Eat well at home! Home food delivery services offer restaurant-quality meals with minimal hassle, all within the comfort and convenience of home. Whether you’re a working professional, a busy parent, or someone who wants to learn how to cook, there’s likely a meal service for your needs and budget. The ingredients included in these food delivery kits are fresh and healthy, and in some cases locally sourced. They come with easy-to-follow instructions for chefs of all skill levels. Choose your weekly menu with options including steak, poultry, seafood, or even vegetarian and gluten-free meals. The top three meal kit/ delivery services include Blue Apron, Green Chef, and Home Chef. Read on to find out how these food delivery services can help you stay healthy!

Blue Apron was the first meal kit delivery service and is still a favorite with customers. There are a variety of recipes, but the aging website does it make it hard to choose your favorite meals without losing access to another choice you may also want. Critics have said there is usually one meal per box that is not as tasty as the others. However, the quality ingredients and excellent recipes in the rest of the box make up for the possibility of one less than a stellar combination. The recipes offer tips and tricks that many cooks find themselves using in other recipes as well. Blue Apron prides itself on working with farmers to provide their high-quality ingredients. They work to improve sustainability for food growing and raising animals as well. They boast non-GMO ingredients and their animals are never fed antibiotics or hormones. They are the most experienced food delivery company and still extremely popular for good reason.

Green Chef is marketed as an organic meal kit company, but this is not just a marketing strategy. The company is certified by the USDA as organic and is also non-GMO. You are allowed to choose your meal plan as well as the day of the week, Monday through Friday to be delivered to your doorstep. Not only does Green Chef provide organic meals, the packaging is able to be recycled or reused whenever possible. Meals are delivered pre-measured and mostly prepped. For example, the garlic may be peeled already and the carrots or other vegetable cut into the appropriate sizes. This cuts down on prep time during busy weeknights. Ingredients like sauces, dressings, and spices are pre-made and everything is already portioned out. The boxes are packed with a wide range of ingredients and color coded by meal. The recipes are rated by most users as easy to follow even for beginners. However, for a beginner or someone who takes a while to follow a recipe it could take longer than the recipe cards call for to prepare the meal. Plan on trying to give yourself extra time at least at first. The website is user friendly and it is easy to select meals even if you have dietary restrictions or certain preferences for you and your family.

Home Chef’s food delivery service is great for beginner cooks as well as the more experienced. No matter your comfort level in the kitchen, the recipe cards are easy to follow and include tips and tricks to use as your skills grow. For the environmentally minded user, the boxes are lined with recycled textile fabrics. These fabrics are also compostable and biodegradable. The boxes are insulated and have ice packs in them to keep the ingredients fresh after they arrive at your home. The website boasts of 30-minute meal prep times, but for a novice, it could take as long as an hour to have dinner on the table. The ingredients are organized by the recipe to make the process easier on a hectic weeknight.