{"id":1730,"date":"2018-10-22T12:35:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T04:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2021-10-19T02:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:54:34","slug":"meal-kits-hello-fresh-hack-oven-baked-apricot-chicken-legs-with-roasted-potato-wedges-and-lemony-broccoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2018\/10\/meal-kits-hello-fresh-hack-oven-baked-apricot-chicken-legs-with-roasted-potato-wedges-and-lemony-broccoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Kit Hacks: HelloFresh Oven-Baked Apricot Chicken Legs with Roasted Potato Wedges and Lemony Broccoli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rating: 6.5\/10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was inspired to make this recipe for Oven-Baked Apricot Chicken Legs with Roasted Potato Wedges and Lemony Broccoli<\/a> by actually seeing a similar Plated meal kit<\/a> on Safeway delivery.  While I’ve been cooking for many years, the idea of using jam as a glaze or sauce for meats is actually very new to me.  I tried it recently in the HelloFresh Pork Chops with Cherry <\/a>meal kit and I was both impressed and intrigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I figured I’d try the  HelloFresh<\/a> version in order to get a more thorough view at the offerings from this company before moving on to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, this meal was perfectly fine but not particularly exciting.  I did use orange jam instead of apricot, as I prefer that flavor myself, but that’s the only change I made from the kit.  The chicken was pretty good, it was perfectly cooked and moist and I liked the flavor of the skin.  However, it was not spectacular – a home meal, rather than a restaurant quality one.  The potatoes were good but not remarkable, and the lemony broccoli was not a great hit for the family.  Still, they ate it.  In all, it was a perfectly all right family meal which I don’t think I’d make again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a bit more chicken and potatoes that the 2-person recipe called for so I’d have enough for 3 people (one doesn’t eat broccoli so I didn’t increase that amount).  In all, I spent $18.50 out of pocket for this meal for three, instead of the $20-$24 this would have cost me from HelloFresh, though I saved a bit by not having to buy potatoes as I already had them at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HelloFresh Ingredients<\/strong><\/td>My Ingredients<\/strong><\/td>Cost<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
32 oz chicken legs<\/td>3 lbs organic chicken thighs and drumsticks<\/td>$9<\/td><\/tr>
1 tsp paprika<\/td>1 tsp paprika<\/td>$1 for jar<\/td><\/tr>
24 oz Yukon Gold Potatoes<\/td>3 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes<\/td>pantry<\/td><\/tr>
1 Tbsp fry seasoning*<\/td>1 Tbsp Homemade fry seasoning<\/td>pantry<\/td><\/tr>
1 lemon<\/td>1 lemon<\/td>$2.50 for bag of lemons<\/td><\/tr>
2 oz Apricot jam<\/td>4 oz orange jam<\/td>pantry<\/td><\/tr>
2 tsp Dijon mustard<\/td>4 tsp Dijon mustard<\/td>$5 for jar<\/td><\/tr>
16 oz broccoli florets<\/td>1 lb broccoli<\/td>$1<\/td><\/tr>
1 tsp chili flakes<\/td>forgot to use<\/td>pantry<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to subscribe to HelloFresh<\/a> use this link<\/a> to save $40 off your first box, and I’ll get a $30 credit – which I probably won’t use as I’ll be unsubscribing form HelloFresh shortly to try a different company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rating: 6.5\/10 I was inspired to make this recipe for Oven-Baked Apricot Chicken Legs with Roasted Potato Wedges and Lemony Broccoli by actually seeing a similar Plated meal kit on Safeway delivery.  While I’ve been cooking for many years, the idea of using jam as a glaze or sauce for meats is actually very new to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[83,395,396,82],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meal-kits","tag-chicken","tag-hello-fresh","tag-meal-kit-hacks","tag-potatoes","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}