This Is The Perfect Gift To Give In 2020 | One Good Thing by Jillee

This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. As always, all ideas and opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

It’s always around this time every year that I start getting anxious about how much of my Christmas shopping I still have left to do, and this year is no different! But doing a bit of procrastinating this year has had at least one unexpected benefit—it has given me some extra time to reflect on what the perfect gift (or gifts) might be for everyone on my list this year.

So in today’s post, I’ve teamed up with Blue Apron to share what I’ve come up with! Because so many of us could really use an extra-strength dose of holiday cheer this year, and I think I’ve come up with a solution that will work for just about everyone!

The Case For Giving Practical Gifts This Year

There’s no getting around the fact that this has been a trying year for virtually everyone! I doubt anyone has made it to this point without being affected in some way by the pandemic. Even if you’ve managed to stay healthy, you’ve likely faced a lot of change and uncertainty while adjusting to whatever your “new normal” looks like.

I think it’s important that we keep those things in mind as we consider our choices of holiday gifts this year. In my opinion, the perfect Christmas gift for 2020 isn’t something frivolous or fancy, but something (anything!) that will help make the recipient’s life a little bit easier.

No one gets through this life without help from others. And here at the tail end of an exceptionally trying year, we can make our holiday gifts even more meaningful by choosing gifts that will help the people we love the most.

The Perfect Practical Gift For Anyone In 2020

But what specific sort of help do our loved ones need most this year? While I can’t speak for everyone, I doubt I am alone when I say that I personally could use a hand in the kitchen!

While I do order takeout or delivery semi-regularly, the fact remains that I’ve made the vast majority of meals we’ve eaten this year. Between breakfast, lunch, and dinner, that’s so much cooking! And frankly, I would love nothing more than to be the one asking “What’s for dinner?” for a change, instead of the one answering it!

That’s why I think that Blue Apron meals would make the perfect gift for just about anyone on your list this year! Because when your loved one gets their first box of Blue Apron meals delivered to their door, they won’t just be getting fresh ingredients and delicious recipes—they’ll also be getting:

• New meals they haven’t eaten twenty times in recent memory
• A considerably shortened shopping list for that week
• Plenty of time saved on both cooking and deciding what to cook
• The opportunity to try new ingredients and dishes they may not have tried before
• Clear instructions, helpful photos, and pre-measured ingredients for a more enjoyable cooking experience
• …and much more!

But the gift of Blue Apron won’t just benefit the person you give it to. You’ll benefit too because of how quick and easy it is to do! Just head to blueapron.com/gifts and start by selecting a dollar amount for your e-gift card. (Their most popular e-gift card option is the $120 amount, which covers two weekly deliveries of three meals on any two-serving meal plan, but you can get an e-gift card in any amount you’d like!) Then just select whether you’d like to print it out or have it delivered via email, and you’re done!

I followed these exact steps a few years ago when I gave Blue Apron e-gift cards to my two married kids and their spouses for Christmas. Both couples redeemed their gift cards online almost immediately, and all of them fondly remember those Blue Apron meals as one of the best gifts they got that year! :-)

…Or The Perfect Practical Gift For Yourself!

If all those additional perks of giving Blue Apron as a gift that I mentioned earlier sound pretty darn good to you, then why wait? I’m certainly not above giving gifts to myself, especially when those gifts are as practical as Blue Apron!

And that’s exactly what I plan to do this year, because I’d really like to be able to eliminate some stress and just enjoy the holidays. I want to be present with my family so I can truly enjoy our time together, and I know that the peace of mind I always feel when I have a few Blue Apron meals in my fridge will help me achieve that.

And speaking of peace of mind, I won’t even have to worry whether my youngest son Sten (AKA one of the world’s pickiest eaters) will actually eat those meals when I make them! He’s eaten and enjoyed all of the Blue Apron recipes I’ve made for us so far, which is nothing short of miraculous as far as I’m concerned! :-)

A Special Offer For OGT Readers!

If giving yourself the gift of stress-free recipes and easy, delicious meals sounds as good to you as it does to me, then you’ll be happy to know that Blue Apron wants to sweeten the deal even more! :-) You can get $60 off over your first three boxes of Blue Apron meals, and all you have to do is click here to check out this week’s menu and get started!

Between well-deserved gifts for yourself and helpful, practical gifts for those you love, I hope we can all look for ways to spread help, hope, and holiday cheer this year!

What would be the best gift you could receive this year?