After a long day at work, the last thing I want to do is spend a lot of time in the kitchen, crafting a gourmet dinner. Over the years, my husband and I have tried a lot of different meal delivery services, to make our evenings a little less stressful. We’ve tried premade meals delivered to our home from big national brands, meals that come with fresh ingredients that you learn cook with a recipe card, and prepackaged meals that you pick up at local restaurants.
If you are looking for healthy, premade meals, Rochester has a variety of delicious options that can make your evenings, or really any meal of the day, a lot easier. These local businesses focus on bringing flavor and convince to health conscience meals. Many even deliver right to your doorstep. For those who are vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, there are options for you.
Lorraine’s Food Factory l Fairport
Located in Fairport’s Woodcliff Office Park, Lorraine’s Food Factory offers take n’ bake healthy meal options. They offer 45 meal options that are premade and ready to cook. The meals are boosted as low sodium, heart healthy choices with locally grown ingredients. You can pick up the meals or schedule delivery.
Effortlessly Health l Henrietta
The folks at Effortlessly Healthy offer many different meal plan packages that include family style, breakfast, lunch, and dinner plans. The weekly meals change often, so you do not get bored or tired of the same options. Additionally, there is no permanent commitment, and you can cancel the plan at any time. Along with the fresh meals, you can also purchase frozen meals to store away for a rainy day. Both delivery and pick-up are available.
Sweet Pea Plant Based l Rochester
The menu at Sweet Pea Plant Based is entirely vegan. If you are or are not vegan, this menu has something for everyone. Meals range from breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even delicious desserts. Order a la carte or sign up for meal plans for your weekly meal needs. Pick-up and delivery are on specific days of the week, so be sure to check online.
The Saucy Chef l Rochester
If you are looking for comfort food and some classic items, The Saucy Chef brings the heat. Some of the meal options are extremely healthy and others are just delicious and flavorful comfort meals. The chef offers a variety of lunch and dinner meals that can be scheduled weekly for delivery or pick-up. You will need to schedule a pick-up date and time. Catering is also available for larger orders.
Project Lean Nation l Rochester & Brighton
With over 24 rotating meals, Project Lean Nation offers a lot of choices on their menu. Order online or stop into one of their two local locations. Their store fronts offer dozens of yummy options that are pre-packaged and available in refrigerators to grab and take. They also offer delicious protein shakes for post workouts. Project Lean Nation also does a great job of listing all the calories, proteins, carbs, and fat breakdown in each meal.
95 Nutrition l Greece, Rochester & Henrietta
For those of you with a sweet tooth, 95 Nutrition offers a lot of protein packed dessert options. Additionally, they offer breakfast, lunch and dinner. Like the many other locations mentioned above, they offer both pick-up and delivery at their three local locations. Their meals containers can be microwaved or heated in the oven with the plastic film removed. The variety of meals is really outstanding, and they do offer gluten-free and vegetarian dishes, too.
