The Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services Make It Easy to Eat Less Meat

Best Overall: Hungryroot

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $3.99–$8.99 per serving | What You Get: Groceries, snacks, and meal kits with fresh ingredients | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate | Good For: Couples, families, busy folks

What Is Hungryroot?

Hungryroot was founded in New York by Ben McKean in 2015, with an intent to create sustainable, healthy, and convenient meals with plenty of vegetarian and vegan options.  What’s unique about Hungryroot is that the company offers a platform for grocery shopping, meal planning, and meal kits, so you can easily mitigate the time it takes to plan your weekly household meals. Think of Hungryoot as a giant online grocery store and meal planning service in one. 

Hungryoot is all about customization, and it uses an algorithm to create more than 2,000 recipes with pre-portioned ingredients and a mix-and-match approach. The meal options are plentiful and designed to fit all of your household needs from breakfast to dessert—think breakfast bowls, soups, tacos, stir frys, pastas, flatbreads, grain bowls, burgers, wraps, sandwiches, salads, snacks, and sweets.

Hungryroot caters to plenty of dietary needs, including keto, pescatarian, vegan, and vegetarian, as well as gluten-, peanut-, tree nut-, soy-, shellfish-, and dairy-free. And there are several user-friendly filters for vegetarian proteins and meat replacements, such as tofu, tempeh, beans, and lentils, to help drill down your recipe searches. 

How Much Does It Cost?

Hungryroot’s weekly plans start at $69 per household, and prices vary based on the number of people you’re feeding, serving sizes, and the quantities of meals. Shipping is free for plans $70 or more. For plans less than $70, count on paying $6.99 for shipping. 

Hungryroot also incorporates a “credit” system into its ordering process. Each plan has a specific number of allotted credits, and there is a credit value associated with every grocery item and recipe. As you build and edit your cart, you can track the remaining credits and add items until you reach the max value set for your plan. Any unused credits will roll over to the following week, and you may manage your credits in the wallet setting within your profile. 

How to Sign Up

You will need a subscription to order from Hungryroot. When you first sign up, you’ll take a brief quiz to create a customized meal plan. Hungryroot will ask you to identify any dietary needs or restrictions and ideal meal types, including spice level and ingredient preferences. Once your plan is finalized, you’ll be granted a credit system for each week. To create a customized cart, you may browse virtual “aisles” and build a cart with two- or four-serving meals kits as well as individual grocery items. Choose from plenty of vegetable-centric breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, desserts, and beverages. Once you reach your max amount of credits for the week, your cart is ready to go. 

Hungryroot also has “2-in-1” meals that are designed for a family for four people, with two servings of two types of meals that contain overlapping ingredients for fuss-free easy weeknight meals. 

Once a plan is in place, you can edit and change the suggested menu and ingredients, and update your dietary plan under your personalized food profile on the website or in the Hungryroot app. 

Hungryroot’s subscription is designed as a weekly service, but you may pause and skip deliveries. Meal plans may be edited and finalized by Monday or Thursday each week, depending on your meal plan and delivery date. You’ll even get a first-time free gift with your order, like healthy cookie dough.

How to Make the Meals

Hungryroot orders arrive fresh (not frozen) in a cardboard box, and the food is packed according to temperature safety, meaning the proteins will be found closer to the ice packs. Items are individually packaged and portioned, making preparation simple—although this also means that many items are wrapped in single-use plastic. Luckily, Hungryroot provides information about how to recycle its packaging. Each delivery includes a packing slip listing the groceries on one side and the recipe instructions on the other.

Meal components are pre-portioned to optimize quick execution, most meals are designed to be made in around 10 minutes with four or fewer steps. Many meals consist of a protein, vegetable, and/or starch, so plan on cooking your protein or starch on the stovetop, roasting your vegetables in the oven, and mixing in your premeasured sauces or seasonings. If you have leftovers, you can usually reheat them in the microwave. Once you’ve enjoyed your meals, don’t forget to rate them on the Hungryroot app to fine-tune your preferences for future orders.

