Whether you’re a longtime vegetarian or looking to eat more plant-based meals this year, a vegetarian meal delivery service can make meatless eating easier and more exciting. Maybe you’re stuck in a veggie burger rut and need fresh inspiration? Meal kits can introduce you to new techniques, flavor profiles, or ingredients to take your veg-forward cooking to the next level. Short on time and looking to save yourself some trips to the grocery store (and the headache of meal planning)? A subscription means plant-based dinners are already waiting in your fridge.
The best vegetarian meal delivery services are serving up more than sad beans and rice. Our top picks offer tangy tofu banh mi, warming spinach saag, and shawarma-spiced tacos.
The best vegetarian meal delivery services
- Best vegetarian meal kit overall: HelloFresh
- Best prepared vegetarian meal delivery service: CookUnity
- Best for entirely plant-based options: Purple Carrot
- Best for a meal delivery–grocery hybrid: Hungryroot
Here at BA, we’ve spent years testing meal delivery services to find which ones truly excel at vegetarian options. Our top picks are services where vegetarian dishes are thoughtful, flavor-packed, and the main event—not an afterthought. Read on for the best meal delivery services for vegetarians according to our editors’ testing.
The best vegetarian meal kit overall: HelloFresh
Pros:
- Simple and straightforward (from ordering to cooking)
- Low stress preparation
- Wide array of vegetarian options
Cons:
- Premade sauces seem to be quite high in sodium
- Lots of plastic waste (tediously opening and squeezing every package of sauce or spice)
- Produce quality is a hit or miss (some had gone bad before I could cook that meal)
- Tofu Banh Mi
- BBQ Pulled Mushroom Sandwiches
Tester: Jaia Clingham-David, research fellow
About Hello Fresh: “HelloFresh is one of the most ubiquitous delivery kit services in the US for a reason: Recipes come together fast, instructions are easy to follow, and the results are reliably tasty. When you are exhausted from the day and can’t conjure up a new recipe idea, this service does the heavy lifting by giving you all the ingredients you need for a weeknight meal. If you’re a vegetarian, you’ll love the wide array of balanced options that are both comforting and effortlessly simple,” Clingham-David writes.
What we love: “For vegetarians looking for quick no-fuss recipes, HelloFresh’s meals satisfy that need. Whether you’re looking to cook something you’ve always wanted to try or return to a reliable staple meal, HelloFresh delivers the necessary ingredients to your door and spells out each step of the cooking process. The recipes are straightforward, and everything comes ready to go, but you still feel like you’re doing all the prep and cooking yourself (for the most part,