One colleague once told me that being busy is not an excuse to foster unhealthy eating habits. I always complained about having no time to prepare my vegan meals because of work. She suggested that I do an honest Splendid Spoon review to help busy people who share my sentiments.

Is this vegan meal delivery service an appealing alternative to the grab-and-go lifestyle? Let's find out.

What is Splendid Spoon?

Splendid Spoon is a popular plant-derived meal delivery service that provides various ready-to-eat smoothies, grain bowls, soups, and noodle dishes. It also offers a personalized menu for over 150 dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Splendid Spoon offers its customers the freedom to modify your profile to note flavors or ingredients that you’d like to avoid for your future orders. Furthermore, they offer plant-based, gluten-free, and non-GMO vegan meals.

Their breakfast menu generally consists of low sugar smoothies comprising ingredients like coconut, cherries, cacao, or almond butter. They offer smoothie flavors like pumpkin spice, mint chip, and strawberry goji. Whereas their lunch menu typically offers soups and smoothies or bowls filled with whole grains, veggies, and proteins like lentils, chickpeas, and beans.

On the other hand, their dinner menu offers a noodle bowl featuring rice noodles with various seasonings, sauces, and vegetables. An added menu called “reset day” comprises five smoothie soups for your meals and snacks.

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How Does It Work?

To place your order on Splendid Spoon, just go to their official website and create an account. Afterward, you can click the Get Started button to pick your preferred plant-based meal plan. You can also customize your vegan, gluten-free, and ready-to-eat meals or by sticking with their menu per week.

And then, all you have to do is to wait for Splendid Spoon to deliver your package every Wednesday or Friday, right to your door. The meals will arrive fully-cooked but chilled to preserve their freshness.

What I like best with Splendid Spoon is how flexible their deliveries are. I can choose how often I want to receive my meals. I opted to receive a once-a-month schedule, as I was still trying to weigh if I would like their meals or not. But I learned that I could receive my package per week and every other week, too.

Splendid Spoon Meal Selection

Breakfast package

Their breakfast package comprises five smoothies, which cost a little less than $15 per meal, amounting to more than $50 in total. These protein-packed smoothies are delivered weekly to power your morning routine.

You may select from their low-sugar, protein-packed, or banana-free options. With these smoothies, your busy mornings will be saved without having to settle for a protein bar that won’t keep up for the energy you need throughout the day.

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Breakfast and Lunch package

The breakfast and lunch package comprises 5 protein-packed smoothies, 5 soups and 5 bowls like lemon wild rice and broccoli. Each meal is a little less than $10 each, which amounts to less than $150 in total. It also includes one full-day reset meal. Since this is the most popular meal, this is the package I ordered for this honest splendid spoon review.

Breakfast, lunch, and Reset package

This package is the most popular package of Splendid Spoon. It comprises Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, plus 1-Day Soup Reset. Each meal is just a little less than $10, which amounts to less than $200 in total.

You’ll get five smoothies, five bowls, five light soups, five noodle bowls, and one full-day reset in this package. These meals are also ready-to-go, so you can always have these meals whenever your hunger strikes. Getting 5 bowls a week is convenient, too.

“When you truly understand that your food choices are powerful and life-affirming, you can exercise control and restraint without deprivation.” - Marlene Adlemann, Herbalist, Writer, and Founder of the Herbal Academy

How’s The Taste & Quality?

I am a certified vegetarian, so my taste buds are accustomed to vegetarian meals. I have to admit that Splendid Spoon’s menu looks like a real plant-based restaurant inspired by worldwide flavors to me.

Since the menu had plenty of food varieties to choose from, Splendid Spoon scored big on this department. Its flavor, combos, and ingredients were as many, so it's another plus for me. I liked the smoothies and how they tasted. They are refreshing and tasty.

However, I wasn’t fascinated with their soup and bowls. I just thought that they aren’t mind-blowing. Some taste awesome, flat, and overpowering at some point. In other words, the food may depend on your taste preference.

Splendid Spoon Menu

Breakfast Smoothies

There are at least 15 available low-sugar smoothies to sip for breakfast. These smoothies are in slim plastic, and the bottles are portable to have even when you’re in transit or anywhere you decide to go. The list of ingredients can be found on the bottle if you want to know what’s in your drinks.

These smoothies are pre-blended beverages containing fruit and pea protein-rich ingredients, such as chia seeds, pea powder, hemp protein, or almond butter. However, I want to warn those new to protein powders because they can add a slightly gritty or chalky texture.

Lunch Bowls & Grain Bowls

There are 31 available veggie-loaded lunch bowls on Splendid Spoon’s menu. You can choose soups/grain bowls for your lunch without the hassle of preparing. Furthermore, these meals have rice noodle bases, brown rice, plenty of veggies, and flavorful sauces like the Tuscan White Bean and Tomato Bowl.

You can try the Creamy Butternut Squash Noodles with broccoli and turmeric. I also ordered the Sesame Noodles with shiitakes and collard greens, and I think it tasted better than the other lunch bowls I usually find at the grocery store. The Kale Pesto Noodles with roasted tomatoes and plant-based Parmesan are worth trying, too.

Sippable Resets

There are 5 available light soups designed to be consumed every day to reset your digestive system called reset. These are special packages. I have only tried two resets so far—the butternut turmeric soup with a little bit of sweet potatoes and nutmeg and fennel consommé with lemon peel and dill.

