Eat Well Without the Effort: Vegan Meal Delivery

Although it’s good to make home-made food, this is not always feasible. Some people are very busy, others don’t have energy perhaps due to illness or caring for others. Some people live in ‘food deserts’ where they  don’t live near farmers’ markets or shops that sell good ingredients for recipes.

In these cases, vegan meal delivery companies can help! They do work out a bit more expensive. But you can always eat half and fill up with veggies and potatoes. Or just keep them in the freezer handy, for when you need a quick nutritious meal. You can subscribe for regular deliveries, or in most cases just have one order, for a freezer full of ‘occasional meals’ when you need them!

Keep dry ice away from children and pets, and recycle as instructed. Recycle any plastic packaging at supermarket bag bins, if your kerbside doesn’t recycle.

Keep meals away from pets due to unsafe ingredients (garlic, onion, shallots, mushrooms, spices etc). Store somewhere safe, if you’re out.

Unless you have a food waste bin (made into biogas), just bin acidic or spicy produce scraps like peppers, onion/garlic/shallot/leeks/chives, to avoid harm to earthworms and other compost creatures.

For tinned ingredients, rinse/remove lids (or pop ring-pulls over holes) then step on the can to pinch the inner rims together, to avoid wildlife getting trapped at recycling points.

Root Kitchen (all your traditional favourites)

Root Kitchen is an award-winning company that delivers chef-made delicious vegan meals to your door. Just freeze, then heat up when you’re hungry! These meals are affordable and smashing in taste, and also in fairly large serving sizes, so good for people with big appetites. Also sells wholesale to shops.

Just build a box of 6 to 10 meals from the chef-prepared menu. Then choose the frequency and date for carbon-neutral delivery, then just warm up a meal and enjoy! All prepared meals work out a little more expensive.

Root Kitchen was founded by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, who are on a mission to fill the nation’s freezers with delicious health plant-based meals. This is a carry-on from the co-founder’s mother, who was a professional cook in Tanzania.

After suffering from a fatigue-related illness (which healed by switching to eating plants), they knew they were onto a winner for a business idea!

You can build boxes of individual meals or save up to 20% by choosing pre-made bundles: classics, spicy, European, Asian and taster kits.

Meal choices:

• Tikka masala & rice
• Butternut squash lasagne
• Vegetable shepherd’s pie
• Moussaka
• Korean-style tofu noodles
• Red Thai vegetable curry
• Mediterranean vegetable pasta
• Vegetable jalfrezi curry & rice
• Aubergine al forno
• Szechuan aubergine noodles

Planty (includes vegan roast dinners)

Planty offers freshly prepared vegan meals to your door. Sent carbon-neutral in compostable packaging, their Michelin-star chefs create restaurant-quality dishes with natural ingredients, choose from filters like extra spicy or high protein.

The range includes:

• Roast Dinner!
• Shepherdless Pie
• Cauli and Broccoli Cheese
• A Planty Christmas Box
• Butter ‘Paneer’ Masala
• Chorizo Tomato Bean Bake
• Mushroom Stroganoff
• Sweet and Sour Tempeh
• Nonna’s Bolognese
• Mushroom and Spinach Lasagne
• Not-a-chicken Tikka Masala
• Rigatoni Carbonara
• Mac No Cheese!
• BBQ ‘Beef’ Enchilada
• Chilli Non Carne

Grubby (plant-based meal kits)

Grubby offers plant-based meal kits.  It works with local organic farms to provide the veggies, so the only thing that tastes of cardboard is the box! Plus it has recently launched its own ready-meal deliveries).

The range includes:

• Creamy cashew carbonara
• Creamy rose harissa butter bean stew
• Spicy Noodles with soya and mushroom mince
• Sweet potato tagine with apricot
• Harissa cauliflower with muhammara sauce
• Tofu saag curry (potato and spinach)
• Tex Mex Protein Bowl (with broad bean smash)
• Mexican Five Bean Chilli with sweetcorn salad

All meals delivered within the M25 area are carbon neutral, and for each meal kit sold, they donate another to a child in need. There are also discounts for students, and if you refer a friend.

All Plants (vegan ready meals galore)

Allplants is the brand that has been ‘rescued’ by Ella Mills, after it unfortunately went into administration. Now it’s back, with a wide range of delicious healthy meals, delivered to your door.

The  range includes:

• Spinach and coconut tofu curry
• Cauliflower and lentil dahl
• Tofu masala curry
• Veggie Cottage Pie
• Veggie Mediterranean Lasagne
• Spicy harissa and chickpea stew
• Five bean chilli

Veafy (African-inspired vegan ready meals)

Veafy is a unique company that delivers vegan meals to your door, as everything is inspired by authentic African recipes. This business was born out of the  founder’s love of cooking, to share delights of recipes that people often love, but this time plant-based and made by chefs (not machines!)

