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Good Measure Meals is the brainchild of highly acclaimed chef Tom Murphy from the famed Murphy’s in Midtown targeted to make people eat healthier and ultimately lose weight. Although the healthy and losing weight part was an added bonus, I was more excited to learn that we can now enjoy his amazing gourmet meals at home — daily, and delivered, too!

Complete, balanced meal plans are offered for 5 or 7 days and include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. You can select from four daily calorie levels: 1200, 1400, 1700, and 2100. According to their website, “it is the only home delivered meal plan that combines healthy, balanced nutrition with a “gourmet” menu making eating healthy, affordable and convenient”.

Ranging from a mere $18.99 to $22.99 per day, meals can either be delivered for $25 a week or picked-up for free from several locations in the metro area. Save even more by ordering a full month to get $50 off on the seven-day plans and $35 on five-day plans. I ordered the 5-day plan for a week just to try it out and I must say, I’m really impressed. Incidentally, I got $20 off on my first order.

Although you cannot customize any of the meals nor can you substitute or delete any of the ingredients, rest assured you are going to love each meal and turn you into eating stuff you never ate or didn’t like to eat before.

Weekly meals are rotated every four weeks with a new week that will be added into the rotation sometime in March.

Here’s a sample menu…
Breakfast (330 Calories, 9g Fat)
Herbed-omelette, Turkey Ham, Fresh Seasonal Fruit (cantaloupe), wheat English muffin
Lunch (470 Calories, 20g Fat)
Open-faced Steak and Portabello Mushroom sandwich on a baguette topped with Provolone Cheese, Fresh Roma Tomato, Mixed greens, Fresh Fruit (tangerine)
Dinner (410 Calories, 11g Fat)
Lobster & Ricotta Cheese raviolis smothered with a Thyme-Cream sauce and shredded Parmesan Cheese. Primavera Style Vegetables with Italian Seasoning. Fresh Mesclun Greens Side Salad with Italian Dressing

Insider Tip:

• Order the next lower calorie plan so you have room to add snacks that you like.
• You can switch meals within a particular day, say, eat dinner for breakfast; but I won’t recommend switching days (eating Tuesday’s lunch on Friday) since there’s the issue of freshness and I believe the meals are planned in a way that the most perishable ones are eaten first.
• Orders are automatically renewed. You must cancel your next order by 4pm Thursday.
• Remember to pick-up your meals before the pick-up place’s closing time. Due to Georgia Health Codes, all unpicked-up meals are thrown away after closing time.

The scoop:
Good Measure Meals
http://www.goodmeasuremeals.com/
404-815-7695

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