When I tried out a meal kit delivery service for the first time, it exceeded my expectations: The meals were delicious and easy to make, and I saved time and energy by not brainstorming what to make and getting groceries each week. Earlier this year, I thought about restarting my subscription to focus on ready-made meals that I could heat and eat after the gym, but I hit a snafu — I’m vegetarian, and most meal delivery services offer very few plant-based and meat-free ready-made meals. Knowing myself, I’d tire of the tiny selection after a few weeks and end up wasting money on the subscription.
That’s the main reason why I decided to try the vegan meal service Purple Carrot. Since I could eat anything and everything on its menu, it offered me the widest variety. And right now, Purple Carrot’s Black Friday deal is better than the intro offer I signed up with: You can save $100 off your first four boxes (and score free shipping, no matter the order total) when you use code CYBER100.
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What Is Purple Carrot?
Purple Carrot is a vegan meal delivery service that offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal kits that serve up to four people. It offers heat-and-eat individual meals and groceries made with plant-based ingredients. (You might have also spotted the company’s frozen meals in your local grocery store.) And while you’ll sign up for a set number of meals each week, it’s easy to change that up based on your schedule when finalizing your next box’s selections; it’s also simple to skip a week if you’re out of town.
I started out with ready-made meals like pasta primavera and this “vibrant” falafel bowl, plus grocery items like sunflower cereal and immunity shots, before making time to try out meal kits, and I kept going back to delicious favorites like kung pao cauliflower. The service caters to a range of dietary preferences within veganism, including gluten-free meals and high-protein options; I’ve found most vegetarian and vegan meals from other services to be sorely lacking in protein. If you’re not sure where to start, you can try out the Jumpstart Program of ready-made meals, which wasn’t around when I first signed up.
Why Should I Buy Purple Carrot’s Black Friday Deal?
Purple Carrot starts at $11 per serving for meal kits, and ready-made meals are $13 per serving — in other words, they’re not cheap! But I found them worth it for the convenient delivery and the wide menu selection compared to the company’s non-vegan competition. Still, taking advantage of a good introductory offer is crucial when signing up for a meal delivery service, and Purple Friday’s Black Friday deal of $100 off is the best offer I’ve seen from the service. It’s spread out among your first four boxes, so it basically equates to one free two-person meal kit or two free ready-made meals in each of those orders. And it’s twice as much as I saved when I signed up in the spring!
Sign Up: Purple Carrot, from $54.50
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