[msrpotus]

I've felt that way about Blue Apron. I'm perfectly capable of going to the grocery store but I liked having new recipes to try. If I could get just recipes (maybe optimized to limit crazy ingredients and waste), that would be something I might subscribe to.

[cmg]

Try Meallime. (Not affiliated, but I've been using the free version for a long time.) It doesn't exactly optimize ingredients, but can put together a weekly meal plan for various dietary restrictions and groups ingredients together so you can do one shopping trip for your week.

https://www.mealime.com

[rflrob]

You don't actually have to subscribe to Blue Apron to get the recipes—you can create an account, but not pay for anything, and (at least in the app) it will tell you what's coming up on their menus and give you access to a fairly wide archive. Sometimes there are nigh impossible to find ingredients (I've never seen verjus or the Korean rice cake things in a store), but often times there are pretty easy substitutions.

For me, the biggest advantage of Blue Apron is precisely the limited selection—my wife and I don't have the paralysis of choice in deciding which of all possible meals we would like to cook, but instead for each of a handful decide whether we want to cook it.