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Choose the meal plan that works best for you
These days, a host of meal delivery services can get dinner on the table faster and more conveniently. And there are meal kits for all kinds of cooks and diets – paleo, keto, vegetarian, vegan – that cut out the need to go to the grocery store by delivering just what you need for fresh, home cooked meals.
Daily Harvest specializes in fresh produce, frozen within hours of harvest to maximize its flavor and nutritional value. Weekly or monthly boxes include pre-portioned cups, bowls and more to be heated into savory soup or blended into nutrient-packed smoothies.
Trifecta encourages subscribers to "eat like you train" by delivering ready-to-eat meals designed by chef Mario Limaduran to be macro-balanced and nutritious. Diners can choose between six plans: keto, clean, paleo, vegan, classic or vegetarian.
Factor specializes in chef-prepared meals designed by a nutritionist to take the guesswork out of healthy eating. Meals come with grass-fed and pasture-raised protein, gluten and soy-free ingredients and no refined sugars or GMO products. Factor is antibiotic, preservative and hormone-free and offers plan sizes of 4, 6, 8, 12 or 18 meals per week.
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No. 7: Freshly
Freshly is the meal delivery service for those who truly don’t like to cook (or simply don’t have time). Customers choose from a menu of more than 30 all-natural dishes, cooked up by chefs and ready to go from fridge to plate in three minutes.
Founded in 2010 in Austin, Snap Kitchen brings real food – always fresh, never frozen and gluten free – to busy people with weekly meal plans for a range of lifestyles. No cooking required!
10Best Local Expert Jacqueline Runice said of Snap Kitchen, "At the end of a long day, just having to mince garlic feels like a herculean effort. So, I like this ready-to-eat meal subscription."
Each Blue Apron box contains step-by-step recipes, designed by professional chefs, as well as responsibly sourced ingredients in just the amounts you need so that nothing goes to waste. Customers can personalize plans based on dietary preferences.
Fresh n' Lean, a ready-to-eat meal delivery service, delivers pre-made meals catered toward a range of dietary requirements, including clean keto, paleo, vegan, low-carb vegan and high protein. Ingredients are natural and organic, without any GMOs, sugars, preservatives or gluten.
Each week, EveryPlate dishes up a new menu of ten chef-created recipes. This affordable plan includes a range of options, like garlic-rosemary chicken with roasted root vegetables or beef bahn mi bowls with sriracha mayo and pickled cucumber.
Green Chef specializes in delivering organic ingredients to cook easy and flavorful meals. Subscription options can be tailored to two or four people, with flexible delivery days. Ingredients are pre-measured and prepped, so most recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare. Green Chef offers keto, paleo, omnivore and vegan plans.
HelloFresh boxes come with easy-to-follow recipes and ingredients sourced directly from farms and producers, all packed in meal kits that slide right into the fridge. This company wins with variety – a combination of 20-minute meals, global eats, one-pot wonders, kid-approved meals and gourmet options.
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