I often talk about gastronomy on the blog as you may have noticed, because I am a fine gourmet as one of my colleagues would say. However, generally speaking, I mostly talk to you about restaurants, bars, pastries, in short, places outside to eat and drink well. Today I am going to make an exception to this rule by talking to you about all the good things you can enjoy while staying quietly at home thanks to home delivery, because it sometimes feels good not to leave the house too… It was already useful before, but obviously since the arrival of Covid our lifestyles have completely changed and it has become even more essential than before!
In this article, which I update regularly, you will therefore find plenty of websites, brands, and concepts that offer home delivery of good products to help us in our daily lives!
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Quitoque, cooking basket
Quitoque is a cooking basket service delivered to your home every week (at home or in Click&Collect, everywhere in France which is extremely practical). The quantities of meals per week are completely flexible according to your needs (from 2 to 9 recipes per week out of 16 to choose from) and a very important point, the subscription can be suspended whenever you want for as long as you want and resumed just as easily!
Basically, you sign up, choose the number of people in the household, the number of meals you want per week, and then select your recipes for the following week(s).
The basket is composed of fresh, seasonal, French-origin products, preferred labels and of good quality I found, as well as detailed recipe cards, to cook your own meals for the week.
This allows you to prepare your meals without having to find new recipes and also to test preparations that you might not have thought of on your own. I was particularly pleasantly surprised by the spätzle salad (photos below) which was delicious. The recipes are generally quite simple and fairly quick to make (about 30 minutes).
This saves time (especially in planning weekly meals) and also produces less waste, because you use all the planned ingredients. In short, Quitoque is a good solution for preparing good home-cooked meals without losing too much time and rediscovering the pleasure of cooking without any hassle.
Thanks to Quitoque and Hivency for letting us test this service for 1 week.
For 4 recipes for 2 people for one week: €59 (that is €7.38 per plate and obviously prices are degressive if you take more recipes)
The great deal: Quitoque promo code for my subscribers to get a €20 discount on your first 2 orders (from €57 of purchase) MELLEBONPLAN2X20
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Chef, SOS Chef
This brand offers a selection of quality bistronomic dishes, prepared with local products, for takeaway and home delivery. There is an address in Paris in the 12th arrondissement (it’s the one I tested) but there is also an address in Sèvres and another in Saint-Cloud.
To taste: salmon spinach quiche (€7.90); ostrich foie gras (€14.90); morel mushroom risotto and poultry strips (€16.90), smoked duck and beef shepherd’s pie (€13.90); yuzu praline chocolate parfait (€6.90); speculoos creamy dessert with coffee chantilly (€5.90).
Chef, SOS Chef
244 rue de Charenton Paris 75012
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Avekapeti
Avekapeti is a start-up that offers a 2.0 canteen to allow companies and individuals to order their home-cooked meals for the week starting at €5.90! The concept is simple, home-made only, with fresh products, without additives or preservatives, prepared by chefs undergoing retraining and coached by the Michelin-starred chef Christian Conticini. The result is very satisfying, it’s simple but well done, you enjoy yourself and the prices are very affordable for a good lunch during your lunch break.
The little extra: recently Avekapeti is attempting the bet of delivery in reusable glass containers for regular customers (via a deposit system) in partnership with Pyxo for a more eco-responsible approach to delivery.
Avekapeti
159 Rue du Dr Bauer, 93400 Saint-Ouen
The great deal: promo code for my subscribers to get a €7.90 discount on your first order (no minimum purchase) “MBP” (valid until February 28, 2022)
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The famous Chicken with morel mushrooms from the rotisserie Dufrénoy
For the record, the first rotisseries appeared at the beginning of the 16th century, with the creation of mechanical turnspits. Over time, this tradition has been perpetuated and roasting is therefore ancestral.
However, even if roast chicken is a historical and traditional dish, it is not always easy to find a quality one…
At Dufrénoy, this practice dates back more than 30 years, with specific preparation and seasoning, combined with cooking over the rotisserie flame which gives the house poultry a tasty flavor that unfortunately cannot be reproduced at home (yeah I also find it a shame, but well…).
