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More and more busy folks are taking advantage of food delivery services—whether it’s a bushel of seasonal fruits and veggies that lands on the doorstep, all the ingredients you need to prepare a - provided recipe or a high-end that’s already prepared and ready to heat and serve. And while there are a number of national companies—, for one—that offer great options, there are plenty of local businesses ready to take a little stress off your plate, and instead fill it up with healthy, delicious, -quality ingredients and dishes. Here’s a look at six Colorado-based services to add to your dining repertoire. Now, what will you do with all that extra time?

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JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 75 DOOR TO DOOR ORGANICS doortodoororganics.com WHAT IT IS: Farm-grown fresh, organic produce and Good Food groceries delivered to your doorstep. THE SERVICE: Started in 1997, based in Lafayette and now available in seven markets across the country, simply choose a produce (veggies, fruit or a mix of the two), a delivery day and set your pref- erences for likes and dislikes. Orders may be customized each week, and additional groceries are available. Not sure what you need? Shop by recipe for a list of ingredients. Cancel any time. WHAT YOU GET: A wide variety of produce. Don’t like something? Substitutions are allowed. The bitty box is most popular, serv- ing one to two people; small feeds a family of three to four; medium works for a fruit- and veggie-loving family of four; and large feeds a vegetarian family (or is great for a party). WHY WE LOVE IT: Not only is the service convenient (make those week-night grocery runs a thing of the past), we love the variety of ingredients we might not al- ways shop for or with. It’s also a fun way to introduce kids to new, colorful, healthy they can help prepare. PERFECT FOR: People who love to cook with fresh, healthy ingre- dients, but don’t have time to run to the all week long. Plus, it’s great for fami- lies and individuals looking to jump-start wellness routines. SAMPLE ITEMS: A recent mixed bitty box included one of each of the following: bunch of beets, People who love to cook with fresh, healthy ingredients, but don’t have time to run cucumber, green bell pepper to the grocery store all week long, will appreciate this service. and butternut squash; two of the following: kiwi, Bosc pears and on-the-vine tomatoes; PRICE RANGE: $25.99-$59.99 for left at your door. egg with sautéed kale or ca- plus, three bananas and four ; grocery prices vary TIP: According to Door to Door shews with cooked squash will Satsuma mandarins. Need gro- DELIVERY: Throughout Colora- Organic’s The Good Food Blog, give you energy and help you ceries, too? Select everything do—check website for your area try adding savory ingredients reach your recommended serv- from spices and coffee to eggs and delivery days. Not home? to your usual oatmeal ings of veggies for the day. and meat. No problem: A cooler will be on cold mornings. An over-easy

JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 76 GOBISTRO “Real, all-natural food is fuel for our bodies. mygobistro.com When it’s designed by a chef to be delicious—and WHAT IT IS: Chef-prepared packaged in a way that’s convenient—it’s easy to packaged , , and . stick to a healthy diet. Let’s bring the joy back THE SERVICE: Launched in 2013 to ; a good diet doesn’t have to be by Colleen Callaway Eager and about discipline and sacrifice.” Mike Keuler, GoBistro’s meals —Colleen Callaway Eager, president/co-founder, GoBistro can be delivered to your home or office or picked up at various locations, including its store, 111 Broadway. The also includes locally produced and snacks—think Upstart Kombucha (Boulder), Poparuba cake bites (Denver) and Jackson’s Honest chips (Crested Butte). WHAT YOU GET: Fresh, portion- controlled, -and-go options brimming with flavor—from burritos, oatmeal and protein boxes to entrees, salads and sandwiches. WHY WE LOVE IT: How many times have you sat at your computer, staring down your sad desk in misery? With GoBistro, there’s no excuse to suffer through days-old leftovers or hit the drive- through at lunch anymore. PERFECT FOR: Busy folks who want to eat well during the day—or night—but don’t have time to sit down at a restaurant or spend hours prepping in the kitchen. SAMPLE ITEMS: Sweet Potato Burrito; Sausage, Onion and Cheese Savory Bun; Agave Sage GoBistro’s roasted beet salad with salmon and Pork Tenderloin; Roasted Beet quinoa (above) or agave sage Salad with Salmon and Quinoa; pork tenderloin make lunch Rosemary Chicken Sandwich or special. For ? Gluten-free Poparuba PRICE RANGE: $1.25-$12 cake bites. DELIVERY: Central Denver ($3-$7 delivery ); see website for areas. QUOTE: “Most people know what healthy eating entails, but we are all so busy, and I’m no exception,” says Eager, president and co-founder of GoBistro. “I started GoBistro because I was tired of having to choose between healthy, convenient and tastes good. We make real food that fits into your life.”

JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 77 Chef-sourced ingredients from To-Table include caviar, gourmet cheese and crackers or New York Strip with fet- tucine and Périgord black winter truffles.

TO-TABLE prices. Products are delivered WHY WE LOVE IT: To-Table helps TIP: “When meats, use to-table.com straight from the original pro- us feel connected to the people the thumb and finger test to WHAT IT IS: A curated list of the ducer to you. Craving caviar? whose restaurant creations we judge the temperature: Loosely best ingredients, as recom- Order through To-Table and covet. But it caters to our inner place the thumb to the index fin- mended by top chefs (including receive an overnighted box from foodie, too. The unique selec- ger and feel the firmness of your Alex Seidel of Fruition, Hugo the California Caviar Company. tions kept us guessing, and the muscle between your thumb Matheson of The Kitchen, Paul Recipes and instructions are preparation instructions gave us and fingers,” says Charles Duke, Reilly of Beast + Bottle, Eric available on the company’s blog. direction for successful avant- CEO of To-Table. “The firmness Johnson of The Curtis Club and WHAT YOU GET: The freshest spe- garde cooking. of that muscle is the firmness of Daniel Asher of Root Down) for cialty ingredients available; PERFECT FOR: Your next elegant a steak when rare. Placing the meals you create yourself. Think To-Table curates the best of soiree. Your guests will crown thumb on your pinkie gives you of it as a culinary buyers club. the best in food you likely you Chef of the Neighborhood the firmness of the steak when THE SERVICE: To-Table asks chefs won’t find at your local grocery when they learn you cooked the well done. The fourth finger is for their best luxury and hard- store. From finger limes to delicacies on their plates. medium and the middle finger to-find produce and products, duck breasts to Hudson Valley SAMPLE DISHES: Stone Crab Claws; is medium rare—most peoples’ and then makes recommen- foie gras, any food enthusiast Gourmet Cheese and Crackers; favorite. Grill away!” dations that are offered for is likely to find a little adven- Kurobuta Berkshire Bone-In PRICE RANGE: $9.80-$165 per item purchase at close to wholesale ture here. Pork Chops DELIVERY AREAS: Nationwide

JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 78 WHITE SPARROW FOOD THE SERVICE: Make menu selec- PERFECT FOR: A double-date night. COMPANY tions between Wednesday and Offer to host another couple with whitesparrowfoodco.com Saturday of the current week, no worries of being stuck in the WHAT IT IS: A heat and serve, and get a week’s worth of meals kitchen cooking while everyone food-allergy friendly, meal de- brought to your door the Mon- else is mingling. livery service. day after ordering. No subscrip- SAMPLE DISHES: Bang Bang Scal- tion necessary. lion Shrimp with Coconut WHAT YOU GET: Main dishes, with Braised Kale and Pineapple a few extras, such as snacks, Cabbage Slaw; Quinoa Crusted salads and soups. Food arrives in Butternut Squash and Spinach oven-safe containers with reheat- Quiche with Goat Cheese; Raw ing directions. Owner/chef Kat Chocolate Protein Bites Arthurs and chef Amber Stauffer QUOTE: “Life is busy but that recommend oven-heating. doesn’t mean you need to sacri- WHY WE LOVE IT: The menu ca- fice your meal time because of ters to most food allergies and your lack of time,” Arthurs says. preferences, with entrees clearly “ or your local takeout marked vegetarian, gluten-free, place has nothing on dairy-free or Paleo. Some are prepared food that is specifically marked all four. You’ll even see made for you and your fam- an acronym for freezer-friendly ily using the best ingredients dishes. The weekly online menu around. Meal delivery is conve- is emailed to customers, a good nient, healthy and easy.” reminder to get orders placed. PRICE RANGE: Entrees, $24-$62, extras $8-$18 DELIVERY AREAS: Denver metro area and surrounding neighbor- hoods. Delivery fee of $10-$25.

Try White Sparrow’s teriyaki salmon lettuce wraps for lunch and their peanut whole-roasted chicken for dinner.

