My review of Terra’s Kitchen — a meal-kit delivery service that offers farm-to-front door delivery of fresh ingredients ready to be turned into healthy meals.
A few weeks ago the folks at Terra’s Kitchen reached out to me about doing a review of their meal-kit delivery service. Being intrigued by the emphasis they put on providing healthy meals and their commitment to being eco-friendly I agreed to try them out.
Before I knew it a Terra’s Kitchen vessel was delivered to our front door, packed with three meals and a few grab and go salads.
The vessel, which is a climate controlled shipping container with shelves, keeps items cool and fresh during the shipment. It’s eco-friendly and reusable so once I unpacked all my ingredients I peeled off the current shipping label to reveal a new pre-paid return label and placed the vessel back outside. It was picked up by Fed-Ex before I even got out of bed the next morning!
The ingredients were cool and looked just as fresh as items you’d find at your local grocery store or market.
Our order for the week included three meals and four grab-and-go salads/snacks. Isaac and I made and enjoyed the full meals for dinner and/or lunch throughout the week while I ate the grab and go salads during the day. The fruit salads worked great for mid-morning snacking and I used the veggie-based salads to create quick lunches.
The recipes we received were unique (hello zucchini squash nests with goat cheese), easy and really fun to cook up! You can tell that Libbie Summers, Head of Culinary Direction at Terra’s Kitchen, puts a lot of effort into creating recipes that are creative, delicious and healthy. All of our meals happened to be vegetarian and gluten-free, but Terra’s Kitchen offers something for everyone including options for omnivores and paleo eaters.
The biggest selling point for me, beyond the fact that all the meals we had were delicious, is that each meal takes 30 minutes or less to prepare. <– For real! I actually timed each recipe and the 30 minutes or less promise is legit!
Having all the ingredients pre-portioned and prepped is a HUGE time saver and the step-by-step recipe cards are easy to follow, making the cooking process relaxed and enjoyable. The recipe cards provide info about each recipe including nutritional info, prep time, what equipment you’ll need and even give wine/beer pairing suggestions.
These ingredient packages are recyclable as well!
Here’s a look at the meals we enjoyed:
Creamy Squash Nests with Blistered Tomato “Eggs” — This recipe featured shredded zucchini, with a lemony-dill goat cheese sauce, formed into nests to hold sautéed tomatoes. I love goat cheese and using zucchini as a sub for pasta so this creamy recipe was right up my alley!
KeenWOW Bowl — A red quinoa and arugula based bowl with pico de gallo, jalapeño dressing and avocado. We both really enjoyed this recipe, but Isaac couldn’t stop raving about it! He even said it might be his favorite quinoa recipe ever. I make a mean quinoa salad so that’s saying something.
Avocado Lime Corn Soup — This brothy soup started with a base of pico de gallo, which made the prep a breeze. I loved the zesty lime flavor, creamy avocado chunks and crunchy radishes. It’s the perfect soup for transitioning from winter to spring.
Here’s a little video that shows just how easy it was to whip up the soup:
And just to showcase how the grab-and-go salads work. This was the Veggie Kale Caesar salad, which came with Tessemae’s dressing.
I added some leftover grilled chicken to the salad for a delicious, protein-packed lunch. It’s funny because I’ve always thought I hated caesar salad, but this was amazing.
Overall, I was extremely impressed with our first Terra’s Kitchen experience. The quality of the food was good, the recipes were creative and flavorful (while still being quick and easy to prepare) and the company is focused on making the packaging as eco-friendly as possible.
Terra’s Kitchen Coupon Code
I actually just signed up for an account so I can place another order in early April. If you’re interested in learning more about Terra’s Kitchen, be sure to check out their website. Added bonus: using the coupon code BIRDFOOD will give you $35 off your first order! Enjoy.
Have you tried a meal delivery service before? What did you think of it?
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Terra’s Kitchen. The opinions and text are all mine.
AGS says
March 30, 2016 at 8:34 amMy wife and I ordered a TK box earlier this week and are excited to try it. I enjoyed your post and seeing how the reusable shipping container and pre-portioned/prepped ingredients work — what a great improvement on the usual meal prep delivery options!
Brittany Mullins says
March 30, 2016 at 11:41 amOh nice! I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. 🙂 You should email them and see if you can still apply the coupon code!
taramdeal says
March 30, 2016 at 8:39 amI am so happy you wrote a review about this!! When you posted on social that you received this meal prepping/planning package I was totally intrigued!! This one seems very my style 😉
Brittany Mullins says
March 30, 2016 at 11:44 amI think you’d really like this service, Tara! 🙂
Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment says
March 30, 2016 at 8:43 amAll of these dishes look amazing. It is a wonderful to thing to have ALL the ingredients. So many times I am about to prepare a recipe, and I have to run out for something or try to substitute.
