Pre-Made Paleo

I am a fan for sure. I’m a mom with two littles, and I have an autoimmune disorder plus tons of food allergies. So the time and energy to cook separate meals to put myself back on track health wise just wasn’t available.
There have only been two items so far I haven’t really liked, but the rest is very tasty and filling. Because this eliminates the foods I have issues with and foods known to be somewhat inflammatory not only is my sluggishness disappearing after only 1 week, but I have dropped 13 pounds. Wow, is all I can say.
I will be re-​ordering.

I’m on my fourth week of ordering food from this company and I’m really happy with what I have been getting. I started out by just choosing my own meal combos to make sure I would get options I wanted. I’ve since picked a meal plan of 5 meals each week. I haven’t bought any of the breakfast items since I’m always on the go in the morning. I have just been sticking to dinners and lunch. Meals I’ve enjoyed include: the Chilean sea bass, beef brisket, all of my chicken dishes, beef chili, and pork meatballs. I add some of the seasonings they send usually, and salt and pepper. On the major plus side you are getting meals that I believe are very low in sodium, which is hard to find with pre-​prepped food. My only meal I didn’t like was the salmon, but I have high standards coming from the pacific northwest. I’m currently living in the middle of no where with limited access to decent grocery stores, so pre-​made paleo has been really nice and easy. I had one problem with an order due to UPS and Pre-​made paleo had a new order out next day for me which was really great. Customer service so far from them gets 5 stars, if I had liked the salmon they would have gotten 5 stars here. Cost-​wise it is fairly affordable if you factor in the time you aren’t spending at the grocery store, prepping, and cooking every night; $ 85 (with shipping) weekly is pretty good considering your getting grass fed meats and organic fruits and veggies.

PROS: Most of the food is very tasty (you definitely need to add your own spices, it’s very bland but that makes it better for the general public since not everyone likes the same seasoning on their food). Good price point. Fantastic 5 star Customer Service. Joseph is outstanding and deserves a raise. They really are trying to make their customers happy so that alone, in this world of «hit 1 to speak to… hit 3 if this is about… hit 2 if you’d like…» You get a real person who responds quickly via phone or email. And he WANTS to make you happy.
CONS: Not much variety in the menu options. For breakfast, after trying it, I decided to skip that option and make my own breakfast. I just didn’t want carrots, peppers and pork at 6am. One item arrived not cooked properly — Spicy Squash. Had a peel on it as hard as a Lego. Could be a one off in the batch, but it was only my second time ordering. Joseph was very accommodating even though I didn’t care about a refund or a credit, just wanted to let them know there was an issue with that dish. They do seem to be operating as a mom and pop start-​up and making too many mistakes. Little things suggest this such as the instructions arriving in a flimsy OfficeMax branded plastic folder and materials being collated in the wrong order. They substituted an item that was listed on my packing sheet but didn’t notify me. Waste of my time looking for it when it wasn’t there. Not huge bumps but, based on the other reviews on Unilocal,more bumps than they should have for a company that’s success may depend on repeat business. Slow down guys, pay attention.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Do your research on the selections offered before ordering. Take time to look at the menu. Do you like the food? Kale, Cauliflower, beets? Carrots seem to be in everything. Enough variety? Maybe you want to upgrade to the larger size and the white meat chicken. The dark meat is chewy and tough. The regular portions are very small however, I found they were plentiful and because of the protein content, you are much fuller on less food. If you add the sides to each meal as suggested, the 5oz was plenty for me. But depends on how much you are used to eating and how many calories you want to consume. Personal preference. Try one week and then decide. I found I couldn’t just eat their food. I needed to throw in some of my own just to have a bit of variety. Cook a salmon for dinner. Have eggs for breakfast. Things they can’t ship frozen. I don’t think you can live on these meals full time but they are great to have in the freezer when you need something quickly.
OVERALL: I would definitely recommend them. Go ahead and give them a try and see what you think. It’s a good way to start Paleo or Whole30. Be prepared for a few mistakes but great customer service in correcting them. If you don’t have time to cook yourself, this is a good option.

I really wanted to like these, but they just aren’t to my taste. I ordered some breakfast and dinners to help me do the Whole 30 program for the first time, since I don’t cook much normally and figured having some variety and pre-​made foods would make it easier. I won’t reorder. The bacon that came with the breakfast sampler had no almost no meat on it at all, and many of the meals and veggie sides just don’t taste that great, to me, at least. A few, I feel like we have to choke down. I had hoped for better flavor and freshness, given the price point. Oh, well.
I should mention, however, that I had a shipping question regarding my order, and the customer service on that was fantastic.

