A Year Of Good Food Boxes

Each week, I pick a few recipes from the Make Good Food website, and then I add in any extra grocery items we may need to kit out the meals.

Then, we review a couple of the recipes each month and share our thoughts with you here.

The deliveries look like. this:

May 2022 – Meal Kit Reviews

Maple Brown Butter Sweet Potatoes with Herbed Tahini Vinaigrette over Fluffy Quinoa

This month, we are featuring the Maple Brown Butter Sweet Potatoes with Herbed Tahini Vinaigrette over Fluffy Quinoa meal kit.

This is a popular recipe of theirs and a staff favorite!

It’s vegetarian too, so no need to substitute anything.

Inside the bag, we received:

• 450g Sweet potatoes
• 1 Scallion
• 1 Bunch of dill
• 1 Cucumber
• 1 Lemon
• 2 Tomatoes
• 15ml Maple syrup
• 95g White quinoa
• 60ml Apple-tahini vinaigrette
• 9g Zesty Herbs spices (a mixture of garlic, dehydrated carrots, red bell pepper, onion, chives, salt, spices, mustard, sugar, sunflower oil, lemon oil)

Another cool thing about Make Good Food is that if you fall in love with any of their spices, you can buy the full-size version from their website. And believe me- you will!

You will need to have on hand:

• Medium pot
• Zester
• Sheet pan
• Olive oil
• 6 tbsp Butter (or vegan butter alternative)
• Salt & pepper
• Parchment paper
• Strainer
• Basting brush

The Potatoes

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Cut the sweet potatoes lengthwise, and toss them with oil, ? of the spices and S&P. Then roast them in the oven, cut-sides down on a pan for up to 35 minutes.

The Maple Butter Sauce

Heat your butter or vegan butter alternative in a pot, and slowly pour in the maple syrup. Take off the heat after 1 minute.

The Quinoa

Cook the quinoa in a pot, or in a rice maker with water. Once its cooked, mix in the lemon zest, ½ the maple butter, ½ the remaining spices and S&P.

The Toppings & Vinagerette

Chop the cucumber, tomatoes, dill and white bottoms of the scalion. Put them all into a bowl, squeeze 1/2 the lemon in, and mix in 4 tbsp olive oil, the remaining spices and S&P.

Plate everything and put a little tahini vinaigrette on the side.

 

“Pork” Chop Gyros On Soft Pita with Greek-Style Salad & Tzatziki

In this feature, we will be substituting pork for meatless chick’n nuggests. Pop on over to this post: Meatless Chick’n Gyros to read all about it!

May 2022 – Grocery Review

Make Good Food is not only a meal kit subscription service! Did you know that they also offer a whole online grocery store you can order from?

It’s awesome!

In this “Year Of Good Food Boxes” series, I will review different items from their grocery selection each month.

In the month of May, I decided to test out their Amazon Coffee Blend (Whole Beans).

I will start this review by saying that I am a serious coffee connoisseur.

Well, I was hesitant to try this blend at first. But at only $9.99 per bag I thought, why not?

Plus, I was sold on the fact the description says it has a “strong & chocolatey aroma.”

The full description from the Make Good Food website:

“Amazon Coffee Blend (Whole Beans) Medium roast coffee blend from Colombia & Brazil with a strong & chocolatey aroma. It’s always a celebration when the sunshiny flavours of this complex, intensely chocolatey brew fills your cup. This medium-roast blend is made from 100% arabica beans grown in Colombia and Brazil. Its unique richness of flavour, layered with toasty, nutty aromas and a bright hint of pomegranate, makes it one of our everyday go-tos.”

I got a couple of bags so that I could test it out over the course of a few weeks.

And this coffee does not disappoint! It really is high-quality and delicious.

The beans smell amazing, too. I highly recommend this blend.

June 2022

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