Meal delivery service combines healthy meals and wellness visits

By SDCN Editor

San Diego, CA–San Diegans can now order a week’s worth of healthy meals with a side of enriching conversation, both crucial for San Diego’s rapidly growing older adult population.

Healthy at Home, a new local meal delivery service powered by the Jewish Family Service of San Diego, offers fully prepared frozen meals and wellness checks for adults living in 40 zip codes throughout San Diego County.

Meals start at $8.99 per plate and are served with an entrée, seasonal steamed or roasted vegetables, and cooked whole grains. Individuals can order their preferred meals for themselves or loved ones and select how frequently they would like them delivered. The meals, such as Tex Mex Southwestern Beef, Citrus Ginger Cod, and Vegetable Frittata, arrive frozen and individually packaged with easy-to-read labels that include nutritional information and heating instructions.

In addition to delivering meals, trained Healthy at Home drivers from Jewish Family Service, a trusted human services agency for more than a century, will verify the individual is home and do a general assessment for any health or safety concerns that should be shared with an emergency contact.

“What may seem like a simple in-person visit can mean the world to someone who may be isolated and living alone,” said Kristine Stensberg, senior director of Jewish Family Service, Nutrition and Aging Care Services. “Because nutrition is critical to the prevention and management of many chronic illnesses, Healthy at Home offers a diverse menu of balanced meals catered toward individuals with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and anyone looking for more nutritious options.”

The rotating menu is developed by Jewish Family Service’s registered dietician and resident chefs who design each recipe to align with Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension and Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes nutrition standards, which support heart health and can help manage blood pressure with foods that are lower in sodium, saturated fat and cholesterol, and higher in dietary fiber, potassium, and other heart-healthy nutrients. Special diets, including low-sodium and vegetarian, can also be accommodated.

Customers can order seven meals and get one free with savings code “TryMe,” now through Oct. 31.

For more information, or to start a Healthy at Home order, visit healthyathomesd.com.