Eating plant-based, whole food — best for you and for the planet — is not expensive; as a matter of fact the two foods with the most nutrients per dollar are sweet potatoes and red cabbage. However, chopping up vegetables is more time consuming than throwing a piece of meat on the griddle.
For those who don’t like to cook, don’t have time to cook, or who just need a break from cooking, today’s column is about options for prepared plant-based, whole food meals that in some cases can be delivered to your doorstep.
Two local options:
- Lisa Moretti is founder, owner, and chef of The Voracious Vegan, LLC, in New Castle. She is plant-based herself, and is licensed as a Food For Life Instructor by PCRM (Physician Committee For Responsible Medicine). She provides “nourishing, plant-based cuisine” for individuals, dinner parties, retreats, and special events. She is also teaches healthy cooking classes. My wife and I can vouch for her tasty, healthy, plant-based meals, which we pick up every Tuesday in Glenwood. For $115 a week we get 4 meals—a meal for each of us for Tuesday and another meal (different recipe) for each of us for Wednesday. The portions are generous, and we always have some leftovers. Lisa’s phone is 970-456-2769.
- Tuesday Foods has a presence in the Roaring Fork Valley, Boulder, and Denver. They make and deliver plant-based, whole food meals which they deliver on Tuesdays from Aspen to Glenwood. You can sign up for various meal plans. Their website is Tuesdayfoods.co.
Non-local options are many if you go on the internet and Google plant-based meals delivered. Some of these options are frozen meals; some are dehydrated to which you just have to add water; some have to be cooked; and some are just the ingredients for meals. A few are mentioned below:
- LeafSide is recommended by Dr. Michael Greger of nutritionfacts.org fame (note he has no financial ties to the company).
- Purple Carrot has been around for years and is at the top of many lists comparing various delivered plant-based meal options.
- Home Chef
- Factor
- HelloFresh
- Cook Unity
- Family Menu
- Eat Clean
- Green Chef
- Tempo
- Every Plate
As a reminder, everyone of any age who is 100 percent plant-based (or close to 100 percent) needs to be taking a daily vitamin B12 supplement, as does anyone 50 and older no matter what they eat. Next week’s column will be about healthy local options for eating out.
Dr. Greg Feinsinger is a retired family physician who started the non-profit Center For Prevention and Treatment of Disease Through Nutrition. For questions or to schedule a free consultation about nutrition or heart attack prevention contact him at gfeinsinger@comcast.net or 970-379-571
