15 Best Meal Delivery Services of 2024, Tested and Reviewed – Good Housekeeping
Think of Hungryroot as a master meal planner — the service will generate a list of groceries for you paired with recipes for the week and ship everything straight to your door. It takes the hassle out of having to meal plan or keep your fridge restocked, and it saves you a trip to the grocery store.
How it works: Begin by taking a quiz to tell the service about your dietary needs, who you’re feeding and more. Multiple dietary preferences can be met, including dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, omnivore, soy-free, nut-free, gluten-free and more. The service then creates a grocery plan and fills your cart with suggested groceries and recipes to meet your needs, but you can always edit the delivery to get exactly what you’d like. You can give feedback on your groceries and recipes so the service can improve deliveries each week.
Lab results: Testers rated Hungryroot as one of the best services in our evaluation, saying that the meals were so easy to prepare and that the portion sizes were generous. Busy families appreciated that the cart would auto-fill and generate not just groceries but also corresponding recipes, but of course, you can customize it if desired. I also liked that all of the items are free from partially hydrogenated oils, artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and artificial preservatives.
Popular options included the super fresh salsa & grilled chicken bowl, air fryer sweet chili salmon & Brussels and the curry lemongrass tofu jasmine rice bowl. One tester said, “It was so fresh, the variety was amazing and everything was so quick to put together. Loved that everything came precut and prepackaged.” Another tester commented, “I really enjoyed the recipes that were provided, and I liked that most of the ingredients were prepared (salsas, sauces, chopped veggies), so cooking was simple and quick. Specifically, I really enjoyed the delicious sauces!” But I did find the cost to be a bit high compared to standard groceries.
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