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A slew of meal subscription services have popped up in recent years to help home cooks diversify their recipe portfolio. And as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has closed restaurants and left a large number of Americans sheltering in place and cooking at home more regularly, these meal subscriptions have never been more important. From Blue Apron and Hello Fresh to Home Chef and many others, there are a myriad of services to choose from.

Introduced in 2012, revenue for meal kits overall are expected to grow to over $7.6 billion by 2024. To put that in perspective, in 2017, that figure was around $2.5 billion, according to Statista. With prices ranging from $4 to $12 per meal, meal subscriptions are a cost-effective way to put food on the table without having to order takeout multiple days a week, or shopping for groceries that, let's face it, are in danger of going bad before they're used. In addition to being less wasteful, meal kit services allow people to expand their culinary repertoire and learn to appreciate meals from around the world. Most meal kit services focus on sustainability, so you're only sent what you need and ingredients aren't wasted, and aim to promote healthy eating habits without sacrificing taste.

It's nearly impossible to pick the "best" food subscription service, so.. why try?! Instead, try any (or all!) of the following 21 food subscription boxes around, listed in no particular order. Your taste buds will certainly thank you.

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For Every Meal of the Day

Sunbasket literally has all of your bases covered. From healthy, tasty, organic meals to satisfy breakfast, lunch and dinner, this meal subscription service also offers snacks and other ingredients a la carte. In the Sunbasket Marketplace, you'll find pantry staples like pastas, proteins, and sauces; plus, treats like cheese, sweets, and bars. Subscribers can also mix up how their meals come: from classic recipes they have to quickly prep and cook to fresh-and-ready meals that are pre-cooked and only require heating in a microwave or oven.

Example meals include shrimp paella with fire-roasted tomatoes and bell pepper, cheesy chicken tetrazzini with mushrooms and a green salad, and mojo pork tacos with pickled onions and salsa verde.

How meals come: All of Sunbasket's packaging is recyclable and compostable.

How to cancel: Sunbasket has no binding commitment. You can skip a delivery (with no charge) or cancel any time. To cancel, you just have to contact their support team using a toll-free number.

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For Fast Meal Prep

All of Gobble's chef-designed meals are ready in just 15 minutes. Ideal for those who don't have a lot of time to get dinner on the table, Gobble's simple recipes come with fresh ingredients that arrive chopped, portioned, and simmered. The result is minimal prep for you if at all —you just put some ingredients together in a pot or pan and cook. You'll have your choice of omnivore and vegetarian plans, as well as lean and clean options, family dinners, and premium kits. Breakfast, soups, salads, desserts, and sides are also available.

How meals come: Pre-portioned and prepped, Gobble boxes are delivered by courier and insulated and come with ice packs so everything remains cold and fresh for hours.

How to cancel: Customers can skip or cancel deliveries at any time using Gobble's site.

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For Innovative Dining

The coolest thing about Tovala is that it has truly innovated the meal subscription process with its own Tovala smart oven. Subscribers simply scan a QR code that comes with their chef-prepared dish on their phone, and their Tovala oven auto steams, bakes, and boils based on a custom algorithm. Basically, it's a foolproof, smart meal developed by a culinary team that's worked for renowned restaurants Alinea and Noma, plus SpaceX.

How meals come: Tovala meals are packaged individually and shipped to customers in an insulated box with a cold pack to ensure food stays cold. All of its packaging is recyclable.

How to cancel: Most customers can cancel their meal plan anytime from their account with no penalty. If you signed up with a promotion (like their 100-day trial period), you'll have to email support@tovala.com for cancelation options.

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For a Variety of Diets

Green Chef was the first-ever keto meal kit, offering meals for vegans, balanced diets, and plant-based meals, in addition to keto (just to name a few). If you have a special diet style, this meal kit service is for you. Their ingredients are also organic and prohibit the use of GMOs. Their meat products are also from animals raised without antibiotics or synthetic hormones.

How meals come: All Green Chef meals come in kit bags separated by recipe with ingredients pre-portioned. Insulation and ice packs ensure freshness, and all materials used are made from recyclable, reusable, or compostable materials.

How to cancel: Customers can skip up to five weeks of orders at a time. You can also log into your account to cancel and make arrangements to skip meals.

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For Non-Cooks With Healthy Gourmet Appetites

Created from scratch by real chefs, Factor meals use the freshest ingredients and delicious recipes. Never frozen (though you can freeze them once they arrive to you if you want to eat later than seven days of its expiration date), all you have to do is heat your Factor dinners — which come portioned for one— in the oven or microwave in minutes. The coolest part about Factor? Subscribers get a free 20-minute consult with a registered dietician to help with nutrition planning.

How meals come: Meals are delivered in insulated boxes with frozen gel packs that are optimally designed to keep your food at refrigerated temperatures during transit.

How to cancel: You can cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your account.

