Best Meal Delivery Services for Seniors

Founded by Dr. Caroline J. Cederquist M.D., bistroMD is a meal delivery service specifically designed for nutrition. Meal plans options include signature, heart-healthy, gluten-free, diabetic, keto flex, and menopause plans. You can select the full program, which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner with snacks, or just the lunch and dinner plan, with the option to order for a full seven days or just five days. With over 150 meals to choose from, including pork tenderloin with mushroom marsala, manicotti with vodka marinara sauce, and grilled salmon with Champagne sauce, you’ll be eating healthy but will never get bored by the food.

• 7 days, breakfast, lunch, and dinner: $219.80
• 7 days, lunch and dinner: $188.89
• 5 days, breakfast, lunch, and dinner: $187.35
• 5 days, lunch and dinner: $149.90

• Chicken, rice, and cheddar casserole
• Salmon with dill mustard sauce
• Turkey breast with cranberry apple chutney
• Oven-fried catfish with spicy tomato leek sauce
• Baked pasta marinara with chicken sausage
• Meatloaf with honey bourbon glaze
• Mojo pork with black beans and rice
• Chicken pad Thai
• Grilled salmon with creamy pesto
• Lasagna with garden marinara

Founded in 1999, Mom’s Meals creates nutritional meals for Medicaid and Medicare clients who are eligible for home delivery meals, as well as for individuals who wish to self-pay if they are not covered by an eligible health plan or don’t qualify for government assistance. All meals are delivered fresh, not frozen, making them feel more like homemade meals. Clear nutritional facts are available for each meal, and there are nine different menus, ranging from general wellness, heart friendly, diabetes friendly, renal friendly, cancer support, pureed, gluten free, vegetarian, and lower sodium. Sample meals include homestyle meatloaf and seasoned carrots, mushroom risotto with seasoned peas and carrots, and teriyaki stir-fry vegetables over brown rice.

•  Free or low price for eligible Medicaid/Medicare clients
• $7.99 for most meals if individual self-pay
• $8.99 for pureed, renal, and gluten-free meals if individual self-pay

• Curry vegetables with pineapple and brown rice, string cheese, vanilla pudding
• Cheeseburger and seasoned mixed vegetables, whole-wheat bun, orange 
• Chicken and stir-fry vegetables with teriyaki sauce, white rice, applesauce 
• Sweet and sour chicken with stir-fried vegetables, white rice, grape juice, ginger spice cookie
• BBQ chicken with potato medley, seasoned green beans, applesauce 
• Beef goulash over whole-wheat pasta, seasoned carrots, orange 
• Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, potatoes, seasoned vegetables, whole-wheat dinner roll, gelatin
• Mushroom risotto, seasoned peas and carrots, whole-wheat roll, grape juice
• Korean-style BBQ meatballs with white rice, seasoned broccoli, ginger spice cookie
• Creamy macaroni and cheese, seasoned vegetables, mandarin orange cup, blueberry applesauce
  

Magic Kitchen offers a wide range of meals, as well as à la carte dishes that are restaurant quality. Most meals are frozen and simply need to be warmed in the microwave or oven, but a few are designed to be cooked, like the beef Wellington. The website allows you to filter by diet and the style of dish you want (full meals or à la carte dishes), with a wide range of special diets, including diabetic, dialysis, renal, dairy free, gluten free, low fat, low sodium, low carb, and vegetarian. A wide selection of meals is available, including baby clams with linguini marinara, BBQ sliced beef brisket, and chicken cheese enchilada with tomatillo sauce.  

• Individual meals start at $10.00 plus shipping
• Meal programs with 1 complete meal per day: $78 to $85 per 7 days
• Meal programs with 2 complete meals per day: $150 to $165 per 7 days
• Meal programs with 3 complete meals per day: $225 to $250 per 7 days

• Vegetable caponata with orzo and spinach
• Beef and broccoli over noodles and vegetable blend
• Balsamic glazed chicken with roasted potatoes and green beans
• Chili with beans with carrots and broccoli florets

The Good Kitchen creates all its meals with ingredients that are sourced responsibly and as locally as possible. The menu features specialty diet options with meals that are keto, paleo, primal, Whole30, low fat, or certified diabetic friendly. Meals are slightly more upscale in flavor profiles, with dishes like apple sage chicken with braised cabbage, chicken cacciatore with spaghetti squash, and mojo pork with black beans and cilantro cauliflower rice. The company even offers an additional Green Shipping protection purchase, to carbon offset the delivery of your meals.

• 6 meals, only once: $98.87
• 6 meals every week: $89.88 
• 8 meals every week: $117.60 
• 10 meals every week: $143.33
• 12 meals every week: $163.80

• Beef shepherd’s pie
• Bison and beef sloppy Joe with potato leek gratin
• Chicken satay with cilantro rice and broccoli
• Chili lime chicken with fajita vegetables and cilantro cauliflower rice
• Miso glazed wild boar meatballs and hibachi zucchini
• Tomato, asparagus, and spinach frittata with Yukon potato hash

If you’re looking for an affordable meal kit as opposed to just premade meals, EveryPlate is a great option. Meals start at $4.99 each, and you get 25 different options per week. Meals have a wide range of styles, from comfort foods like meatballs and gravy or mashed potatoes to more globally inspired dishes like saucy chicken and pepper stir-fry over ginger rice or a biergarten pork sandwich with caramelized onions. Most meals can be made in under 30 minutes, and nutritional information for each meal is clearly listed on the website.

