Plated delivers ready-to-prepare meals to your doorstep. It’s perfect if you want freshly-prepared meals using top-quality ingredients. With just a little chopping and stirring, you have a restaurant-quality meal that you can brag about. You can always preview menus ahead of time, so you can pass on selections that don’t move you. This is usually not an issue — some weeks we order a half dozen meals because the selections are so appealing. The portions are generous, and we usually have enough that we can let the kids experience some great new flavors too!
The recipe card received a makeover this year. It still has a list of ingredients, items you may need to prepare the dish, and cooking tips. The tips moved to the back of the card to make room for a larger picture of the dish. The big change is a clean-up of the font — they lightened the general font and highlighted ingredients within the instructions to make it easier to follow at a glance. They don’t include how easy the recipe is, so you’ll need to remember that from when you ordered.
When you sign up for Plated with this link or use code b0c635, you’ll get 2 free plates with your first order. Sometimes we order and sometimes Hello Fresh. It just depends on what meals we’re interested in. [Hello Fresh: Take $40 off your first box with coupon code 7UT7K8]
Pan-Roasted Za’atar Chicken with Spinach-Feta Twice-Baked Potatoes – We just had Za’atar fish with Hello Fresh so it was interesting to get this one right after.
The sauce on this chicken was quite strong (tomatoes and za’atar – sesame seeds, sumac, sea salt, thyme, oregano) but we used more than the Plated photo showed. This wasn’t a super memorable dish for me, but I loved the feta and spinach potatoes.
Thai Beef Lettuce Wraps with Basil Rice – Who doesn’t love lettuce wraps? These were really quite good and easy to make. We saved this recipe to make again. The kids enjoyed the rice too! The hoisin flavored added a lot to the beef – Plated has been relying on it a lot this past month.
We love getting restaurant style food at home. We couldn’t imagine going out for this kind of food with three kids in tow, so it’s nice to get a home cooked yet still delicious meal! It was easy to put together and fun to eat!
Chocolate-Drizzled Coconut Macaroons – We occasionally order a Plated dessert and we like them best when they’re like this – easy to assemble and cook!
My husband is a giant macaroon fan. He made these with the kids and they all had fun assembling, drizzling, and eating! They were quite tasty, and very sweet.
So that’s what we made with our box this week! You can use code b0c635 to sign up for Plated and get 2 free plates with your first order!
Each meal includes easy-to-follow directions, and almost everything you need is included: from the often organic meats to the fresh herbs. You need only contribute the most basic of culinary skills, and Plated will walk you through the rest. Have on hand basic kitchen utensils and you can transform the contents of your Plated box into a photo-worthy culinary masterpiece in under forty-five minutes (usually less). I love the way each meal incorporates only a couple key herbs or spices; the flavors shine through, and the recipes remain easy to follow.
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The Description: Ingredients for chef-designed meals delivered to your door. You select the chef-created recipes on the Plated.com website and Plated sends you a box of food and recipes.
The Price: $60 per week
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