Food Meal Box Kits
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A meal kit is a subscription service–foodservice business model where a company sends customers pre-portioned and sometimes partially prepared food ingredients and recipes to prepare home-cooked meals.
Services that send pre-cooked meals are called meal delivery services.
After three years and counting of fending for ourselves in the kitchen during the pandemic, it’s about time to start thinking outside of the box — and into the meal kit box.
Meal kit boxes of recipes and their ingredients can offer the combined powers of mixing things up in the kitchen and crossing off some of those New Year’s resolutions, from wanting to eat healthier to spending less time at the grocery store.
For me, (the blog writer for NY Post) a mid-20-something who has graduated from the microwave and into the culinary world of two or more pots on the stove at a time, I wanted to try out as many meal kits and delivery companies as possible. I started this journey in the last week of December 2020 and since then my meal kit adventure has taken off.
What’s the best meal delivery service?
Best Overall: Blue Apron |
Best Value: Gobble |
Best Variety: Home Chef|
Best for Home Cooks: EveryPlate |
Best Comfort Food: Martha & Marley Spoon |
Best Affordable: Dinnerly |
Best for Families: HelloFresh |
Best Vegetarian: Green Chef |
Best for One: Factor |
Best Vegan: Purple Carrot |
Best Healthy: Trifecta |
Best for Kids and Toddlers: Nurture Life
There is no way I could have done such a great job at breaking down the pros and cons of each and every kit that was out there.
No need to fear! Such a hero exists and has created a page for use to read and decipher what is best for our needs.
The links in her blog page as well as the Meal Kits Compared section below this tab are HER affiliate links Not HHAYM.org. (Just letting you know).
Here is that fun page and enjoy scrolling through all the kits available!
https://nypost.com/article/the-best-meal-delivery-kits/
| Name | Price | Shipping | Diet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Chef | $7.99+ | Free over $45 | Most all diets, vegetarian, carb-conscious, calorie-conscious |
| Gobble | $11.99+ | Free on first box, then $8.99 | Most all diets, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free |
| Territory Foods | $13.99+ | $7.95+ | Most all diets, paleo, Keto, plant-based, vegetarian, vegan, Whole 30, low fat, low carb |
| Sunbasket | $4.28+ | Free on first box, then $7.99 | Most all diets, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, added sugar free |
| EveryPlate | $2.99+ | $9.99 | Most all diets, low calories, dairy-free, low-carb, vegan, vegetarian |
| Martha & Marley Spoon | $6.49+ | $11.99 | Most all diets, low calories, dairy-free, low carb, vegan, vegetarian |
| Factor | $6.50+ | $9.99 | Most all diets, Keto, low calorie, vegetarian, vegan |
| Blue Apron | $4.37+ | $9.99 | Most all diets (and wine!), vegetarian, WW friendly, diabetes friendly |
| Nurture Life | $6.55/item+ | $8.99 | Most all diets and safe for kids and toddlers + vegetarian and gluten-free options |
| CookUnity | $11.09/meal+ | Free | Most all diets, vegan, vegetarian, low calorie, low carb, gluten-free, dairy-free, low sodium, Keto, paleo |
| Eat Clean | $9.60+ | $9.99 | Most all diets, plant-based, Keto, paleo |
| Dinnerly | $4.69+ | $11.99 | Most all diets, low calorie, low carb, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free |
| Trifecta | $104.93+ (around $15 per meal) | $9.99 | Most all diets, vegan, Keto, paleo, vegetarian, macro-conscious |
| Purple Carrot | $13.25+ | Free on orders $100 or more | Plant-based/vegan |
| HelloFresh | $4.99+ | $9.99 | Most all diets, vegetarian, vegan, carb-smart, calorie-smart |
| Daily Harvest | $5.99+ | Free | Plant-based, organic |
| Splendid Spoon | a la carte pricing | Free on orders over 10 meals | Plant-based, gluten-free, non GMO |
| Sakara Life | $25/day+ | Price varies | Plant-based |
| Hungryroot | $65+ per delivery | Free on orders over $70, $6.99 otherwise | Groceries; most all diets |
| Green Chef | $5.20+ | $9.99 | Most all diets, Keto, paleo, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian. |
| Mosaic Foods | $5.99+ | Free on subscriptions of 12 items or more | Vegan and vegetarian |
| Fresh Meal Plan | $4.99+ | Price varies | Most all diets, Keto, paleo, vegan, lean |
| Thistle | $11.50/meal | Price varies | Plant-based, dairy-free, gluten-free |