I ordered the 5 day plan as a test. Dissapointed inall of the the portion sizes-​especially breakfast. The breakfast pak was a total of 5 ounces includng the vegies and protein. Totally insufficient. Tried a few items, so far OK but not spectacular. Probably better to make myself and freeze for convenience. For the price, a liittle skimpy.

I did the 15 day meal plan and was very impressed with the taste, quality, and variety of the food. The chicken and kale soup was especially comforting this time of year. The customer service was also top notch. I will purchase again.

I tried the 20 meal plan every 14 days and I was impressed with the variety. The quality of the food was excellent. This plan kept me from eating the kid friendly foods that is easy to make but hard to stay fit. Pre-​Made Paleo was also a hit with my very picky husband.

I am now 20 days into my Whole30, Pre-​Made Paleo has made it so easy to eat correctly. Their food is tasty, many options, you can mix and match the proteins and veggies to keep it fun. I along with my 2 house mates did it together and they worked with us to make everything cost effective and simple. They have excellent customer service and will work with you around likes and dislikes. I would recommend them to anyone. I will continue to use them after my whole30 as a means of having healthy food available that is quick to make.

Their trail mix is out of this world! Seriously. And the rest of their food is quite good, too — very flavorful, good portions, and a nice variety. I started doing a Whole30 diet in January with my friends. These guys have been life savers, as with the hours I work I don’t usually have time to cook on weekdays. It’s great to be able to bring some entrees and veggies with me to the office. They are also genuinely nice people who really care about customer service. I recommend them very highly.

I am 10 days into my first Whole 30. I wanted to insure my success, so I decided to order 30 days of breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Pre-​made Paleo. I love the convenience. Most everything I have tasted as been good, some (like Rosemary beef) was phenomenal. It IS pricey, but as another reviewer mentioned, it’s as if you have your own personal Paleo chef.
Things I like:
~Customer service is wonderful. I mentioned that I couldn’t stomach their pumpkin hash. *Bam!* Note was made to never send that again.
~The variety of vegetables I am eating is new for me. They make it very tasty and palatable for people like me, who aren’t a huge fan of veggies.
~I’m thrilled that I’m eating organic, non-​GMO, free range food. Clearly, that is part of the high price point. I feel my health is worth it.
~The nut and fruit snacks are amazing.
Things I’d like to see done better:
~Customer service seems to have phone issues. It’s hard to talk to them due to a bad phone connection. At first I thought it was a fluke, but the both times I called it was the same.
~A little more variety would be nicer when you’re ordering 30 days at a time.
~I’d like to see fish in the mix! Salmon, tilapia, shrimp, etc… Maybe new meats too, elk, buffalo, etc.
~It appears there are only 3 breakfasts. When you order 30 days at a time, breakfast is extremely repetitive. However, they’re all yummy.
After my initial week of feeling ill (clearly detoxing), I can tell you that I have never felt better! I’m an active 52 year old woman that recently took up crossfit, the food is plentiful and I am rarely hungry. The best part of ordering with Pre-​made Paleo is how wonderful I am feeling. I highly recommend Pre-​made Paleo.

This is the greatest idea ever. I am in love with our food choices. Each night now we have a new meal, that exactly meets my standards. The food has been good to excellent. Some of the meals I like more than others, but that is to be expected with personal tastes. They look tiny when frozen, but heated up, and on the plate they are enough food, and I eat a lot. The warrior size is great also, but A LOT of meat. What I really like is: No waste, new food every day without need to eat same dish three days in a row if you made it at home, and new flavors that I wouldn’t think of as I am no chef. I really feel like I have my dream come true of having a personal chef, and one who needs no teaching on what I will and will not eat. Worship this, and plan to continue it for a long while. Ordered it for my older parents who have to drive a long time to get lousy prepared foods at a Whole Foods Market. So happy I found this via Whole 30 website.
Oh yeah, very good customer service, and shipped as promised, all fully frozen, rock solid on arrival.

Ordered a 14-​day meal plan to start out a 9 week paleo challenge with my CrossFit gym. This isn’t going to be a challenge at all… The food is delicious and the communication is great from Joseph. Food arrived in 2 days with free shipping. I didnt order any breakfasts,. but the lunch and dinner portions are tasty and gourmet in my opinion. All I do is pull out the individually wrapped portions out of the freezer a couple days in advance to thaw and pop each bag in the microwave for 2 minutes each. Each veggie and meat serving comes out perfectly steamed and hot! If this is what online food ordering has come too, Pre-​Made Paleo has set the bar high! Ive already lost 6 pounds in 1 week and I’m on the lean side. Highly recommended!!!

