Sunday, October 4, 2015

Meal Kits On the Go from Pantry (Brookline, Boston, MA)

I'm a fan of the meal or recipe kit delivery services (I reviewed a lot of them here), but sometimes I feel like they send too much food/ too many kits at once for my personal schedule (I go out to eat a lot - obviously), or some services don't let you pick what you want, or some days you want to cook but don't have any kit left. That's why I think a concept like the newly opened Pantry in Brookline is a great idea.

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Pantry sells recipe / meal kits, as you can imagine, but they sell them at a physical location. Right now, they only have one store in Brookline.
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At Pantry, you can choose what you want from a collection of recipes (they have 11 now and working their way to 20) and each one is priced depending on the ingredients (ranging from $16-21 for meals for two people). Want steak? Fish? Salads? Desserts? They have it all. I like how the store is set up, too, as you can browse the recipes and see the ingredients. They do a lot of recipe development, as well, so you can be confident you're getting a delicious meal with seasonal ingredients.
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When you are ready you can just pick one of each ingredient item and put it in your basket.
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Refrigerated ingredients

I also like how they showcase suggested wine and beer pairings (which you can also buy in the store, making your life easier).
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For my first Pantry meal, I got the lamb and English pea orecchiette, that comes with ground lamb fom Kinnealey, a butcher shop out of Milton, MA. I got this recipe complimentary so I can review the service, but this recipe is regularly $16 for a meal for two, which is pretty reasonable and the portion was generous as well. You can see the final result in the first photo in this post! This recipe was quite easy to make. The instructions are easy to follow and the ingredients are really fresh. The pasta turned out to be really tasty - I kept going back for seconds.
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If you want to try Pantry, they're currently running a 30% off deal on Gilt City right now (if you're new to Gilt City, you can get $25 off your first purchase using this link). They're also planning to work with a delivery service soon so you can get them delivered whenever you want!

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