Blue Apron offers ingredient and recipe meal kits that they deliver to your door.

Matt Salzberg

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Blue Apron reliably works as a meal-kit service: reviewers praise fresh, high-quality ingredients and well-written recipes that help users learn new techniques, but many find portions small, meals more time-consuming than advertised, and packaging excessive. Reviews of Blue Apron note strengths in taste, variety, and instructional recipe cards, balanced by complaints about packaging waste, labor intensity, and value for solo diners — useful for buyers who want culinary learning and convenience but dislike heavy prep or waste.

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