to sign up for Blue Apron's delivery service about seven months ago, it wasn't initially because I wanted to save time.

But because you don't have any wasted food, it may actually cost about the same as what I would end up spending to cook a similar meal from the grocery store. The cost for a meal for four is around $35, give or take, which makes it a little more expensive than buying the ingredients at a store. It's given me fresh cooked food with much less hassle.

Any time I can save on household chores like shopping, meal planning, and cooking makes a difference - getting the kids and my husband to the table, filled up, and the kids up to bed efficiently is an important part of my night.Įnter Blue Apron, a service that lets you pick from five different complete meals each week, and then ships you all the ingredients and recipes in a box with ice. I often don't get all my writing done while my older son is at school and his brother is at daycare, and I sometimes need extra time at night to finish working. On top of that, his complex healthcare issues often need my attention during the day, meaning I have frequent interruptions to my work as a freelance writer. He's 10 now, and I know that if I want to make dinner interesting for my husband and me, it often means also cooking something different for my son. My efforts to broaden his horizons with tagine, rye broccoli crackers, or even homemade bread, soups, and salads mostly failed.

For several years, his diet consisted primarily of five things: avocados, hummus, pretzels, canned sardines, and apples. I have always prided myself on being a healthful and experimental cook for my family.īut a few factors have led me to question recently whether cooking is the best use of my time.įor one, my first child is a very picky eater, partly because of his food allergies. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.