A new years resolution for myself this year was to learn to cook. I’m not the best when it comes to cooking, but I’m pretty good at following a recipe. Plated makes cooking easy. It’s is a delivery service that provides fresh ingredients to your door, proportioned out to make an easy and delicious meal. After finding a coupon code online, I decided to give Plated a try. I was able to pick 3 dishes, with 2 servings per dish for $24. The meals I decided to try out were Chicken with Miso Soba, Beef and Butternut Squash Tagine, and Szechuan Pork with Green Beans and Rice.
The Chicken with Miso Soba was definitely my favorite dish out of the three. I never realized how easy it was to make soba noodles, definitely something I will be making more of in the future. The only thing I would have changed about this recipe was the amount of ginger that it used. I like ginger but it was a little overpowering at times. However, this dish was very fresh and light, but also very filling.
Tagine. When I first heard the title of this dish Beef and Butternut Squash Tagine, I thought…’What the heck is tagine????’ Apparently it’s a stew with spiced meat and vegetables. I’m a huge proponent of butternut squash, so I was immediately intrigued. Making this dish was great because my apartment filled up with this gorgeous aroma of exotic spices. The potatoes and butternut squash took a little longer to fully cook than the recipe said, so just keep your eye on it. The beef was also slightly tough. If I was to remake this dish, I might try a different type of beef, a ground beef could even be good. Overall, I enjoyed this dish and it’s definitely simple enough to make again.
The last meal I made was the Szechuan Pork with Green Beans and Rice. This was by far the easiest to make. I really enjoyed this dish because of the simplicity of the ingredients. It’s something that can easily be recreated, and still managed to taste good. This was especially good with extra Sriracha!
Overall, I really enjoyed Plated. The meals were fairly easy to create for someone who isn’t a pro at cooking. Everything tasted great, and it was a good way to try out recipes that I normally never would have thought to make on my own. I also was surprised that although it says there are only two servings per recipe, I was able to portion it out to about 3 different meals (perfect for leftover lunch!). Pricing-wise, each dish comes out to $12, however you need to order two plates per meal so it comes out to being $24 per recipe. I don’t think I would continue to have a monthly subscription with Plated, just because if I’m going to spend $24 on one meal, I might as well go out to eat. However, I do think that this would be fun to try every once in a while to get used to cooking new recipes.
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