How the Food Tastes

For our Hungryroot order, we chose the spinach artichoke and mushroom tortelloni, roasted salmon and sweet potato on Brussels sprouts, Southwest chicken and rainbow veggie tacos, and Thai peanut beef and broccoli stir-fry.

Overall, we found Hungryroot’s meals to be tasty and diverse in terms of flavor, although some dishes could have benefited from an extra squeeze of lemon or splash of hot sauce. Additionally, we think an added textural element would have added some oomph to these meals; for example, we would have loved some crushed peanuts to sprinkle over the stir-fry for extra crunch. We think Hungryroot is ideal for novice cooks looking for convenient and nutritious meals, while more advanced home cooks may find these recipes to be a bit simplistic.

Best Budget-Friendly: Dinnerly

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $4.19–$8.49 per serving | What You Get: Meal kits with fresh ingredients | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate | Good For: Couples, small families, singles who don’t mind leftovers

What Is Dinnerly?

Dinnerly is an approachable and cost-effective meal kit company owned by Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon. In fact, Dinnerly’s tagline is accurately named “the affordable meal delivery service,” and it’s true. With per-serving costs starting at just $4.19, Dinnerly is one of the most cost-effective services we’ve tested.

The service creates family-friendly, comfort-food-leaning meal kits that focus on convenience, and the rotating menu boasts at least a dozen vegetarian recipes per week. With meals that serve up to four people and the option to order up to six meals per week, we liked how family-friendly Dinnerly is. (There’s even a “kid friendly” menu tag designating meals that are ideal for younger diners.) Many recipes require only five or six steps, allowing you to have dinner on the table in about 30 minutes. Dinnerly also has a “market” where you can add on extras such as additional proteins or desserts.

How Much Does It Cost?

Dinnerly’s pricing system is tiered, so the more you order, the less you’ll pay per serving. Meals start as low as $4.19 per serving for the largest plan (six meals with four servings each) and range up to $8.49 per serving for the smallest (two meals with two servings each). Shipping is a flat $11.99, and delivery is available in the contiguous U.S. 

How to Sign Up

Before you commit to a Dinnerly subscription, you can peruse the menu up to four weeks out. When you’re ready to sign up, you’ll begin by clicking the “Start Cooking” button. First, you’ll select the quantity of meals and servings you want—you can order anywhere from two to six meals per week with either two or four servings each. Then, you’ll input your ZIP code, email address, delivery details, and payment information. Once everything is submitted, you’ll be ready to select your meals.

The menu consists of over 100 recipes per week, encompassing breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, and each recipe is labeled with menu tags such as “no added gluten,” “low-calorie,” “kid friendly,” “dairy free,” and “vegetarian.” If you click on a menu item, you’ll find information including prep and cook times, nutrition facts, allergens, a list of items included in the meal kit, and a list of things you’ll need to supply from your own kitchen—usually common items such as salt, pepper, olive oil, and basic cooking tools like skillets and baking trays. 

Vegetarian meals tend to be hearty and carb-heavy, such as eggplant Parmesan and pasta with vegetables. You will find a few lighter options such as lettuce wraps, but since the service focuses on lower cost meals, carbohydrates tend to be the star as the main ingredient.

While the service is designed as a weekly subscription, you can pause, edit, and cancel anytime. And if you need to make any changes to your order, you’ll receive an email reminder to do so before the weekly cutoff date.

How to Make the Meals

Dinnerly’s meals arrive fresh in cardboard boxes with insulation liners and ice packs. The ingredients should be stored in the refrigerator, produce should be consumed within four days, and proteins should be consumed within one to three days. Since items are pre-measured, you’ll find a lot of single-use plastics in your order, but Dinnerly’s website offers detailed information about how to recycle the materials. 

To help lower costs and the carbon footprint, Dinnerly skips paper recipe printouts and opts for digital-only recipes. So, plan on being near your smartphone, tablet, or computer when cooking your meals.

