Ready Health Go
I am so excited to tell you guys about Ready Health Go, a company that provides delicious, healthy, and convenient foods. With the help of a local chef/Registered Dietitian, the founder of Ready Health Go created a menu of sandwiches, wraps, and salads that are nutritious and satisfying without tons of added calories or fat. Even though Ready Health Go’s products are “packaged,” they are incredibly fresh and flavorful– almost as if someone prepared it for you minutes before your first taste.
Last week, Jeff, the founder/CEO of Ready Health Go, invited me and a few blog friends (Elina, Shannon, and Lauren) to try his company’s freshly prepared and packaged foods.
Some neat things that Jeff told us about Ready Health Go:
- The idea for Ready Health Go developed from a lack of good-tasting, healthy food choices when Jeff was in grad school.
- You can now find Ready Health Go foods at The Coop in Harvard Square (as well as other locations around Boston).
- The breads for his sandwiches are baked locally at Iggy’s in Cambridge.
Ready Health Go’s menu offers 3 types of sandwiches, 3 wraps, 4 salads, and a variety of healthy beverages and snacks. Each of the sandwiches, wraps, and salads display pertinent nutrition-specific letter codes, including F+ (high fiber), V (vegetarian), Vn (vegan), to help customers select foods that are most appropriate for their individual dietary needs.
The first sandwich that we tasted was my favorite: Grilled Asparagus with smokey eggplant spread, Parmesan, field greens, and balsamic vinaigrette on a baguette. The asparagus was prepared al dante, which gave a nice, fresh crunch to the asparagus, and the bold flavors of Parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette complimented the bitter asparagus spears just right.
Next up was the Roasted Portobello sandwich with basil, white bean puree, roasted tomatoes, and roasted-caramelized onions on ciabatta. This is a delicious sandwich for you portobello lovers!
Food blogger in action…
The third sandwich that we tried is Ready Health Go’s top seller: Chipotle Spiced Chicken. This sandwich is made with sweet pea “mockamole,” roasted tomatoes, field greens, and light cheddar cheese on ciabatta. I loved the idea of “mockamole,” which is avocado blended with sweet peas. The sweet peas naturally reduce the calories and fat of the spread without changing the flavor– the sweet peas actually enhanced the green color of the “mockamole” and made it even smoother than regular guacamole.
Oh yea, and this sandwich was delicious!
After sampling the sandwiches, it was time to try the wraps! The first was the Just Veggies wrap, which included edamame hummus, avocado, tomato, carrots, sprouts, and a honey-mustard vinaigrette on whole wheat lavish. Jeff noted that the daikon sprouts that he uses in this wrap add an interesting (mild) spicy flavor to it. I liked this wrap a lot!
Check out the wonderful, vivid colors!
The next wrap was the Vietnamese Tofu, which will likely be my first purchase from Ready Health Go! 
It was a close second to the Asparagus Wrap! The Vietnamese Tofu wrap had marinated, baked tofu with an Asian veggie mix, carrot-ginger dressing, and rice salad on whole wheat lavish. I’m typically not a big fan of tofu, but this tofu was cooked just right. It was soft, but not mushy, and the carrot-ginger dressing was to die for! The fact that I am not a big tofu-lover says a lot about this wrap!
Thankfully, Jeff came prepared with a cutting board, knives, plates, and toothpicks to serve-up his food in sample-sized portions. We were able to taste all of his menu items without stuffing ourselves! Plus, we needed to save room for Sweet cupcakes!
At this point in our Ready Health Go tasting, I was stuffed, but we still had 3 salads to sample! I needed to save room for cupcakes at Sweet, so I only had a bite of each salad.
Sesame Glazed Salmon salad with an Asian vegetable mix, edamame and a honey-soy vinaigrette on field greens…
Herbed chicken salad with herbed and marinated chicken, grapes, walnuts, and a shallot vinaigrette on butter lettuce…
This salad was basically a deconstructed Waldorf salad without mayo. I especially liked this salad– the shallot vinaigrette was awesome!
And, finally, Jicama and Citrus salad with season citrus segments, sliced jicama, and a citrus-cilantro dressing on spinach…
This is a perfect salad for summer– light, citrus-y, just 160 calories, and 9 grams of fiber!