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For Little Eaters

Designed for little ones ages 1 to 10, Little Spoon offers fresh meals for babies, toddlers, and small children discovering various ingredients and dishes for the first time. Made with quality ingredients in adorable packaging, parents can easily heat the meals in the microwave and serve. Little Spoon offers everything from Babyblends (purees) to Plates. Natural remedies (essentially, vitamins) and probiotics are also available for order a la carte.

How meals come: Packaging is BPA-free,microwave- and dishwasher-safe, plus curbside recyclable. Delivery boxes come with a layer of insulation that's made of recycled denim straps, as well as ice packs so food stays fresh in transit.

How to cancel: Customers can cancel subscriptions or skip meals directly on your accounts.

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For the Best Value

At just $4.99 per serving, EveryPlate is one of the most affordable meal kits out there. Delivering restaurant-quality meals, EveryPlate offers a lot of comfort foods, like cheesy corn bisque, skillet pies and pasta bowls.

How meals come: Pre-portioned ingredients are shipped with easy-to-follow recipe cards, boxes and separators that are 100% curbside recyclable, and cooling materials and insulation to keep everything fresh for 48 hours without refrigeration.

How to cancel: Customers can skip up to five weeks of orders at a time. You can also cancel your subscription by logging into your account.

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For Plant-Based Eaters Who Don't Cook

Veestro meals are chef-prepared, fresh-frozen, delicious, and ready to eat in just five minutes. They're also 100% plant-based with no prep needed at all.

How meals come: Arriving frozen using the latest technology to optimize freshness, your meal will come with insulation and dry ice in 100 percent compostable carton trays and 100 percent recyclable BPA-free plastic pouches.

How to cancel: Customers can pause or cancel their subscription at any time by signing into their accounts.

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For ~Exclusive~ Flavor

With great-tasting meals approved by lifestyle guru Martha Stewart herself, Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon offers expertly curated and designed recipes to give you and your family an exclusive dining experience. Choose from 22 recipes weekly, 10 of which are always new! This meal kit service also works directly with farmers and suppliers to source high-quality, fresh ingredients. Original spice blends exclusive from Stewart's kitchen are also available.

How meals come: Packages are delivered in recyclable chilled recipe boxes containing paper dish bags that sort ingredients.

How to cancel: Customers can pause or cancel their subscriptions any time on their account online.

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For Budget-Friendly Meals

If you find those recipe cards annoying to deal with (and a waste of paper), you can access Dinnerly's "How To" via email or your direct Dinnerly account. Your digital recipe card can be downloaded or viewed on any device so you can make your simple, delicious, affordable meal. Choose from 17 meal options, as well as desserts and protein packs.

How meals come: Dinnerly is delivered in a chilled recipe box without excess packaging to keep meal costs low and reduce packaging waste for you and earth.

How to cancel: Customers can pause or cancel any time using your online account.

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For Busy Singles Who Want to Eat Healthy

For those who don't like to cook, Freshly offers ready-to-eat prepared meals. All you need is a microwave and a fork to chow down. With meals developed by nutritionists and prepared by chefs, you'll be in good hands with Freshly's gluten-free and single-serve meals.

How meals come: Freshly's recently redesigned packaging features exterior shipping boxes, plastic meal containers, and cardboard sleeves that are all recyclable. Its recycled denim insulation is largely biodegradable.. Its gel ice packs are non-toxic, and their plastic bags around the gel packs and denim are recyclable too.

How to cancel: Customers have five to six days before their meals are to be received to make any changes (skip, cancel, or change). You can cancel directly on your account after you answer a couple of questions.

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For Variety

Hello Fresh offers pre-portioned ingredients like many other meal kits, while maintaining a firm commitment to being as green as possible. The subscription service also offers an astounding 23 options to choose from.

How meals come: All meals come in kit bags organized by recipe with ingredients pre-portioned. In each shipment, you'll also find ice packs with water soluble gel and insulating liners (where different varieties are used based on the season) to keep everything cool. Recipe cards will guide you.

How to cancel: Customers can pause or cancel at any time by logging into their account and following the instructions.

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For 'Top Chef' Fans Who Are Too Lazy to Cook

Territory offers a 30+ rotating weekly menu of dishes prepared by a network of local professional chefs. You can choose from vegan, keto, Whole30, Mediterranean, flexitarian, and more. Customers can access regional menus from acclaimed restaurants as well, like Founding Farmers in Washington, DC, and Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Louisiana.

How meals come: Territory meals are delivered direct to consumers, and never frozen but packed to retain quality in mind.

How to cancel: To cancel or skip meals, customers simply have to log into their accounts.

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For Plant-Based Foodies

Co-founded by Dominique Crenn, a 3 Star Michelin chef, VitaBowl is completely made with plant-based recipes that are, you guessed it, Michelin-chef inspired. If you don't have access to Crenn's San Francisco restaurants, this is the next best thing. Meals are also approved by plant-based nutritionist Sarah Brandow, and are made with anti-inflammatory ingredients.

