There are the more traditional pre-portioned 30-minute meal kits, prepped 15-minute meal kits, and the Fast & Fresh option: a fully prepared meal you just have to stick in the oven or microwave. There are oven-ready meals that come with their own tin and grill-ready meals that arrive in a foil bag. Home Chef has a nice variety of meals, and if you’ve got dietary restrictions, the customization opportunities here are many. Don't want to cook at all? Purple Carrot also sells fully prepared meals. I made a Thai tempeh khao soi that took about an hour but tasted like it took four-and I even learned a technique or two (like sprinkling tempeh with sugar for the last few minutes of cooking so that the crumbles caramelize) that I’ll use when I’m riffing in the kitchen without the friendly guidance of a meal kit. But I like that I could skip the trip to the store and the endless scroll through recipes, and some of the dishes are intriguing, with ingredients I wouldn't ever think to combine (crisped gnocchi with furikake and a miso-tomato sauce? Color me skeptical-curious). Admittedly, the kits didn’t save me much time in the kitchen-there are plenty of vegetables to peel and chop, and in my experience, multiple pots and pans (and even a blender) to clean after the cooking is finished. I would summarize Purple Carrot as a plant-based meal kit for vegans and people who just want to eat more vegan meals (wannabe-gans?), who like to cook but prefer to skip picking out recipes and grocery shopping.
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