Arts & Culture

Eat Healthy Without the Hassle

These are our Top 5 picks for healthy meal delivery services in Cebu.

Always busy? No time to prepare meals? Ever worried about your calorie intake? Unsure of how to get started on your fitness and wellness journey? With the fast-paced lifestyle in Cebu and all the trendy food spots popping up all over the city, it’s hard to keep a tight rein on a well-balanced diet. But that’s not a problem at all! Healthy and convenient options are always available for the hardworking Cebuano.

Imagine waking up to scrumptious banana chocolate pancakes for breakfast, having aromatic lemon pepper fish on a bed of brown rice for lunch, and indulging in the taste of exotic peri peri chicken skewers with a side of leafy greens for dinner…

…delivered straight to your doorstep!

Doesn’t the idea of eating delicious meals without sacrificing nutrition sound promising? Yes, indeed! Here are our top five picks for healthy meal delivery services in Cebu:

Diet in a Box

Diet in a Box is a purposeful small business that aims to inspire every single Cebuano to switch to a healthier way of eating. They “want to make a difference by helping people build a healthier diet plan and at the same time revolutionize the way we perceive healthy meals” thru their marginal-organic and calorie counted meals.

The brainchild of Chefs Bibo Moreno and Chime Osabel, Diet in a Box offers a variety of meal plans to choose from: Supreme Meals – or the full package of Breakfast, Lunch Dinner, plus two snacks, Combo A – which includes Breakfast and Lunch plus one snack, and Combo B – which has Lunch and Dinner, plus a snack. They also offer the Lean Machine Diet Meal Plan, which is suitable for those who require more protein content to help support their extreme daily activities. All of these meal plans are calorie-counted and tailored according to your body mass index (BMI), your daily activities and your food preferences. Their meal plans start from P1,350, depending on your ideal calorie intake.

Diet in a Box was awarded as the Best Wellness Food Delivery at Sunstar’s Best of Cebu 2016.

To get started on on your Diet in a Box meal plan, check out their website: www.dietinaboxinc.com. You may also contact them at 0922-478-1282 or follow them on Instagram: @dietinabox.

Fit Food Cebu

Fit Food Cebu is a regional branch of Fit Food Manila, a healthy meal plan delivery service in Metro Manila. Popular among Filipino celebrities, Fit Food is often the go-to meal plan delivery service for these hardworking celebs.

The company has two teams responsible for preparing your daily meals: the Culinary Group, which continually develops new delicious menus so you won’t feel like you’re on a diet; and the Nutrition Group, which calculates the amount of calories you get from the different food groups and ensures that your body gets the nourishment it needs to be in good health.

Meal plans begin from P1,850 for a 1,200-calorie diet. 1,500-calorie and 1,800-calorie meal plans are also available.

For more information, check out their Facebook page or their Instagram: @fitfoodcebu. You may also contact them at 0977-803-2111.

Wholefood Cebu

This business offers meals made using high quality produce that are packed with nutrients & importantly, lots of flavor. They create meals “to nourish and satisfy you”.

Wholefood Cebu boasts an array of organic and colourful food to further attract their customers to live a healthier life.

Contact them at 0915-929-6168. You may also visit their Facebook page for more information or follow their Instagram: @wholefoodcebu.

Nourish Cebu

Nourish is a plant-based meal delivery service with a focus on clean and enjoyable eating, not dieting. The company emphasized that they don’t count calories. They believe that a person’s “relationship with food shouldn’t be dictated by quantity, but rather inspired by quality”.

Nourish was created by lifelong friends, Chip Lopez and Meyan Lim Young. Chip, also known as The Lazy Chef, is a plant-based, whole foods chef and fitness addict while Meyan is a social entrepreneur and a slow food advocate. Together, these two have come together in hopes of creating a positive change on our relationship with food.

Healthy, natural, and convenient, Nourish delivers goodness in a box at your doorstep. No carb-tracking, shopping, cooking, or dirty dishes!

They offer lunch-only meals beginning at P1,150 per week and lunch-and-dinner meals beginning at P2,275 per week.

You may check out their website: www.nourishcebu.com/ or follow them on Instagram: @nourishcebu.

Your Healthy Delivery

Your Healthy Delivery is a Health Food Cooking & Delivery service that caters to the Cebu City area. The YHD team creates and prepares fresh and delectable, calorie-counted Lunch & Dinner meals delivered right to your doorstep.

Daily Lunch & Dinner meals are for Php 267/day or Php 1,335 for Monday-Friday orders. They also offer the option to go Low Carb at Php 317/day or Php 1,585 for Monday-Friday orders.

For inquiries and orders, you may email them at yourhealthydelivery@gmail.com or contact them at 0998-791-0356. They are also on Instagram: @yourhealthydelivery.

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by Jing Ramos |

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“Plum Blossoms in Moonlight.” Serigraphy on abaca.

In his recent works, Hofer merges traditional calligraphy with serigraphy, drawing inspiration from his friend Charles Lahti—an internationally recognized New York-based painter and printmaker. Lahti, known for his collaborations with post-war American artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, and LeRoy Neiman, introduced Hofer to silkscreen techniques. Through a workshop Lahti conducted in Cebu—arranged by their mutual friend Greg Urra—Hofer integrated silkscreen into his Zen artworks, particularly those on abaca.

“The Circle of Harmony” Serigraphy and Calligraphy on abaca.

Hofer’s cross-disciplinary approach challenges conventional Zen aesthetics. His layered paintings on abaca may seem far from tranquil at first glance, but closer contemplation reveals a meditative core. His serigraph of an Enso circle, for example, initially appears chaotic, filled with Tang Dynasty poetry and overlapping, repetitive forms. Yet, by focusing on a single calligraphic element, the viewer experiences a moment of clarity—a glimpse of awakening within the visual complexity.

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Sappia, the rice myth goddess of Bohol

Sappia, from the heavens, heard the cries of the people. She saw the dense population of weeds and offered to help them. Sappia thought of nourishing the weeds to be edible and healthy for the people of Bohol. Straightaway, she sprinkled the weed with milk from her bossom. She emptied each breast until blood came out. Before she left, she whispered to the weeds that they may be nourished and be able to feed the people.

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Kimsoy with his student and muse, Zhara Rivera Mercado, at the entrance of Galerie Raphael

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As the River Flows Onward by Kimsoy Yap 2020 | Oil on canvas | 82×48 inches

The exhibit transcends beyond just the commemoration of Kimsoy’s masterful periods. It wanders more into a sense of intimacy reflecting Kimsoy’s life’s journey—from his roots as a young boy in Negros Oriental, through his pursuit of greater artistic mastery in New York, to his prominence in Cebu’s art scene. All his work freehanded, created both with his left and right hand, depicts the ways in which we all leave traces of ourselves in our work and in the world.

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In a Relaxed Mood 1977 | water color on paper | 16×19.5 inches

The opening ceremony featured Ambassador Jose Mari Cariño, alongside special guests Ivy Ang Gabas, Paolo Li, Angbetic Tan, Laurie Bouquiren of the Visayas Art Fair, and Valerie Go of Galerie Raphael Cebu. The exhibit is open until March 21, 2025.