I love my time in the kitchen, but I tend to lose creativity when I am in a rush or when the kids are home for summer vacation. Sometimes parents need a break from preparing lists of foods to create, shopping for the groceries and then plating them up. What if, you could change just one part of food preparation in your home?
Saving time is saving money, fewer trips to the store, more time with my family and items delivered to my door all make a difference in how our lives evolve and carry-on right? Let’s be honest, the reason we travel to the grocery store is for the freshest product and to choose the best cuts of meat or seafood right?
Today I will share with you how to cook incredible meals from scratch, where to source your meals from and in the midst you will become a home chef without trips to the grocery store! Lavishly life food out loud and get ready to cook incredible meals right from your kitchen!
FARM FRESH – EASY TO CREATE
In search of what I consider the best of the best, I am happy to share what I have found today as a sponsored post for Blue Apron. I have been compensated through the SheSavvy Influence Network. All opinions remain my own.
I am all about farm fresh produce and sustainably sourced seafood, so call me picky or perhaps a savvy food person? As far as I am concerned if a meal is not easy to create, it is not going to be prepared in my kitchen. I prefer fresh ingredients, mixed fast to create a sensational array of flavors while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
TO THE DOOR & NOT TO THE STORE
How many days I fight traffic after taking kids to activities or while I am attempting to get home from work events is just such a time suck and it wears me down. Most parents are the same and as my energy is zapped from traffic, road closures, chatterbox kids, or things I can’t control, I still have to get a meal on the table.
Drive through is not the answer because who knows what they are tossing into the ingredients. Stopping at the store after long commutes or with hungry kids is not the best way to roll. Overspending, or forgetting ingredients all just ruin the possibility of a good meal.
How To Cook Incredible Meals From Scratch
Meet Blue Apron the best way to receive farm fresh product, no added hormone meats, sustainably sourced seafood, recipe cards and the reason that you can learn how to cook incredible meals from scratch without going to the store! Look at these veggies, marked with what they are, and so fresh, not even a spotted piece of basil (try finding that in a store!)
The menu that I chose from included 2 servings of each item selected, and I got to choose 3 meals. The cost associated with this meal plan was only $59.94 with shipping and taxes integrated into the total. No travel to the grocery store, no need to figure out how to make the meals (the recipe cards are in the box) and all of the ingredients, except Olive Oil (which I have in my base stock) were included, making this the How To Cook Incredible Meals From Scratch moment you are ALL seeking.
THE BOX
Reading the box was an incredible way to learn even more, so I had to share it with you.
THE MENU
Want to know what I really loved about the Blue Apron delivery service? There were plenty of ingredients to make exactly what I needed, and when plated, no leftovers. Better yet, there were a few things in my recipe that I did not want to taste, so I just eliminated them from the recipe and while I might be missing out on something great, my meal was still amazing and totally new to me.
The Creamy Luminaca Rigata Pasta with Asparagus, Spinach and Goat Cheese was delicious, but I eliminated a few ingredients and made it my own, look at the perfection on a plate.
THE TRUTH ABOUT GROCERY SHOPPING
You and I both know that heading to a grocery story is a license to spend and waste. I believe that we spend too much money on food we end up wasting because time is not on our side and ingredients need to be fresh when you want to create incredible meals, not days old. I bet your garbage can eats better than you, and your money just ends up in the trash, so sad!
STOP THE GROCERY RUNS
The alternative to getting in the car is actually America’s number one meal delivery service, Blue Apron. Now that I have tasted and cooked and tried it out, I simply can not believe that we have not used this before. Navigating the website was easy, the order was fantabulous, and there is no commitment or cancellation fee, so you can order on the weeks you want and then not again, it’s that easy.
Ready to try it out for yourself and lavishly life food out loud? It’s time to try Blue Apron because you know How To Cook Incredible Meals From Scratch since I shared my secret. Use my Blue Apron shopping link to get signed up and try a few meals and signing up now will get you $30 off of their first delivery.