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I set out to determine if a Thanksgiving feast can be made using only meal kits. VeselovaElena/Getty Images
While I'll never pass up an opportunity to cook a delicious meal and gather with loved ones, preparing an entire feast can be a taxing endeavor. So when Blue Apron offered to send me a sneak peek of its Thanksgiving offerings, I was curious: Could I prepare an entire holiday dinner with just meal kits? And more importantly, would it make cooking less time-consuming and stressful?
Armed with eight of Blue Apron's Thanksgiving meal kits, each one for a different dish -- which you can order for delivery from Nov. 17 to 30 -- I cooked my way through them. Was it a success? Here are the details.
Blue Apron's Thanksgiving meal kits, and how they taste
From roasted turkey to all the sides you'd want and even a pie, these meal kits covered it all.
Roasted turkey breast with homemade gravy
The premium turkey breast as part of Blue Apron's Thanksgiving meal kits. Anna Gragert/CNET
This 120-minute recipe requires only 30 minutes of active preparation time. Instructions are to season the turkey with salt and pepper the day before cooking, and then coat it with a mixture of salted butter and a spice blend of onion and garlic powders, dried parsley and smoked paprika one hour before roasting.
The drippings are reserved, which are combined with a garlic-herb butter, chicken stock and flour to make the gravy.
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