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
March 30, 2016 at 9:30 amThat sounds like my kind of meal service! I’m definitely going to have to check them out 🙂 Those meals look amazing! And the shipping container is so cool! (I love that it’s reusable so it’s not a bunch of wasted packaging!)
Courtney Bentley says
March 30, 2016 at 1:25 pmI love the box it came in, how cool is that! I love this idea thanks for sharing xo C
Brittany Mullins says
March 30, 2016 at 1:51 pmIsn’t it cool?
Sherry L Jackson says
March 30, 2016 at 5:56 pmJust ordered a few minutes ago What a deal $50 off. The “fridge” looks so professionally done. I think that made me feel secure that it will be fresh. I also loved that it is recycled by the company itself.
Brittany Mullins says
March 30, 2016 at 10:04 pmAwesome! You’ll have to let me know what you think once you get your first kit.
jennai says
March 31, 2016 at 1:33 amAll of these dishes look amazing. It is a wonderful to thing to have all the ingredients
Maria says
April 4, 2016 at 12:33 pmLove your review. i had seen this company advertise but never seen anyone say they had tried it so I googled and found your review. I love other meal prep services but my one complaint is that I still need to do a decent amount of prep and meals take at least 30 minutes. It looks like this may solve my problem! And thanks for sharing that great coupon code!
Brittany Mullins says
April 4, 2016 at 1:04 pmThank you Maria. I had the same complaint about other meal prep services I had tried in the past. I think Terra’s Kitchen does a great job solving these pain points! I hope you enjoy Terra’s Kitchen as much as we did.
Ana Remy says
June 4, 2016 at 8:51 pmI just tried another company and was very disappointed. Hope to get a code to try Terra’s . Thank you . It looks like it has a lot of options.
Brittany Mullins says
June 5, 2016 at 12:54 pmYou can still use my code BIRDFOOD for $50 off your first order! I hope you love Terra’s Kitchen.
Dolores says
June 5, 2016 at 6:38 pmI found their website, unfortunately they don’t deliver to my area YET. Hopefully soon, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for!! Just a quick question, (I can’t become a member on their website yet since they don’t deliver to my area just yet so I have not clue) but how many meals can you order per week? Just curious.
Brittany Mullins says
June 8, 2016 at 9:53 amHi Dolores! Oh no, I hope they start delivering to your area soon. To answer your question, I’m pretty sure you can get 4 meals to fit in one vessel.
SLT says
June 5, 2016 at 9:46 pmI’m sad to say I am a little disappointed in Terras kitchen. Looking at the recipes online I had the hopes that the meals would be very flavorful. I just finished eating their most popular dish according to the site the big Island steak bowl. My husband and I both struggled to eat it due to it being too bland for us. Don’t get me wrong I loved to prep work that was already done and how easy it was to prepare. I just wish there was more of the spices included to up the flavor profile. I have 2 more meals to try hopefully they are better if not for the cost of these meals it’s just not worth it for me.
yvonne says
February 24, 2017 at 1:17 pmI just ordered and WOW what a disappointment! It looked like half the food was gone and all that was left was the cooling packs I paid for 4 meals for 2 people and I got 2 days of meals for 1 person I have just emailed because the chat said they were too busy and i would like to know where my 62 dollars of food went, and I didn’t receive any recipe cards. I won’t order from there again and I’m still waiting on my answer to refund of credit on my account.
Brittany Mullins says
February 24, 2017 at 4:38 pmHi Yvonne. I’m so sorry that your first order didn’t go so well. Their customer service team is awesome so I’m sure they’ll get everything taken care of for you!
Arlene Stetson says
July 20, 2017 at 12:24 pmI purchased a $300 gift card for my very busy single parent son on June 20th. He has not received anything from them, although I receive some info about various meals. You get no response to your emails or telephone calls. I have no recourse but to complain to the consumer protection agency here in CT. and also to my credit card issuer. If info was mixed up it should be an easy fix, but when they don’t respond I have to conclude the worst.
Brittany Mullins says
July 21, 2017 at 11:58 amHi Ariene. I’m sorry you’re experiencing this issue. Have you tried contacting customercare@terraskitchen.com? Their customer service team has always been on top of things when I’ve contacted them.
Renee Beck says
July 24, 2017 at 3:04 pmHi Arlene! I definitely want to resolve this. I know our team has contacted you on a few occasions, but I also personally reached out to you. Looking forward to helping!