We're on our sixth week of Blue Apron, and are very pleased. Price is attractive, and I'd say five out of six meals I pick turn out very good. Even the duds are satisfactory.

Pros:

• Top quality foodstuffs supplied. Produce is Whole Foods level, and the meats are locally sourced and sustainable
• Wife and I are going out to dinner probably seven times a month less. I'm spending $20/night with Blue Apron, versus closer to an average of $70 for the restaurant experience (ignoring the additional value of using my own wines versus the high markup seen in restaurants)
• Get to experiment with spices, produce, and prep techniques that I wouldn't attempt normally
• Caloric intake from one of these meals is less than what it would be in a restaurant, and often from my own recipes
• Has improved my cooking skills. I've always considered myself a good chef, but have learned a number of tricks/techniques from Blue Apron. And my chopping skills are now nearing "Top Chef" level!
• Portion size is always adequate
• Good choice of menus now. Up until a few weeks ago this would have been in the "Con" category, but they have just expanded options materially

Cons:

• Excessive packaging. This is a mixed bag as it makes it easy to organize ingredients and the food arrives very fresh
• Creates some scheduling issues. My food arrives on Tuesday afternoon, and the meats/fish should be used within five days. I feel the five day countdown starts on Monday as this is when the boxes are shipped from their prep center about 350 miles north of me. If our schedules get messed up during the week, I've had to exceed the five day advisory (in fairness, I haven't observed any quality deterioration due to this)
• Smells up the kitchen (and sometimes the entire house). Meats are always prepared in a fry pan, and smells linger. While I have a professional level exhaust fan, the recipes almost always require frying with olive oil which smokes a lot (which along with salt and pepper are the only ingredients Blue Apron doesn't supply).

My wife keeps the recipe cards, and before she files them gives it a zero to 100 grade, and adds a few sentence of commentary. The Za-atar chicken got her top grade so far, a 96. Catfish dish was an 84, and the Cannelloni a 91.