Food
Paleo With Love
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food is fresh. Brown delivers some meals
himself on his way home, and delivery
services take care of the rest.
Brown uses ingredients from local providers
and he uses organic produce and
natural, antibiotic-free, grass-fed meats.
Clients can sign up for 18 meals a
month for $200, and individual meals
cost $10 to $13, around the same price
as lunch in Manhattan, Brown said.
The menu changes twice a week. In
March, some of the options were Tika
honey chicken with red kale and roasted
vegetables; beef chili with cashews and
spinach and sweet potato; and chicken
mushroom cauliflower risotto with pancetta
and sun-dried tomatoes.
The inspiration for meals comes from
ingredients that are in season, farmers
markets and client feedback, Brown said.
The food is also available in five gyms:
CrossFit Dynamix, CrossFit Bell, Cross-
Fit 718, CrossFit SoBro and CrossFit
Queens. Brown said the business now
has 250 clients, which is up 50 percent
from last year. He said new customers
are joining weekly. At first, most of his
clients came from the gyms, but now half
are home delivery clients.
He
s a i d
p o s i t i v e
client feedback
keeps him going.
One woman said she doesn’t have
to cook anymore, and can spend more
time with kids. Another client claimed
they tried to make some of his dishes, but
they didn’t come out as well as Brown’s.
Brown wants to continue to be a part
of the community and grow by 30 percent
in the next year. His long-term goal is to
open a physical location with show kitchen,
classes and a hot bar to take out food.
For now, he said one of his main challenges
are growing pains. The more the
business expands, the more costs there
are, and the more there is to do. Brown said
it was big risk to take this on 100 percent.
“There’s a fear of not being able to
make it,” Brown said. “But helping others
drives me.”
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