15 Best Prepared Meal Delivery Services That Simplify Your Weeknights
There are options for every diet and budget.
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Let's be honest, you may not always have time to cook three delicious, nutritious, and filling meals a day. Life can get busy! If you feel like 24 hours is never enough to get everything checked off your to-do list, here's a timesaving idea to consider: prepared meal delivery services. All you have to do is heat up the food, plate it, and voilà! You'll be able to serve your family a meal that looks and tastes as good as home-cooked.
These fabulous services are a step up from the typical food subscription boxes, which usually include pre-measured ingredients and recipe cards. No 30-minute meals here: Instead, you'll be sent a week's worth of fully prepped, fully cooked meals. Truly easy dinners, here you come! Most heat in the microwave or oven in just a few minutes. That's even faster than ordering takeout. 😉
But with dozens of companies to choose from, how do you choose the best prepared meal delivery service for you? Well, are you looking for filling dinners or healthy snacks? Do you like fruit-filled breakfast smoothies? What about something for every single meal of the day? The wide assortment of options means that there's a subscription for virtually every kind of budget, family size, and dietary restriction (or preference)—really. Vegetarian, keto, even meals for the 50-plus set are available, so just wait until you see what's out there.
Our Picks:
- Best Overall: Factor
- Best Versatility: HelloFresh
- Best Plant-Based: Thistle
- Best for Athletes: Trifecta
- Best Organic: Sakara
- Best for Weight Management: BistroMD
- Best for Allergies: Mosaic Foods
- Best Restaurant Quality: CookUnity
- Best Sustainable Packaging: Sun Basket
- Best Smoothies: Daily Harvest
- Best Add-On Plans: Blue Apron
- Best for People Over 50: Silver Cuisine
- Best Gluten-Free: Territory Foods
- Best Vegan: Sprinly
- Best for GI Issues: Epicured
Whether you're looking for a subscription service that caters to specific dietary needs, will keep you on-track with your health goals, or provides an array of budget-friendly options, you're sure to find a mouthwatering match among these choices.
Factor
Factor's menu is refreshed with more than 40 dietician-approved meals each week. The chef-cooked offerings are also refined sugar-, GMO-, hormone-, and antibiotic-free. Choose between 6 to 18 meals per week, and they arrive fresh, not frozen. (They last up to seven days if you don't eat them right away.) They have keto, vegan and veggie, calorie smart, and protein plus options. Plus, you get 50% off your first order!
HelloFresh
Introducing: HelloFresh prep-and-bake meals that require less than five minutes of work to get on the table. These options are new to the popular service and can served up in just three minutes. At HelloFresh, you can customize your box to fit your breakfast, lunch, and dinner needs: select how many people, how many recipes, and your meal preferences. Then, choose from 45-plus weekly recipes that are delivered right to your doorstep in a recyclable box.
Thistle
If you want to explore eating more of a plant-based diet, whether it be for your health, the environment, or just to mix it up, try Thistle. They pride themselves on deliciously prepared, globally inspired meals that satisfy your tastebuds. Still want the meat? No problem. There's an option to add it onto practically every meal. Bonus: You can save up to $100 on your first order.
Trifecta
For those focused on athletic performance and nutrition, give Trifecta a try. Each plan works within a particular macro count to help you achieve your goals, and you can choose between their clean, paleo, keto, and plant-based options. There are several meal count options per week, ranging from five to 14 and everything arrives vacuum sealed for freshness.
Sakara
If you have a bigger budget and prioritize an organic, vegan, and whole food-based diet, you might find Sakara to be worth the price tag. You can supplement the health-forward three- and five-day meal plans with the company's snacks, vitamins, probiotics, and teas, too!
BistroMD
This meal plan is medically approved, so it's great for those looking to maintain their weight, slim down, or are concerned about diabetes. There are over 150 meals to choose from, and you can choose from several plans, including gluten-free, diabetic, heart healthy, and even menopause. Items arrive frozen, so just require quick trip in the microwave. Oh, and your first order is 50% off!
Mosaic Foods
On a mission to eat more plant-based foods that taste amazing? Good, because that's Mosaic's mission, too! Their meal plan options are great for food sensitivities, so they offer wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free meals as well as vegan and vegetarian. Opt for 6, 12, or 18 meals per box, and your meals will be delivered frozen either each week or up to every 4 weeks.
CookUnity
If you want truly award-winning options, try a service that brings restaurant chefs right to your table. Pick between dozens of options each week. You can choose as little as four and as many as 16 meals, and fresh options will be delivered in environmentally friendly packaging. For best results, you should heat in the oven or on the stovetop, not the microwave. And because they are fresh, they include a use-by date!
Sun Basket Fresh & Ready
The meal kit company Sun Basket has a lineup of mouthwatering prepared meals called Fresh & Ready. They heat up in just minutes in the microwave or oven. There's plenty of variety whether you eat meat or want to be more plant-based. Plus, the food is delivered in sustainable packaging—it's all recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable!
Daily Harvest
This service's menu is packed with whole fruit- and veggie-based smoothies, harvest bowls, soups, and treats. Daily Harvest even has its own lines of plant-based milk, ice cream, and lattes. The meals arrive frozen, giving you flexibility to eat on your schedule.
Blue Apron Prepared & Ready
Blue Apron, which is known for its beginner-friendly meal kits, now offers Prepared & Ready, a set of ready-to-eat, chef-made meals. Fan favorites include Chicken Parmesan with Red Pepper Sauce and Broccoli and Salmon and Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pesto, Peppers and Almonds. They are all single-serve, not frozen, and heat up within five minutes. You can also add them onto any existing Blue Apron order!
Silver Cuisine
Silver Cuisine's chef-prepared meals are specially designed to support a healthy lifestyle for those 50-plus. The service has over 150 heart-healthy, diabetic-friendly, low sodium, and gluten-free choices each week! There are no minimum orders either, so it's really flexible.
Territory Foods
This service provides tasty seasonal dishes featuring fresh, nutrient-dense ingredients. Whether you're paleo, vegan, or just trying to get on a healthier diet, Territory Food's got you covered. There are over 35 weekly options that can be delivered once or twice a week, and they heat up in a mere two minutes. Plus, everything is gluten- and dairy-free!
Sprinly
Looking for organic, plant-based meals? All of Sprinly's meals are 100% vegan, organic, artificial preservative-free, and delivered oh-so-fresh. Choose up to 18 meals per week, then heat your meal up in less than 3 minutes. The options change every single week, so you'll never get bored.
Epicured
This meal delivery service is both low-FODMAP and gluten-free. Its yummy fare is ideal for those with GI disorders, including Crohn's disease, Celiac disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. There are 50 recipes available each week and you can plan up to a month in advance. Easy-peasy and pain-free! Bonus: Add items to your cart as a onetime purchase or subscribe to get 40% off.
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