5 Businesses that Solve Food Prep Problems

1. Instacart: brings groceries to you! I’ve worked several part time jobs including one as a Whole Foods personal shopper with InstaCart, which I pursued because I was impressed with it as a creative solution to many a client’s excuse for a poor diet.
2. Gathered Table: makes meal plans and grocery lists fast! $7/month for a customized meal plan is a steal; a 1 week customized meal plan by a professional could run you >$100–not including food. The catch, of course, is the plans aren’t personalized, professional nutrition advice-based, but you can pick custom guidelines for the recipes (OR your dietitian can pick them for you and tell you additional personalized guidelines!).
3. Meal delivery services run by nutrition professionals, like Good Measure Meals. Healthy meals, portioned properly, with little to no food prep for when you’re in a real time crunch…or just don’t want to food prep. Bonus: Good Measure Meals profits benefit Open Hand Atlanta; every two meals you buy for you purchases one meal for an Atlanta neighbor in need.
4. Community Supported Agriculture: the closest most will get to “Farm to Table”.  Moore Farms and Friends does a superb job here in Atlanta! Check out my posts about my Moore Farms and Friends CSA boxes here and here.
5. Dinnerware companies that make plain, round ~8 inch diameter plates. I know this is a standard salad plate, so most companies fit the bill–but this should be a dinner plate! About 8 inches diameter is the perfect size for proper portions to fill the plate. Good luck serving and feeling satisfied with proper portions on 12 inch plates that could double as hubcaps! We own two types: Corelle and Pillvuyt.  The former is much cheaper and works perfectly; the latter is more luxurious. Here is a 2007 commentary on portion distortion and why plate size matters.

   What food prep problems do you have? Have you found any solutions? Share in the comments!