Created in 1985, the Rôtisserie Dufrénoy now has 4 shops in the heart of Paris with a service for ordering roast chickens online and delivery in less than 45 minutes in Paris and the surrounding area.
My advice: heat it up in the oven for more flavor.
Price: €12 for 1 portion for 1 person of chicken with morel mushrooms
39, rue Rochechouart 75009 Paris
16, rue Dufrénoy 75016 Paris
63, rue des Abbesses 75018 Paris
3, Rue de Lourmel 75015 Paris
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Ola Kala Box
Ola Kala Box is a Greek culinary subscription box launched at the end of 2020 by a young couple. The concept is simple: every month, you receive 5 or 6 fine Greek grocery products at home to cook and take your taste buds on a journey to Greece. Each box is themed (Greek recipe, sweet box, sports box, etc).
All products come straight from producers in Greece that the couple has selected and met. The goal of their approach: to help discover a bit of Mediterranean and more specifically Greek culture through unique flavors.
Below is the sweet treats box that I received to test. On the menu: Greek heather honey, fig cookies, strawberry jam with mint and pepper, mountain tea, and kourabiedes (traditional Greek dessert).
Subscription price: €29.90 per month (€86.90 for 3 months and €169.90 for 6 months)
The great deal: €10 discount on the first box by subscribing to the newsletter from the site
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Alancienne, organic product delivery
Alancienne is a service for home delivery of ultra-fresh and organic products directly from small local producers in Paris and Lyon. It is also a company labeled as a social and solidarity economy enterprise, which works every day to have the strongest possible positive impact, which I always appreciate! I actually discovered the service back in 2015, the date of my first Alancienne test, and I was immediately convinced.
On the site, we find products that change according to dates with fruits and vegetables, but also dairy products, eggs, butcher shop, bakery, and grocery items.
What I liked:
- The origin of products that come from small producers and are seasonal!
- Free delivery from €30 of purchase
- The possibility also to order fresh products
- The ease of navigating on the website and placing an order
What I liked less:
- The deposit system (€1.30 / packaging) for cold product packaging, it is free for 6 weeks but then you have to pay for it. You can return it to the Alancienne delivery person, but mine left (running, apparently) before I had time to open the door…
Alancienne
The great deal: with code MLLEBONPLAN you will have €10 discount (only for new customers and for a minimum order of €30)
And otherwise with the referral code GAELLE22028 you will have €5 discount (only for new customers and for a minimum order of €20)
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“Caisse qu’on mange”, organic ingredient home delivery site
This site composes balanced menus and delivers the organic ingredients necessary for their realization. Then all that’s left is to cook! The recipes are easy (even I managed!) and are prepared in less than 30 min normally which is very practical.
The order must be placed before Thursday evening 11pm, for delivery the following Tuesday at a relay point or at your home.
My little crate recipes : Chard with feta, a super simple recipe and vegetables that I really wasn’t used to cooking in the end. Finally, it’s very easy to prepare and what’s more, it’s super good; Guinea fowl supreme with fresh grapes and semolina; haddock with coconut milk; autumn omelet;
Price: the duo crate I tested (4 meals for 2 people) for €69
The novelty: the launch of the “solo” crate (4 meals for 1 person / €39), more adapted for people living alone.
The great deal: with the promo code mademoiselle you benefit from -€10 on your first order on the website!
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Les Partisans du Terroir
The site les partisans du terroir has chosen to promote French organic or biodynamic local products. It sells seasonal fruits and vegetables, wine, honey, flour, preserves, fresh juices… Via the site’s online shop you can order crates of fruits and vegetables (which vary according to arrivals / €21 for the large one and €10.50 for the small one) but also more or less individually with portions of a specific product.
The idea of the site is to highlight small Norman producers who produce quality products with love. All are certified organic farming and many of them go much further. Some work notably in permaculture and agroforestry.
Alongside this, the site also sells products other than fruits and vegetables, such as organic preserves from Karine & Jeff or a beautiful selection of natural wines but also other drinks like Gimber which is a non-alcoholic drink based on Peruvian ginger.
