The Gourmet Animal
Inspire your week with INSANELY delicious and crush-able meals for your entire work week. Designed for 2x/Day eating with 3-Day or 5-Day Plans. Plenty of gorgeously sourced, local protein and baller veggie sides in each serving so you don't crave the carbs, sugar or other garbage. Plans built for your needs below. A seasonal, custom menu each and every week. No choices to make ever because those are hard
Single (110-130g Protein/Day) - Great for an active 150-190 lb Person
Single LITE (75-90g Protein/Day) - Great for an active 100-150 lb Person
Family (175-200g Protein/Day) - Great for 2 active People (A Single + Single Lite)
Dinners Plan- (65g-70g protein/meal) - Great for 1 active person who only wants dinners for the week.
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We go to the ends of the earth to create dynamic, creative and ever-changing menus on a weekly basis.
FAQ
The Single is designed for someone who weighs 150-190 lbs and needs 100-130g of protein per day.
The Single LITE is designed for someone who weighs between 100-150 lbs and needs 75-90g protein per day or less. This is ideal for active women.
The FAMILY is designed for 2 people and 175-200g protein per day.
We desperately want there to be a solution to our packaging, but the technology at a large scale is not there at the moment. Once sea/plant based packaging becomes more readily available and solid, we'll be the first to use it. And we don't have the facility space to use glass packaging. Wish we could.
For now, all of our packaging is a mix of recyclable plastic and biodegradable fiber. We value food quality and shelf life, and therefore compostable sugarcane bagasse and coated card stock doesn't work for our needs. It soaks up sauces, dries out the protein, and can be a mess in the refrigerator
We will gladly take your empty containers when we deliver your fresh meals on Sunday and reuse them if we can. Just leave them out for pickup on Sunday.
We can't wait for there to be a suitable solution, but the marketplace isn't there just yet.
The 5 Day has 5 ENTREES and 4 SIDES with a beautiful, organic salad.
The 3 Day has 3 ENTREES and 3 SIDES with the same beautiful salad. Each container you receive is designed to have 2 servings.
We usually have a "stir fry" type of entree in each 5 Day prep which already includes vegetables. This is why the 5 Day has 4 sides and a salad.
We deliver on Mondays in the afternoon between 12pm-6pm. Your meals should be there in time for you to enjoy Monday dinner with the Gourmet Animal. Or lunch if you’re first up on the route.
YES! We've been doing Meal Preps for years and our food quality plus our blast chiller for speed cooling proteins will ensure your food lasts up to 6 days in the fridge while maintaining freshness. We always recommend eating the seafood and salad earlier in the week and the braises later. But ALL of it will last 6 days.
Each dish is plated ala carte. Not bento box style. For the 5 Day Prep, you receive 9 dishes with 2 servings of each dish. And the 3 Day Prep has 6 dishes. Packing like this means you have options for entrees and sides that you get to choose.
Swaps are designed so that you don't get protein that you don't want. Ever. If you are a Monthly or Weekly subscriber, all you have to do is Swap once for an item and you'll never get it, or get in touch with us at support@thegourmetanimal.com if there are several proteins you don't eat and we can make a permanent note. Swapping is designed to make it EASY for you to get what you want. And when you swap, the dish will be replaced by the kitchen, not by a menu you have to choose from. You'll get another dish in place of the one you are swapping for without the need to log on and change options weekly.
We print the Next Week’s Menu a week out so you can have a look at what’s offered ahead of Time. We encourage you to SWAP if you don’t like an entree from the menu.
Easy. Just add protein at checkout and you'll get an extra 50g of protein per day for either 3 Days or 5 Days. If you work out regularly and weigh more than 190 lbs, extra protein is recommended..
Up to a point, we will try our best to accommodate you with Swaps. For instance, if you don’t like Fish or seeds just Swap for fish and tell us no seeds on the checkout box under Allergies. If there is some more complicated dietary restrictions, please reach out to support@thegourmetanimal.com and let us know. But if the restrictions are too numerous, we may not be able to work together, and that's okay.
Subscription in order not to get delivered meals for the following Monday?
Both are the same. By Wednesday by 12 am for the following Monday's delivery.
Yes. You can pause if you are traveling but only if you are on the Weekly subscription. For the Monthly subscription, you have to receive 4 deliveries in a row before you can pause or cancel. All of this can be done from the customer portal.
We only serve animal protein, plant protein and organic vegetables from the Farmer’s Market with scratch made sauces. We try to count the protein based on 140-150g protein per day, but we’re not counting all your Macros. You can easily do that with an app if you need to.  Â
Food availability in your fridge keeps you on track and away from cheating with carbs and sugar. Meals are easy tp reheat and delicious and you never have to hunt for food. If you stick with us for a month, we guarantee better sleep, more energy and focus and increased libido. Over time, lots more will change, including getting you closer to your purpose.Â
You can do one of two things. Ether add some veggie patties at checkout and enjoy with the vegetarian sides. Or you can make the Gourmet Animal a full vegetarian delivery. Just click the button by swaps and BINGO, no meat in your meals but plenty of plant based protein.
One of the goals of our service is expanding your palette. You can certainly give us your Deadly allergies on the checkout tab or email us at support@thegourmetanimal.com and we will do our best to never give you what you don't want. Some things are impossible to avoid like garlic and onions. However, if you have allergies to Shellfish or Red Meat or tree nuts, just let us know or SWAP at checkout.
Subscribe MONTHLY and save 15% off each week. You are locked in to 4 deliveries and after the 4th, you can PAUSE or CANCEL your Subscription. Again, you are paying in advance for 4 deliveries- 1 delivery per week. This is the absolute best way to see results!
Subscribe WEEKLY for 10% off each week. You'll be billed at the discounted rate each Monday, the same day your food arrives. The billing auto-renews every Monday. If you want to SKIP a delivery PAUSE the subscription, you must do so in the Customer Portal on Wednesday of the week before the Monday you wish to SKIP or PAUSE.Â
Getting food this clean, delicious and well-sourced not only has tremendous health benefits, it's also one less thing to worry about.
At The Gourmet Animal, we urge you to stay for at least a month to see real results. But if holiday plans or a busy social schedule gets in the way, just pause when you want and rejoin when you're ready.Â
It’s mostly MENTAL. And you’ve got this! If you have the Gourmet Animal, you’ll be in a good place. Just eat what’s in the prep and know that you WILL have cravings and be a little uncomfortable as you start this journey. Some symptoms include crankiness, hunger, and a little keto-flu, which isn’t anything like the real flu. Most acute symptoms pass after 5 days but everyone is different, so we can’t guarantee the timeline. And don’t get discouraged.
Our mission is source the most sustainable and delicious producers on the West Coast. From grass fed beef, forrest raised pork, sumptuous lamb, and heritage chicken- we’re here to find the farms that do the raising right. Add to that Wild Fish and best practices of aqua cultured fish/shellfish and you’ve got sourcing that destroys the competition.
This is designed for foodies with health focus. Global cuisine and an epic variety of dishes means you trust the source and it rarely gets boring. Even though sometimes eating your veggies IS boring. We spruce it all up so that even our Brussels sprouts taste magical. Eventually, we’ll be serving Venison, Elk, and other exotic meats as we find the best suppliers in the country.
Yes. We have a button at checkout that you toggle. And you'll have all your food diary free. clear answer