9 Healthy Meal Delivery Services We’ve Tested

Having a well-balanced and nutritious diet is something we all strive for, but it can be difficult to achieve when you don’t have a lot of time to plan out your meals. This is why healthy meal delivery services have soared in popularity—you can save yourself a lot of time by reducing your own recipe research and frequent grocery hauls.

No matter what your health goals and dietary preferences are, there’s a healthy meal kit out there for you. Here are some of the best meal kits that offer healthy options to help keep your 2023 goals in check.

1. WW x Blue Apron

This collaboration with Blue Apron and Weight Watchers means that eating well and meeting goals can easily go hand-in-hand. This collaboration is designed to put nutritionally dense ingredients at the forefront of each meal and help consumers meet dietary goals, like focusing on lean proteins, whole grains, and fresh produce. The collab is led by Blue Apron's in-house registered dieticians and culinary director to bring flavor and function together.

When we tried Blue Apron's wellness meal plan, we loved the flavor of each meal we tried, the helpful and thorough recipe instructions, and the inclusion of ready-to-eat meals for staying on track on extra busy days. It's a great way to keep your goals in check with minimal effort.

• Price: Starting at $8 per meal
• Dietary Options: Vegetarian, low carb, and nutritionist-approved recipes
• Type: Meal kit

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2. HelloFresh

HelloFresh is among the most popular meal kits in the country, and for good reason: It’s wallet-friendly, offers incredible variety, and is customizable to accommodate dietary and lifestyle needs. So whether you’re going vegetarian, feeding a family of four, or limiting your calorie intake, you’ll have plenty of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options to choose from every week.

Plus: Eating healthy with HelloFresh is never boring and always satisfying. Past veggie-filled options include dishes like Middle Eastern chickpea bowls, zucchini & tomato flatbreads, and even a plant-based sloppy joe.

• Price: Starting at $7.49 per meal
• Dietary Options: Vegetarian, pescetarian, calorie smart, protein smart
• Type: Meal kit

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3. Green Chef

If organic eating and sustainability are high on your 2023 priority list, subscribing to Green Chef is a no-brainer. This meal kit company is USDA-certified, which means that every ingredient delivered to your door is free of GMOs, pesticides, and antibiotics, and is produced according to strict quality standards. The company is also committed to animal welfare, reducing food waste, and minimizing its carbon footprint.

But beyond ethical standards, Green Chef organic meals are just downright delicious. Choose from dishes like apricot-glazed pork meatballs and creamy tomato chickpea spaghetti that are comfortingly familiar with a modernized, healthy twist. And you can choose from several dietary meal types—from vegan to Mediterranean to keto + paleo—to kick start new goals and lifestyles.

• Price: Starting at $12 per serving
• Dietary Options: Vegan, keto, paleo, mediterranean, vegetarian, gluten free, calorie conscious
• Type: Meal kit

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4. Sunbasket

Flirting with the idea of going plant-based in 2023? Whether you’re cutting back on meat for health, ethical, or environmental reasons, Sunbasket makes it easy by doing all the heavy lifting. After testing, we deemed this the best meal kit for vegetarians, thanks to the vast and unique variety of meat-free dishes that made our mouths water (hello, fresh pappardelle verde with sweet pea pistou and sugar snap peas).

But fear not, omnivores: Sunbasket also has plenty of options with sustainably sourced meat and seafood centerpieces—like salmon tikka masala over rainbow quinoa and honey-balsamic glazed chicken with cabbage-apple salad—that are well balanced with veggies and help you feel good about what you’re bringing to the table.

• Price: Meals start at $10
• Dietary Options: Paleo, keto, vegetarian, pescatarian, diabetes-friendly, gluten-free, carb conscious, mediterranean
• Type: Meal kits and premade meal options

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5. Gobble

For the busy (or lazy) chef: This meal kit requires almost zero chopping and prep work, and all of the recipes come together in 15 minutes or less. In other words, it doesn’t get much easier to put together healthy meals in your kitchen than with Gobble’s help. And beyond convenience, we love this meal kit for its creative and tasty recipes, like the paneer and cauliflower tikka masala with garam masala basmati rice, which we found to be inventive, balanced, and super flavorful.

