{"id":13673,"date":"2024-12-11T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13673"},"modified":"2024-12-11T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:50:49","slug":"blue-apron-review-not-as-good-as-it-once-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13673","title":{"rendered":"Blue Apron Review: Not as Good as It Once Was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">For many years,<\/span> Blue Apron has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gallery\/best-meal-kit-services\/\">one of my favorite meal kits<\/a> out of the dozens I&#8217;ve tested. It was No. 1 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gallery\/best-meal-kit-services\/\">our buying guide<\/a>, and my colleague Adrienne So even gave the service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/blue-apron-rave\/\">its own love letter<\/a>. I recently retested the service to ensure that our coverage was up to date, and I&#8217;m dismayed to announce that, while it&#8217;s still a good meal kit subscription service, Blue Apron is no longer my top pick.<\/p>\n<p>I still think it has its merits, and in no way would I call it \u201cbad.\u201d It&#8217;s undeniably convenient to have ingredients shipped to your door, because who actually <em>likes<\/em> going grocery shopping? And the dishes I&#8217;ve tried have been mostly good. But I had some issues with this round of testing that have led me to believe that other services might be a better use of your time\u2014and money.<\/p>\n<h2>A Fly in My Soup<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hand holding two large recipe cards from Blue Apron a delivery meal kit\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" 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960w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67524c91644a7c10e5b6f3bd\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/Blue-Apron-Review-2024-Recipe-Cards-Reviewer-Photo-Louryn-Strampe.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67524c91644a7c10e5b6f3bd\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/Blue-Apron-Review-2024-Recipe-Cards-Reviewer-Photo-Louryn-Strampe.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd isTgyB fNaHcW caption__credit\">Photograph: Louryn Strampe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After speaking with the lovely PR folks at Blue Apron to start a round of retesting, they confirmed my recipes: <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/sour-cherry-dijon-chicken-with-roasted-squash-broccoli\" class=\"external-link\" 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data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/3kFAWYpoG8awFdYM2qWXQGU1ogfDAwgR4od8Ag9tZxag8CGBSWS5bfSJGtuU57yQqLujdWCrQVSDoi436kwL9ZXhvN7dbieckqtRHMC3WTCyVmPcPeiGdq6LKLrqtSgU3w2x9kTnFNThmVaTst5xxMQKHyG1yzaFLYv45QYGXmLfqBqfiXzBqs4CDxbt8WsMCxYEX&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/3kFAWYpoG8awFdYM2qWXQGU1ogfDAwgR4od8Ag9tZxag8CGBSWS5bfSJGtuU57yQqLujdWCrQVSDoi436kwL9ZXhvN7dbieckqtRHMC3WTCyVmPcPeiGdq6LKLrqtSgU3w2x9kTnFNThmVaTst5xxMQKHyG1yzaFLYv45QYGXmLfqBqfiXzBqs4CDxbt8WsMCxYEX\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Chimichurri Shrimp<\/a>, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/fall-harvest-grain-bowls-with-sweet-potatoes-apple-goat-cheese-444ab299-55a8-4837-9987-be60e64a6d16?srsltid=AfmBOoq56_9uAjNCTvXSyygvp77rFBqg0P1uurF2t33Cq1dQQZW8XOVq\" class=\"external-link\" 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data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/southwestern-style-egg-bites-with-grits\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/4iheeJwWD8ieHpBRvZYS6hGdT7QChu5YEpZ9mFHZm1JaounZUBDVBJy8fUAAJMvXQ5Co6K9CdsM4b8h8ZfYd7CwehqA2VN6WQByH3a1nAitArsvQjG6oWLLVjCPkbNF3V5i5Yh5ERK87sfmoK93JJAyZ9HLuyqKJHVSwJMAMnQKeMgXiw6fJeHpxbD&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/4iheeJwWD8ieHpBRvZYS6hGdT7QChu5YEpZ9mFHZm1JaounZUBDVBJy8fUAAJMvXQ5Co6K9CdsM4b8h8ZfYd7CwehqA2VN6WQByH3a1nAitArsvQjG6oWLLVjCPkbNF3V5i5Yh5ERK87sfmoK93JJAyZ9HLuyqKJHVSwJMAMnQKeMgXiw6fJeHpxbD\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Southwestern-Style Egg Bites<\/a>, and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/double-chocolate-cake-with-peppermint-creme-anglaise\" class=\"external-link\" 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Only three of the five were actually cookable upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p><native-ad