meal delivery services, recommendations?

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my daughter-in-law will be having ankle/foot surgery in a few weeks. i'd like to get some meals delivered to them (family of 3, mom/dad/9yo son). they aren't picky eaters but do try to eat healthy.

has anyone used any of these meal services and can maybe offer some recommendations for me for the first couple of weeks post-surgery? i'm mainly looking for dinnertime meals since breakfast and lunch is easy.

thanks!

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Jupidupi

last month

If Cook Unity is available where they are, I'd give that try. They offer a huge variety prepared by some great chefs. I have had about ten of their meals and all were very good. Although their portions are modest, so maybe not enough if someone is a big eater.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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From what I've seen of meal delivery service food it's not as good as restaurant delivered food or some of the top quality frozen ready meals available. How about filling their freezer with good quality stuff or providing restaurant vouchers? After my dgd was born one of the best gifts they were given was a supply of meals from a company called Cook. I'm sure there must be something similar in the US.

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Angela ID
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After your dad was born? Wow! Had no idea food delivery had been around that long.

I would give them a prepaid Visa so they could order delivery from their choice of restaurants for a while.
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arcy_gw
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Choosing food for others is not a great idea. Even homecooked frozen comes with a miraid of choice frutrations. The prepaid VISA will give THEM the freedom they need at this time.
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OutsidePlaying
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I would also look at local restaurants to see if they had ’family’ packages of some of their meals. Lately i have seen a couple of restaurants that offer a dinner for 4 or 6 that includes a main, salad & dressing, and bread. Not sure about dessert. One of the places here that offers it is a nicer Italian place and their food is very good.

I wouldn’t go with those like ’Hello Fresh’ as you still have to prep and cook the food. There could be others where that isn’t the case, I have just never looked into it. I think you would get better food from a local spot.
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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Predictive text strikes again! Dgd not dad! Corrected.
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Sherry8aNorthAL
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If they have freezer space, I would order family size frozen dinners and have them delivered from WM or a local store. There are very good frozen meals of all cuisines now. They are great, not like the old tv dinners we all remember and hate. Some heat in the oven, some in a microwave, and some do either way. I buy the Marie Callendar Pot pies all the time. Tony Catcheires(sp) lasagna, and so forth.
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Ninapearl
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thanks, everyone! since they live in a city with numerous good restaurants, i think i'll just go with a prepaid visa card. that sounds like the easiest way and they're pretty much guaranteed to get exactly what they want.
sephia_wa
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not like the old tv dinners we all remember and hate

What?!? I remember that old Salsbury steak TV dinner smothered in something resembling gravy, rubbery mashed potatoes, corn, and a hard brownie. When I was a kid, that one was a treat and was my favorite 😆

I didn't eat TV dinners very often when I was a kid, only occasionally.
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olychick
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I loved the fried chicken TV dinners when they first came out!
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sephia_wa
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Oh yeah, that fried chicken TV dinner was good too! I think it had those cinnamony-apples in some gelatinous goo 😆
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hobbitmom
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Ha Ha! My dad always liked the one with little bitty tacos!
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Patriciae
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Gag. I babysat a family who gave their kids TV dinners. Plus I finally got to meet spaghettiO's The nastiest gloop ever.

Why not ask what they would like. I think having to go to the trouble to order the food would defeat a good deal of the purpose. Or maybe that is what they would prefer. Ask.

And per delivered food, it is hundreds of years old. People in towns often had no way to cook so they relied on prepared and delivered food
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Ninapearl
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I think having to go to the trouble to order the food would defeat a good deal of the purpose.

these days, it's as simple as looking at an online menu and ordering what sounds good. we often do this for lunch when i'm visiting them. easy peasy, delivered right to the front door.

i intend to grab a few packages of throw-away plates, bowls, napkins to makes things even easier.
Elmer J Fudd
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" And per delivered food, it is hundreds of years old. People in towns often had no way to cook so they relied on prepared and delivered food . "

You can add a zero to that number. At Pompei, a functioning town until the year 79, there are and were dozens of food stalls offering various specialties for food to go.

I'll add a gag for frozen dinners. Food in my childhood home had to first pass my mother's tasting and she could tell what was best avoided. I ran into such things and the yuck like canned spaghetti a few times over at friends' houses. I didn't need a reason but it made me love my mother more.
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mdln
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Tried Hello Fresh and Factor due to NO prep required just heat & eat option, and high "ratings." Hello Fresh was better, but I'd rate them D and D-, and didn't even finish the trial periods. Maybe just slightly better than frozen food meals, but certainly more expensive and more waste packaging.
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