The range includes:

• Pan-African curry (East African cauliflower chickpea curry with cauliflower seed butter rice)
• Mac and more (sweet potato, harissa with pan-fried veggies and black beans)
• Jollification (West African jollof infused in zesty tomato and coconut milk, with a saucy side of Nigerian bean relish)
• Lovey Dovi (A Zimbabwe dish with nutty spicy veggie stew, with maize flour (sadza) porridge
• Cape Town Funk (textured chickpea bites, potatoes and green beans, with cinnamon infused yellow rice)
• Wat Up (An Ethiopian fusion of red lentils and caramelised onions, cooked in spiced clarified coconut oil and Berbere spices, with pan-fried collard greens)
• Red Red Roots (Ghanaian dish with black eyed beans cooked in spicy sauce, with turmeric infused rice and fried plantain)
• Lean Bean Tagine (lean textured jackfruit and chickpeas in a sweet sour sauce, with pomegranate and mint  couscous)
• Zim Simma (jackfruit, sugar beans and black kale in a Zimbabwean stew, fused with South African curry spices and served with maize porridge).

Planthood (healthy vegan meal kits)

Planthood offers chef-made wholefood plant-based meal kits. In just 15 minutes, enjoy restaurant-style plant-based cuisine, right in your kitchen.

All the packaging can be recycled or composted, rinse pouches and dressing pots out beforehand. You can return liners and ice packs to the company for reuse.

The boxes are quicker than a recipe box, but quicker than a ready meal! They include sauces, garnishes and fresh veg. Most ingredients are organic, and everything is designed with gut-health in mind with high-fibre vegetables, fermented foods and polyphenols.

Founded by a couple who were inspired by vegan offerings in Canada, menus change weekly (and you can chop and change subscriptions any time). Examples are:

• Tempeh meatballs in smoky  tomato sauce
• Creamy tomato daal with charred cauliflower
• Oyster mushroom shawarma tacos with garlic tahini sauce
• Butternut squash brothy beans with crispy sprouts and sage
• Creamy penang curry with tofu, red pepper and spinach
• Black bean chilli enchiladas with cashew cheese sauce
• Creamy coconut dal with spice roasted cauliflower

Purple Carrot (vegan meals in USA)

Purple Carrot offers weekly meals prepared by chefs, with this extremely popular meal delivery service. Choose from over 50 meals, all are highly nutritious to make you feel great! Meals include:

• Edamame Mac & Cheese
• Seitan Khao Soi
• Kimchi Hot Dogs
• Spaghetti and Meatballs
• Cashew Tofu
• Buffalo Tofu Bowls
• Just ‘Egg’ Burrito

Choose from quick-to-cook kits or vegan ready meals. You can skip, pause or cancel anytime.

Vegin’ Out (California, nationwide delivery)

Vegin’ Out is based in California, and delivers home-cooked meals nationwide. Meals are overseen by an executive chef, and there are diabetic-friendly meal options. Meals include:

• Cajun Pasta
• Orange Tofu
• Pasta Puttanesca
• Hearty Vegan Gumbo
• Sambal Tempeh & Veggies

Plant-Prepped (meal kits for Ontario/Quebec)

Plant Prepped sends pre-measured ingredients and gourmet recipes to your door. Delivered to most of Quebec and Ontario. Choose plants for 2 to 4 people. Recipes include:

• Karaage-inspired tofu
• BBQ Chickpea  tacos
• Rigatoni with summer squash
• Vegan cheeseburger pizza

Terracotta Tummy (meal delivery in Vancouver)

Terracotta Tummy offers balanced weekly menus for a large variety of plant-based proteins, fresh produce, healthy fax and complex carbs. Delivered in Vancouver and many surrounding areas. Meals include:

• Vegan Lasagne
• Dan Dan noodle bowl
• Chikun Fajita Bowl
• Bombay Bowl

Soulara (vegan meals delivered, Australia)

Soulara offers meals from a passionate team, made with local ingredients. Meals include:

• Scrambled tofu and mushroom
• BBQ black bean casserole
• Jungle curry
• Plant-based chicken drumsticks
• Golden coconut dahl

Just Add Vegan (vegan meal kits, Australia)

Just Add Vegan offers easy-to-use meal kits for delivery in Australia. Just buy fresh ingredients on top to enjoy recipes like:

• Eggy tofu florentine
• Bacon and egg-style English muffins
• Cosy butter bean casserole
• Spaghetti and meatballs
• Cauliflower chickpea coconut curry

IKU (vegan ready-meals, Australia)

Iku offers plant-based ready meals made with quality ingredients. Feel good inside and out with a choice of over 50 meals including:

• Vegan cottage pie
• Creamy coconut laksa
• Spinach and eggplant lasagne
• Hearty Tom Kha
• Smoky pinto enchiladas

Garden of Goodness (organic plant-based meals)

Garden of Goodness offers healthy organic plant-based meals in Australia. Free from refined sugar and oil and cooked in filtered water, and sent in eco-friendly packaging. Meals include:

• Butter Tofu Makhani
• Creamy Pumpkin and Sage Pasta
• High Protein Vegan Lasagne
• Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu & Peanuts

Green Dinner Table (meal box kits, New Zealand)

Green Dinner Table offer meal box kits for New Zealand residents. The meals use fresh produce, global spices and the best seasonal ingredients and local products to deliver nutritious vegan food to your home. Enjoy:

• Falafel burger
• Japanese noodle curry
• Ancho lentil tacos
• Pumpkin, pea and pesto pasta
• Buffalo tofu burgers