We tried out Meal Time Box, the newest meal-subscription service on the market — and we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of its food

Anyone who works long hours knows the importance of eating well and how difficult it can be to find the time to prepare a decent meal. Arriving home exhausted, it’s much easier to order in a pizza or snag some Thai takeout than it is to throw together some steak and vegetables, or whatever other dream meal you’d make, if only you had the spare hours.

Meal Time Box is a company attempting to tackle this issue, making it easier for people to get some comfort food in their stomachs. Founder and CEO Justin Hwa told us that he created the company in order to address a problem that he saw growing in American culture. “I believe we, as a nation, have gone very off course in terms of what we're supposed to eat. Time, the amount of work, and money are factors, but there are cost-effective, easy solutions already out there.”

Hwa’s easy and cost-effective to this problem was creating Meal Time Box, a meal-subscription service that makes homestyle meals ranging from Baked Penne to Meatloaf to Jambalaya, freezes them in vacuum-sealed bags, and delivers them straight to the door of customers looking to enjoy a hot meal made from real ingredients. Customers place their orders online, select whichever meals they’d like to try, and have them delivered in an insulated box to ensure freshness. After about four minutes in the microwave, each meal is ready to eat.

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