

Because Blue Apron recipes include only the amount of ingredients needed, I prorated the cost by how much you would actually use, not the full price of the bottle, jar or bag. When pricing out the groceries, I used the cheapest version of the ingredient I could find from one of three grocery retailers, Target, Fresh Direct or Instacart, which pulls pricing from local grocery stores. To see how much Blue Apron meals cost to make, I priced out the ingredients for three actual recipes - one fish, one steak and one chicken - all of which are currently included with a standard subscription. Plus, meal kits are known to cut down on food waste which can help save even more. Blue Aprons menu is divided into five categories: two-serving meal kits, four-serving meal kits, Meal Prep Bundles (eight-serving lunch prep kits), Butcher Bundles (12-serving boxes of mixed proteins), and Add-ons like dessert, wine, and appetizers. Aprons can also protect clothing from spills and splatters while cooking. In order to prevent cross-contamination, it is important that cooks do not wear the same clothes when they are cooking that they will wear when they eat. If you consider the convenience provided by a meal kit, it certainly starts to feel like real value. An apron is said to be beneficial for food safety because it helps to keep the cook’s clothing clean. That's about 10 cents more expensive than Blue Apron's cheapest meal plan and only 7% more expensive than Blue Apron's middle-priced plan. When I averaged out the per-serving cost of the three recipes, the per serving was $8.73 for Blue Apron meals when ingredients are purchased at the grocery store. Ordering steak and seafood recipes will give you the most bang for your buck.
