French Bistro

French Bistro

Bistro Md Review

Bistro M.D. is a diet food delivery company which delivers through-out the USA. They claim to offer chef designed meals that have been doctor approved. Overall, the meal plans they offer are high in protein and low in carbohydrates, averaging just under 1200 Calories a day.

Pricing

There are four levels of service to choose from based on your needs and life-style. The plans range from $130 per week for their basic plan to $180 per week for their best plan which is 7 days worth of meals and snacks. All plans are customizable.

Packaging, Delivery and Service

Bistro M.D. delivers a weeks worth of meals to your doorstep via FedEx. The food comes frozen with dry ice in an insulated cardboard box. My order of a weeks worth of food arrived when they promised and was still frozen and well packaged. The food was frozen and packed by meal so it was easy to sort it out according to the printed menu provided. The non-perishable snacks and breakfast items were in a separate box located with in the main package. All food was in perfect condition except for the tray of waffles which was cracked, with the waffles broken up. I called customer service about this and the very polite and helpful woman apologized and said I could receive a replacement or credit on my next order.

All meals had clear labels with ingredients and nutritional information included. Most food was packaged in cardboard and vacuum sealed plastic pouches with some food in sealed plastic trays. There were thick polystyrene squares lining the main box to keep the food frozen. I again called the polite customer service to see if these were recollected and re-used by Bistro MD. I was told that I could re-use them, but they were not re-used or collected by Bistro.

Sample Menu

Breakfast
Protein Bagel served with cream cheese.

Morning Snack
Pineapple and orange low calorie, high protein shake.

Lunch
Whole Wheat Penne Pasta Served with our own Vodka Sauce, Mixed Vegetables.

Afternoon Snacks
BBQ Crunch O's

Dinner
Chicken Cordon Blue - Classic French Chicken stuffed with savory ham and low fat cheese. Served with brown rice, mixed vegetables and a side of haricots verts.

Conclusions

Overall, I would recommend Bistro as a good choice of diet food home delivery for those who have difficulty controlling portion size and counting calories. The majority of the food was enjoyable to eat and easy to prepare. I really liked the meals that could be prepared using the hot water bath method. They tasted fresh and as if I prepared them from scratch. However, the microwave meals didn't really stand out and tasted much like any other microwavable frozen meal from the grocery store. The meals were well seasoned yet low in sodium.

The only recommendation I would make is to pick the option without snacks so that you could supplement the plan with fresh fruits and vegetables.

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