In spite of the fickle pre-Summer weather this month, my work and social life (which are both calendar-driven as opposed to season-driven) appear to be getting busier and busier.
At the same time this girl (with her history of colon cancer) absolutely needs to find the time to eat healthy in order to stay healthy.
While I do enjoy eating the healthy dishes that I prepare in the crock pot, or buying, heating and eating Amy’s organic canned goods, or even micro-waving and eating clean frozen meals, it’s beginning to get monotonous…
In a perfect world, I would have my own personal chef…ready, willing and able to whip me up a variety of fresh and healthy dishes that taste as good as they look (smile).
Lucky for me I found the next best thing through my early morning conversations with Margot, my gym friend.
Margot suggested I look into the Fresh Meal Plan. It’s offered at all of the Edge Fitness Centers in Connecticut. And it’s ‘the nation’s largest farm-to-table meal plan service with free delivery to your doorstep.‘ What ultimately sold me on it though (outside of the obvious benefits) was that all Edge Fitness members receive 10 percent off the weekly rate of $109 for the first 6 weeks and, THIS IS HUGE, we could cancel at any time!
Here’s how it works:
You register by logging onto FMP’s website
Once online you can read all about the program including the history of its Founders, FAQs and testimonials. They even have a phone number to call and talk to a live person who explains how everything works. Once I was satisfied with all the answers to my own questions I was ready to begin.
The first thing I did was decide on one of four meal plans: Traditional, Paleo, Signature or Vegetarian. Each of the meal plans come with a featured image and each plan is detailed in full so that you truly understand what you are signing up for. This also helps you to decide which meal plan is right for your lifestyle. However, no matter which meal plan you initially choose, FMP gives you the option to pick and choose meals from any one of the 4 meal plans!
I chose the Paleo meal plan because, for the most part, me hungry but me still needs to eat clean-healthy (smile).
Selecting your weekly meals:
This must be done on a desktop or laptop computer, not a mobile device. Simply log onto the FMP website and select your healthy meals for the following week.
Here’s what I chose for my first week of 10 prepared, ready to heat-and-eat meals (1 lunch; 1 dinner per day):
Korean BBQ Pork Chop
Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry (pictured)
Roasted Mediterranean Mahi
Miami Cuban Turkey Burger
Truffle Steak Frite
Panca and Chive Turkey Meatloaf
Chicken Caprese Salad
Blackened Mango Mahi Tacos
Spartan Bison Burger
Kung Pao Chicken
Free Delivery right to your doorstep!
On Mondays by 7am a local courier delivers the first 6 meals and on Thursdays by 7am the remaining 4 meals are delivered.
All of these meals come neatly packed with 2 disposable ice packs inside an insulated cooler bag.
They are all stored in bake-friendly disposable containers.
For the best in fresh, you should refrigerate them immediately.
The now empty insulated cooler bag is left outside on your doorstep the day before your next delivery. The containers and ice packs are yours to keep or dispose of as you wish. Easy breezy 🙂
Again, I pre-paid $98.10 for the week or $9.81 per meal for my first week of 10 meals which is not too shabby considering the fact that I did not have to grocery shop, do prep work or spend precious quality time in the kitchen (smile).
And the taste — Yummy!
So far I’ve had the Truffle Steak Frite with Sweet Potatoes and Green Salad and the Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry with Broccoli. All of the Paleo meals are high protein, low-fat and low calories (less than 400 calories!)
My only caution is that the food is soooooo good that it may be difficult to go back to your normal, regular diet. Outside of that I have just two words:
