Looking for healthy dinner options? These top meal kits of 2023 are as nutritious as they are hassle-free.
CBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Lunch bowl with vegetables, beans and chicken meat Getty Images / iStockphoto For most of us, the importance of a healthy diet is obvious: more energy, a lower risk of serious health problems, all of that good stuff. The hard part is getting there. Building a balanced diet can be enough of a challenge, let alone staying vigilant with it in the long run. If you're already groaning at the thought of making major changes to your regular eating habits, you'll be happy to learn that there may be an easier way out of that struggle. Meal delivery services are more popular than ever, and for good reason. Companies like HelloFresh have established themselves as the new go-to for easy and nutritious meals that let you bypass lengthy meal prep times and other common roadblocks for the average home-cooked meal. Many meal kit companies offer plenty of healthy lunch and dinner menus, with a slew of nutrition-packed meals available each week. Some ship a box of fresh, pre-portioned ingredients right to your door. "Some meal kit companies offer heat-and-serve meals, which may be high in salt and fat," says Anthony DiMarino, and RD and LD, from the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Human Nutrition. But others "deliver fresh ingredients that are healthy." So if you're interested in the convenience of frozen or premade meals, great! But if health is a priority, focus on the fresh stuff. Top 5 healthiest meal kits of 2023 While frozen or premade meals are more likely to come with higher levels of salt and fat, there are benefits to ordering meal kits with fresh, whole or organic ingredients you can cook yourself. "You know exactly what's going into your food and can even check calories and macronutrients," says Jennifer May, principle nutritionist and director of Sydney City…