How meals come: All VitaBowl bowls are sent in ethically-sourced and sustainable containers.

How to cancel: You can cancel via the TerritoryFoods.com platform where VitaBowls are made available, or you can go directly to your VitaBowl account.

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For Families

Eat Offbeat's meals are designed to be enjoyed "family style." Each meal box, which usually contains eight dishes, serves at least six different lunches or dinners throughout the course of the week for singles, or will last one or two sittings for a family or group. You'll get two meat or vegan proteins, two sides, two rice or grains, and two appetizers. You can also add on additional appetizers, dips, and desserts.

How meals come: Eat Offbeat boxes are delivered chilled and ready to be heated.

How to cancel: Customers are able to place orders without subscribing, but subscriptions offer additional perks and discounted pricing. Cancellations and substitutions are accepted up to 48 hours in advance of a scheduled order.

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For Craft Meals

Offering high-quality ingredients from their supplier network of farmers, ranchers, and fishers across the country, Blue Apron changes their recipes weekly based on seasonality and specialty ingredients not readily available elsewhere. Carefully crafting their menus, home chefs are given the opportunity to go on a culinary adventure with each meal.

How meals come: Blue Apron's meals are shipped in refrigerated boxes with ice packs and insulated liners to ensure everything stays fresh. Close to 85 percent of Blue Apron's packaging is recyclable, and they've teamed up with How2Recycle to implement their industry-approved recycling label program to help reduce the amount of recyclable material in everyone's waste stream.

How to cancel: Customers can skip up to five weeks of meals at a time. To cancel, you'll have to contact their Customer Experience team at cancellations@blueapron.com who will then email you instructions on how to complete the cancellation process.

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For Meals and Drinks

Plant-based and ready to eat, Splendid Spoon isn't just your ordinary meal kit service. Their wellness shots are awesome and can be easily added to orders. And their smoothies and soups? That's right, top-notch.

How meals come: Splendid Spoon's packaging is 100 percent recyclable. Meals are shipped with dry ice to keep cold.

How to cancel: Customers can cancel anything before or after your first delivery. It's an easy one-click process on your online account. You can also skip up to eight weeks at a time.

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For Easy-to-Follow Recipes

Home Chef is arguably one of the easiest food subscription boxes to use. With a plethora of recipes that satisfy any and all cooking skill levels, you can also customize your plate (to a certain extent) by adding an extra protein, upgrading your order, or swapping one ingredient for another. (Think asking for certain substitutions at a restaurant.)

How meals come: Home Chef ships fresh using biodegradable, insulated boxes with water soluble, cool gel packs designed to keep its contents cool.

How to cancel: You can log into your account to skip meals or cancel all together.

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For Little Chefs

Welcome to the cooking club for kids ages 4 to 14. Your little ones will get culinary lesson (with their easy-to-follow illustrated recipe cards and you as the teacher) with this meal kit... plus food! Cook meals like Swedish meatballs, bruschetta, and pumpkin waffles (just to name a few) as a family.

How meals come: Each monthly themed kit includes three illustrated recipe guides, three culinary skill cards, a creative kitchen project, kid-friendly tools and collectibles, and one apron (with the purchase of a 6 or 12-month membership). You'll also receive a grocery store shopping list inside your kit and via email.

How to cancel: Customers can cancel anytime by managing your subscription on your account.

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For Optimal Wellness

With a mission to make it easy for everyone to stay healthy, Thistle's dishes are rooted in scientific, evidence-based principles.

How meals come: Thistle's packaging is 100 percent recyclable or reusable, and made with 65 percent less energy than normal plastic materials. The company continues to focus on their green efforts, too. Customers can leave their green cooler bags and ice packs out for pickup when their next delivery arrives.

How to cancel: Customers can adjust, pause or cancel their meal plans at any time by going on their account.

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For New Yorkers

With a love for local food culture and a deep reverence for the brilliance of chefs, Me Sous aims to bring the magic of the restaurant experience to your home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (It's truly a bummer that this meal delivery is only available in New York City at the moment.)

This food provider currently partners with independent chefs in the area to put together monthly provisions and recipe cards so you can make their signature dishes from the comfort of your own home. And the best part is, participating chefs have an additional revenue stream during the pandemic, when their restaurants are compromised by Covid-19 restrictions.

How meals come: Me Sous only delivers to New York City's five boroughs.

How to cancel: Orders must be placed in advance. Unlike other subscription services, Me Sous operates on an "a la crate" structure, where individuals can purchase a box based on their interest on a week-to-week basis. Once the Me Sous themed box of the week is purchased, it will already be set in motion for delivery that Friday. There's no obligation to move forward with other boxes, as they are based on an individual purchase plan.

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