Want Dinner Fast? This Is the Best Meal Kit Service for Quick-Fire Recipes

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8.2 / 10

Score

Home Chef

Score Breakdown

Taste/results 7/10Value 9/10Ease of recipes 8/10Recipe variety 9/10Healthiness 7/10

Pros

  • Recipes are highly customizable
  • Boxes arrived organized with all the necessary ingredients
  • Oven-ready meals require almost no prep
  • You can easily skip a week at no cost or penalty
  • Tons of speedy recipes that are easy to execute
  • Website and ordering is easy

Cons

  • Best value of any meal kit compared with grocery prices
  • Very few options for vegetarians or vegans
  • Some recipes are clunky and lack creativity
  • Too much plastic is used in packaging
  • $11 for shipping on every box

There's a clear trend in the evolution of meal kits and it bends toward speedy meals. Nearly every service now has a section of its menu with recipes that can be made in under 30 minutes, some as quickly as 15. To find the best meal kit services, we tested...

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