I probably cooked 50+ Blue Apron meals so far. I absolutely love it. * Packaging: it just takes a bit of planning to deal with. Personally I fold the cardboard

I probably cooked 50+ Blue Apron meals so far. I absolutely love it. * Packaging: it just takes a bit of planning to deal with. Personally I fold the cardboard box and it fits nicely in my outdoor garbage can for paper (which is recycled), and I make sure the ice packs are re-used by giving them away[1]. So I only have to trash the foam (approximately 1x8 feet of foam every week). * Quality: I am blown away by the quality of the meals. It is similar or better in taste to what is offered by a trendy restaurant rated 3½-4 stars on Yelp in my area (San Francisco). Even my wife would agree and she is a picky eater :) Yes sometimes I receive a lettuce or parsley that does not looks that great, but it is rare (<3-5% of the ingredients). * Difficulty: I find the Blue Apron instructions very easy to follow, and I only had very basic cooking experience before (frying steaks, making rice and pasta, etc). I have never messed up the cooking of a single meal or found any one to be difficult. Just follow the instructions precisely and I believe anyone can do it. [1] I accumulate 4 weeks's worth of ice packs, then put them in a box on my doorstep and post them on Craigslist in the "free stuff" section - someone usually picks them up in the next 12-24 hours.