365great Day 235: fireplaces

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365great challenge day 235: fireplacesThe crackling of a fireplace is a really soothing sort of sound to snuggle up near. Add in the welcoming warmth and rich wood smell for a wonderfully comforting experience. Throw in a blanket, good book, and hot chocolate and you may never get me to leave. I also have some lovely memories of singing karaoke with my parents as the fireplace heated up our living room in the St. Louis winter. I don’t have a fireplace anymore, but I get a chance to hang out by one I always enjoy that nice slow pace. It’s so easy to kick back and relax next to a fireplace and let the rest of the world slip away. I wish I had one to use for this upcoming winter! The office sure could use some extra heat. 😛 Wouldn’t that be fun? I’d love to work next to a fireplace at work. It’s a great place to clear my mind and get some work done.

Blue Apron October 10th Delivery review

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Not long after trying Hello Fresh, I decided I wanted to check out some of the other fresh food boxes out there, so I got Blue Apron. Overall I think their style is more suited to our taste, though we’re going to have to try more boxes to really decide.

Blue Apron is just under $60 per box and comes with 3 meals of 2 servings each. That’s $10 per meal serving! Boxes are sent weekly unless you choose to skip (which is very easy to do). After ordering a few times, they will offer free meals you can send to friends (but no referral program).

collage of blue apron box packaging

Everything was packaged very well and I loved the cute label for the little items: Knick Knacks.

collage of blue apron turkey chili with avocado and cheddar recipe card

We started off with the turkey chili recipe, great for a cold night.

collage of blue apron turkey chili vegetable ingredients

Prepping all the veggies!

collage of blue apron turkey chili ingredients and meal being mixed and cooked

Bit by bit, we added ingredients to the pot and let it simmer.

blue apron turkey chili with avocado and cheddar finished product

Fantastic finished product! So yum that I recreated it soon after.

collage of blue apron ginger beef stir fry with tatsoi and jasmine rice recipe card

Next up was the Asian style ginger beef stir fry.

collage of blue apron ginger beef stir fry ingredients and meal being cooked

I let the meat sit in the freezer for a few min as recommended and it was easier to cut into thinner slices (but my fingers were numb after).

blue apron ginger beef stir fry with tatsoi and jasmine rice finished product

Yummy final product!

collage of blue apron salmon with fennel two ways and cauliflower steak recipe card

Last up was the salmon and fennel two ways.

collage of blue apron salmon and fennel two ways ingredients

Chop, chop, chop!

collage of blue apron salmon and fennel two ways meal being cooked

Cooking the salmon and cauliflower.

blue apron salmon with fennel two ways and cauliflower steak finished product

Loooved the cauliflower steak and salmon, but the fennel salad was too strong for me.

I absolutely loved the first two dishes, even though they included ingredients I normally wouldn’t have thought I’d enjoy! The flavor pairings were perfect for my taste preferences. For the salmon dish, I really enjoyed the salmon and cauliflower steak. I’ve since made more cauliflower steak and I love how simple it is, yet how much pleasure I get from consuming it. The fennel salad was suuuper fragrant and I just couldn’t get it down. Otherwise, all these dishes were fantastic. I look forward to my next delivery, which actually happens to arrive tomorrow! You’ll probably hear about it in a month, haha. 😛

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