If you know Molly Healey, you know she knows good food.
The Weston High School and Johnson & Wales graduate worked at Blue Hill, then did “cool, high-capacity catering” in the Bay Area for companies like Facebook and Salesforce.
She was the brains behind Manna Toast and Little Dumpling.
They’re closed. But Molly is still cooking.
Now you can enjoy her home-cooked meals, soups, salads and more — made with love, and without additives — without (literally) lifting more than a finger.
Molly Healey
Molly’s latest venture is Hemma Kitchen. Named for a Swedish word suggesting a comfortable feeling of home, it’s a once-a-week meal delivery service. All ordering is done online.
Meals come in compostable containers. It’s a healthful boon for overworked parents, singles who don’t care to cook, and older folks who have done their share of cooking already.
Each delivery can last a week. But Hemma’s food is so delicious, it may be gone before then.
Mediterranean lamb meatballs, and more.
Molly has identified a sweet spot between dining out (fun, time-consuming, expensive) and paying a personal chef to come cook (intrusive, expensive).
Her food is delivered pre-cooked (with re-heating instructions, if needed).
The a la carte menu changes weekly, so diners don’t get bored. (Or kids — their lunches are a big part of her service.) All meals are covered, including breakfast. (Baked goods are a specialty.)
Hemma Kitchen’s kids’ lunches.
The menu goes live at 9 a.m. every Thursday. It stays online through noon on Sunday.
Molly works in a commercial kitchen on Saugatuck Avenue (formerly Cabbages & Kings). Her equipment is new — as fresh as her food.
Deliveries are made (anywhere in Fairfield County) on Tuesday afternoons, between 4 and 6. If you’re not home, Molly suggests leaving a cooler outside.
“People really like the ease of this,” Molly says. “They know the food is not boring. And they can tell it’s all made from scratch.”
“It’s insane how good her food is,” one customer tells “06880.”
Favorite items include chicken tortilla soup, salmon burgers, roasted veggie and turkey burgers, and carrot muffins.
Vegan salad: Gotham greens, carrot “bacon,” marinated beets and chickpeas, quinoa crunch, and coconut ranch.
Looking ahead, Molly will be at the Fairfield International Food Fest on Labor Day weekend, and hopes to sell at Weston’s Lachat Town Farm too.
But you don’t have to go anywhere for a meal (or meals) from Hemma Kitchen.
Just click here. Then count down to Tuesday.
PS: Here’s a special offer for “06880” readers: Use the code HELLOHEMMA for 20% off your first order!
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She begins next Tuesday (May 26), delivering family-style kits that serve 4. They include ready-to-toast sourdough bread with a choice of 2 toasts (meatless meatballs, hummus, burrata or roasted squash); 1 salad (kale with tahini miso or local greens), and 1 soup (creamy carrot or 3-bean chili), and 1 tea. Everyone gets 4 chocolate chip cookies.