The Best Home-Delivered Plant-Based Meals

Allplants is the brand that has been ‘rescued’ by Ella Mills, after it unfortunately went into administration. Now it’s back, with a wide range of delicious healthy meals, delivered to your door.

If you’re on a budget, just eat half and bulk up with spuds and veggies (or bread), then eat the rest the next day. Still better food, at half the price! Keep dry ice away from children and pets, and recycle any other packaging. Read more on food safety for people & pets.

Although it’s good to make your own food, sometimes life gets in the way. So rather than stock up on expensive supermarket ready-meals, if you have freezer space it’s often a good idea to stock up on some good plant-based ready meals.

The range includes:

Spinach and coconut tofu curry
Cauliflower and lentil dahl
Tofu masala curry
Veggie Cottage Pie
Veggie Mediterranean Lasagne
Spicy harissa and chickpea stew
Five bean chilli

Planthood (wholefood, plant-based meal kits)

Planthood offers chef-made wholefood plant-based meal kits, an ideal alternative to ready-meals that are more affordable than home-delivered meals, yet do a lot of the work for you, if you are busy or perhaps unable to cook from scratch, for whatever reason.

Keep dry ice away from children and pets, and recycle packaging at supermarket bag bins, if your kerbside does not recycle. Read more on food safety for people and pets.

Just bin scraps from alliums (onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) and citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps, as acids may harm compost creatures.

In just 15 minutes, enjoy restaurant-style plant-based cuisine, right in your kitchen.

All the packaging can be recycled or composted, rinse pouches and dressing pots out beforehand. You can return liners and ice packs to the company for reuse. Although nontoxic, it’s best to avoid pouring ice gel down the drain, as it could cause clogs.

The boxes are quicker than a recipe box, but quicker than a ready meal! They include sauces, garnishes and fresh veg. Most ingredients are organic, and everything is designed with gut-health in mind with high-fibre vegetables, fermented foods and polyphenols.

Founded by a couple who were inspired by vegan offerings in Canada, menus change weekly (and you can chop and change subscriptions any time). Examples are:

Tempeh meatballs in smoky tomato sauce
Creamy tomato daal with charred cauliflower
Oyster mushroom shawarma tacos with garlic tahini sauce
Butternut squash brothy beans with crispy sprouts and sage
Creamy penang curry with tofu, red pepper and spinach
Black bean chilli enchiladas with cashew cheese sauce
Creamy coconut dal with spice roasted cauliflower

Grubby (plant-based meal kits & ready meals)

Grubby offers plant-based meal kits. It works with local organic farms to provide the veggies, so the only thing that tastes of cardboard is the box! Plus it has recently launched its own ready-meal deliveries).

The range includes:

Spicy Noodles with soya and mushroom mince
Sweet potato tagine with apricot
Harissa cauliflower with muhammara sauce
Tofu saag curry (potato and spinach)
Tex Mex Protein Bowl (with broad bean smash)

Planty Vegan Home Delivery (including roast dinners!)

Planty offers freshly prepared vegan meals to your door. Sent carbon-neutral in compostable packaging, their Michelin-star chefs create restaurant-quality dishes with natural ingredients, choose from filters like extra spicy or high protein.

The range includes:

Roast Dinner!
Shepherdless Pie
Cauli and Broccoli Cheese
A Planty Christmas Box
Butter ‘Paneer’ Masala
Chorizo Tomato Bean Bake
Mushroom Stroganoff
Sweet and Sour Tempeh
Nonna’s Bolognese
Mushroom and Spinach Lasagne
Not-a-chicken Tikka Masala
Rigatoni Carbonara
Mac No Cheese!
BBQ ‘Beef’ Enchilada
Chilli Non Carne

Root Kitchen (affordable vegan home-delivered meals)

Root Kitchen

Root Kitchen is an award-winning company that delivers chef-made delicious vegan meals to your door. Just freeze, then heat up when you’re hungry!

These meals are affordable and smashing in taste, and also in fairly large serving sizes, so good for people with big appetites.

You also don’t have to commit to regular deliveries (just order one-off to try it out or say if you’re feeling poorly or caring for someone). The company also sells wholesale to shops.

Just build a box of 6 to 10 meals from the chef-prepared menu. Then choose the frequency and date for carbon-neutral delivery, then just warm up a meal and enjoy! All prepared meals work out a little more expensive.

So you could if on a tiny budget, simply divide one portion and add potatoes and vegetables, then eat the other half the next day. That way you still get the meals and nutrients, at half the cost. As more people use their services, prices will be able to reduce.

Root Kitchen was founded by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, who are on a mission to fill the nation’s freezers with delicious health plant-based meals. This is a carry-on from the co-founder’s mother, who was a professional cook in Tanzania.

After suffering from a fatigue-related illness (which healed by switching to eating plants), they knew they were onto a winner for a business idea!

They are not chefs themselves, but work with professional chefs to bring inspired meals to the masses.

All the meals are made with fresh natural ingredients, frozen to preserve freshness over artificial preservatives. All you do is heat in the oven for around 45 minutes (or microwave, if you use one). The dishes will last 15 months in the freezer.

You can pause deliveries if you go on holiday, and the meals are sent in biodegradable compostable recycled denim liners (you can compost or recycle these, or reuse them to keep drinks cold for picnics, or to keep fresh bread warm).