New mom looking for resources for meal support

Three Stone Hearth has lovely food. It's simple and nourishing!

Hi! After the birth of my child I really needed support with meals as well. I used Kitchen Doula and was really happy with the service. The food is really good and wholesome. I felt like I was actually eating well, not just eating takeout. Everything I tried was really good from the soups to the biscuits to the chia seed pudding. Another plus is it’s a locally woman (and mom!) owned company. https://www.kitchendoula.com

My husband and I love Methodology for meal delivery. It’s healthy, delicious, and since we also have a 6-month old son, we like spending time with him over meal planning, prep, and clean up right now.

Hi and congrats! I'm also a new mom with a 4.5 mo and a 3.5 yo. Costwise, a personal chef is probably the most expensive, with prepared meals varying in price depending on where you order from. We tried a private chef once when our first was a baby but found the cost quite high for the number of meals the food provided. It was very tasty, but ultimately went a different direction. 

For local meal delivery services I've recently tried Olive SF and Jessie and Laurent, which both offer meals ala carte with no need to subscribe. You can choose as much as you want each week and can order on the weeks you need it.  I like Jessie and Laurent better and they are the service we currently use, just because I think the food variety is better, but they are both pretty good taste wise. There's also Cook Unity, which is a local service but does require you to sign up for a plan, which means you have to indicate when you want to skip a week, or it will default send you an order. I haven't tried them yet because I don't like dealing with a plan and have concerns about the meal size not being really enough for one person. 

For delivered meals that aren't local, we tried Factor and Freshly with our first baby and went with Freshly for several months. Both of these services require a plan and will send you a default number of meals based on your plan if you don't do anything.  We didn't like Factor, and used Freshly for several months. It was okay, but got very repetitive and we found the meal size wasn't enough for one person and we ended up eating 3 of their meals a day.  There is also Sun Basket, which I've heard from a parent friend was the 'best tasting' of all the delivered plans they tried.  

Good luck! 

Kitchen Doula- but meals to choose from are limited.  They deliver.  

We now get a weekly delivery from a local cook who will prepare 3 large dishes for us that last almost a whole week of dinners. She charges the cost of ingredients plus it ends up being about $120 per week for her time. You can choose whatever you like each week (or give her recipes) and she does wonderful home cooked Mexican in particular. It has felt much healthier than the frequent takeout we were doing before. You can DM me if you want a connection. We also get Cook Unity for our lunches which has been tasty but on the expensive side. As fellow physician who had my daughter as an attending, you have my empathy navigating all of this during residency!

Vita Kitchen is expensive (starts at $375/week) but the meals are healthy and delicious! If that's out of your budget then you can try services like Thistle, Methodology, etc.

Check out Jessie & Laurent.  They do door-to-door delivery to Berkeley and most of the Bay Area.  They have an excellent variety of entrees, and I like that they post their menus several weeks ahead.  Three Stone Hearth also does door-to-door delivery in Berkeley on Wednesday for $16.  You can also go to their storefront on University for in-person pickup.  Healthy food, made from scratch - mostly soups and stews. 

I have found www.homeontherangemeals.com to be a great option. You can order as late as noon for same day delivery. Meals are varied, delicious and DELIVERED! They always have a vegetarian option.

I recently gifted my sister a gift certificate to Sun Basket when she was working full-time and caring for her injured partner. She loved the ease of ordering and quality and quantity of the meals. She also like having the option to order fully prepared meals and snacks or prepped ingredients to make the meals herself.

When I researched options, I found Sun Basket to be the best value for the most organic ingredients and meals that meet dietary concerns and preferences.

We use Jesse and Laurent, it's a prepared meal delivery service. The meals are very good, have variety, and my kids will try them. 

We love Three Stone Hearth for delicious, healthy, and easily reheated meals! They do deliver, but pick-up is also easy from their spot near University & Sacramento.

I love Kitchen Doula and Three Stone Hearth for nourishing meals in the postpartum period— both of which deliver. We also tried Olive <https://olivesfmeals.com&gt; recently and it was delicious! 

Here is a list I made a year ago - so I'm not sure if all the info is current.  I don't think I ended up trying anything other than Shef.  The cost of all the options was the barrier for me.  

Meal delivery

Shef https://shef.com/refer/gd6ril - may be coming from pretty far away

https://www.kitchendoula.com/menu-order#order - recommended by a friend for any time of recovery (ex: after surgery) - foods $$$ and geared towards healing

https://www.gomethodology.com/ - subscription, $15 per serving, looks really tasty and healthy

https://www.threestonehearth.com/this-weeks-menu - order by 8am Weds for Weds night delivery ($20) (or pick up for free)

https://sendbottles.com/PlantedTable/ - vegan, reusable glass packaging

https://mylaporeexpress.com/ - $10 delivery fee, lots of options

https://www.territoryfoods.com/

I love Thistle!

Vita Kitchen! They are amazing. The chef proprietor just had a baby herself (though the team is keeping the operation going smoothly during her leave). All the meals are incredibly delicious, nutritious and tons of variety (crowd pleasing enough for my 11 month old and 5 year old to eat most nights, but also exciting for my husband and me). We often say to each other, if we had a personal chef this is exactly the kind of food we would ask him or her to cook. Locally sourced, sustainable packaging, east drop off/pickup.