ORDER’S UP! Home food delivery services are booming—reports show domestic food de- Prices and delivery areas vary. cornerstore.fooducopia.com livery is now a $70 billion . Here’s just a sampling of services available : This national grocery delivery service allows you to shop locally that will bring everything from bread to booze to your door. Leaving online at stores including King Soopers, Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, home is so 2015. Safeway, Marczyk Fine Foods, Costco and PetcoNow. Simply add what you DOORDASH: This national delivery service features a slew of need to your cart and have it delivered in around an hour. Delivery (from Hapa Sushi Grill to LaMar’s Donuts). Just select your eatery online, vary. instacart.com add your items to your cart and receive your meal within 60 minutes. De- DRIZLY: Get beer, wine or liquor delivered to your door within an hour livery fees and neighborhoods served vary. .com with this service that includes much of the Denver metro area as one of its FOODUCOPIA’S CORNER STORE: An online grocery store delivering markets. partners fulfill orders and execute deliveries. And, yes, you’ll local, seasonal produce and artisan foods to your door. Find everything need a valid ID. drizly.com from Cappello’s Pasta (Denver) to Oldeman Granola (Golden) to Gram- MINIBAR: Another wine, beer and liquor service available in Denver. Must pa’s Gourmet Clover Honey (Alamosa) to Continental Sausage (Denver). be 21; fees and minimum orders vary. minibardelivery.com

JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 79 SUPPERBELL driver’s arrival. After about 10 PRICE RANGE: $2.45-$29.95 supperbell.com minutes of heating (the packag- DELIVERY: Monday-Friday WHAT IT IS: A gourmet delivery ing is oven-friendly, so clean-up throughout Denver; $2.50 service that prepares chef- is minimal), a fancy—and, hon- delivery fee. (Hint: Live in the inspired, restaurant-quality estly, delicious—meal is on the ’burbs but work in the ? meals fresh daily, blast-chilling table. Our only caveat: The kids Have the meals sent to your of- them before they go out for are demanding it every night. fice—deliveries start at 4 p.m.) home delivery. PERFECT FOR: Anyone who loves QUOTE: “A lot of people tend to NOBREGA RACHEL THE SERVICE: Led by culinary di- great food, but doesn’t have order dinner after work because GRILLED SALMON WITH rector Frank Bonanno (Mizuna, the time—or money—to dine they’re too tired and want OLIVE COUSCOUS Courtesy of chef Frank Bonanno Luca di Italia, Osteria Marco out every night. Older kids will something that’s hassle free,” and SupperBell and others) and executive chef love the offerings (our 11-year- Bonanno says. “But ordering CHEF’S NOTE: Our salmon Cristino Griego (most recently old devoured the steak kabobs food sometimes means you have fillet comes from our neigh- with The Bistro at Stapleton), before we even got a fork in), to compromise quality. Sup- bors at Denver-based Seattle the weekly-rotating menu is while couples will appreciate a perBell is great because it is not Fish Co., and is grilled over an inspired by the most popular nice prepared meal after a long only convenient, the meals are open flame and drizzled with a chunky tomato vinaigrette. dishes from Bonanno’s restau- day at the office. healthy and high quality.” Couscous cooked in broth rants. Featuring fresh, seasonal SAMPLE DISHES: Pasta Primavera, and dotted with Greek olives ingredients, simply order online Chicken Souvlaki, Teriyaki rounds out the meal. Serves 4 by 3 p.m. (no membership Salmon with Sesame Soba Noo- plan necessary) for delivery that dles, Quinoa Bowl, kids’ Grilled INGREDIENTS evening. Reheat the food in the Chicken Vegetable Wraps 4, 6-ounce salmon filets 2 cups couscous oven or microwave, and dinner ½ cup Kalamata olives, finely is served. chopped WHAT YOU GET: Fully assembled 2 cups vegetable broth and fully cooked, choose from 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon, minced a handful of entrees, sides and 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, salads, plus a kid-friendly op- minced tion and, occasionally, cookies. Zest of 1 lemon WHY WE LOVE IT: For starters, Sup- 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive perBell couldn’t be easier to use. oil Select your meals, choose your Salt and pepper delivery window and watch for DIRECTIONS a text alert announcing your FOR COUSCOUS: Place cous- cous in a 2-quart bowl with the olives. Place butter and stock in a pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, pour over the couscous and wrap the bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let sit for 10 min- utes, then remove wrap and, with a fork, lightly stir in herbs Please the and zest. Season with salt and kids with chicken pepper (go light on the salt as vegetable wraps (left), the olives are salty). Couscous while Mom and Dad enjoy should be light and fluffy and eggplant parmesan or the grains separated. Rewrap in grilled salmon from plastic and keep warm. SupperBell. FOR SALMON: Pre-heat grill. Drizzle fish with EVOO and season with salt and pepper. Place on grill over medium heat and cook 6 minutes on one side. Flip and cook 4 more minutes. Salmon should be medium rare. i Cook longer if preferred. TO PLATE: Divide couscous over four plates and top with salmon. with drizzle of EVOO, parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

