Shrimp is the honest test of any meal service. Reheat a shrimp dish that was cooked, frozen, shipped across three states, and thawed on your porch — you'll know instantly. Rubbery, watery, shrunk to half its size. That's why most national meal boxes quietly avoid shrimp altogether, or hide it in a heavy sauce.
We put it front and center. This week's Fajita Shrimp Saute — corn, peppers, coriander rice, and tomatillo cream — is the plate people ask us to bring back, and it works for one reason: it never sees a freezer. It's cooked fresh in our kitchen in Hamden and delivered refrigerated to your door that same weekend. Sunday or Monday, it's in your fridge. That's the whole supply chain.
The freshness difference isn't just texture. Fresh-cooked meals don't need the sodium load and stabilizers that frozen meals lean on to survive the trip. Ours just need a fridge and three minutes in the microwave.
The macros (yes, shrimp is a protein bargain)
- Fat Loss portion: 452 calories — 38g protein, 43g carbs, 14g fat
- Performance portion: 555 calories — 40g protein, 65g carbs, 14g fat
- Protein Plus portion: 457 calories — 51g protein, 43g carbs, 9g fat
That Protein Plus line is worth a second look: 51 grams of protein at 457 calories, with 9 grams of fat. Full macros for every dish, all nine menu weeks, are here.
Fajita Shrimp Saute is on the menu right now. Order by Wednesday at midnight and it's at your door Sunday or Monday — we deliver across New Haven County, Hartford County, and most of Fairfield County. See your town and delivery day →
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