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Thankfully, there are plenty of meal prep services that offer meal kits with all the ingredients and instructions you need to make your own
on weight loss, vegetarians and feeding entire families
space to store many goods (anyone sharing a refrigerator, for instance)
entry.Blue Apron (gold standard + wine subscription option to pair)Home ChefFreshly (meals fully cooked/insulated)Purple Carrot (vegan
only)Yumble (kids)(Image credit: Blue Apron)Area: NationwideDietary needs: vegetarian, Weight WatchersCost: starting at $48 per week (two
meals, two servings each)Blue Apron, the company that started the home-delivered meal prep, is still going strong with a variety of packages
Meals take between 25 and 55 minutes to cook, though most hover around the 30-minute mark, and there are options for vegetarian, Weight
Watchers, diabetes-friendly, and Beyond Meat needs
The catalogue changes every week.Plans are somewhat flexible: you can start with two meals, each with two servings, for $48 (including an $8
shipping fee) or bump that up to three meals with two services for $60 (with free shipping)
If you want family-size four-serving meals, that option starts at $72 per week for two meals and goes up to $120 for four (shipping is
If you want, Blue Apron can also pair a wine with your meals as a side service; this option delivers 6 bottles of wine for $66 per month,
every week, though it includes an assortment of vegetarian, low-carb, and low-calorie options
There are also specific meals that come pre-prepared in an oven-ready tray as well as similar slow cooker-ready options
Premium meals are occasionally offered in the weekly menu, though their higher-quality ingredients bump up the base price.Home Chef also has
finer serving and frequency controls: pick between two, four, or six servings and anywhere from two to six meals sent to your home every
top end, six meals with six servings each will run you $358.20 per week.(Image credit: Home Chef)Area: Contiguous US (not Hawaii or
Alaska)Dietary needs: vegetarian, beef/pork/seafood-freeCost: starting at $62 (three meals, two servings each)HelloFresh is another
well-known name in the meal prep delivery game
The service offers enough variety to cater to dietary preferences like avoiding beef/pork/seafood, vegetarian, or even meals geared toward
appealing to kids.Plans start with three meals with two servings each that start at $54, or bump this up to four meals with two servings for
Four-serving meals start at two a week for $72 or three a week with a slight discount for $90
two servings with every meal? Freshly is your pick: each meal kit comes with one serving and arrives fully prepared in its package - just
heat in the microwave or oven and eat
vegetarian or vegan options
Most of the meals are plated meat/veggie/carb plates, from low-calorie bowls to comfort food.Given that the meals are all single-serving,
Per-meal cost decreases with more ordered per week, so increasing to six drops the cost to $9 each ($54 per week), nine servings for $9 each
($81 per week), and finally twelve for $8 each ($96 per week)
Shipping fees are added at the end of checkout.(Image credit: Purple Carrot)Area: Contiguous US (not Hawaii)Dietary needs: exclusively
vegans and vegetarians, full stop
Its menus consist of high-protein, gluten-free, and soy-free options
And unlike other services, Purple Carrot offers breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, too, for an additional charge on top of meal fees.At
minimum, subscribers sign up for dinners
Prices start at three meals with two servings each per week for $72 plus $6 shipping or two meals with four servings each for $80
Then you can add Extras to you order for around $18 each: four breakfast servings or two lunch servings
and parts of the Midwest and West Coast.Dietary needs: vegetarian, gluten-free, soy-free, egg-free, dairy-freeCost: starting at $48 per week
for six mealsYumble is a food service for kids, from toddler to preteen that caters to a variety of dietary preferences
more complicated construction, and 9-13-year olds have meals with more recognizable complexity - bowls, burritos, and the like
There are various packages, too, of curated meals that might suit your kid - like Picky Eaters, for instance
All meals arrive pre-prepared and only need minutes in the microwave to eat.Packages start at six meals per week for $48, but give discounts
for larger orders of eight meals for $56 or 12 meals for $72 -- all of which come with free shipping
