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36 | AUGUST 6 • 2020 

A New Course of 
Meal Kits
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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.

