eMeals Review 2025: Save Time on Diet Planning

Overview

eMeals is a meal planning app offering recipes across 15 customizable diet plans, with 7 new recipes added weekly. Users select recipes, and the app generates a shopping list that can be used for self-shopping or synced with grocery delivery services like Instacart and Walmart. This is a great setup for those who need meal planning support but prefer to shop and cook themselves.

The app caters to diverse dietary preferences, including keto, paleo, Mediterranean, plant-based, diabetic-friendly, budget-friendly, kid-friendly, and quick-prep options. You’re asked to select a plan at sign-up, but you can mix and match plans, add recipes from other diets, and customize shopping lists by removing unwanted ingredients. However, allergen-specific filters (except gluten-free) are lacking, which may be an issue if you have certain dietary needs.

Recipes vary in skill level and prep time but are generally straightforward. While the app integrates well with grocery services, some features – such as managing subscriptions and shopping lists – are split between the app and website, which can be confusing.

eMeals doesn’t deliver ingredients – you must shop for them separately. However, the subscription is affordable compared to traditional meal delivery services or prepared meals. Customer support is limited to a contact form and FAQ, which could be improved.

Overall, I think eMeals offers a practical, budget-friendly solution for meal planning. It’s ideal for those who enjoy cooking, don’t mind grocery shopping, and want to reduce the stress of planning meals while accommodating specific dietary preferences.

eMeals' Offer: You Get Access to 15 Meal Plans

When you sign up for eMeals you’ll have access to 15 meal plans each with 7 weekly meals. When you select the meals you want, the ingredients are added to your cart. You can go to the store and buy these yourself or have the app arrange grocery pickup or delivery through one of its shopping partners. When the ingredients arrive, it’s time to get cooking.

Recipe Plans: You Get New Recipes Each Week

eMeals accommodates many specific diets and curates 7 recipes per plan each week. Each recipe plan usually includes a fun beverage, too – alcoholic and non-alcoholic. You’ll find most recipes are lunch and dinner appropriate, but you can find some breakfast-appropriate recipes when you search the catalog.

You can choose recipes for the following diet and prep-based plans:

• Plant-Based: vegetarian and vegan-friendly recipes
• Mediterranean: recipes of fresh veggies, healthy fats, and fish or meat
• Gluten Free: recipes excluding ingredients with gluten
• Diabetic: recipes including 30 to 55 g carbs and around 500 kcal per serving
• Paleo: minimally processed, grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free
• Keto: recipes of high fat, low carb, moderate protein foods
• Low Carb: recipes including less than 20 g net carbs per serving
• Low Calorie: recipes including 500 kcal or less per serving
• Heart Healthy: recipes including 800 mg sodium and 500 kcal per serving (estimated)
• Slow Cooker: recipes great for a slow cooker
• 30 Minute: easy prep recipes ready in 30 minutes or less
• Budget Friendly: recipes using typically affordable ingredients
• Kid Friendly: recipes of familiar favorites typically liked by kids
• Clean Eating: recipes using minimally processed ingredients
• Quick and Healthy: easy prep recipes with minimally processed ingredients

You’re required to pick a plan when signing up, but you can choose from any meal plan once you’ve created your account. For recipes you want to try, simply click + Add to List on the recipe card. You’ll see your Shopping List cart update and be able to view the recipe ingredients added to your Shopping List.

What’s great is the app keeps 2 lists for you – Meal Recipes and Shopping List. This way you can still see which ingredient is for which recipe and edit your List smartly. Sometimes, you’ll notice the same recipes on different menus, like Keto recipes on the Mediterranean or Paleo plan, and vice versa.

There are plenty of recipes with unique ingredients to satisfy adventurous palates. The prep time is displayed on each meal image, so if you’re not wanting to spend too long in the kitchen, then select those meals with the lowest prep times.

There’s no automated recipe selection feature, so you must manually select your recipes each week. The service automatically recommends recipes, but you have to open your account and select which recipes you want to create a shopping list for. If you prefer a more automated service, you might want to check out one of these Top Meal Delivery Services of 2025.

The most convenient feature is that you can remove any recipe ingredient from your List, making recipes 100% flexible according to your dietary needs. If you see an ingredient you know you want to avoid, you can simply swipe left on the ingredient to delete it from your List.