Dinnerly promises non-fussy and approachable recipes, and most of our meals were ready in roughly 30 minutes (although some took as long as 40). Even with pre-measured ingredients, you still may need to chop an onion, grate cheese, and cook the various meal components, so there will be a bit of prep and cleanup involved. 

How the Food Tastes

For our Dinnerly order, we chose the BBQ cheeseburger with sautéed onions and smashed potatoes; the low-cal veggie drunken noodles with broccoli, peppers, and cilantro; the grass-fed ground beef and cheddar quesadillas with corn; and the caramel chicken stir-fry with snow peas and jasmine rice. Of these four meals, the noodles were the vegetarian option. 

We found these recipes to be crowd-pleasing and easy to prepare, although there were a few dishes, like the quesadillas and the stir-fry, that could have used some extra seasoning to balance out the flavors.

Best Variety: CookUnity

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $11.09–$13.59 per serving | What You Get: Fresh prepared meals |
Skill Level: Beginner | Good For: Foodies, singles, busy folks who need quick dinners

What Is CookUnity?

CookUnity was created in New York in 2015 by Argentine Mateo Marietti as a way to empower chefs to compose accessible, delicious, and sustainable foods for public consumption. Thanks to various commissary kitchens found in four US hubs, CookUnity partners with award-winning chefs and restaurateurs to produce gourmet heat-and-eat meal kits that are ready in minutes. That’s what makes CookUnity’s chef-to-consumer platform unique–so you can basically pretend you’re dining out or having a date night without leaving your home or paying a tip or tax!

CookUnity is akin to a foodie paradise. We loved perusing the vast and rotating menu, and reading through the chef features, and feeling like we were traveling the culinary globe from our sofa. Chefs include renowned Einat Admony, Jose Garces, and Pat LaFrieda, and meals are worldly, like Korean bibimbap, Mission-style burritos, Sicilian caponata quinoa bowls, and Colombian corn arepas.  

How Much Does It Cost?

CookUnity has plans for four, six, eight, 12, and 16 meals per shipment and features a tiered pricing model; the more meals you purchase, the lower the cost per meal. Four meals per shipment is $54.36 ($13.59 per meal); eight meals is $93.52 ($11.69 per meal); and 16 meals is $177.44 ($11.09 per meal), and shipping fees are included in the meal price. 

How to Sign Up

Feel free to browse CookUnity’s vast trove of sample menus before committing to a subscription. When you’re ready to give the service a go, enter your ZIP code to ensure you live in CookUnity’s delivery area. The service is not currently available nationwide, but it does ship to major metropolitan areas in the contiguous United States. The company is also expanding its reach, and there's an option to sign up to be notified once they launch in your area.

From there, you’ll select the number of meals you want per week (four, six, eight, 12, or 16) and enter your email address. Then the fun begins—building your meal cart and exploring the bounty of eclectic recipes from renowned chefs. You can filter through the options using various filters, including vegetarian, vegan, keto, paleo, and dairy free. Once your cart is filled, head over to the checkout page to enter your delivery details and payment information. 

Once you’ve placed your first order, you may access your account on the website or app to make changes to your meal preferences and delivery details. And if you need to cancel your subscription, you can easily do so at any time.

How to Make the Meals

CookUnity orders arrive in a recyclable cardboard box. Within the box, the meals are stacked snugly inside a recyclable liner with a large ice pack resting below. Each single-serving meal is packaged in a compostable meal tray, and each tray is wrapped in a colorful paper sleeve that lists the recipe title, chef name, cooking instructions, ingredient list, use-by date, and a QR code to the online recipe page. Some meals include plastic sauce containers that may also be recycled.

As far as preparation, CookUnity couldn’t be easier. Meals come fully cooked and chilled, and you can store them in the fridge until you’re ready to enjoy them. Every meal offers two ways of reheating—the fast way and the “chef way.” For the fast heating process, you’ll place the contents of the meal tray in a microwave-safe vessel and cook it in the microwave for two to three minutes. Some meals will also include a finishing sauce or a topping, which you’ll add to the meal at the end.