position=\"in-content\" shoulddisplaylabel=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It started with the eggs that were packed inside my shipping box, which had broken and coated everything inside. I rinsed everything off and packed it into my fridge. No use in crying over broken eggs, or whatever that old adage is. That night, I cooked the chicken dish, which was mostly tasty, except my chicken had a defect known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8202004\/\">spaghetti meat<\/a>&#8220;\u2014a muscle abnormality that causes chicken breast to appear soft and stringy, like spaghetti. It&#8217;s usually not obvious on the outside of the meat (it wasn&#8217;t in my case), but these internal strings turn tough upon being cooked and alter the texture of the finished dish, making it more fibrous. I only discovered the abnormality after I cut into the cooked chicken breast. I would have realized it earlier if the instructions called for cutting into the protein earlier\u2014for example, if the breasts were to be butterflied\u2014but since I was cooking it whole, I didn&#8217;t catch the issue until dinner was served.<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s silly to expect that a meal kit service delivers the highest-quality butcher-grade cuts of meat, and despite it being unappetizing, I still ate it. My chicken was tougher and stringier than it would have been without the defect, but \u201cspaghetti meat\u201d is still safe to eat. It&#8217;s just less delicious. And despite that issue, the rest of the meal was pretty good. I reached out to the PR folks and mentioned it, since I would have done the same with customer service if I&#8217;d been a paying customer. They said they&#8217;d send two replacement meals\u2014<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/pork-schnitzel-pancetta-potato-salad-with-baked-squash-apple\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/21YXcjY98V7uPaBYpX8qs62MvWq2uRqpczNSUgTtXKojMubzd4beVknqndgY7AKszhUq7JTwVaQFvwshy1GXdi9QUTQrDazWsi2CVaFM9vedpSaif4CSVp12wBzQiDtj3xmt5RasuNG3mvmZc1vvUt7U5xgDwgfHjDrR2tY1nuw6jvvowibGBFhsW8AedWKkhKsge9EL24ygTQuxaS1qzwM&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/21YXcjY98V7uPaBYpX8qs62MvWq2uRqpczNSUgTtXKojMubzd4beVknqndgY7AKszhUq7JTwVaQFvwshy1GXdi9QUTQrDazWsi2CVaFM9vedpSaif4CSVp12wBzQiDtj3xmt5RasuNG3mvmZc1vvUt7U5xgDwgfHjDrR2tY1nuw6jvvowibGBFhsW8AedWKkhKsge9EL24ygTQuxaS1qzwM\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Pork Schnitzel &amp; Pancetta-Potato Salad<\/a>, as well as <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/recipes\/beef-over-curry-spiced-rice-with-creamy-cilantro-sauce-0d33b09c-dbb8-470e-8ea9-d5a973529b01?\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/JPgapTEkadqSqezutS26aQoEoA3UP2nKnfQBXaNbWJkYejXSy8Fv6Ciwidf8sf8umo4tdBkczHyWXRFuJ62J7xwBrqHxSgsL6TSKmxy5Nur3U5XSaUL6dqmGdugWudttuHvE9T8PeJ9XJZ4rZhaDEvvY4ux8SqtEyHZDAAGfYDMFpnuKB6Tcc9sYrhtKXdN6tigMRu8nUso3spzDWqTscQh9Rio9LJau46FYCpud9hSQJiJxQWaPz7U5SXGdpBSkpT&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/affiliate-link\/JPgapTEkadqSqezutS26aQoEoA3UP2nKnfQBXaNbWJkYejXSy8Fv6Ciwidf8sf8umo4tdBkczHyWXRFuJ62J7xwBrqHxSgsL6TSKmxy5Nur3U5XSaUL6dqmGdugWudttuHvE9T8PeJ9XJZ4rZhaDEvvY4ux8SqtEyHZDAAGfYDMFpnuKB6Tcc9sYrhtKXdN6tigMRu8nUso3spzDWqTscQh9Rio9LJau46FYCpud9hSQJiJxQWaPz7U5SXGdpBSkpT\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Beef Over Curry-Spiced Rice<\/a>. (For customers, if an issue is encountered, Blue Apron typically offers a credit toward your next box or order.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, Blue Apron has been one of my favorite meal kits out of the dozens I&#8217;ve tested. It was No. 1 in our buying guide, and my colleague Adrienne So even gave the service its own love letter. I recently retested the service to ensure that our coverage was up to date, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":13674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[847,899,770,769,745,744],"class_list":["post-13673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-cooking","tag-food-and-drink","tag-kitchen","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Apron Review: Not as Good as It Once Was | Unlock Informed Choices with Us<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blue Apron&#x27;s dishes are good\u2014when the ingredients are usable.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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