Dinner Belle is a meal prep service, combining the triple threat of healthy, sustainable, and delicious options to take the stress of weekly meal prep off your plate. Available for weekly, free at-home delivery for Nashville and the greater surrounding area (even up to Brentwood, where I live, which is rare for me to find!)
I've tried Dinner Belle catering for a few events but this past week was my first time actually trying the meal prep service! You order online, at their website, for the following week (orders are ready by Tuesday.) You have the option of getting a weekly subscription (vegetarian, vegan, and meat-forward options all available) or ordering a la carte and within those options can choose the quantity you need. I typically meal-prep myself but ordered a la carte for a week after I had guests in town, when I knew I'd be too tired to do much grocery shopping or cooking myself. I opted to pick up the food in store because I wanted to check out the actual space and what extras they had, but love the free delivery option. Directions for prep are extremely clear, and I loved how everything was portioned and packed for me to just put in my lunch bag for the next day. Since I did the pick up option, they texted me ahead of time when my order would be ready and the 28-ish hour window I had to pick it up - super easy!!
I was really impressed by how healthy and dietary friendly the options were while having things that actually sounded tasty to eat. One of my gripes of meal services I've done in the past was overly small portions or things that just didn't end up being very appetizing. Dinner Belle really blows the others out of the water with fresh, local ingredients and some pretty incredible flavors in very generous portion sizes. I got 4 portions of a butternut squash and lentil soup that came with lime crema and dukkah spice blend toppings. When we heated up the soup, my family was genuinely impressed by how delicious, smoky, and filling the soup was. We got a couple more than 4 portions out of that soup, so a win all around!!
I also opted for a buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potato that was perfect with a jar salad for lunch. I was a little sad I only ordered two portions of this - absolute flavor bomb and something that kept me full (but didn't feel heavy) until dinner. I love how the food here tastes clean & healthy - like something I'd make at home with no extra oils, additives, etc, but takes the work out of it for me. The sustainability aspect was a huge draw for my dad, who's griped about the wastefulness of paper/ plastic products for other meal services we've tried. He was grateful everything was packed nicely in mason jars that you wash and return to the shop (or have picked up if you do the delivery option).
The shop is incredibly clean and bright; the staff so helpful on both visits. Easy parking out front. I picked up a power cookie and some snacky things when I dropped off my clean, empty jars. This will be my new go-to option when I need to take a break from cooking but still want the feeling of healthy home cooked food (that tastes good!) What an absolute hidden gem! read more