As for the chef’s heating process, this will vary by meal, but you’ll most likely preheat your oven, place the contents of your meal tray inside an oven-proof vessel, and bake for the amount of time indicated on the label (which can range from 10 to 30 minutes). Feel free to choose your own heating adventure, but we tended to prefer the chef’s way—low and slow. 

How the Food Tastes

For our CookUnity order, we selected Pat LaFrieda’s beef short ribs bourguignon, Einat Admony’s marinated chicken shawarma over Israeli couscous with caramelized onions and pickled red cabbage, Andres Mendez’s crispy pan-fried Cajun salmon with fresh avocado sauce and cucumber salsa, and Esther Choi’s wild mushroom bibimbap with steamed rice and cucumber kimchi (which was our vegetarian option). 

As far as flavor, CookUnity won us over. We really loved the texture of the rice in the bibimbap, which was super fluffy even after microwaving. The gochujang sauce packed a heat-forward punch, which the spinach and mushrooms mellowed out nicely, and the cucumber kimchi provided a complimentary crunch.

Best Heat-and-Eat Meals: Mosaic

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $5.99–$11.99 per serving | What You Get: Frozen, reheatable meals | Skill Level: Beginner | Good for: Singles, couples, small families, folks with busy schedules

What Is Mosaic Foods?

Mosaic Foods was founded in 2019 by two friends (known simply as Matt and Sam) who were in search of incorporating more plant-based meals into their diet in a convenient and sustainable way. The two began making meals in a Brooklyn apartment and since then, the service has taken off to a much wider audience. Mosaic Foods considers itself a catalyst for facilitating plant-based eating around the country, and the company partners with City Harvest to help mitigate food insecurity and scarcity. 

Mosaic’s meals are all premade, flash-frozen, and ready to heat in the microwave or oven. The entire menu is either vegan or vegetarian, consisting of things like veggie bowls, family meals, soups, smoothies, and pizzas. All items are single-serving with the exception of the “family meals,” which can serve up to four people. Meals are created without any preservatives, and the company sources local and organic ingredients as much as possible. You can keep these meals in the freezer for up to three months.

How Much Does It Cost?

Mosaic Foods has three plans featuring six, 12, or 18 items, and the price will depend on what you add to your box. Menu items range in cost, starting at $8.49 for smoothies and going up to $23.95 for family meals (which serve four). There are also volume-based discounts based on your box size, and the more you order, the more you save. You’ll also get free shipping on orders over $100, which sweetens the deal.

How to Sign Up

While you’ll need an account to order Mosaic’s meals, you can browse the menu beforehand by clicking the “Shop” button on the homepage. When you’re ready to order, you’ll click “Get Started” and enter your email and ZIP code to confirm shipping eligibility. Mosaic Foods does not currently ship nationwide, but it’s available in major metro areas along the East and West Coasts. Then, you’ll pick a plan size (either six, 12, or 18 items) and start building your custom cart. You can also let Mosaic curate a box for you by clicking “Choose For Me.” Deliveries are available on a weekly basis, as well as every two, three, or four weeks. 

Once your box details are confirmed, head to check out and enter your payment and delivery info. While Mosaic has a customer portal where you can access your account profile, you’ll need to email customer service to cancel your subscription.

How to Make the Meals

Mosaic Foods’ meals are delivered via next-day or two-day shipping, and they arrive frozen in recyclable liners with dry ice. Each single-serve meal is packaged in a recyclable container, such as paperboard or plastic, and family meals arrive in recyclable aluminum trays. Meals may be reheated in the microwave or on the stovetop, and the heating instructions are listed on the label for each dish. Veggie bowls can be microwaved in their trays for five minutes, while oat bowls take about three minutes and soups take eight. Family meals are designed for the oven and take about an hour to reheat. 

