Green Chef Review

As meal delivery develops into a norm, niches form within the basic service. 

Green Chef is the leader in their niche. They focus on healthy foods that meet the needs of many popular diets - keto, high protein, vegan, and more. Don't worry; they don't disregard the usual, omnivore nutrition style, either. 

Once you join their family, you will receive ready-to-cook kits where most prep work has already been done for you. Green Chef claims to be the number one meal kit for eating well - let's see whether they live up to the promise. 

Overview

Green Chef is a service which offers a subscription to several meal kits. They do the meal planning and grocery shopping for you. Their interface is quite intuitive, making the signup process a breeze. Enter their website and click on 'Get started'. 

You will start by choosing your meal plan. You enter the number of people you need to feed and your diet preferences. Each program includes three recipes per week - you can't increase this number, only the number of servings.

From here, it's as straightforward as logging onto any other website. Create your account, place your first order, and wait for the delivery. The plan you choose continues every next week until you cancel or change it.v

Bonus: New customers get $50 off on the first order they place. Besides, you may get discounts by referring friends to this service.

Green Chef Menus

As the name suggests, Green Chef boasts the quality of the ingredients they use. Every food they include in their dishes is certified organic by the USDA, as well as completely free of GMOs. They cooperate with farmers who avoid chemicals in production.

Thus, the food you receive is tasty, as well as healthy. You have to handle the part of the cooking yourself, which may make some people anxious. For this reason, their chefs worked on creating easy-to-follow recipes that make it more fun than challenging.

Depending on the plan you choose, you will get to taste dishes inspired by a diverse range of cuisines. 

We found their service a great mix of comfort food and exotic dishes to spice things up. Also, we believe that even meat-eaters will find their vegan meals hearty and creative.

The company stands out from the crowd with their range of signature spice mixes and pre-made sauces, which you get with other ingredients. It not only saves legwork but makes the final product that much tastier!

Here's what we tasted: 

Buttermilk Chicken with Mushrooms, Peas, and Potatoes

Chicken with Mozzarella, Side of a Fresh Kale and Potato Salad

Steak Rice Bowl, Korean Style

Plans & Pricing

There are seven dietary plans in Green Chef's offer:

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Vegetarian
• Vegan
• High protein
• Keto
• Gluten-free

You can pick between a 2-person plan and a family plan. The 2-person plan comes with three dinners for two, or six dinners per box, while the family plan caters to a family of four. Let's take a more detailed look at the structure. 

Two-Person Plan

Depending on the dietary plan you choose, you will receive two portions of three meals crafted by their chefs. There's an option of opting out of proteins you'd like to avoid.

• Omnivore: comes with at least one of the meals containing animal protein.
• Carnivore: has at least two meals with animal protein.
• Vegetarian: all three meals are packed with fresh, organic veggies, as well as eggs and dairy.
• Vegan: no meat, no animal products. However, there will be replacements, such as cashew cheese.
• Gluten-free: two dinners come with meat or seafood, and one is vegetarian.
• Keto: no dairy or gluten; each meal comes with animal protein.

Family Plan

Everything within this program is designed to suit adults and children alike. Again, if there are allergies or food preferences in your family, opt-out of specific animal proteins is as easy as clicking a few boxes. 

• Omnivore: one meat or fish meal and one plant-based a week.
• Carnivore: two meals with meat or fish.

Remember: Only omnivore and carnivore plans exist in the family variant. Thus, a protein packed family plan, for example, would have to be two 2-person plans. Also, note that Green Chef only provides dinners (which can be lunches, too) - no breakfasts or snacks.

Pricing

Rather than setting a monthly subscription rate, Green Chef charges you per meal. This method gives you the flexibility to change the frequency or skip weeks without having to worry about refunds.

Another feature that stands out from other similar services is that you can't choose specific recipes. You pick between meal plans, and each of them comes with a pre-set choice of dishes. Luckily, the menu changes every week.

The meal prices vary depending on your dietary needs, meat-packed diets being more expensive. Check out the table below to see the costs of the meal plans with this company. The numbers included are per meal. 

Shipping

As the kits come every week, Green Chef allows the members to pick a weekday for delivery. At the moment, they ship to the entire US, except for Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of Louisiana.

To live up to its name, this company also offers what may be the most eco-friendly packaging system out there. All materials are recyclable, and some even made of recycled materials. You will find comprehensive instructions for recycling on the website.

Remember that Green Chef charges a $9 delivery fee per box. You could limit these charges by going for deliveries once or twice a month, though, as they let you choose the frequency of your shipments.

The Bottom Line

Having tested it out, we must say that Green Chef delivers on its promise of a green, straightforward, and healthy alternative to eating out or cooking by yourself. The ingredients are superb, the recipes simple and inspiring, and the food is delicious.

Of course, there are the negatives - especially the price. Besides, it may be too much for some customers to get to grasps with, particularly if they are new to the world of healthy eating. Green Chef isn't for newbies.

However, if you have the budget for it, and you're ready to commit yourself to a sustainable, healthier lifestyle, go for it.

Pros & Cons

While this meal kit company is definitely on the top of green meal kit delivery services, they do come with drawbacks as well. We took a good look at the whole picture and gauged the positives and negatives. Here are our conclusions.