Local Effort Cooperativealways mostly local

weekly meals —

A week of real food, cooked for you

From a few dinners a week to complete meal replacement — wholesome, home-cooked meals from high-integrity Midwest ingredients, delivered to your door every week.

dinners from $18 a person · breakfasts from $13.50 · $10 weekly delivery

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Prefer to plan every detail? Take the full intakeMeal prep customers are co-op members — see what membership means
A week of Local Effort meals

how it works —

Three steps to your first week

  1. Tell us who we're cooking for

    Name and email above is enough to start. The intake form follows by email — household size, what you love, what you can't eat.

  2. We build your menu

    A chef writes your week around your household and what Minnesota farms are actually producing. You see it before we cook it.

  3. It arrives, every week

    Cooked, portioned, labelled, and delivered on your day. Change the number of meals any week you like.

recent menus —

What clients have eaten lately

These are real recent examples. Your weekly menu is shaped around your household, preferences, dietary needs, and what Minnesota farms are producing.

Week of July 5/6see menu

Dinners

  • Pulled pork with cabbage, rainbow chard, potato salad or rice, and pickles
  • Nam tok waterfall beef with sticky rice, shiso, cucumbers, and marinated sirloin
  • Dan dan noodles with minced pork, chili oil, sunflower seeds, green onion, and braised choy — gluten-free where appropriate

Kids

  • Squash fritters
  • Strawberry crêpes

Snack

  • Mango coconut sticky rice
Week of June 28/29see menu

Dinners

  • Zabuton roast, pot-roast style, with new red potatoes and green bean casserole
  • Mango-glazed BBQ chicken with green bean salad and new potato salad
  • Pork loin over quinoa with prunes and snap pea salad

Lunches

  • Niçoise salad with lettuce, marinated fish, egg, olives, and green beans
  • Poke bowl with sushi rice, sesame, mustard kimchi, tuna or salmon, cucumber, and radish
  • “Ikea” lunch with meatballs, gravy, jam, mashed potatoes, and English peas

pricing —

What a week costs

dinners, per adult
family rate (3+ adults)$18
two adults$45
solo$24
other meals, per adult
breakfast$13.50
lunch$18
delivery
flat weekly delivery, Twin Cities metro$10

Kids are priced by age. A solo plan lands around $82 a week including delivery.

questions —

Before your first week

How does the first week work?answer

You sign up here, we email the intake form, and we talk once — household size, what you like, what you cannot eat, and which day works for delivery. Your first delivery is usually the following week.

What does a week actually cost?answer

Dinners are $18 per adult at the family rate (3+ adults), $24 solo, $45 for two. Breakfasts are $13.50 per adult and lunches $18. Delivery is a flat $10 a week. A solo plan lands around $82 a week including delivery.

Do I have to take every meal, every week?answer

No. Some households take three dinners a week, some replace every meal. You set the number and can change it week to week.

Can you cook around allergies and diets?answer

Yes — gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and allergy-safe cooking are routine for us. Dietary needs go on the intake form and stay on your household file.

Do I need to be a Localist member?answer

Yes. Meal prep customers are co-op members first — it is how we plan, buy from local farms with confidence, and pay our worker-owners fairly. Membership is $45/month or $375/year, and it is waived for anyone for whom the cost is a barrier.

Where do you deliver?answer

Across the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro. If you are on the edge of the metro, ask — we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you well.

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start —

Let's plan your first week

Name and email is all we need. A chef replies within one business day.

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