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Monday, January 26

Using New Flavors in the Kitchen

Cooking With Blue Apron
I love to cook at home, but I have to admit, I often get stuck in a rut of using the same ingredients.  Very rarely do I find myself picking out one of the "weird" veggies at the grocery store to use it in a meal.  Blue Apron is great for me in that.  They send you all the fresh ingredients you need for each meal straight to your house in a refrigerated box.  For this Pasta E Fagioli recipe, I used a fennel bulb with fronds.  Fronds?  I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have known what to do with that funny thing if it weren't for the breakdown on the recipe card.  I love how simple using new ingredients is with Blue Apron.

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Honorable mention:  this recipe called for garlic chips.  I've never even thought to make crunchy little chips out of garlic slices.  Game changer.

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The recipe card called for me to prep all the fresh ingredients first, so here's a beauty shot of some of the veggies I used.  I've actually never used fresh rosemary either (I know, I know), so that was another new experience for me.  After the veggies were prepped, I boiled the noodles and created the base for the meal.  I combined it all and the meal was finished.  Super easy!

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Basically if you can follow a recipe card, you can make a pretty fancy meal with no real hiccups in 40 minutes or less.  This meal was a serving size for two, but it was so hearty we ended up having leftovers.  No complaints over here.  There's also a family option, if you have need for meals feeding more than two people.

Since we started using Blue Apron, I've discovered so many new flavors I never would have cooked with.  Fresh ginger and fresh lemongrass are staples in my kitchen thanks to the first Blue Apron meal I ever made.  I'm super interested in making the Cremini & Porcini Mushroom-Barley Soup and the Vegetable Pot Pie next.

**Blue Apron is offering the first 50 readers two free meals on your first order.  Just click here!  Happy cooking!


12 comments:

  1. It's so much fun using new ingredients and flavors! Every now and then I like to go to my local Asian grocer and pick out something I've never used before. Fortunately with the internet it's not too hard to find recipes for most things - even if I've never used them before!

    This Blue Apron program sounds really cool though. :)

    xx Kathryn
    http://www.throughthethicket.ca

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  2. ohhh that looks delicious!
    xo, cheyenne

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  3. Nice... I've been getting so lazy when it comes to cooking these days!

    Valentina
    Valentina Duracinsky Blog

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  4. Yum! This looks amazing!!!

    ❤Sara
    blonde & bounder

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  5. That looks so good! I love services like that - I think we have a couple similar ones here in the UK, but I'm always so nervous about trying new recipes. I think you just convinced me to give it a go!
    Have a great week!
    xo April

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  6. Yum! That looks so good! And so easy! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. this looks delish!

    xx nikki
    www.dream-in-neon.com

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  8. This looks really good, perfect for cold winter nights.

    http://www.mintnotion.com

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  9. Oh YUM! This looks so good, and I like the sound of these recipe cards! You're kitchen is cute :) I love those little green jars (canisters, whatever) just precious.

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  10. Where is your dress from??!! So cute....

    www.stylenark.com

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  11. That Dear Creatures dress...!! Guh it's so darling and looks so good on you *_*

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  12. Hello Katie, I am Italian blogger and pasta and fagioli, is one of my favorite pasta ;) Congratulation for the recipe and your blog! Simona

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