JANUARY 2016 / DENVERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM 80 DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR THE SPICY RADISH WHAT YOU GET: Main courses offering a tracking link, so you Food delivery services offer an easy way to try new —from thespicyradish.com come packaged in oven-, know when your food is close. Paleo to vegan. Here are four na- WHAT IT IS: A weekly heat and microwave- and freezer-safe Oh, and those containers: Who tional services we love. serve delivery service from chef containers. Kannen uses whole else is excited for no duty? FOR ORGANIC FANS: GREEN CHEF Katie Kannen, meant to take food ingredients that require no PERFECT FOR: Busy families. From greenchef.com What it is: Organic, portioned the stress out of menu planning, cooking by the time they arrive choir concerts to swim meets to ingredients and recipes for three shopping and cooking. at your door. Most meals need club meetings, toting the kids dinners delivered weekly—skip THE SERVICE: A well-balanced 15-20 minutes for heating. around can make week-night when you want. What you get: Rotating weekly menu is posted on Tuesdays, After that, voila! cooking seem but an impossible menu items such as Moroccan with orders due by Thursday WHY WE LOVE IT: The Spicy Radish feat. The easy preparation Chicken, Island Swordfish or at noon. Meals are delivered is not a subscription-based ensures there’s still enough time Five-Spice Tofu. Recipes serve two, take around 30 minutes to on Sunday during a two-hour service, so you can treat it like to enjoy a hot meal around the prepare and calories clock in be- window; if you aren’t home, the takeout with a little advanced dinner table. tween 450-800 per dish. food can be placed in a cooler planning. Know you’ll be SAMPLE DISHES: Roast Salmon The verdict: The meal plan va- riety is impressive: vegetarian, outside your door. too busy to cook next week? with Mustard Dill Sauce omnivore, carnivore, gluten-free Just order what you’ll need. and Quinoa Salad; Yogurt- or Paleo. We chose Paleo and The service uses text alerts, Marinated Chicken with found we love Baked Sole Fillets with Carrot and Parsnip Latkes. Harissa Chickpea Stew; Beef Prices: $10.49-$14.99 per person, and Beer Pie with Potato per meal Cheddar Crust and Roasted FOR VEGANS: PURPLE CARROT Parsnips and Carrots thepurplecarrot.com What it is: Seasonal, portioned PRICE RANGE: $24 for two to ingredients and recipes from $56 for six Mark Bittman, author of “How to DELIVERY AREAS: Greater Denver Cook Everything.” Pause, skip or cancel at any time. metro area, check website for What you get: A box filled with your address. Free delivery. plant-based items. We tried Khatti Dal, Tofu Larb with Crisp Noodle Pancake and Latkes with Cran-Ap- ple Compote and “Sour Cream.” The verdict: We appreciate the health and sustainability reasons for adding vegan meals to our diet. Plus, learning to cook with soft silken tofu, yellow lentils and chickpea flour was like receiving a private class from the pros. Price: $68 for three meals per week, each meal serves two; $74 for two meals per week, each meal serves four FOR THE OFFICE: THE FRUIT GUYS Please the fruitguys.com whole family with What it is: Fruit deliveries rang- chicken tortilla casserole ing from daily to monthly. (above) or What you get: Apples, oranges, pasta bolognese from bananas—plus seasonal produce. The Spicy Radish. Available in several sizes; trail mix and almonds may be added on. Price: $25 and up for boxes The verdict: Reaching for a tan- gerine over candy? Yes, please. FOR FAMILIES: BLUE APRON blueapron.com What it is: Seasonal, artisan in- gredients and recipes. What you get: Sample meals in- clude Spiced Catfish, Tofu Tortas and Warm Grain Salad The verdict: With easy-to-follow recipes that made the whole family happy, it’s perfect for those extra-busy work weeks. Price: $59.94-$139.84 per week; two-person plan provides three meals; family plan for four offers two or four meals per week. DLM

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