How the Food Tastes

Our Mosaic Foods order included spicy dan dan noodles, buffalo cauliflower pasta bake, mac and greens, pozole verde, veggie kebab platter, and coconut chickpea curry. 

Overall, we were quite impressed with the quality of Mosaic’s meals, which were full of flavor and “deliciously plant-forward.” We also found the texture to be better than most other frozen plant-based meals we’ve had.

Best Organic: Daily Harvest

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $6.79–$9.79 per serving | What You Get: Frozen prepared meals and snacks | Skill Level: Beginner | Good For: Singles, couples, plant-based eaters, busy folks

What Is Daily Harvest?

In 2015, Rachel Drori started making smoothies in a tiny kitchen in New York City with the intention of providing quick and healthy snacks for herself and her friends. Today, her vision for convenient and wholesome plant-centric meals has grown into an empire. Daily Harvest’s model features flash-frozen, plant-based meals with an emphasis on organic ingredients whenever possible and a mission to foster a healthier food and farm system from seed to plate. 

Daily Harvest’s extensive menu features a plethora of plant-based foods, including wholesome smoothies, flatbreads, oat and grain bowls, soups, snacks, dairy-free milks, and desserts. Customers can build a custom box of as many items as they'd like to stock their freezers with. Each menu item has a dedicated page with a description, ingredients, nutrition facts, preparation instructions, and customer reviews.

The company works closely with selected farmers to help build a regenerative food and farming system that includes crop biodiversity and sustainability measures without synthetic chemicals. The result is Daily Harvest’s commitment to plant-based meals that are dairy- and gluten-free and created with produce that is flash-frozen to preserve freshness at peak ripeness. 

The service is working towards utilizing 100% of sustainable materials and features a detailed overview of packaging materials and recycling instructions on the website.

How Much Does It Cost?

The Daily Harvest menu features single-serving items that are priced individually. Forager Bowls are $6.79, snacks are $7.99, smoothies and soups are $8.49, and flatbreads and harvest bowls are $9.79. Shipping is free on your first order, but after that, it’s a flat rate of $9.99 for every box.

Daily Harvest says it ships to “95% of the continental United States,” and if you live in a major city such as New York City or Los Angeles, you can order instant delivery via apps like DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub. With a recent partnership with Kroger, some Daily Harvest items can even be found in grocery stores. 

How to Sign Up

Before you sign up for Daily Harvest, you can take a moment to browse through the vast menu by clicking “Our Food” at the top of the homepage. When you’re ready to set up an account, click “Get Started” and select one of three box sizes: Small (with nine items), Medium (with 14 items), or Large (with 24 items). You’ll then be directed to the menu to fill your box before heading to checkout, where you’ll enter your delivery information and payment details. Once that’s complete, click “Place Order.”

How to Make the Meals

Daily Harvest’s meals are shipped with plenty of dry ice and arrive frozen in single-serve packaging. Due to the diverse range of items, packaging can feature a variety of materials such as recyclable plastic lids, paper sleeves, aluminum trays, corrugated cardboard, and folding cartons. Use-by dates and heating instructions are labeled on every item. 

Soups, oat bowls, and grain bowls can be reheated on the stovetop and in the microwave, and will require adding water or broth before heating. Flatbreads may be cooked on a preheated baking tray at 450°F for 20–25 minutes, but if you’d like a crispier crust, you can place them directly on your oven’s center rack. 

For smoothies, you will need a blender on hand. Simply unseal your smoothie cup and empty the contents into a blender, then fill the empty smoothie cup with a liquid of your choice and pour into the blender. After roughly 30 seconds of blending, your smoothie will be ready to enjoy.

How the Food Tastes

For our Daily Harvest order, we selected nine items: artichoke and spinach flatbread, broccoli and white bean soup, chaga and chocolate latte, chickpea and coconut curry, ginger and greens smoothie, kabocha and chai oat bowl, lemon quinoa and butternut squash, raspberry and fig bites, and spinach and shiitake grits.

