Real food for Ochsner Health, Tulane Medical Center, and LCMC Health staff on long shifts, New Orleans families managing celiac between everyday errands, and the thousands of french quarter musicians who need real nutrition on real schedules. Shipped FedEx Ground from our Kingsport kitchen — about 12 hours southwest.
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New Orleans is the Crescent City — Tulane, Loyola, the Saints, the Pelicans, Ochsner Health, and LCMC Health. SmashMeals serves Tulane Green Wave, Loyola Wolfpack, Ochsner staff, Uptown and CBD professionals, and a celiac community that's hard-pressed to find safe gluten-free options in a town built on roux and beignets. Every meal is chef-prepared, portioned with real macros, labeled with full nutrition info, and made in a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility (no wheat, barley, or rye on-site, ever). Since 2017 we've been East Tennessee's original gluten-free meal prep company, and we now ship FedEx Ground to New Orleans and the surrounding region. Meals leave our kitchen in Kingsport, TN packed in commercial insulated boxes with gel ice packs and delivery timing cold and ready for the week. We serve every New Orleans neighborhood: French Quarter, Uptown, Garden District, Marigny, Bywater, Mid-City, Lakeview, Metairie, Kenner, Mandeville. Whether you live near Tulane University, Loyola, Ochsner Medical Center, the Caesars Superdome, and the French Quarter, you've got a real meal-prep option that doesn't require a subscription, a kitchen, or trust in a Friday-night drive-thru. Subscriptions optional. No minimums. No gluten. Just real food, real macros, and a serious weekly upgrade for New Orleans families and pros.
Ochsner Health runs one of the South's largest bariatric programs. Louisiana has serious celiac and GLP-1 demand. NOLA food culture is iconic — and gluten contamination is everywhere. We ship the safe alternative.
New Orleans is a major market for everything we ship. Ochsner Health, Tulane Medical Center, and LCMC Health anchors one of the region's largest medical communities, and Tulane, Loyola New Orleans, and Xavier brings thousands of students, faculty, and researchers who demand real food with real nutrition data. Add the broader New Orleans community — Ochsner patients, Saints and Pelicans fans, Tulane faculty, French Quarter musicians — and you've got a city that needs exactly what we built: 100% gluten-free meal prep from a dedicated kitchen, chef-prepared and macro-labeled with a full nutrition breakdown on every meal. SmashMeals shipped FedEx Ground from our dedicated gluten-free kitchen in Kingsport, TN, about 12 hours southwest. Our regular menu is built for GLP-1 users, and our Bariatric Line serves post-op patients with 5-8 oz soft-texture meals at 25-35g protein each. Every order arrives cold-packed with gel ice, good 5-7 days refrigerated or 6 months frozen. We ship to every New Orleans ZIP — French Quarter, Garden District, Uptown, Marigny, Lakeview, Mid-City, Bywater — plus Metairie, Kenner, Mandeville, Covington. Order by Thursday 11:59 PM ET; meals arrive Monday through Wednesday depending on your zone. Subscriptions optional, no contract.
French Quarter, Garden District, Uptown, Marigny, Lakeview, Mid-City, Bywater, Metairie, Kenner, Mandeville, Covington.
Yes — SmashMeals ships fresh, 100% gluten-free meal prep to every New Orleans ZIP via FedEx Ground. We're one of the only truly dedicated gluten-free meal prep kitchens shipping to Louisiana. Order by Thursday 11:59 PM, delivery timing.
See the current menu for pricing. FedEx Ground is flat-rate. Subscriptions optional, no membership, no minimum order.
We operate a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility — no wheat, barley, or rye enters the building. That avoids shared gluten-containing prep equipment and airborne flour from on-site gluten baking, which reduces cross-contact risk compared with a shared kitchen. Anyone managing celiac disease should review our allergen practices and consult their own healthcare provider.
Cooked Friday/Saturday, packed Sunday in commercial insulated boxes with gel ice packs, shipped Monday via FedEx Ground, delivery timing. Fridge life: 5–7 days from arrival, or freeze for up to 6 months.
Yes — Tulane Green Wave and Ochsner Health staff use SmashMeals for high-protein, macro-counted meals. We even ship to dorms and apartment buildings — no kitchen needed, just a fridge.