Prime steak is a popular entree from CG Meals. This meal is a great source of protein and amino acids and has zinc that helps you boost your immune system. To make this a great meal, you might want to try rice, beans, and steamed vegetables for great nutrition. This steak is also super lean, with only 275 calories and 14g of fat.
Ribs are among one of our top sellers. Our ribs are tender, fall apart in your mouth, and are a top source of protein. You might want to try these ribs with a side of steamed vegetables, a salad, or other nutritious side.
Our pot roast is another popular entree. With only 321 calories and 10 grams of fat, it’s a hearty, yet lean, meal. Being high in protein, this entree will help you sustain your energy throughout the day if you take it to work for lunch. Any set of vegetables will make a nice side dish to go with this healthy entree.
You won’t have to go to a super expensive restaurant to enjoy this five-star Italian favorite. Our shrimp scampi entree is smothered in a buttery garlic sauce with angel hair pasta, tomatoes, and spices. If you are looking to add omega 3 acids to your diet, this is a great choice. With only 516 calories and 3 grams of fat, this is a great dish if you are looking for something filling to give you energy.
Italian can be filling, but it doesn’t have to push you over your caloric intake for the day. Our chicken marsala entree has antioxidants, fiber, and calcium to help you make it through your day. This tastes great with whole-grain noodles. With only 378 calories and 14 g of fat.
You don’t have to go to a Mongolian grill to get great food. CG Meals carries a great tasting Mongolian Beef and Broccoli dish. This entree has important nutrients like protein, iron, vitamin B12 and folate. With 712 calories and 16 grams of fat, this meal is packed with protein and goes even better with one of our vegetable sides.
With only 334 calories and 18 grams of fat, this stuffed chicken dish is a classic. Particularly filling, this dish is also made with organic pasta that can help with your blood pressure and cardiovascular health. This dish is a powerhouse for healthy nutrients, including magnesium, manganeses, and iron.
Fish is always a great meal, both for nutrients and enjoyment. Our blackened cod will only have 145 calories and less than one gram of fat. It is high in omega 3 acids that can promote cardiovascular health. Additionally, you will also get vitamin B12 to help you maintain healthy levels of energy throughout the day.
No month is complete without a dish from the American south. This Cajun shrimp dish is going to help you with omega 3 acids, nutrients that help reduce the risk of cancer, and other vitamins. With 361 calories and only 3 grams of fat, this is a great entree for lunch.
This is an entree that will help you sustain energy throughout the day. You can eat it for lunch to get you through your afternoon at work. With only 724 calories, this dish has baked chicken, light cheese, and thick noodles. Rich in protein and fiber, this is a dish that will delight at any time.
All of our entrees can be combined with great side dishes, like corn, steamed vegetables, red roasted potatoes and a wide variety of nutritious delectables. With these side dishes, you’ll have a healthy, filling meal that won’t pack on the calories.
We also have breakfast, believe it or not. Here are some of the great breakfast dishes that we carry that work with the “boil in a bag” preparation principle:
You’ll notice that CG Meals has dishes that are lower on the caloric scale, low in fat, and are great sources of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fibers. You’ll be able to find a dish for virtually any diet type. But most importantly, these meals are prepped in only ten minutes with the boil in the bag method. Most people don’t have time to eat healthy these days. CG Meals has got breakfast, lunch, and dinner so you can eat healthy while at home or at work. Most importantly, you don’t have to spend time preparing your meal or cleaning up.
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Many people fall victim to "portion distortion." This is our perception of portion size. For example, when we make an 8-ounce steak at home, we often don't realize that there are just over two serving sizes of steak (the typical serving size of steak is about 3 ounces). One of the ways that CG Meals meal kits will help is that all of your food comes in the correct portion size, minimizing the temptation to overeat.
One of the ways that you can avoid bloating and discomfort after eating is to eat your food slowly. We are often rushed in the evening or during our lunch shift at work. Meal kits from CG Meals are ready in 10 minutes of boiling in water or a few minutes in the microwave. With a minimal amount of prep and clean-up time, CG Meals makes it so that you have time to enjoy your meal.
Most people don't eat enough vegetables. At CG Meals, you can get a vegetable side to go with your meals. Vegetables are an important source of potassium, dietary fiber, folate, vitamin A, and vitamin C. Fruits and vegetables play an important role in preventing cardiovascular disease, lowering your blood pressure, and reducing the likelihood of diabetes.
Protein is an essential macronutrient that helps with tissue repair, cell growth, and maintenance. It's important to get enough protein, and your meal kit from CG Meals will have the exact amount that you need. The recommended dietary allowance for protein is 0.36 grams per pound of body weight (or about 56 grams per day for a moderately active adult).
