★★★★★ 5.0 · 64 Google reviewsCooked in your kitchenBuilt around 9 allergensFarmers’ market produceInsured · food safety certified
This week’s plates
One Monday in your kitchen. A week on your plate.
The menu Iris cooked for the Alvarez family in Los Feliz this week: no tree nuts, no sesame, no mushrooms, and more beans than last month because Teo asked.
Strawberry panna cotta, coconut yogurt, oat crumble
Every week
Next week: a new menu. Nothing repeats for six weeks unless you ask for it, and somebody always asks for the tacos.
Around you
Tell her once. Every menu remembers.
On the consult Iris asks what nobody at your table can eat, what somebody won’t, and what you want more of. It goes into your plate profile, and every week’s menu is written from it.
The nine major allergens
Never in her kitchen
Milk
Eggs
Fish
Shellfish
Your call tap to leave one out
Plate profileThe Alvarez household · Los Feliz
At the table
Two adults, one fifteen-year-old
Never
Tree nuts, sesame (Teo, severe)
Please not
Mushrooms, for Ana
More of
Protein from beans, tofu and tempeh
Lunches
Travel in a bag, good cold
Sweet
One treat a week, no refined sugar
Spice
Medium; chili on the side for Teo
Cook dayMondays, 10 AM · key under the lemon tree
How it works
From a 20-minute call to a full fridge.
1
20 minutes on video
The free consult
Who’s at the table, what nobody can eat, what everybody wants more of, and the dish you’d order every week if you could. Iris writes it all into your plate profile.
2
By Friday
Your menu
The week’s plates in your inbox: five dinners, the lunches, one treat. Swap anything until Saturday noon. She shops Monday morning at the farmers’ market.
3
Monday, in your kitchen
Cook day
Iris arrives at 10 with the groceries and her own boards and knives, cooks for about four hours, and leaves the kitchen cleaner than she found it.
4
By 2 PM
A labeled fridge
Every container named, dated and listed down to the last ingredient, with how to warm it. Friday’s plates go in the freezer with a note.
Monday, 12:40 PM · Los FelizMonday, 2 PM
Every week, one treat
Yes, it’s dessert.
Sweetened with dates, maple or fruit, never refined sugar, and made to be eaten on a Wednesday night on the couch. It’s in every plan, every week.
Cacao & date tartOat and date crust, raspberries
Strawberry panna cottaCoconut yogurt, berry compote
Miso caramel blondiesSunflower butter, flaky salt
Olive oil chocolate cakeOrange zest, maple
Mango sticky riceCoconut, lime, toasted sesame or not
Plans
Pick the size of your week.
Menu, shopping, cooking and clean-up in every plan. Groceries at cost, with the receipt in the fridge. No contract: skip any week with five days’ notice.
Two of you
$395a week
The weeknights covered for two, and lunch the next day.
I don’t think anyone should have to choose between food that’s good for them and food they’re excited to eat. My whole job is making sure you never notice there was a choice.
I grew up in Boyle Heights eating my grandmother’s beans and rice four nights a week and never once got tired of them, which taught me most of what I know: cook vegetables like they matter, and salt them properly.
I spent eight years on the line in Los Angeles restaurant kitchens, the last three running a plant-based kitchen in Echo Park. In 2019 a regular whose daughter had a sesame allergy asked if I’d cook her family’s week at home. Green Plate started on her kitchen counter, and I still cook every Monday myself.
Iris
Since 2019cooking in LA kitchens
38households a week, with two cooks
Certifiedfood safety manager, LA County
Reviews
5.0 from 64 households.
“My son has a sesame allergy and I used to read every label twice. Now I just open the fridge.”
Lauren T.Family table, Los Feliz
“I’ve tried meal services. This is the first one where I look forward to Thursday’s dinner.”
Marcus D.The full week, Santa Monica
“The cacao tart is the reason my husband stopped calling it ‘your vegan thing.’”
Priya S.Two of you, Pasadena
“She remembered we hate cilantro after one sentence on a call. Eight months later, still none.”
Jonah & Ellie R.Two of you, Echo Park
Where
From Santa Monica to Pasadena.
Iris and her two cooks cook in homes across the west side, the hills and the east side. Every kitchen on the map is a Monday; a few on the edges are Tuesdays.
Santa Monica to PasadenaCook days in your kitchen, no travel fee.Open the map ↗
Questions
Before the consult.
Do we have to be vegan?
No. Most households Iris cooks for aren’t. Some want a plant-based week and eat what they like on the weekend; some just want a fridge full of vegetables they’ll actually eat.
What does it cost, with groceries?
The plan price covers the menu, the shopping, the cooking and the clean-up. Groceries are at cost, with the receipt in your fridge: usually $120 to $220 a week, depending on the plan.
Can you cook around a severe allergy?
Yes. Iris cooks in your kitchen with her own boards, knives and pans, washed before she comes, and lists every ingredient on every label. She cooks from your plan and your doctor’s instructions; she can’t promise a certified allergen-free facility, because your kitchen isn’t one.
Can the labels show calories and protein?
Yes, if you’d like the numbers on each label, they’re there. Iris is a chef, not a dietitian, and is glad to cook from a plan your dietitian wrote.
How long do the meals keep?
Monday to Thursday’s plates in the fridge, Friday’s in the freezer, each with a line on how to warm it. Dressings and crunchy things come in their own jars so nothing goes soggy.
Can we skip a week?
Any week, with five days’ notice. There’s no contract: you pay week by week, and the consult is free whether you start or not.
Book a free consult
Twenty minutes. Then a week of plates.
Pick a time for a video call with Iris. Bring the allergies, the picky eater and the dish you can’t stop ordering. Your first menu is in your inbox by Friday, and there’s nothing to pay until you say yes to it.
On video, from your phone or laptop
Free, and so is saying no afterward
Cook days on Mondays, a few Tuesdays
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