Can I customize meals to my preferences?
Green Chef offers a number of ways you can customize your meal experience. The company allows you to pick the portions, meals per week, and recipes you receive.
The first step in creating your box is selecting your lifestyle preferences in which you can choose from the following options: Mediterranean, keto, protein packed, calorie smart, plant based, quick and easy, gluten free, and gut and brain health. There really is something for almost everyone! The second step is choosing how many people you are feedingyou can choose two, four, or six people. Finally, you can select how many meals per week you would like to receive: two, three, or four.
Once you have submitted your lifestyle preferences and signed up for the week, you are now ready to pick from a list of recipes that change every week. Green Chef offers 44 weekly options with sustainably-sourced ingredients and organic produce. This was a huge plus for me since I usually shop organic and purchase products from farmers markets to support more local businesses. Another perk is that you can swap the protein in any of their dishes featuring chicken, salmon, or beef. So if you love the sound of a dish but dont eat red meat, you can swap it for chicken or salmon.
I opted to receive three meals for the week with two servings each (my roommate was eating good this week!). As someone who does not follow a specific diet or have food allergies, I was excited to explore the weekly recipes and select options I would not usually cook for myself.
How affordable is Green Chef?
Ill start off with what everyone wants to hear: You get 50 percent off your first order, plus free shipping, and 20 percent off for the two following months! Without the discount, the weekly total would come out to $82.93 total or $11.99 per serving, with an extra $10.99 tacked on for shipping costs. My first order, three meals for two people, totaled to $35.97 or $6 per serving (with the discount).
If you bump your party size up to four people, the non discounted price increases to $154.87 per week, staying steady at $11.99 per serving. Increasing your party size up to six people brings your three-meals-a-week grand total to $226.81 (again without the discount) and still averaging $11.99 per serving.
As someone who is a big home chef, I have always been a little wary of meal prep services. I worried they would not be worth it price-wise and that the ingredients wouldn't be up to my standards. Like, what if the chicken has those weird bits that I would avoid if I was selecting the thighs myself at the grocery store? But if you usually shop organic or local, your grocery bill is probably adding up fast, so Green Chefat $11.99 per servingis pretty enticing.
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