![]() ![]() Sign me up! (Also-read on, because we have a special offer for Alpha Mom readers if you want to sign up, too!)īlue Apron offers a wide variety of recipes (and they’re adding to their menu all the time), but their accommodations for special diets are still somewhat limited because my daughter is a vegetarian and I can’t have gluten, I was worried it might be difficult to provide us with appropriate meals. I said yes because I knew it meant a meal my teens could prepare with zero assistance from me, and it would be balanced, nutritious, and would not result in a crime scene of wasted food in my kitchen. ![]() So when the opportunity to try out Blue Apron came up, sure, some people would’ve said yes for the chef-designed recipes and the ease of having a refrigerated box of fresh ingredients in precise portions delivered to their doorstep, but not me. Between school, activities, lack of planning ahead, and just life, eventually we were back to the status quo-I do 99% of the cooking, because 1) I work from home and so can do prep or crock pot stuff during the day and 2) I’m that perfect blend of lazy (the kids always need “help”) and nutrition-conscious topped with a dollop of control freak, which means doing the cooking myself is, in many ways, just simpler.īut the reality is that I hope someday (maybe even someday soonish…) my teens will leave me and be able to feed themselves more than just ramen. It was a brilliant plan, and it worked… until life got busy and we stopped. ![]() Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I got the brilliant idea that my kids would take turns cooking for the family one night a week.
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