It's important to have a balance of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins at each meal. This will help to keep your blood sugar levels stable and give you sustained energy throughout the day. Meal kits from CG Meals are prepared by a chef to have the perfect balance of macronutrients so that you can be sure you're getting a healthy, balanced meal.
Eating healthy doesn't have to be difficult. With CG Meals, you can get everything you need for a healthy, balanced meal delivered right to your door. With a wide variety of different dishes to choose from, there is plenty of variety to enjoy something different each night. Most importantly, you can eat healthily and not worry about whether or not you are getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals. All of our meals are ready in ten minutes and are delivered fresh from our chef's kitchen.
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When people don’t have time to eat, they tend to order fast food:
The average meal ordered from a fast food restaurant has a whopping 837 calories. That’s typically only if you order the sandwich. If you get a full blown meal combo, you can consume as many as 1600 to 2000 calories in just one meal.
With CG Meals, our meals are nutritious and healthy. For example, our Chicken Fajitas only have 436 calories per serving, in a complete meal.
The average American grocery bill goes up every month these days. It’s hard to extrapolate a true monthly cost of groceries, but the USDA Cost of Food reports are a good starting point. The average family of four, on the low end, could spend about $1200 on food each month. That number goes up if you buy meat, organic vegetables, and other things you like. If you go with one of CG Meals’ weekly recurring orders, you could spend $715.96 per month on food if you get a 14-meal kit for each week. If you are the average American who spends about 10% of their income on fast food (assuming a household income of $74,099 from the BLS in January of 2022), you’re spending about $740/month on food that isn’t healthy for you, in addition to the meals you regularly eat at home.
If you are looking for healthy, affordable meal delivery, give CG Meals a try. Our restaurant meals are made by a 5-star chef. You can enjoy the grandeur of a fine restaurant eating experience at home in just about ten minutes with our boil in a bag meal kits.
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We’re first and foremost a restaurant, and I’ve owned many restaurants over the years. When COVID-19 hit, things changed somewhat, as we had regular customers who couldn’t get to us, and people started asking if we did a delivery service.
In response, we created CG Meals (CaliGrill Meal Prep). We rebranded and redid our restaurant and started delivering our meals. We’re now pretty much ready to franchise out and get going on the Commissary kitchens, enabling us to feed hubs in different areas, so as to reach new and existing customers. In essence, we can reach a wider audience.
We have a presence in 50 states already, including Alaska and Hawaii. We’ve gathered a lot of data and research and have seen where there are gaps in the market across the US.We decided to focus on California to start with.
We’ve launched our new website, packaging and branding, and we’ve built new installations and refrigerants. We plan to start doing some branding campaigns in the next couple of months to get our name out there to new customers. By January 2022 we’ll be in full swing.
We’re bringing a restaurant experience to the comfort of your home. Our meals aren’t TV dinners or microwave meals like 99% of the companies out there. All our meals are vacuum-sealed, pre-packaged, sous-vide and ready to drop in a pot of hot water so you can eat them within 8-10 minutes. You can put them in the oven, air fry them, sauté them or boil them in the bag,
We went completely virtual. I launched 21 virtual ghost kitchens but realized that we were only reaching our local customers. I wanted to go beyond that and reach existing and potential customers who were further afield.
We shipped our first order, then our second, and pretty soon we were a couple of thousand orders in, and active in 50 States. It’s been an amazing experience and has totally shifted our business model. We never thought that we would become an e-commerce business. We’re now definitely going to expand on this.
We use local producers, from the smallest independents up to the biggest companies like Cisco. So we source local and organic ingredients, and are trying to be as sustainable as possible –especially with our packaging.
From the making of the food to the recycling of our packaging – we’re doing our utmost to leave as little carbon footprint as possible.
Absolutely! We faced numerous challenges, from logistics to food not arriving on time, from shipping methods to figuring out all the intricacies of transportation. However, we’re a young, dynamic and ambitious company and simply overcame each hurdle we met.
Our customer service is fantastic and I can say that customer feedback has been instrumental in our growth and success.
Speed’s the name of the game. We deliver really fast, and everything’s shipped overnight. Freshness of food and longevity is guaranteed for 24 - 48 hours with the methods we use.
We do have custom insulation packages that are currently being built and should be delivered over the next couple of weeks. These will be a real game-changer.
I’m a Cordon Bleu chef by trade and I love food. I have many cooks and chefs working for us and we have incredible support. With all of this, we can get some phenomenal recipes from our team or even sometimes from customers.
We’d like to expand even further and branch out into complementary sectors. We’re trying to scale up but are doing it in a very comfortable way. We plan to move into sectors such as snacks, desserts and drinks, as some of our customers have very limited access to these.
Right now, going global will be something for the future. Our focus currently lies within the US of A.
