Guest article by HelloFresh Canada
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Crave Healthiness offers delicious prepared meals for health-conscious Vancouverites but do they live up to their name? Find out in our detailed review.
With Fresh In Your Fridge, you get delicious, ready-made meals that are completely customized to your dietary needs, preferences, goals, and lifestyle. This service is basically like having a personal chef.
Meal kit services aren’t the most budget-friendly meal-time solution for Canadians. But along the spectrum of cost, Chefs Plate sits on the most affordable end. You can’t help but wonder if this is an indicator that the quality of the service/ingredients/recipes is lower as well.
Does one of Canada’s most affordable meal kit companies come with drawbacks that devalue its service?
Based in Toronto, Fresh City Farms was originally an online grocery store offering local and organic products. Recently, they've put those ingredients to use in meal kits.
Fresh City Farms' meal kits cater to the picky or specific eater. They have vegetarian, vegan, gluten-friendly, dairy-free, soy-free nut-free and paleo options. From chicken burgers to vegan bowls, all their meals look delicious.
Dinnerly is a fast and affordable meal kit option that is positioned for the busy weekday warrior. They offer a wide variety of recipes that are priced below $5 and only require 30-minutes to prepare.
Recipes can be picked from a rotating menu online and include no more than six ingredients and steps to prepare. Each recipe card is electronically sent to you so there is no chance of it being misplaced or damaged.
Update: Fuud no longer operates as a meal kit delivery service, instead, it can now be found in local grocery stores in Vancouver.
Fuud is a Vancouver based meal kit delivery service. They focus on local organic ingredients from the Fraser Valley and in-season recipes. They also use organic meat whenever possible.
Unlike most kits, their ingredients don't come pre-chopped. Although this adds more time to the cooking process, they feel it leads to fresher flavour and a more authentic cooking experience. Each week, they offer nine different recipes, including omnivore, vegetarian and gluten-free meals.
Marley Spoon is a German company that provides meal kits all around the world, including the United States, and Australia.
They offer meal kits for people who like cooking, which make them not the best choice for busy beginners but will be ideal for busy cooking lovers.
Marley Spoon desires to connect the growers to the cooks by offering in-season meals that include vegetarian, fish and meat.