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36 | AUGUST 6 • 2020
A New Course of
Meal Kits
F
or those who enjoy cooking,
home-delivered meal kits offer
convenience plus creativity.
The many companies specializing in
meal kits send boxes filled with high-
quality and often organic food, plus
recipe cards. Each week,
customers choose from a
variety of chef-developed
meals to fit their appetite
or dietary preferences. The
dinners are refrigerated
— never frozen — and
box packaging is mostly
recyclable.
An advantage of home-
delivered meals during
the pandemic is eliminating some food
shopping. With a bounty of apportioned
ingredients and pre-measured
seasonings, and instructions for using
them, subscribers never have to wonder
what’
s for dinner.
Payment is taken with a credit card on
file, but customers may skip weeks or
cancel without penalty. Consult websites
for pricing.
The Ingbers ate very well with these
five meal kit companies:
MARTHA + MARLEY SPOON
marleyspoon.com
Very professional. Top-quality food and
photography.
Roasted Chicken & Broccoli with
Cheddar Rice Casserole. Chicken
seasoned with flavorful Tam-pico de
gallo spice pack.
Steakhouse Dinner. Wonderful
sirloin and cottage fries.
MEEZ MEALS
meezmeals.com
Least work. Instead of prepping a sweet
potato, chunks of sweet potato came
ready for use.
Sweet Asian BBQ Salmon. Very tasty
with a tangy-sweet sauce and cabbage-
carrot combo.
Argentinian Black Beans & Rice
Bowl. Updated beans and brown rice
featured sweet potatoes, queso fresco
and delectable parsley sauce.
Bistro Steak with Pesto Penne.
“Italian classic” had creamy basil pesto,
sautéed spinach and mushrooms. Must
order again.
EVERYPLATE
everyplate.com
Most affordable. Proteins and produce
were excellent. Recipe directions had
color pictures. Cooking took longer
than listed — not unusual.
Sweet ‘
n’
Tangy Cherry Meatballs
with roasted zucchini & garlic mashed
potatoes. Easy to prepare using cherry
jam. Winner.
Beef Banh Mi Bowls with sriracha
mayo, carrot & pickled cucumbers.
Rice was missing; substituted mine.
Sriracha wasn’
t too spicy.
Sticky-Sweet Chili Chicken with
scallion rice & zesty carrots. Very
good.
Moo Shu Beef Bowls with cabbage
& white rice. Fresh ginger added great
taste.
Tuscan Herbed Chicken over creamy
tomato linguine. Kind of spicy but
good. Needed more sauce.
SUN BASKET
sunbasket.com
Uneven meals.
Malaysian stir-fried Hawker Noodles
with Shrimp. Really outstanding flavors.
Southeast Asian chicken salad with
sesame-lime dressing. Disappointing.
All-Spice was missing. Persian
cucumber was too soft. Allotted sesame
oil oversaturated Romaine lettuce.
Esther
Allweiss
Ingber
Contributing
Writer
ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER
A Hearty Steak
Shepherd’
s Pie
from EveryPlate.