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Meal kits are all the rage these days. They’re the perfect solution for anyone that wants to sit down to a good meal without going through all that trouble in the kitchen. However, not all meal kits are created equal.
Knowing what to look for when choosing a meal kit service can help you get the best meals on your table. Whether it’s just you or you’re feeding a family, you should make sure your meal kit follows these 5 simple rules.
You could go to the freezer section of your local supermarket for frozen meals. Why pay more to have them delivered to your door? Always choose a meal kit that gives you fresh, never frozen, meals.
Another common conundrum with frozen meals is that you generally have to microwave them to heat them up. While most frozen meals do come with an option to heat in the oven, that can often take up to an hour. Since most people don’t want to wait that long, they shove it in the microwave.
When you choose a meal kit, choose one that can be heated in a healthier way. One of the best ways to cook foods, both fresh and prepared, is using the sous vide technique. By adding food encased in BPA-free bags to boiling water, you can use this method of cooking which won’t deplete nutrients and vitamins, nor will it ruin the flavors.
You’re paying for a food service, so why should you pay for food that you can’t eat? Customization is important with meal kits, so choose one that lets you have the flexibility you need for your diet and preferences.
You’re here because you don’t want that watered-down, frozen-to-microwave taste that you hate from the freezer section. You deserve better than that which is why you need to choose meal kits that give you the kind of meals you’d get at the best restaurants. Cajun shrimp, pot roast, fajitas, and plenty more can help you satisfy any craving while sticking to your healthy eating priorities.
Often, meal kits that offer sides only give you a choice of 2 or 3 options. What if you don’t like any of them? Choose a meal kit that lets you peruse many more than that. You’ll be more likely to find something you like, plus you can diversify so you’ll have something different with every meal.
Why Choose California Grill?
California Grill never breaks these 5 rules of meal kits. You can be sure that everything you order arrives fresh. All you need to do is boil water and dinner is done. Chef-prepared meals will be delivered to your door so you get the delight of restaurant-quality without going anywhere and without a mountain of dishes left behind. It’s the best way to heat, eat, and enjoy dietician designed meals for one, two, or the whole family. Break away from processed meals and discover how easy it is to eat fresh every day, even if all you know how to do is boil water.
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In recent years, meal delivery services have grown tremendously in popularity. More and more people are discovering the value in fresh, wholesome meals and the convenience of having the work done for you. When someone gets home after a long day of work, oftentimes the last thing they want to do is cook dinner. In the past, this led to frozen dinners, mediocre leftovers, or subpar take-out.
With meal delivery services like Cali Grill Meal Prep, you can rest assured knowing that you’ll come home to a dietitian-approved, chef-made meal that’s ready to eat. You don’t have to worry about prepwork or a pile of dirty pots and pans. Your only concern will be which of your delicious meals to devour first!
Here are the top 5 reasons to use a meal delivery service:
It’s no secret that the convenience factor plays a huge role in why so many people turn to meal delivery services. All the work is done for you, so you can just sit back and relax with a delicious meal from the menu you’ve selected. No more time wasted deciding what to do about dinner or spending an hour in the kitchen preparing a meal.
It may be surprising to read that using a meal delivery service could save you money, but it’s true! Think about all the times you spend far too much on take-out because you don’t feel like cooking, all the commutes to the grocery store, and all the money spent on countless unnecessary ingredients because you aren’t quite sure what you need. In addition to the money saved by reducing your spending on gas and take-out, most meal delivery services also offer discounts for first-time users.
Many meal delivery services, like Cali Grill Meal Prep, work with dieticians, nutritionists, and professional chefs to design meals that are both wholesome and delicious. They prepare meals with nutrition in mind to produce results that not only taste good, but make you feel good as well. Whether you’re looking to lose weight or simply want to adopt a healthier diet, meal delivery services are a great choice.
In a perfect world, your brain would be filled with an endless supply of amazing meal ideas. However, life tends to get in the way and make it difficult to keep dinnertime exciting. Many of us wind up cooking the same meals week after week, which quickly gets mundane. One of the greatest aspects of meal delivery services is the variety. There are tons of gourmet meals available for you to choose from, so you can stop racking your brain for ideas and let someone else take care of it for you.
For many people, this right here is reason enough to take the leap and sign up for a meal delivery service. Remember that hour you used to spend in the kitchen after work preparing dinner for the family? Well, that just turned into a few quick minutes of heating up your pre-cooked meal. Now, that hour can be spent by enjoying quality time with the people who mean the most.
For more information on how to get your hands on dietician-approved, chef-made meals delivered straight to your doorstep, contact us today and let’s get started.
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Are you looking to take your health and fitness to the next level in 2021? After the challenges of the previous 12 months, many of us are looking to use this year to increase our fitness and improve our mental and physical wellness.