We were impressed with the taste and overall quality of our Daily Harvest meals, and although we had to add a little extra salt and pepper on a few of the dishes, we liked that we could adjust the level of seasoning to our preferences. 

Some servings were a bit small, however, so we recommend adding a plant-based protein such as tofu or tempeh to items like the flatbreads and grain bowls to make them more filling.

Best for Families: Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $8.69–12.99 per serving | What You Get: Meal kits with fresh ingredients | Skill Level: Intermediate | Good For: Couples, families, singles who enjoy leftovers

What Is Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon?

Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon is a collaboration between domestic icon Martha Stewart and entrepreneur Fabian Siegel. This dynamic partnership came together in 2016 with the intent to create seasonal, nutritious meal kits composed of pre-portioned, fresh ingredients. Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon’s menu is diverse yet approachable, featuring plenty of kid-friendly favorites like baked cheesy gnocchi and broccoli Parmesan with savory garlic bread. You’ll also find more adventurous, globally inspired flavors in the mix, like red curry tofu and roasted harissa-spiced chickpeas and potatoes. Most recipes require just six simple steps, allowing you to get dinner on the table with ease, and the menu rotates weekly so you don’t get bored.

Meals tend to be dinner-focused, but there are occasional seasonal or holiday specials throughout the year, as well as add-ons such as proteins, smoothies, and sweets via a market section on the website. 

How Much Does It Cost?

Pricing for Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon is tiered, giving you more bang for your buck when you order more food. For example, if you were to order just two meals per shipment, the price for two people is $12.99 per serving and the price for four people is $10.49 per serving. On the flipside, if you order six meals per shipment, the price for two people is $9.49 per serving and the price for four people is $8.69 per serving.

Shipping is a flat rate of $11.99 and Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon ships to most of the contiguous United States.

How to Sign Up

Before you set up your Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon subscription, you can view the enticing menu up to four weeks out. To get started, click “Choose Your Meal Kit” and select your plan size—anywhere from two to six meals per week for either two or four people. You will also have the option to make your plan vegetarian. Next, you’ll enter your ZIP code and email to confirm the service ships to you. If you’re within range, you’ll then enter your delivery details, input your credit card info, and get ready to build your cart from the bountiful menu options.

The menu is listed in a grid format, and it includes handy tags to let you know at a glance which recipes fit within certain categories, including kid-friendly, vegetarian, and vegan. If you click on a meal, the recipe page lists a description of the dish, estimated cooking time, cooking skill level, nutrition info, ingredients and allergens, and photographic illustrations of the cooking process. You will also see a sidebar list of items that you will need from your kitchen, such as basic seasonings and cooking equipment. 

Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon is subscription-based, but you may skip shipments, pause, or easily cancel within your account settings or the Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon app. You can also order and manage your shipments in the app, but note that you will not be able to edit any payment details; that must be done via the website. 

How to Make the Meals

When your meals arrive, you can expect lots of ingredients and packing components. However, the Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon website offers comprehensive information about recycling its packaging. Orders are packaged in a recyclable cardboard box with horizontal and vertical dividers sourced from sustainably managed forests. The shipping box also contains either a foil or paper thermal liner, both of which can be recycled. The ice packs can be either reused or emptied and recycled. 

Each recipe is organized in recyclable paper bags, so it’s easy to find all the components. Within each recipe bag, you’ll find your pre-portioned ingredients in various plastic bottles and bags, most of which can be recycled as well. 

When you’re ready to get cooking, you’ll find large and colorful recipe cards with detailed step-by-step instructions. Recipes are designed for weeknight, family cooking, so each recipe is achievable in six steps or less. You’ll be tasked to do simple things like grate, chop, or slice, roast, sautee, and finish with a premade sauce or fresh minced herbs. 