Gobble also offers a Lean & Clean plan, featuring grain-free dishes with lean proteins and healthy fats, all under 600 calories. This plan is flexible, so you can still have access to the classic menu if you’re looking for some balance in your week-to-week meals.

• Price: Starting at $12 per serving
• Dietary Options: Vegetarian, Lean & Clean
• Type: Meal kit

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6. Home Chef

HomeChef is our favorite meal delivery service thanks to its guest-worthy dishes, well-written recipes, and overall user-friendly experience. And while our favorite meal while testing was farmhouse fried chicken with mashed potatoes, green onion gravy, and corn (crispy, juicy perfection), there are plenty of healthier options on the weekly menus to choose from (think Southwest style veggie stew and Greek zucchini tostadas).

Depending on what your goals are in a given week, you can filter the menu with diet preferences like Calorie Conscious, Vegetarian, and Less Than 30 Minute Meals to find the perfect fit for your busy lifestyle. Plus, each meal is customizable, allowing you to swap or double up on the suggested protein in a recipe.

So get confident in meeting whatever goals you have: cut back on red meat, incorporate more seafood, and explore plant based options in the new year—the options are endless.

• Price: Meals start at $8 per serving
• Dietary Options: Calorie conscious, carb conscious, vegetarian
• Type: Meal kit

Sign up for Home Chef

7. EveryPlate

If saving money is just as high on your 2023 to-do list as healthy eating, EveryPlate is your best bet. This affordable meal kit offers some of the lowest prices we've ever tested, and when we tried the meals for ourselves, we were impressed by the tasty flavors and weekly menu variety.

EveryPlate makes cooking wholesome meals with real ingredients much more accessible, especially with meals that have labels like "30 minutes or less" and "Easy cleanup." Takeout becomes less attractive when homemade meals become easy, tasty, and fast.

• Price: Starting at $5 per serving
• Dietary Options: Vegetarian, low calorie
• Type: Meal kit

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8. Splendid Spoon

Created by registered dietitians and chef’s, Splendid Spoon’s prepared meals are packed with flavor and healthy nutrients. All of the Splendid Spoon meals are plant-based, and you can choose from a variety of pre-made grain bowls, noodles, and soups, as well as some bottled smoothies and juices.

The meals packed a ton of protein from other ingredients, so they were still sufficiently filling. You can heat the meals in a microwave or on the stovetop (our tester preferred the latter). Plus, all the packaging is 100% recyclable.

• Price: Starting at $10 per meal
• Dietary Options: Vegan, High Fiber, High Protein, Low Calorie, Low Carb, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Low Sugar
• Type: Premade meals

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9. Purple Carrot

Purple Carrot is a plant-based meal delivery service that offers high-protein, gluten-free, and vegan meals to choose from every week. However, this meal kit wasn’t our favorite of the bunch as the tester found the recipes to be rather confusing and the end results were somewhat disappointing.

From the meals we tested, they seemed bland and mushy and could have had much more flavor and texture. In our opinion, there are better healthy meal kit choices available—but if your diet is strictly vegan, Purple Carrot might be worth a try.

• Price: Starting at $11 per serving
• Dietary Options: Vegan, High Protein, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free
• Type: Choose from meal kits or premade meals

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Are All Meal Delivery Services Healthy?

While not all meal delivery services offer calorie conscious, plant-based, or keto options to meet varying dietary restrictions, meal kits in general are a great alternative to other “quick and easy” meals. Making a fresh meal kit at home, or heating up a premade meal made with high quality ingredients is preferable to consuming heavily processed fast foods or frozen meals from the grocery store.