I found Premade Paleo through the Whole 9 website and decided to purchase the 30 day plan (over $ 900) to supplement my Whole60. I ordered on a Wednesday and knew from the website that the order would not ship until the following Monday. I received an email confirmation, with a UPS tracking number, on Monday stating that the order had shppied, but when I tracked the food didn’t actually ship until Wednesday. The order arrived on Thursday. The food is packaged in 10 meal packages that are numbered and contain a menu of what is inside each packet. The meals are very good, but my biggest disappointment is the amount of repeat meals and how many of the packets didn’t contain what the menu said they contained — surprisingly, no where close. Three of my six packets contained the exact same meals and sides as did two of the others. There was no variety for 30 days of meals at all. Two of the six packets were shorted an entrée and contained an additional side item instead. One contained three of one entrée, instead of two, and only one of another. The food is definitely good, quality food, but the 30 day purchase needs to have much more variety than it does. I am all for leftovers, but this was too redundant. They obviously have some kinks to work out, and if they do I would order again.

I’m trying PreMade Paleo as a means to supplement my Whole30. Night shift work can be hectic and fitting in time to prep and cook between shifts was starting to become tedious. I currently live on the west coast and found out about PreMade Paleo through the Whole30 website.
So, I ordered my first shipment of Whole30 without pork. I received an email a day after it shipped from Joseph at PreMade saying that they were unsure if they had sent the package without pork products and offered a $ 30 voucher towards my next order. So, I waited till the package was due to arrive. Except it didn’t arrive nearly a week after it had been shipped. The meals did include pork products, but more worrisome, was that all of the items had been thawed out in this large insulated shipping container.
I emailed the company to give them the update upon the arrival of the package and told them that was unsatisfied with what had happened with this order, but would still keep what I had paid for, but refrain from ordering again. In response, they shipped an entire order overnight. I received my original order and all of the products were perfectly frozen.
I understand that mistakes do happen. But I do believe in forgiveness and I’m impressed at how this company operates in order to make things right. So, for going above and beyond what most companies would do, I give ya’ll a ⁵⁄₅.
As far as the food, I add whatever needed spices and seasonings I need. I appreciate that most of the prep is done and I just kick it up a notch.

I am a huge fan of delivery food services (i.e. HelloDirect, Blue Apron, etc) but they are always carb heavy. I decided to try Pre-​Made Paleo meals to supplement my normal diet of more paleo-​friendly eating and I’m glad I did. Yes, these meals are expensive, but they offer a wide variety of different vegetables and proteins, enough to keep you interested. I don’t recommend you plan on eating just these meals for your Whole30, as they would get repetitive in my opinion, but the idea that these are out there for you to enjoy (following a defrosting, of course) quickly and easily is really helpful while you try to eat healthier.

I’m extremely surprised at the negative reviews… We’ve been customers for almost 18 months. I’ve recommended premade paleo to dozens of friends… The product is amazing. I go plus size in the protein and am always amazed at the taste and volume for a guy my size.
The variety and taste and quality is so far beyond what we can do at home for the price and the convenience is amazing.
Folks — please ignore the ridiculous reviews and give Premade Paleo a shot. The product is amazing.
Update:… 1÷11÷14… well… we’re still loyal customers and I really can’t believe the negative comments. The new packages and the specials they’re running for the new year are amazing.

I would say at least half of these meals are inedible because of their poor flavor and texture. Occasionally, there is something decent, but more often than not the meat is dry or rubbery (especially the chicken) and there’s simply not enough vegetables.
And what makes this even worse is the high price of the meals. I actually wouldn’t mind paying their prices if the food tasted better. But you’re better off spending the time to cook and eat delicious, fresh ingredients than wasting money on this frozen, poor quality food that honestly gives Paleo a bad name.