How the Food Tastes

For our Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon order, we chose the following dishes: Greek chicken gyro with chopped salad and garlic sauce; broccoli Reuben, Russian dressing wedge salad; oven fried beef taquitos, tomatillo salsa, and jalapeños; and gochujang turkey ragu with fresh udon, cilantro, and scallions.

As far as flavor, this service exceeded our expectations. All of our ingredients were fresh, and our meals were flavorful yet balanced. “Marley Spoon delivers on deliciousness, as you'd expect from the meal kit company from Martha Stewart,” said one of our testers.

Best Gluten-Free: Epicured

Pros and Cons

Price Range: $10–$15 per meal (varies by selection) | What You Get: Fresh prepared meals | Skill Level: Beginner | Good For: Singles, busy folks, people with gluten sensitivities

What Is Epicured?

For those suffering from gastroenterological illness and gut issues, Epicured offers a meal delivery system and plan tailored and designed to help combat chronic diseases such as IBS and IBD. Using a food-as-medicine approach, Epicured works with nutritionists to create gluten-free and low-FODMAP meals that include vegan and vegetarian options, and even boast a vegan and vegetarian elimination plan. The service partners with “Partners in Health” physicians to produce evidence-based and science-backed meals, and Epicured publishes an informative blog with plenty of tips and resources for those looking to obtain more information about the low-FODMAP diet (and elimination diets in general). 

Epicured’s meals are single-serving and freshly prepared by a chef. While you may not be able to customize the meals themselves, you can filter the menu across various categories, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and low-FODMAP, to find dishes that fit your needs. Meals are designed to stay fresh for three to five days in the fridge, and certain meals are freezer-friendly. Each meal has a useful best-by date on the packaging, and the menu pages include in-depth nutrition macros. 

The menu is robust and designed to cover all of your daily meals, including breakfasts, lunches, dinners, small plates, smoothies, snacks, condiments, bundles, and an elimination diet program. Breakfasts are wholesome, such as frittatas, oat bowls, and buckwheat pancakes; lunches and entrées consist of falafel wraps, tempeh burritos, Moroccan tagines, Thai green curries, and Vietnamese noodles.

Epicured offers both a subscription plan and a one-time ordering option, which gives you the flexibility to order as often as you like. There’s also an Elimination Program with pre-curated menus designed to fit within the parameters of a low-FODMAP diet. You may even combine plans for a completely customized experience. 

How Much Does It Cost?

Epicured’s pricing is based on volume, so the more you order, the more you will save. However, most à la carte meals are about $15 each. The bundle packages vary; the vegetarian bundle features 15 items for $89.99 and the vegan bundle features 14 items for $135.99.

Epicured delivers throughout the continental U.S., and delivery costs are based on location and are calculated before check out.

How to Sign Up

When you’re ready to give Epicured a try, you may view the varied menu and build a cart to your liking. Then plan on setting up your account with delivery information and delivery preference, then go right ahead and place your order. For future changes and edits to your orders, visit the “manage plan” section and customize frequency, add another subscription, or even a one-off order, or cancel your plan. 

How to Make the Meals

Meals arrive freshly prepared and chilled. Each box contains reusable ice packs, and many of the items are freezer safe. The packaging for most salads, entrees, sides, and beverages are packaged in recyclable plastics. 

Meals may be reheated in a few ways. Soups, entrées, and curries may be heated on the stovetop over medium heat with a touch of oil or water to prevent burning. Dishes like frittatas and mac and cheese can be heated in the oven for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Dishes can also be placed in a microwave-safe bowl, covered with a damp cloth, and heated for one minute and then in 30 second additional intervals until warmed through. 

How the Food Tastes

Our Epicured order consisted of Vietnamese rice noodles, pad Thai with chicken, sesame crusted grilled salmon, and pulled BBQ chicken. 

While most of Epicured’s meals are geared toward specific health conditions, we found that everything we ordered was tasty, well-seasoned, and balanced. As one tester put it, “This isn’t hospital food. We love that this service has the guts to take a more gourmet approach to food in the face of strict diets.”