Here’s a quick overview of the basics for each program. Most plans provide two to four recipes per week. Recipes are labeled with the cooking time and whether they’re vegetarian or WW-approved. Blue ...

Blue Apron and Home Chef are two meal delivery kit providers. Although they provides similar services, their plans vary — for example, Blue Apron offers a special meal plan for people with diabetes.

Ellen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. “There was just the idea,” says the ...