October - 2020

Ugly Food Makeover

Turning "Ugly" Food into Beautiful Meals

Each week we share a healthy recipe or simple preparation method for one or more of the items inside our box to help you reduce waste and find adventure in your kitchen. Dig in!

Vegetable Graveyard Pizza

Vegetable Graveyard Pizza

Happy Halloween, PIP family! We rescued some pretty spooktacular produce this week! Between the gnarly rainbow carrots, striped bell peppers, spiky romanesco, purple turnip and blood red pomegranate, we’ve got everything to “lift your spirits” this Halloween weekend. Because our Halloween gatherings will likely be much smaller this year, this fun and festive Spooky Vegetable Patch Pizza makes just enough for the family or a small group of people. It’s perfect to accompany a l

Autumn Harvest Chicken Salad with Maple Mustard Tahini Dressing

Autumn Harvest Chicken Salad with Maple Mustard Tahini Dressing

This past week we conducted a live, virtual cooking demo for our partners at MetroHealth in Cleveland. Here's the recipe our own Nicole Ryan, Registered Dietitian and Founder of Good Soul Nutrition, is sharing so you can create the same dish at home using this week's delicious produce from our boxes! My latest and most favorite fall recipe has arrived! This autumn harvest chicken salad with maple tahini dressing is FULL of so many fall favorites such as sweet potatoes, red be

Tropical Black Bean Rice Bowls

Tropical Black Bean Rice Bowls

We’re switching things up and featuring a recipe made with some of the pre-chopped produce from this week’s Perfectly Prepped Box! Our Perfectly Prepped Boxes include an assortment of freshly chopped vegetables and fruits to make healthy cooking and eating even easier. Each week’s box features a variety of items like a fajita kit, spiralized zucchini noodles, chopped bell peppers, carrot sticks, fruit salad, salsas and more! This week we’re using the tri-color bell pepper mix

Apple Butter Scones with Espresso Maple Glaze

Apple Butter Scones with Espresso Maple Glaze

The flavors of autumn are delivered in this apple butter scone with espresso maple glaze. Our friends over at Quarry Hill Orchards in Berlin Heights, Ohio harvested the most delicious honeycrisp apples that we were able to rescue and use for added crunch and natural sweetness. We love to support local as much as possible here at PIP, and this week's box celebrated just that. We usually like to share, healthy simple recipes, but now and then we like to mix things up with somet

Harvest Frittata Cups

Harvest Frittata Cups

Packed full of winter squash, hearty greens and apple chicken sausage, these Harvest Frittata Cups are the sort of breakfast we crave when the leaves begin to turn and the temps drop. Muffin tin frittatas are perfectly portioned and the ideal prep-ahead breakfast for the work and school week. Throw them together on Sunday and stash them in the fridge for up to four days to reheat on demand. With 22 grams of protein per 2 cups, they’ll keep everyone fueled up through the busy

Fall Favorites - Recipe Roundup

Fall Favorites - Recipe Roundup

Each Friday here on our blog we share a simple, nutritious recipe featuring one or more of the items in that week's Perfectly Imperfect Produce box. Our hope is to inspire you turn our imperfect fruits and veggies into a perfect meal, snack or side dish. We know that sometimes you aren't sure exactly how to utilize some of the items you have received. We're here to demystify any mysterious veggies that arrive in your box of surprises! We love seeing you recreate these dishes

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