Product review: Dinnerly meal kits

Dinnerly meal kits were launched by Marley Spoon in 2007. As the self-proclaimed “most affordable meal kit in Australia”, Dinnerly offers convenience and quality ingredients at a cheaper price.

Dinnerly meal kits

Plans

Dinnerly offers two plans: 2-person and 4-person box. For each of them you can choose from 3, 4 or 5 meals per week.

Price per meal

The price per meal, including shipping, is in the graph below.

Meal tags

The following tags will help you identify which meals to choose:

• Dairy free
• Healthy
• Kid friendly
• Low carb
• Meat
• No added gluten
• One pot meal
• Poultry
• Spicy
• Under 30 minutes
• Vegetarian

Preferences

You can set up your taste profile so that only matching meals show up in each week’s selection. The options are:

• I am vegetarian – exclude meat
• I like pork
• I like beef
• I like poultry
• I like lamb
• I like shellfish
• I like fish
• I like spicy

My Dinnerly meal kits experience

Meal options

• There is some variety but not as much as in HelloFresh or Marley Spoon
• There are few gluten-free lower-carb options (my preference)

Packaging

• Produce and pantry items are not packaged separately by recipe. This is good from a sustainability perspective (less packaging), but makes the cooking process a little harder.
• Meat, dairy, etc. come in a separate bag with ice packs to keep them fresh

Recipes and instructions

• Recipes don’t come printed out. Again, a point for sustainability but a point against ease of cooking.

Taste and portion size

• Most recipes tasted great
• Portion sizes were not consistent, with some meals being fairly small and some regular-sized

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Lunch: lamb rissoles with roasted vegetable salad and Zaatar, from @dinnerlyau. Smaller than my usual portions but good for a full day of training. . . . #lunch #healthyfood #healthymeal #healthyeats #mealprep #glutenfree #realfood #jerf #dinnerly

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Lunch: chimichurri beef and quinoa bowl from @dinnerlyau. First half of day 1 of instructors course done. Time to rest and digest. . . . #lunch #healthyfood #healthymeal #healthyeats #mealprep #glutenfree #realfood #jerf

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Lunch: Haloumi and Roasted Vegetable Salad with Kale and Sunflower Seeds from @dinnerlyau plus a boiled egg. . . . #lunch #healthyfood #healthymeal #healthyeats #mealprep #glutenfree #realfood #jerf

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Lunch: @dinnerlyau's chicken, cucumber and potato salad. Baby carrots for later. . . . #lunch #healthyfood #healthymeal #healthyeats #mealprep #glutenfree #realfood #jerf

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More information

For more general information about meal kits, check out this post.

For more information go to Dinnerly’s website.