Confession

Cheap canned Sardines in oil...grind some sea salt and pepper, grab some crackers and jarlsberg.  I ain't ashamed.

Samosas!!

From my Blue Apron delivery recipe: English Pea and Potato Samosas with Spiced Cauliflower and Cilantro-Mint Chutney!
I was dubious, thought it might be on the bland side but it was really good and super easy with the samosa pastries.  Now where do I buy those again?  The 2 extra condiments are Pataks Hot Mango and the Rocha Pear and Port Wine Jam from my "Try the World" box (Portugal).

Mackerel toasts

I used the mackerel from the Try the World box (Portugal) and their recipe for it's use!  Great snackage!  (served with the piri piri hot sauce) and we also had some excellent super duper SHARP cheddar with crackers and the port wine and pear jam also from the Portugal box.  The combo was outstanding!!

Blue Apron Meal #2

Chicken Khao Soi. So far it is 2 for 2 on the Blue Apron meals.  The hubs and I have really enjoyed them both.  My ONLY complaint about this particular recipe is that for adding the curry paste there were no suggestions of amount other than "as much as you'd like, depending on how spicy you'd like it to be". And since all curries are different I just went for it and added a little less than half of what was provided which made it perfectly spicy for us and completely inedible for the kids.

Steak, Mushroom, Tater Kebab

18 yr balsamic from Heavenly oils, EVOO, salt, pepper and rosemary for marinade.  Next time I will use red wine vinegar instead (and there will be a next time!)

Crispy Catfish!

Tried my first recipe from Blue Apron: Crispy Catfish and Paella style rice with English peas and saffron aioli.  The fish and rice would have been solidly ok but the addition of the fresh lemon, the raw green onion/parsley and the whopping dollop of saffron aioli pushed into a really YUMMY meal! So far so good!

Here we go....

Ice packed delivery of my 2 Blue Apron meal ingredients!  Tomorrow recipe #1