The lovely food bloggers that I enjoyed the tasting with: Elina, Shannon, and Lauren. You actually may recognize a couple of these ladies from P.F. Changs! 
Ok, so, if you live in Boston, PLEASE seek out Ready Health Go. I promise you will not be disappointed!
Thanks, Jeff! Your food is phenomenal!! 
Posted by: Tina 35 comments
Posted in: Uncategorized, restaurant
Tags: Ready Health Go
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Ah! I saw the amazing recap on Lauren’s blog. I’m so sad that I live on the west coast and can’t try these great sammies and salads!
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Oh wow, all of that sounds incredible!! I wish there was stuff like that around here!
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
all that food looks awesome! I wonder if he’ll deliver to Virginia….
I wish we had something like that here – I would love to have a really healthy option for food when I don’t have time or food to pack myself.
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Oh wow those look super yummy!! I wish my school had healthy convenient food like that while I still had a meal plan (Well on the bright side it forced me to learn to cook!!). I hope the company get the recognition they deserve. Hope to see their products NJ!
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
that looks amazing! i love how the packaging how the really simple F, V, Vn. so easy to understand. love that.
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
everything looks awesome! what a fantastic company Jeff has!
on May 12th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Those sandwiches look amazing!
Asparagus sandwich with eggplant? Never thought of it, but hey- why not!!
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Wow, I wish that they would expand to Maryland!
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
what a great company! I love people who take the time to make good food look great and healthy!
thanks for sharing, i’ll seek them out on my next boston trip
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Wow this looks so yummy!!! What a great idea for a business too!
I’m starting to like Boston a lot
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Wonderful recap of a fun dining experience
Jeez – check out that look of intense concentration on my face while I take a photo! Your pictures are fantastic – many of mine from that night turned out with a bluish tint… not sure why.
Thanks again for setting the tasting up for us!
on May 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
What a spectacular concept! Hopefully I make it to Boston this summer!:)
on May 12th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
What a wonderful concept! Everything looks amazing. I wish we had places like this where I live.
on May 12th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Those all look so yummy! Jeff needs to bring his food up here to NH!!!
on May 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
This looks amazing! I’m disappointed I live in Texas. I’ll have to make note of it for if I’m ever in the Boston area.
on May 12th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
That looks awesome! Too bad they are not nation wide!
on May 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
My goodness, look at all that deliciousness! I would not know what to choose!
on May 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
What a novel idea!! Too bad I don’t reside in Boston because I would be all over that! Looks really good!
on May 12th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Holy cow that looks so good.
on May 12th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
The food looks fresh and delightful. On a side note, the houses in the background look so quaint. I need to get to Boston, maybe the marathon next year?
on May 12th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
wow those look awesome! thanks for the heads up on the local eats!
on May 12th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
It’s so great to see easily accessible vegan and vegetarian options. I wish more cities had companies like Ready Health Go – congrats to them!
on May 12th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
the wraps look delicious and you ladies look beautiful!
on May 12th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Too bad I live in GA
on May 12th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I might have to recreate that “just veggies” wrap since I won’t be getting that here in NC!
on May 13th, 2009 at 12:34 am
What beautiful eats! Ready Health Go makes it easy to eat by color!
on May 13th, 2009 at 9:06 am
This looks amazing!! But what about the sweet cupcakes?!
on May 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am
@Holly: Check back tomorrow morning!
on May 13th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I do live in the Boston area (Chelsea) and would LOVE to try Ready Health Go! Thanks for passing this along. PS I bought some asparagus after reading your first post about the asparagus sandwich so I could attempt to make one of my own!
Thanks!
on May 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Everything looks so delicious and fresh. I desperately wish they were located in MN! Thanks for sharing your taste testing experience. Great photos!
on May 13th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
love it! and thanks so much once again for arranging this
i wrote my post yesterday, will post soon!
on May 13th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
That Ready To Go stuff looks amazing! What a fun time, taste-testing!
on May 14th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Those do look like some really great products. I especially like the looks of the asparagus and portabella sandwiches.
on May 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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