Home Cooks (meals prepared by independent chefs)

Home Cooks is a wonderful idea, created by three foodie professionals during the pandemic, when many chefs who could not go out to work. So they began looking for ways to earn money, by cooking from home.

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people & pets (many human foods are unsafe around animal friends). Recycle packaging at kerbside or supermarket bag bins.

If you find these meals expensive, just eat half with filling potatoes and vegetables, then cook the other half the next day. This way, they still work out cheaper than ‘gourmet’ ready-meals from supermarkets.

To save on bills, defrost frozen meals in the fridge (then they take just 25 minutes to cook).

All these chefs have to pass food safety and hygiene tests, and then list their meals cooked at home, to deliver to your door in easy-to-recycle packaging. There are plenty of vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options, and everyone strives to use local and seasonal ingredients.

Unfortunately, there only appears to be a few vegan chefs listed, but if more do, this is a good thing! We found: