EveryPlate

What's in the box: Pre-portioned fresh ingredients and step-by-step recipe cards for the dinners you picked from that week's menu.

EveryPlate is a US meal kit service owned by HelloFresh, and it competes mainly on price. It calls itself America's lowest-priced home cooking box and advertises meals under $7. The menu sticks to familiar comfort food such as fried chicken sandwiches, onion burgers, pork chops with garlic rice and chicken and dumplings. It also has a few vegetarian dishes like couscous bowls, black bean tostadas and linguine primavera. The site says you can choose from more than 35 recipes each week. Several menu tags are aimed at busy households. Minimal Cleanup meals use one-pan, sheet pan and low-dish methods. Anyone Can Make This recipes have no more than six steps. Big Family Classics promise 25% more food at the same price. EveryPlate also runs weekly $1, $2 and $3 deal drops. The low price comes with a simpler product. Expect fewer premium ingredients and less culinary ambition than pricier kits. You will still need basic pantry staples and time to cook. Plans can be paused or cancelled at any time. A discount applies to the first box, but the amount varies by plan and 6-person plans are excluded. For households that want home-cooked dinners without paying premium meal kit prices, EveryPlate is one of the more sensible choices in the category.