Enjoy healthy pre-made meals in Calgary

Want to eat healthy but you’re too busy or simply don’t know how to cook? These companies make nutritious, delicious meals that you can enjoy at home or at work, with many delivering right to your doorstep!

Fit Kitchen

1
33 High St SE, Calgary, AB T2Z 3T7

Founded by the owners of The Main Dish, Fit Kitchen offers pre-portioned meals and snacks in two categories: “performance,” for active people trying to maintain weight or gain muscle and “lean,” for anyone trying to lose weight. Nutritional information for all meals is supplied, so you know exactly what you’re eating. Meals can be purchased à la carte, or order a meal plan that includes six or 18 days worth of meals and snacks.

Slender Meals

2
10-1420 40th Avenue NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6L1

Do the restaurants near your workplace leave something to be desired? Have a hot lunch or healthy sandwich delivered right to your desk by Slender Meals. The company is owned and managed by a registered dietitian, so it’s readily able to cater to a variety of health needs and dietary restrictions. The menu rotates every five weeks, so your lunch will always be new and exciting.

Healthy Chef Delivery

Healthy Chef Delivery offers nearly 60 unique dishes available as single servings or family sized. Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options are available. Healthy Chef Delivery makes a point of incorporating organic and local ingredients, so these meals are good for you as well as for the environment.

The Main Dish

3
903 General Ave NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9E1

The Main Dish is like a healthy meal market, where you can build your own from a selection of proteins, vegetables and starchy sides, or grab a pre-made entree, salad or sandwich to heat and eat at home. Select from a wide variety of gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan options. The Main Dish sponsors many local athletes, so you know that the food is Olympian-approved! The Main Dish also offers ample dine-in space.

Bright Impact Corp

4
57 Royal Oak Manor NW, Calgary, AB T3G 0B6

Do the restaurants near your workplace leave something to be desired? Have a hot lunch or healthy sandwich delivered right to your desk by Slender Meals. The company is owned and managed by a registered dietitian, so it’s readily able to cater to a variety of health needs and dietary restrictions. The menu rotates every five weeks, so your lunch will always be new and exciting.

Meez Food Inc

5
5321 4 St SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1K6

Chef Judy Wood of Meez makes gourmet meals from scratch that can be delivered to your home, or you can drop by the Willow Park shop to pick up some hard-to-find ingredients, like artisanal olive oils and vinegars and harissa paste, for those times you do feel like flexing your culinary muscle.

The Jolly Table

6
4752 14 St NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6L7

If you’re willing to put in a little effort for a fresh meal, Jolly Table might be the service for you. Rather than deliver prepared meals, Jolly Table provides pre-portioned ingredients and recipes so you can enjoy a homemade dinner without the hassle of grocery shopping and you’ll receive exactly the amount you need.

What better way to spend a hot, summer day than eating outside. Whether you prefer lying in the sun with a good book while getting your tan on, tossing around a Frisbee with a few friends or taking a daytrip out to the mountains for a hike, you need something to fuel your activities. Forget the trail mix, and hit one of these spots to fill your picnic basket. Image credit: iStock.com/Belic Elena.
Age-old techniques for preserving summer’s bounty during the cold winter months, canning and pickling have seen a resurgence in popularity as a way to enjoy local produce year round. But what if you’ve just got to have your jams and pickles but don’t have the canning equipment or know-how? Satisfy your cravings in a pinch at these shops that sell local preserves, just like grandma used to make.
Corner stores used to be dingy holes in the wall where you could get a carton of milk and a pack of smokes. Over the last few years, however, several independent grocery stores have popped up in neighbourhoods all around Calgary, with many offering wholesome and delicious local and organic produce and packaged foods.
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