Green Chef: 3 meals for two
Pork Golumpki Ragout Ingredients
Price:
For GreenChef there is a subscription. You can choose between a few different meal plans (veggie, omnivore, carnivore etc.) and then... they choose 3 meals for you. I was a little weary about this but wanted to try it so bad because I loved that everything they give you is organic! I kept visiting the site and I somehow received an e-mail from them offering me a free box if I just paid for the shipping. Shipping is always $9. That is all I had to pay for my first box from them. They will charge your card 7 days before your next box comes so pay attention to the recipes and your schedule so you remember to skip if you don't like the meals or you can't afford or don't have time for the box next week. The carnivore box is $89.94 (including shipping) weekly. The price is lower for veggie and omnivore plans.
Tuna Fattoush Salad Ingredients
Delivery:
I ordered my box on a Tuesday and received my box the next Wednesday. The earliest I could have gotten it was the next Tuesday. The ETA for the box was on 8am-8pm and it was dropped off in the office of my apartments at around 12pm and they had the lady in the office give me a call to come pick it up right when it was dropped off. The box wasn't heavy at all and everything was packed in it nicely. There is no way to track your package online, you just have to trust that it will be there on time! This was hard for me and may be hard for all you other anxiety driven humans, as well.
Chicken Pibil Ingredients
Ingredients:
I did have to do some chopping and prepping on my own but everything was portioned and measured correctly. Nothing was too difficult, everything was done quickly and easily. There were pictures for how everything should look so that made it easier, too. All of my ingredients were extremely fresh and did I mention, all organic?! :) They didn't skimp out on meat portions. All of the meals had plenty of food!
Recipe & Taste Test!!:
1. Pork Golumpki Ragout
This recipe really scared me because I don't love pork especially don't love ground pork. I also have never tried bulgur wheat before. I was really scared when we were cooking it because we accidentally measured out too much water and it was not being soaked up but we waited longer and a little longer until we got it to the consistency in the picture above. It had so much flavor and I loved the bulgur wheat. The salad was simple but the added yellow pepper "croutons" gave it that extra kick, the dressing was light and delicious. I do think it was a little smushier than it should have been and I know it would have been even better if we didn't mess up. We did wish for a little more cabbage in the ragout, though.
2. Tuna Fattoush Salad
Ok, we were reeeeaalllyyy nervous to try this one. Kale salad?! Black lentils? Kalamata olives? We were willing to try everything except that we knew that we hate kalamata olives so we just kept them out. This recipe was done so quickly and it was so easy. The oven-toasted naan bread we made for the "croutons" were so yummy. I massaged the kale until the leaves were soft in the dressing they gave us (like the recipe instructs) and they worked so well together!! The tuna was simple and done super quick. The lentils took the longest but the recipes are written so perfectly, they have you cook everything so that it is all done at the same time! So wonderful. This recipe made us two big salads and filled us up for the whole day. It was actually so good. We both cleaned our plates. Lentils, kale, tuna, and all!
3. Chicken Pibil
This is the meal I expected to like the most out of the 3 but I'd have to say it was my least favorite. I wasn't very fond of the chipotle crema but my boyfriend did like it. I thought all of it was quite simple and bland compared to the other 2 meals. We wished for a lot more salad and less jicama but it was still pretty good and kept us full all day.
Would We Order This Box Again?
We already are and I don't plan on ending my subscription with Gren Chef anytime soon! Everything was as promised and I have absolutely no complaints. I loved trying all the new foods and I feel good about everything I'm eating. The website is easy to understand and I know I can skip a week if I need to. The pricing is reasonable for the quality of ingredients I'm receiving and exceptional for the time and thought put into my meal plan!!