Plated
Cost: $15 per plate (minimum 4 plates) or $12 per plate with membership (2 plates free with coupon)
Coupon: Save 50% off your first Plated order with coupon code Click Here (Only $30 to try!!!)
Delivery Options: Wednesday or Saturday
What is Plated?
Plated delivers fresh, ready-to-cook ingredients paired with gourmet recipes so that you can cook delicious, hassle-free meals at home. Choose which recipes you’d like each week, and Plated delivers all of the perfectly portioned ingredients directly to you – No need to grocery shop or recipe hunt, and best of all, no excess waste! We provide you with a convenient and nutritious to make something extraordinary!
If you missed my prior Plated review click here to take a peek of how amazing it turned out!
I have started becoming a regular with my Saturday deliveries, so here is my First March review, from February 17th 2014 Selections. Although this menu from the February 17th 2014 Selections are no longer available, take a peak at newly added Menu every Monday on Plated (updated weekly, new menu every Monday).
I selected 2 different Plated meals from the February 3rd 2014 Selections: Orange Beef with Chinese Broccoli & Pomegranate Lamb Kebabs with Raita and Smashed Potatoes. Every Plated order arrives just when they say it will and this huge box (pictured above) is like a huge chest, insulated with foam and ice packs!
The First Recipe – Orange Beef with Chinese Broccoli
Included are recipe cards that rest inside the box. Here is the front of the Recipe card for the first order (Orange Beef with Chinese Broccoli).
I enjoy how each item is perfectly measured and freshly delivered. The meals are never over-complicated. I am a simple eater and in a weird way adventurous, so it did not surprise me at all that I have not heard or tried some of these ingredients before.
Orange Beef with Chinese Broccoli
The first meal was my absolute favorite! This was the first time using Chinese Broccoli and I was surprised that everyone (kids included) cleaned there plates! I am always intimidated with what appeared to be new foods or techniques (curse you Food Network), so Plated allows me the ease and know how to try and even cook new and different foods!
Even my husband cleaned his plate and he is not one for trying or eating his vegetables!
The Second Recipe - Pomegranate Lamb Kebabs with Raita and Smashed Potatoes
The ingredients for each of my meals are separated and ready for cooking. Prep is a cinch, which most of the time I am always tired before I even cook after the scavenger hunt of finding the right ingredients and prepping everything.
The step-by-step recipe cards that are included are handy! The front of the Recipe card is pictured above. The recipe cards allow me to prep and cook this meal in less than 30 minutes! I can even save the recipe cards for repeat recipes I want to make totally on my own if I choose!
Pomegranate Lamb Kebabs with Raita and Smashed Potatoes
The Second meal was my first attempt to cook lamb! My husband was against lamb anything until I forced him to try it and next thing he knew his plate was clean. The Raita has yogurt, which my husband hates, but I didn’t tell him what was in it and he ate that too!
The one reason I love these food subscription boxes is because of how I can easily create a new and fresh meal flawlessly every week or at least once a month (meals took under 30 minutes each)!
It is amazing the items my husband and kids are trying with these boxes. My husband especially has seen that he is not as picky when hearing the name of an ingredient is in the food, because most of the time he smells it and it smells fantastic! He is the pickiest eater, and I have found that this experience has allowed us to try many items that I would never have bought before, mainly due to his taste for food being so particular and plain!
So for the same price as a meal out, you can make dinner from your home with the same $15 per plate (minimum 4 plates) with 2 plates free with your first Plated order Click Here or get lower plate costs with a $10 membership reducing plate cost to $12 per plate (minimum 4 plates) with 2 plates free with your first Plated order Click Here. I say it is worth a shot!
If you are considering trying Plated than here are some reason’s why you should:
1. New meals come out every week – If you don’t like one week, skip it and enjoy the next one.
2. You are able to try completely remarkable foods!
3. Every thing you receive is fresh and delicious
4. If you waste money on food, well guess what, this is perfect because you only receive what you need for the meals!
5. Want to try new and flavorful foods? This is perfect for you… I have tried so many ingredients that I am addicted to the taste of new food (is that even possible?)
6. Have a picky husband or spouse? Surprise them with a meal and don’t tell them what is in it till afterwards! I bet they will eat it and start eating healthier, because of you forcing them to try new foods (secretly)!
The menu is updated weekly and I love how they have ton’s of recipes each week!!! They even send me updated recipe cards every week in my email, which I love strictly for the convenience factor! You can skip multiple weeks, but it would be wise to at least order twice a month if you pay the membership fee; otherwise, you are loosing out.
Did you order your Plated box? Let me know how you like it!
Plated March 2014 Food Subscription Box Review and 50% off Coupon