Both sippable soups are light and veggie-loaded. I am not quite sure about the meaning of reset. However, since the soups are delicious, I didn’t really mind what it's called.

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What’s the Ordering Process?

Ordering from Splendid Spoon is as easy as 1-2-3. Just click the Get Started button, pick your preferred plant-based subscription plan. Click “get started,” and check out the shipping by entering your email and zip code to check if Splendid Spoon delivers to your area.

After checking if they deliver to your area, you can now choose the smoothies, soups, or any package you want. You can also select how often your packages should come right to your door.

Shipping, Packaging, & Delivery

Splendid Spoon delivers in all lower 48 states, from residences to businesses. This vegan meal subscription service partners with FedEx, Ontrac, CDL, and AxleHire in delivering your packages.

All meals are shipped with dry ice and recyclable Climacell insulation, so they arrive chilled. Aside from using minimal packaging, they are also made from recyclable materials. Their boxes and plastic bottles are 100% BPA-free and recyclable. However, they only deliver on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Any Splendid Spoon Drawbacks?

Based on my research and customer reviews, most customers complained about the grain bowls’ texture contrast. Most of them are also disappointed with the schedule of deliveries. Customers can only get their packages on Wednesdays or Fridays. However, these drawbacks are only minimal, that some customers don’t even mind.

What Customers Say About Splendid Spoon

Customers also find Splendid Spoon convenient to use since this plant-based subscription delivery service provides grab-and-go-packed plant-based meals.

One thing that most customers like about them is their recyclable package. Splendid Spoon uses minimal packaging and even launched a program and how-to recycle guide on their website.

FAQs

Is Splendid Spoon organic?

Yes, Splendid Spoon uses fresh, healthy, and 95% organic ingredients for their smoothies. They also use 100% GMO-free ingredients for their recipes. When creating their soup and grain bowl, they always prioritize the “Dirty Dozen” list, which includes spinach, tomatoes, kale, celery, potatoes, and strawberries while sourcing.

Does Splendid Spoon offer dinner bowls?

Yes, Splendid Spoon offers dinner bowls like the Cuban black bean bowl with brown rice, which comprises five noodle bowls. These meals are nourishing, easy to prepare, loaded with herbs and spices, and gluten-free noodles, promoting your satiety and fiber intake.

You may also avail of their breakfast + lunch + dinner + Reset recipes. They also offer a wellness shot made with ginger, lemon juice, orange juice, and oregano extract.

Will I lose weight with Splendid Spoon?

Yes, you will lose weight with Splendid Spoon’s vegan meal packages. Although the meal delivery service does not claim any weight loss results, they create healthy and nourishing plant-based meals that promote healthy eating habits. With Splendid Spoon, you can have more nutritious meal options according to their health information found on their website.

Their reset package item that can be taken every week is designed to lower your calorie intake. Excess calories in any form or type can be stored as body fat. [1] So, enjoying “reset” once a week may help you lose weight without depriving yourself of delicious food.

How long do Splendid Spoon meals last?

Splendid Spoon meals last 1 – 3 months if kept frozen. However, their grain, noodle, and soups taste best when eaten within 1 – 2 weeks. Their meals come with recyclable insulation and dry ice, ensuring that every meal arrives chilled and fresh.

If you plan to eat their bowls, it is best to freeze them right after unpacking, so you can extend their shelf life and reduce waste. You don’t have to worry about their meals, as they are flash-frozen, so each meal features locked-in vitamins and nutrients, extending their shelf life.

Their smoothies and wellness shots also provide an “Enjoy By,” which provides a specific date printed on the bottle when it is safe to consume them. These smoothies are also High-Pressure Processed. The bottles are pressurized at cold temperatures, killing potentially harmful pathogens and maintaining the raw ingredients’ nutritional profile.

How do you cancel a Splendid Spoon meal?

To cancel a Splendid Spoon meal, just log into your account, click on Edit Plan in the top left-hand corner of their official website. And then scroll up to the bottom and select Cancel Your Plan. Afterward, you can go to the cancellation flow and specify why you decided to cancel your plan. Then, click Finish Cancelling My Account to finish the process.

However, please note that you cannot cancel before your first delivery since it has already been paid for. If you had selected Wednesday deliveries, cancel before 4 pm ET on Thursday. It should be before 4 pm ET on Sunday if you set Friday deliveries. You cannot cancel your account for those who selected the Prepay and Schedule option until you have finished all of your purchased deliveries.

Is Splendid Spoon Worth Buying?

After doing this intensive Splendid Spoon review for a month, I can say that Splendid Spoon is worth buying if you barely have time to cook for your meals. Their meal options are fast and provide easy access to healthy, vegetarian meals. There’s no more hassle of spending time shopping, prepping, or cooking.

Besides, they also offer plenty of meals to pick from. Taste-wise, I may not have liked every meal plan they offer, but there are a few favorites that made it to my list. Eating frozen and microwaved meals often give us a subpar quality taste. So, I was quite surprised that Splendid Spoon offered meals that matched my style and taste. Lastly, it offered me convenience and nutritious, organic, and delicious food.

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About Author

Kathy Carmichael

Hi! My name is Kathy, I am a retired high school English teacher & vegan enthusiast and blogger. My entire blog is fully plant-based vegan. I truly believe what we eat & how we live determines our health & the preservation of our planet! 🙂