Keeping your body fuelled with the right ingredients is essential to ensuring that you are able to maximize these benefits. However, in the hustle and bustle of modern life, finding the time to make yourself healthy food every day can be a challenge, and it is all too easy to buy yourself food on the go.
Not only does buying food on the go mean you are not able to eat as healthily as you would like, but it can also be incredibly costly. For many people, meal prepping is a great alternative to buying food on the go, helping them to eat healthily and save money.
What is meal prepping?
Meal prepping is exactly as it sounds. It is the process of creating a clear meal plan and then preparing a range of dishes that you can then use later in the week. Meal prepping can come in a range of methods, from batch cooking and freezing large meals such as chili con carne to creating individual meals or even just preparing certain ingredients for use later.
This is a great way of helping you to eat more healthily, lose weight and save more money. Alongside that, meal prepping can also help to save you time as well, which in the hustle and bustle of modern life can be a big benefit. Eating healthily can be a challenge, and working out what to eat every day can be overwhelming at times, which is why meal prepping can also help to reduce the stress and worry of finding a nutritious meal.
Top tips for meal prepping
If you are looking to get started with meal prepping but are not sure where to begin, then we have put together our top tips:
Before jumping straight into meal prepping, one of the best things to do is to start small. Meal prepping can be a little daunting, so develop a small plan for just a few meals for the upcoming week to ensure you can understand what is required and what strategies work best for you.
No matter how many meals you are considering prepping, making sure you plan your meals to ensure they incorporate every food group is essential. A healthy diet should consist of a wide range of ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, protein, healthy fats, and grains, so it is crucial your meal prepping recipes cover all of these.
When it comes to meal prepping, ensuring you are using the very best containers possible will help you to keep your food as fresh as possible. Depending on the meals you are making, you might find that certain containers work better; for example, soups should be stored in a different style than a salad might be.
Whichever options you choose, make sure that your containers are both dishwasher safe and can be used in the microwave. You should also make sure that they are fully sealed to stop any spillages and prevent aromas from filling up your fridge.
Meal prepping is a weekly process, so ensuring you keep your kitchen well stocked is essential. You should maintain a consistent level of key ingredients such as whole grains, oils, baking essentials, and canned goods.
Not only will this ensure you can prep whatever meals you fancy for that week, but it can also help you to just focus on the fresh ingredients when it comes to your weekly grocery shop.
Unless you are a professional chef with an abundance of recipes, meal prepping can become a little repetitive. Make sure you keep a range of spices on the go to help you take your recipes to the next level.
However, spice does not just transform the flavor of your meals; it can also provide a range of health benefits. The use of spices and certain herbs have been shown to help in the reduction of cellular damage as well as helping with inflammation.
Effective food prepping requires time, so make sure you set yourself a few hours each week to create the dishes you want to make. Some meals, such as a salad, will be much quicker to prepare compared to more substantial meals.
One of the best things to do is to use the same day each week to create your meals, ideally on a day when you have more time, such as the weekend.
When you are meal prepping, make sure you keep a detailed shopping list of everything you need. This will ensure you do not end up getting to the point of creating your weekly meals only to find that you have accidentally forgotten a key ingredient.
One of the most effective ways of doing this is to record exactly what you have taken from your stock as you use it, allowing you to then purchase what you have used. When you do go shopping, try to avoid doing so while you are hungry as you will be more tempted to make impulse purchases.
After a while, meal prepping can become very repetitive, so do not be afraid to experiment with new dishes and flavors. Not only can this help you to improve your culinary skills, but it will also stop you from getting bored with the process.
Make sure you keep track of those recipes you enjoy the most so you can keep a record of meals to try throughout the year.
Don’t have time to cook?
There can be no denying the many benefits that meal prepping brings, but for many of us, finding the time to cook these meals in between our work and personal commitments is a challenge. That is why here at Cali Grill Meal Prep, we take that stress out of your hands by delivering high-quality meals direct to you.
Unlike other meal prep companies that send microwaved meals to you, we only deliver the very best meals that have been created using the freshest and healthiest ingredients possible. Eating healthily does not mean having to sacrifice on flavor, so whether you are looking for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, our chefs guarantee the tastiest meal possible.
With years of experience, our team has been helping Americans transform their lives and discover the many benefits that meal prepping can bring. We pride ourselves on the quality of our food, and we utilize innovative packaging to ensure that your food remains as fresh as it would had it been prepared directly in front of you!
Each week, you can choose from over twenty unique meals that have been produced by our professional dieticians, and our gourmet chefs will then start prepping and cooking each dish just for you. All of our meals are then delivered fresh to you, not frozen, so you can simply heat them in boiling water and enjoy a delicious meal.
Want to find out more? Get in touch today!
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