Yahoo News The best healthy meal delivery services in London
Why go out when the food can come to you?
When embracing an healthy lifestyle, it can be difficult to find the perfect delivery service. We've roadtested what London has to offer, to help you sort the wheat from the chaff.
Mindful Chef
After their launch in 2015, Mindful Chef have quickly become a go-to for healthy meal boxes across the UK. Their mission is to make healthy eating easy and with 16 meat, fish and plant-based recipes to choose from each week - all free from dairy, gluten and refined carbs - eating a balanced meal has never been more enjoyable.
An ideal box for vegans or anyone undertaking Veganuary, their range of vegan options like aubergine 'steaks' with truffle fries or roasted cauliflower and chickpea masala are both delicious and will leave you wanting to make them on repeat. As a once-sceptical vegan, I was impressed by how satisfied I felt after each meal - not to mention less bloated and without the 'heavy' feeling that meat can often give you. If you've ever thought of going plant-based or don't know where to start when it comes to vegan cooking, this is the box for you.
Munch Fit
Munch Fit is London’s self coined ‘premium FIT meal delivery service’, offering high quality, colourful and nutritionally designed meals for individuals and businesses across London. With an emphasis on restaurant quality meals that accelerate training results and make a genuine impact on energy levels, this is the plan for exercise fans that want to boost their workout with a proper nutrition plan. All of the meals have been developed using fresh, seasonal ingredients, sustainable free-range produce, nutrient-rich superfoods and high protein sources.
As a fitness fanatic, I was blown away by this plan and can genuinely say that it was of the very few that catered specifically to those requiring higher calorie plans but who were reluctant to resort to cheap, sugar energy fixes. The food is delivered daily and the produce is wonderfully fresh and delicious: example meals include Seared Tuna Tataki with Citrus Soy Dressing and Sweet Potato Brownies. Highly recommended.
Pure Package
A Greater London daily delivery service, founded by Jennifer Irvine and run by foodies who source as ethically as possible and claim the provenance and freshness of their food is as important as its taste. They believe that organic, free range or wild ingredients are not only free from many of the additives commonly used in food production, but have a natural flavour that factory farmed products cannot compete with. Pure Package never uses GM products, buys fish from sustainable stocks and sources its vegetables from New Covent Garden Market which is conveniently located right next to its kitchen. It offer two meal plans, one of 1800 calories a day and a more intensive 1200 calorie a day option for those on a deadline. There are a range of menu plans to choose from including Weight Loss, Mum and Baby and Training Support and each programme is based on the principles of the ‘Perfectly Balanced Diet’ to ensure you receive the correct balance of proteins, carbohydrates and essential fats.
Sample dishes on the weight loss programme include: Tomato, Avocado & Cottage Cheese on Organic Rye Bread for breakfast, Thai Chicken Noodle Salad for lunch and Spiced Kingfish on Black Bean Salsa for dinner. Delicious, effective and highly recommended.
Balance Box
Sister Service to Pure Package is the slightly more affordable Balance Box. It looks to offer the same fresh and ethically sourced ingredients as Pure Package but deliveries take place twice a week in three to four day boxes as opposed to daily. Available in two different portion sizes; 1200 calories a day and a ‘supersized’ 1800 calories a day, recipients can choose from the perennially popular Market Menu, Vegetarian or Wheat-Free options. Free from GM modified ingredients, sample meals include roasted stone fruit granola for breakfast, a broccoli, asparagus and chicken super-food salad for lunch and spiced tilapia and black bean salsa for dinner.
Starting at just £19.99 a day this is a really effective and affordable healthy delivery service.
Bespoke Office Fuel
A Monday-Friday overnight daily delivery services, Bespoke Office Fuel offers 3 plans: BURN for those who wish to achieve fat loss. BALANCE for those who want to maintain their regular weight and BOOST for those looking to achieve muscle growth. I went for BURN which, on retrospect, didn’t offer enough carbs or calories for a 5ft 11inch fitness fanatic. That’s my fault though – I was given a thorough briefing before choosing the plan and I found the meals, supremely healthy and delicious.
I like the fact that the deliveries are daily and at £21.50 a day for 3 meals and 2 snacks, it’s on the more affordable spectrum of meal delivery.
MuscleFood
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MuscleFood live by their motto: healthy living, made easy. Their delivery service of premium meats and vegetables caters towards athletes and fitness enthusiasts with a vast range of items to choose from - all at extremely reasonable prices.
They have recently introduced their Do The Unthinkable diet and exercise plan that promises to 'transform your life in 90 days'. By following this plan MuscleFood will send you ready meals that make cooking and eating healthy food a breeze and accompany this with workouts to help you shed the pounds the healthy way: through diet and exercise. Prices start at £60 for five days worth of meals.
Fresh Fitness Food
Another daily delivery service, Fresh Fitness Food’s point of difference is the custom-built nutrition software to calculate clients’ specific daily calorie and macronutrient requirements. This information is then used by a team of qualified nutritionists to develop a menu that ensures every meal is tailored to the client’s specific nutritional needs, tastes, preferences and fitness goals. Each of the personalised packages provide between three to five meals a day with the addition of sweet and savoury snacks available. Daily deliveries are then scheduled between midnight and 6am to either your home or office.
Priding themselves on variety, there are no fixed menus with Fresh Fitness Food, each plan has a diverse selection of ingredients on offer, with a rotated menu every 3 weeks to ensure no two days are the same. I trialled the Summer Body Package which combines a high protein, low carbohydrate and high fat diet with a calorie deficit to promote optimal fat loss and includes meals such as Chargrilled Cajun spiced chicken breast with roasted pepper and pomegranate for lunch and Oven backed Sicilian sea bass with roasted fennel and steamed French beans for dinner.
