Once upon a time I wrote a blog post about Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen recommendations. Many months later I received a phone call from a brand new company, LeafSide, that is developing shelf-stable meal packs that make it easy to meet Dr. Greger’s nutritional recommendations. This excited me primarily for two reasons.
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2. Sometimes (well, often!) I don’t feel like assembling a meal. I’m busy. I’m impatient. I don’t like spending much time in the kitchen. But I know how important a healthful diet is for wellness so I often end up eating very simple whole food, plant-based dishes or monomeals. LeafSide SOLVES my hurdles!
It means very little work! LeafSide removes over 90% of the work of healthy eating: no planning, shopping, washing, cutting, measuring, cooking, or cleaning.
It means that it fits your life! LeafSide meal packs are shelf-stable (ie: no fridge needed), last for months, and easily goes places with you: pantry, office, hotel, camping, gym, school, etc. Consume where and when you like and there’s no throwing out stale food!
It means no compromises! When you’re pressed for time (or when traveling) you can reject the status quo of unhealthy fast food, because LeafSide finally delivers healthy convenience. In particular, stir-bowls are ideal for traveling because they require just hot water and a container.
Well, what does “complete nutrition” mean?
Real meals! Each LeafSide pack is a 500 to 750 calorie meal, designed by professional chefs to taste great and to keep you full for up to 5 hours.
Real food! LeafSide uses only plant-based whole foods. The meal packs are currently over 90% organic with each ingredient carefully screened for quality. (LeafSide is in the process of having 100% of the ingredients be USDA organic.) They use no fillers or artificial ingredients. You can see the real food and you can pronounce everything on the ingredients list. And they have no added oil or sugar! Added salt in the savory meals (savory stir-bowls and soups) is a healthful minimal combination of sea salt and miso powder and soon LeafSide will offer a zero salt option. And they are B12 fortified! Can it get any better?
LeafSide offers 4 meal types: sweet smoothies, savory soups, sweet stir bowls, and savory stir bowls. Remember one sweet and one savory meets Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen recommendations! Of course you’re not limited to just 2 LeafSide meals a day.
Right now there are 16 different meal packs: 4 soups, 6 smoothies and 6 stir-bowls. You could enjoy two meal packs per day for a week and never repeat a meal!
Let me show you more in this video:
No way! Stir-bowls are $8.99, smoothies are $7.99, and soups are $6.99. LeafSide is using a subscription model to help you stay easily supplied with quick nutritious food. They recommend for your first box a sample of each 16 LeafSide meals but you don’t have to order one of each. As long as you order 12 meals (FREE SHIPPING!) each month of any combination, your subscription will remain active. You can rearrange your meal combinations each month and you can pause, edit, or cancel your subscription at any time.
Show me where you’re going to find quick-and-easy-to-prepare hearty, filling meal packs that contain 20-30 highly recommended whole plant foods for just $8.00 (average) each. Wait! I’ll show you! It’s LeafSide. They are now accepting new beta customers and you can sign up here.
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The berry smoothie looks delicious!
It really is! I love the flavor!
Hi! Would really like to get more info on LeafSide and their products, but I really don’t want to have to “register” in order to do that. If you could pass along the thought, I might not be alone in that notion.
I will pass your comment along to LeafSide admin!
UPDATE: I spoke with the LeafSide team today. The registration feature will soon be optional so you will be able to browse the products without any interference.
LeafSide is a new startup company so upgrades, improvements, and changes are being made daily. Thank you for your patience!
I would like to register but it won’t take any passwords no matter how long it is……
Let me let LeafSide admin know. I know they are upgrading the website and so there may be a small window of inoperation. If that’s the case I’m sure it’ll be up and running within a few hours.
Thanks for this great overview and introduction to the new LeafSide products! I just placed an order to try for quick meals, travel, when at other’s homes, camping & backpacking, and maybe to give a box to my DIL who is expecting first baby this fall and might appreciate quick,healthy meals.
Wonderful! I’m glad you found the review helpful and I hope you enjoy eating LeafSide as much as I do. Thanks for reading & commenting!
Very interested in your salt free option when it’s developed. Any way I can be on an alert mailing list?
Please contact LeafSide directly in order to be notified. https://www.goleafside.com/contact-us/
It’s too bad LeafSide is not certified gluten-free as they do not use a gluten-free facility. Being celiac, I cannot take their products.
Perhaps as the company grows they will be able to offer you gluten-free options.
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