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Scary Mommy 2026 Readers' Choice Awards Best Meal Kit Service

These options provide delicious food for the whole family, without breaking the bank.

by Team Scary Mommy

Cooking is a time-consuming endeavor, but good food shouldn’t be. These meal delivery services know that, and aim to provide fresh, yummy foods for the whole family, without breaking the bank or skimping on flavor. Here are some of our favorites on the market now.

Scary Mommy’s readers have spoken! Congratulations to our top meal kit services:

1. Home Chef

What Scary Mommy readers love about Home Chef:

  • Home Chef is a total lifesaver for my busy family! The oven-ready meals take under 30 minutes and my picky kids actually love them.
  • It got my processed-food family eating real, healthy dinners. Even my teenager can easily cook these recipes, and they honestly taste better than takeout.
  • The menu variety is amazing, the ingredients are always fresh. After a crazy long day at work, having pre-cut veggies alone is worth a 💯!

2. Tovala

What Scary Mommy readers love about Tovola:

  • Forget soggy microwave trays or hours of meal-prep chopping. This is fresh, real food that cooks itself in twenty minutes flat.
  • A TOTAL game-changer for my family. You just pop the tray in, press start, and get your entire evening back.
  • So easy. My kids literally cook their own dinners now. Just scan the QR code on the oven, and it handles the rest.

3. Blue Apron

What Scary Mommy readers love about Blue Apron:

  • Blue Apron basically turned my husband into a legit 🧑‍🍳! The recipes teach you real techniques while keeping weeknight dinners totally manageable.
  • The portions are HUGE! A two-person meal easily feeds us and leaves enough for a yummy lunch the next day. Talk about a $ win!
  • Restaurant-quality flavor profiles that my picky toddler will actually eat and break us out of our boring dinner ruts? SOLD!

7. Shef

10. Factor

Photos Courtesy of Blue Apron, EveryPlate, Factor, Green Chef, HelloFresh, Home Chef, Sunbasket, Suvie, Tovala