My opinion: I really found that the delivered products were of great quality and I particularly appreciated the zero-waste effort of the site which delivers its products in a large plastic bin which leaves empty with the delivery person after home delivery. This helps reduce packaging to a minimum and I find that very well thought out.
deliveries in Paris and the inner suburbs
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Funky Veggie
The concept of Funky Veggie is a subscription for one meal per week (called panyeah), ready to be cooked in 30 minutes and delivered to your home.
How it works: Funky Veggie provides the ingredients and seasonings in appropriate quantity + a very detailed recipe card (steps, preparation time, number of people + some tips) for the creation of a 100% organic vegetarian dish. The delivery is obviously done in ecological packaging for the small detail but which has its importance.
For my part I had all the ingredients to make miso glazed eggplants. I followed the recipe more or less even if I moved away from it a bit at times because I didn’t really have the equipment to do it (the oven cooking part with my combi-oven seemed too long to me), but I had no trouble adapting the recipe to my constraints and the result was tasty.
I also liked discovering products that I don’t usually use such as miso or graffiti eggplants for example.
The great deal: every week, photo contest on the instagram of @funky_veggie with the hashtag #funkyveggie to have a little gourmet surprise in your panyeah for the following week.
Other great deal, with the promo code funkymademoisellebonplan your first panyeah is at €19 instead of €24!
Good to know: there is no commitment and you stop the subscription whenever you want!
Price: €24 for 2 people per week (delivery costs included)
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Frichti for good eating every day
Frichti is a service that brings homemade cooking to your doorstep with good products, fresh and seasonal, all for a very reasonable price.
Delivery possible every day for lunch and dinner from 10:30 am to 3 pm and from 6 pm to 11:30 pm (€1.50 only for delivery in route slots / €2.90 in express), by bike or electric scooter.
Price: dish for 1 person between €5.90 and €8.90 / a roast chicken for 4 people €29 / 4 Bordier farm eggs €2.70 / 1 Bordier croissant €1.30 / formula at €12
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Labellevie, the Parisian online delicatessen
Labellevie.com is an hour-long grocery delivery service in Paris that offers over 3000 products. Suppliers are carefully selected and the site offers quality products: from the butcher to the produce shop, from the bakery to the grocery store, from the fish market to the cheese shop.
Here in photo is the little menu that I had concocted for myself by ordering on the site for an amount of about €20.
The site also offers ready-to-eat items and recipe kits (sweet or savory), just select the recipe you like and all the ingredients join your basket (handy right!).
The little extra: doing your grocery shopping and ordering your brunch at the same time, all from under the duvet on a Sunday or a public holiday when everything is closed, which is super practical!
The great deal: with the promo code MELLEBONPLAN you will get a credit of €10 on your first order. No reason not to test the service!
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Mon Aveyron
The principle of this online shop is to offer the best of Aveyron gastronomy in home delivery throughout France. Indeed, this country of gastronomy is rich in artisanal products and culinary specialties.
The site offers only farm and artisanal productions from the department (more than 350 products): Aligot de l’Aubrac (emblematic recipe of the region), Aveyron shuttles with candied orange, Marcillac wine confit, pearl onions candied in Ratafia, Aubrac honey walnut and tea grapilles, tripoux (traditional dish), snail terrine with Ratafia, AOC Marcillac and Ratafia wines, artisanal Aveyron beers, AOP Grand Aubrac cheeses, Aubrac farm beef, …
The principle is simple, you fill your basket online and you are delivered at home 48 to 72 hours later.
The good address of an Aveyron restaurant in Paris: En Attendant l’Or (75011 Paris)
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Paris Breakfast, breakfast home delivery
The idea is to introduce quality products from very good Parisian artisan bakers.
I tested the Business Menu (€18), delivered with the newspaper of your choice, a croissant, a milk bread, a freshly squeezed orange juice (fresh it is always more appreciable) and a Palais des Thés tea or a coffee.
Paris Breakfast delivers throughout Paris from 8:30 am to 12 pm
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Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez and Melle Bon Plan Photos not royalty-free, photographer's authorization mandatory before any use
