I’ve never been a great meal planner and just recently figured out a way to make it a bit easier by only planning out a few days of meals. But even with that method in practice, there are still weeks that completely get away from me and Justin and I end up scrounging up random food from the kitchen at dinnertime for us and the boys.
I grew up having family dinner nearly every night of the week, so I think I feel some subconscious pressure to have a thought out meal on the dinner at least 5 nights a week for my family.
I just had another round of Blue Apron meals sent my home on one of the busiest weeks of my life, and I swear the moment I saw that box on my front step I felt the stress melt away. I didn’t have to meal plan, write out a grocery list, or go to the store. But even greater than those mundane tasks was the gift of not having to think about what to cook. It was all there, in the box, divided up by meal, waiting for me to cook.
This delivery happened to come just before a trip down to South Carolina so I thought it would be fun to show my mom how Blue Apron works and cook one of the meals with her. We even got David in on some of the food prep too and I can assure you that he felt very, very important!

This meal was Pipe Rigate Pasta & Beef Bolognese with Cheesy Garlic Bread. As a mom who has trouble getting her kids to eat vegetables, I loved seeing the carrots incorporated into this dish and masked by the red tomato sauce. And the carrots ad...