Real food that's damn delicious
WTF is a BOSS Box?
A BOSS Box is your badass meal kit that makes eating well delicious, easy, and fun! Each box comes with all meal ingredients pre-prepped and pre-portioned. Veggies chopped, proteins cut, seasoning & sauces done etc. All YOU have to do is follow the simple, digital recipes to execute the cooking portion of your dishes through the week.
All meals are scratch made, REAL food recipes that are free of refined sugar, and industrial seed oils. The large majority of meals are also gluten free and/or dairy free or may have the option to be. We will always note when a recipe has gluten or dairy included and will give a GF or DF option if available. Meat & dairy products are always hormone free. Free range or organic when possible. Our boxes also include organic greens when on the menu.
We're similar to other meal kits on the market, but way mo' betta!
Gluten Free Note: Although we don't believe it's necessary for everyone to follow a gluten free diet, it's one of the most prevalent sources of food allergies and intolerances these days. To make things easy and reach a larger group, we choose to keep gluten out of our HOUSE MADE recipes. However, on items that aren't made in house, like bread, tortillas, and pasta, we give the option for gluten free or gluten-full when possible. Which ultimately makes it easier for YOU to accommodate your family and friends!
How it works:
BOSS Sauce + Meal Options: Our theory is that everything tastes better with sauce! And that's where the BOSS Box idea came to life.
Each box includes the current week's BOSS sauce and has 3 meal entree options to choose from that pair with the sauce. You can choose 1, 2, or all 3 meals in increments of 2 servings. If you only want one meal entree for the week you will order the meal ala-carte. If you want more than one meal, simply pick which box fits your needs based on meal quantity and serving size. If you would like meals at different serving sizes (one meal at 2 servings and another meal at 4 servings) Please order your meals a la carte. Meal Boxes are strictly for a set number of meals all with the same serving size.
BOSS Batches: each week the menu also includes two rotating batch items. BOSS Batches come fully prepared and ready to eat or heat. You can expect to see items like chicken salad, pasta salad, soups and chili. These are great options for easy lunches or as an additional dinner item to use through your week. You can add batch items to your box and meal orders and you can also order them on their own.
Breakfast Burritos: we also offer frozen breakfast burritos which are sold per unit as individual servings. Order a few and keep them stocked in your freezer for a delicious and easy breakfast on the go!
Ordering & Pick Up Schedule: We have 4 weeks of menus available at a time based on their specific pick up date. Meal pick up is every Tuesday evening from 4-7pm.
Ordering closes Thursday at 5pm the week before each pick up date. If you place an order, you will receive a reminder email on the Tuesday morning of pick up to remind you that your BOSS Box will be ready that evening.
Order Capacity: this is a small business with just my husband and myself. Some weeks we will hit the capacity of the amount of orders we can fulfill. When this happens, ordering may be closed before 5pm on Thursday. If you ever come to the online store and there is no menu available, that simply means we are full for that week. So, the sooner you can place your order the better!
Pick Up Location: Pick up location is 2670 Copper Ridge Cir Unit 13. It's on the West end of Steamboat behind Elk River Pet & Ranch. Our kitchen is located in a live work unit and is not open to public except during the specific pick up window.
What makes you a boss?
REAL, Damn Delicious Food: Food is our love language. And one of the most frustrating things we've found in the food industry is that "health food" tends to get a bad rap. So we're here to change the game and your idea of what it means to it well. Say sayonara to the days of boring and bland "diet" food!
As foodies first, flavor is our top priority. Which is why in every meal we use our 3 secret weapons to take every dish from basic to bomb!
1) Seasonings
2) Sauces
3) Toppings
We utilize these 3 components with our house made sauces, marinades, seasoning blends & topping recipes. So every bite will light up your taste buds and keep you coming back for more!
Container Return: One of the biggest gripes we've heard about most meal kits on the market is the amount of waste they produce. Each week you have to throw away giant ice packs, styrofoam packaging, and lots of containers. Which just can't make you feel good!
BOSS Box is built around a container return system to help save waste & keep the boxes at an affordable price. One of the beauties of meal kits on a local level!
Once you are done with your meals, we ask that you wash the containers and return them at your convenience (usually when you pick up another box.) If you wish not to partake in the container return system a $5 container fee will be added to your orders.
Our food paradigm
Keep it Simple: when it comes to food, we live in a culture that's drowning in information but starving for knowledge. With so much conflicting information it can be extremely overwhelming to figure out what you should and shouldn't eat. And it's our personal belief there is no PERFECT diet for everyone. We all have a unique biological make-up which is why some foods or diets work better for some vs. others. So at BOSS Box we like to keep things simple. We follow 3 simple rules that will positively impact your health no matter what diet you choose to follow.
1) Eat REAL Food
2) Drop the Sugar
3) Forget Low-Fat
Eat REAL Food: When it comes down to it, the biggest and most impactful thing we can do for our overall health is just eat REAL food. Get back to the basics and focus on things that walk, swim, or grow on the earth. And stay away from foods that have a laundry list of ingredients we can't pronounce. That's why we scratch make all of our recipes with REAL food & quality ingredients that you can feel good about.
Drop the Sugar: Sugar is hiding EVERYWHERE these days. And one of the most stressful things we can put our bodies through is the blood sugar roller coaster (massive spikes and drops of your blood sugar.) This happens when we eat too much sugar or refined carbohydrates (which turn into sugar in your bloodstream) and don't burn it off fast enough. On a long term bases, this leads to weight gain as well as plethora of chronic issues and disease. Now this is not to say that ALL sugar is bad. But we think it's best to choose sugar in it's natural form and be conscious of how much were eating on a regular basis. We swap refined sugar with monk fruit (a natural sweetener) and sometimes use raw honey or real maple syrup.
Forget Low Fat: We live in a society that's been brainwashed to believe that fat is evil. But the truth is that our bodies need fat. Every cell in our body is wrapped in membrane of protein & fat. And our brains are made up of 60% fat. We also use it for energy and hormone regulation. At BOSS Box we truly believe fat is our friend! But the key is simply to focus on the right kinds of fat and from quality sources. The fat that we're most weary of at BOSS Box are industrial seed oils. Which are VERY highly processed oils extracted from various plants like soy beans, corn & cottonseed. The intense processing of these oils make them devoid of nutrients, calorically dense, and changes their chemical structure. Meaning they have no business being in our body! With the change in chemical structure our bodies no longer understand how to digest them. This wreaks havoc on our system causing systemic inflammation and leading to all sorts of ailments and chronic issues. Cutting these oils out from our diet is one of the most impactful changes we can make. This is why we NEVER use them in our recipes and suggest that don't use them at home either. We swap them out for cold pressed avocado oil, olive oil and grass fed butter.
LIVE a Little: As foodies and fun seekers we also think it's important to let yourself live a little. We don't panic about EVERYTHING little thing that goes into our mouth but we choose to make positive choices for ourselves 80-90% of the time. Sometimes you just gotta eat the cake!
