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Turns out cooking isn't so bad when you don't have to grocery shop or research recipes 🤷🏻♀️
When signing up you can choose between Classic Dinners (exactly what it sounds like) and Lean & Clean Dinners (600-calorie or less meals that are low carb). But how in the ~world~ could the recipes take less than 15 minutes to make?? Well, thank you for asking! The secret is that Gobble's chefs peel, chop, and measure all ingredients ahead of time so there's basically no prep on your end.
Promising review: "We have been with Gobble for over a year now and love the convenience of home delivery with great packaging, easy-to-follow recipes, minimal preparation, and minimum cooking time." —Audrey
Get it from Gobble for $11.99+/per serving.
Customize your plan by choosing between Quick & Easy, High-Protein, Gluten-Free, or Chef’s Choice dinners. If you could use help with breakfast, lunch, and snacks as well, those are also available as add ons! There's no membership fee and you can pause or cancel your plan any time.
Promising review: "Purple Carrot has long been our favorite meal delivery service because every meal is literally a 10/10! We feel like we are eating at a restaurant when we cook their meals because they are THAT good!" —@raffinee
Get it from Purple Carrot for $9.99+/per serving.
Blue Apron offers Signature and Vegetarian meals including diabetes-friendly and WW-approved options. This week, subscribers have their pick of 13 recipes including pasture-raised roasted chicken with rosemary-lemon sauce, crispy pancetta, and pear salad as well as ponzu-sesame tofu and veggies over brown rice.
Get it from Blue Apron for $7.49+/per serving.
Every week the service offers 30+ OG Freshly and FreshlyFit (low-carb, high-protein) meal options. Each pre-made dish comes in a sleeve with heating instructions (microwave or oven) right on the back. The current menu includes salsa verde pork bowls, oven-roasted chicken pilaf, and turkey meatballs over zoodles.
Promising review: "We love Freshly because it takes two minutes to prepare, the food is great and we don’t have to spend time cleaning up." —Sheri
Get four meals per week from Freshly for $8.49+/per serving.
When you sign up, you'll choose if you want your meals delivered weekly or monthly and nine, 12, or 24 at once. You'll always have more than 80 options to choose from and you can swap your selections, skip a week, or cancel your subscription at any time — there are no hoops to jump through.
Get it from Daily Harvest for $5.99+/per item.
When you first sign up, you can personalize your plan so the 25+ meals you have to choose from each week are either meat and veggie-centric, fully veggie focused, family-friendly, calorie smart, quick and easy, or pescatarian.
Promising review: "“Every night of the week we can have something different. It’s like boop, boop — you’re done!" —Val and Ryan
Get it from HelloFresh for $7.49+/per serving.
BuzzFeed editors seriously love this kit — check out our full HelloFresh review to see for yourself.
Each week, you have more than 50 low-sugar and sodium options from quick-and-easy dragon fruit smoothies to filling red beet Buddha bowls and butternut squash ratatouille. Plans include Breakfast; Breakfast, Lunch, and Soup; and Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Soup.
Get it from Splendid Spoon for $65+/per person per week
Each box comes with easy-to-follow recipes and all ingredients are color-coded so you know exactly what you're looking for. Every week, you have nine meals to choose from (based on your meal plan be it Balanced Living, Keto + Paleo, or Plant-Powered). On the menu this week is Japanese vegetable fritters with ginger-sriracha aioli, broccoli, edamame, and rice as well as Italian caprese burgers with a side kale caesar salad.
Get it from Green Chef for $11.99+/per serving.
Pick from 16 different meals each week and arrange deliveries around your schedule. This week's simple recipes include skillet pesto tortellini with broccoli and falafel and eggplant sandwiches with garlic sauce.
Get it from Dinnerly for $4.69+/per serving.
When I say super customizable, I mean super customizable. You can choose to follow one of the following meal plans or mix and match: Paleo, Carb-Conscious, Gluten-Free, Lean & Clean, Diabetes-Friendly, Chef's Choice, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Mediterranean, and Fresh & Ready.
Promising review: "This is night three of making your meals and we are literally floored. Everything has been so fresh and flavorful and the directions are set out perfect. My girlfriend, who has done multiple pre-prepped food deliveries, said this by far is her favorite." —Matt
Get it from Sunbasket for $8.99+/per serving.
Each week, you'll have 16 meals to choose from. Options this week include crispy Caesar chicken with roasted carrots and garlic mashed potatoes, Cuban-style bean and rice bowls, and thyme seasoned steak with garlic ciabatta and roasted green beans. If you're going away for a week or know you won't have time to cook anything, you can always skip a week or cancel your subscription altogether. It's truly that flexible.
I have personally been using EveryPlate for ~three or so months now and I really love it. Before, my boyfriend and I struggled to cook more than we ordered in and this helps tremendously. The meals are delish, easy to make, and we're very pleased with the portions. I'm a somewhat picky eater (I only each chicken + turkey — no seafood or other meats) and I've had no trouble finding new meals to try every week so I'm v happy with that!
Promising review: "It takes all the work out of having to meal plan and grocery shop. It not only saves me so much time, but it also saves me so much money!" —Kelsey Brackett
Get a subscription from EveryPlate for $4.99/serving + shipping
Once your grocery list is generated, you can edit it to remove/add items. Plus, you can always search Hungryroot's 3,000+-recipe database for chef-crafted meals you can make with whatever you have on hand. Like traditional meal kits, though, your delivery *does* come with suggested recipes and step-by-step instructions to make things easy on you.
Promising review: ""Hungryroot is awesome! Convenient, healthy, and delicious. I work multiple jobs and am always on the go, so it's such a pick-me-up to have nutritious and satisfying meals I can throw together quickly. The versatility is great, too. You receive a few core ingredients like sauces, grains, and pre-cut vegetables from which you can make a variety of dishes using their suggestions or your own recipes.”—Emily C.
Get groceries from Hungryroot for $59+/per delivery.
Each week, you'll have your pick of 29 different recipes (they can be made vegetarian, as well). To get an idea of what Martha has cooking, this week's menu includes bacon skillet meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes and mushroom fried rice with chili-garlic vinaigrette.
Promising review: ""I love it when I wake up and don’t know what’s for dinner and then, like magic, it arrives at my doorstep." —Grace Kim
Get it from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon for $6.39+/per serving.
Dishes fall under Ketogenic, Low Carb, Low Calorie, and Plant-Based meal plans but you can always mix and match to create your perfect menu. Though every dish is crafted with input from both culinary experts and registered dietitians, they aren't missing any flavor. Example meals include stuffed pork tenderloins with roasted carrots and green chili enchilada bowls.
Get it from Factor for $11+/per serving.
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