• 2 servings, 3 meals per week: $38.94
• 2 servings, 4 meals per week: $47.92
• 2 servings, 5 meals per week: $57.90
• 2 servings, 6 meals per week: $65.88
• 4 servings, 3 meals per week: $65.88
• 4 servings, 4 meals per week: $84.64
• 4 servings, 5 meals per week: $99.80
• 4 servings, 6 meals per week: $119.76

• Crispy Caesar chicken
• Steak frites
• Blackened shrimp salad
• Hotel butter barramundi

Epicured offers low-FODMAP and gluten-free meals and dishes with a wide international flavor profile. Each dish is created by a chef and registered dietitian to make sure all foods comply with low-FODMAP guidelines and are gluten free for easy digestion. Meals and dishes can be filtered by dietary preferences like vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, GERD friendly, and extra sensitive for IBD/IBS; by allergies like dairy free or shellfish free; and by nutritional needs like low fat, low sodium, and high protein. Dishes range from comfort food like roasted turkey dinner and mac and cheese to more internationally flavored dishes like Vietnamese rice noodles and Moroccan tagine.

•  Prices vary based on selection, with an average of $15 per dish
• 4-day bundle: $208.51
• 3-day bundle: $148.46

• Vietnamese rice noodles (vegetarian)
• Pad Thai with chicken
• Sesame-crusted grilled salmon
• Pulled BBQ chicken

Home Chef offers traditional meal kits, which include ingredients to make a full meal, as well as express meal kits, where the ingredients are portioned and chopped for you, minimizing food preparation for those who have limited mobility or time. It even offers ready-to-eat meals that only require warming up in the oven or microwave if you don’t feel like cooking. Each meal on the website has nutritional facts included, as well as a listing of the ingredients and instructions so you’ll have an idea as to how much time and effort will go into making each dish. Sample meals include pecan-crusted chicken with BBQ spiced carrots, tortilla pork chops with squash, and pineapple huli-huli shrimp tacos.

• Prices range per dish, with standard meals starting at $8.99
• Minimum weekly order is $49.95

• Crispy sweet chili shrimp rice bowl 
• Creamy tomato and steak penne 
• Gnocchi and red pepper cream 
• Moo shu pork lettuce cups

Purple Carrot is a meal delivery service that focuses on delivering quality plant-based meals that do not contain any meat or animal products like butter or eggs. You can order meal kits, which allow you to make the meal in under 45 minutes, or you can order ready-to-eat meals, which heat up in less than three minutes. Meals available include breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as plant-based snacks available through Purple Carrot’s “Plantry.” Meals are globally inspired, with sample dishes including romesco grain bowls with pan-roasted mushrooms and butter beans, Korean tofu tacos with kimchi slaw and cilantro, and lemon zucchini noodles with cashew cream and crispy artichoke hearts.

• Meal kits: 2 servings per meal with 3 meals per week is $79.50
• Meal kits: 2 servings per meal with 4 meals per week is $106.00
• Meal kits: 4 servings per meal with 2 meals per week is $88.00
• Meal kits: 4 servings per meal with 3 meals per week is $132.00
• Prepared meals: 6 meals per week is $78.00
• Prepared meals: 8 meals per week is $104.00
• Prepared meals: 10 meals per week is $130.00

Meal Kits

• Sesame orange tofu with roasted green beans and sticky rice
• Curry roasted cauliflower with masala chickpeas and ginger cucumber salsa
• Rajas tacos with avocado and roasted corn salsa

Prepared Meals

• Peanut noodles with gingered edamame and braised tofu
• Creamy mac and cheese with pesto peas and sun-dried tomatoes
• Spelt risotto with summer vegetable caponata
• Chilled curried chickpea salad with dates and quinoa red pepper pilaf
• Tofu palak paneer with carrot biryani
  

Snap Kitchen is based in Texas, with store locations that allow you to purchase food directly from them or a local Whole Foods. They deliver meals to select areas outside of Texas with two subscription plans, six meals, or 12 meals a week. Meals range from comfort food to more internationally flavored dishes such as Southern meatloaf, Korean BBQ glazed cod, and a Greek meatball bowl with olives and herbs. All meals are ready to eat, by just heating the food in the microwave or oven, and nutritional facts are clearly labeled on the webpage.

•  6 meals per week: $82.99
• 12 meals per week: $135.99

• Baked ziti with Italian beef sausage
• Stir-fry chicken and broccoli with garlic sauce
• Chicken vermicelli bowl with Vietnamese dipping sauce
• Herb butter steak with bacon-roasted Brussels sprouts
• Shawarma chicken bowl with lemon tahini sauce
• Peach BBQ brisket with loaded cauliflower