What a bummer. I was so excited to try PreMade Paleo after seeing the recommendation from the Whole 9 life peeps. My girlfriend and I started our Whole 30 on July 1^st, so I ordered the almost $ 700 meal plan for both of us (Option 3).
My first disappointment was that it didn’t even ship for an entire week (with no mention of that on their website and no updates from them. It finally arrived last Friday on the 12^th after we’re almost half way through the program)
And while I wasn’t expecting gourmet meals… I was at least hoping it would be palatable, but unfortunately most of the meals are pretty disgusting. We’ve been choking it down telling ourselves it’s only about 2 more weeks, but my girlfriend is ready to give up.
In all fairness… the trail mix is awesome, and the breakfasts are decent… but the proteins and bland (all of the chicken items are really rubbery). The vegetables are straight up nasty.
I hate wasting food (and money), but I’ve just thrown all the veggie sides away and hit up Whole Foods to get fresh vegetables.
I hardly ever write negative reviews on Unilocal,but I just want to let people know that this really isn’t a great option for the Whole 30. Sure, it’s convenient… but you need to really lower your expectations on the taste… then lower them some more.

Ordered food online on Sunday night anticipating delivery on Tuesday as stated. I got a call Monday morning saying I did not select a host. I agree, I did not because I selected UPS ground using a promo code for free shipping. I was told I had to go back online to select a host; so much for customer service. After I explained I was no where near a computer, he un-​enthusiastically said he’d check a location by my house and call back. 20 minutes later he called with a location near my home, ok, guess ill just prepare to pickup next time.
Fast forward to me getting off of work, I called the «host» gym on their advertised number (BTB FITNESS) and I asked the person who picked up what the hours of operation were. She replied, «there’s no one here to answer that question for you. I can leave a message and have someone call you back». REALLY? Is this a basement operation? How do you not know your hours!!!
My experience thus far has been horrendous!

I first found out about Pre-​Made Paleo from my friend Delaine, who is a huge fan of the paleo lifestyle and owns and runs Gym Condition in Old Fourth Ward. I’ve been paleo for about 7 months now, off and on, and I have lost 30 lbs and have so much more energy and feel great. My one issue with eating Paleo (local meats, organic veggies, fruits, nuts etc) is that it can be a little time consuming. When you are constantly working with fresh meat and veggies, there’s a lot of prep work involved. It’s worth it, because the food is delicious, but sometimes you don’t always have the time. And here is where Pre-​Made Paleo shines! Premade Paleo is an Atlanta based company that ships nationwide, however because we are lucky enough to have Premade Paleo here in Atlanta, they deliver to local host programs (typically Crossfit gyms) all over Atlanta where you can pick up your food for free shipping! Woohoo!
As Atlanta residents, we also get menu options the rest of the country doesn’t get, and more variety IMO.
I have been ordering their weekly 10 meal menus (they also have 20 meal and 40 meal options and a Whole30 Success pack), which come with 2 servings of 5 different proteins, and 2 servings of 10 3.5oz sides (20 total). So a meal will look like (1) 5oz protein, and (2) 3.5oz sides. Also for those who train hard, and feel 5oz’s of protein is not enough, there is a «warrior» option, where you can order any meal plan with 8oz of protein instead of the 5 oz standard.
The food arrives frozen in vacuum sealed bags, and there is usually a recommended pairing list of sides to go with which proteins, which you can follow or toss, it’s up to you. Pre-​made Paleo was a god send for me in December, when I was really really busy, and didn’t have the time to cook healthy for myself. The meals were usually very delicious, and I love that it’s so easy to cook, just get a large pot of water simmering, drop in the protein for 9 minutes and the sides for 4 – 5 minutes, and in less than 10 minutes you have a delicious Paleo healthy meal! I throw the rest of the packages in the freezer and they are there waiting for me when I need them!
Here is an example of a weekly 10 meal order:
Main Proteins 5 oz. portions (Standard) or 8 oz. portions (Warrior) 10 portions total with the 10 meal plan

Wellness Farms All Natural Chipotle Pork
Wellness Farms Grass-​Fed Coffee Brisket
Koch Farms All-​Natural Turkey Italian Sausage
Springer Mountain Dry Rub Chicken
Springer Mountain Coconut Chicken Soup (1 protein with 2 sides each)

Vegetable Sides 3.5 oz. portions — 20 sides total with the 10 meal plan (Note: Some sides are packaged with a main protein to complement the meal).
Moroccan Parsnip Salad
Bell Pepper Slaw
Roasted Pumpkin
Sauteed Onions and Peppers
Carrot and Ginger Soup (includes 2 portions equaling 4 sides total)
I think a lot of us are trying to work on our health for January, and while resolutions are difficult, I feel like Pre-​made Paleo is one of the good guys making healthy tasty eating a little easier for us!
ETA: The Rhubarbs, Parsnips, and basically all the root veggies this last bag have been pretty bad. Very undercooked and dry and just not good eats. So I’m reducing from 5 star to 4.