Your insurance might cover this healthy meal plan service - here's how PlateJoy Health works

Start off by signing up with your email and insurance to see if you're eligible for the service

In order to see if you'll qualify to get PlateJoy Health free, you'll need to give them a little bit of information about yourself. Whether you qualify or not, everyone can use the service — you just may have to pay a fee (and you won't get a free Fitbit or scale).

Once registered, head to your new landing page

Access free video content and your weekly menus, plus keep track of your activity, sugar consumption, and weight loss all from this handy landing page.

Then, you'll fill out an in-depth questionnaire to help inform your PlateJoy meal plan

PlateJoy's questionnaire is extremely thorough, so you can be sure your meal plan will actually be personalized. They ask questions you would expect to find when creating a healthy eating plan, like if you're trying to lose weight, how active you usually are, and what ingredients you're looking to cut from your diet — if any at all.

You'll also be asked very specific questions like how you feel about seasonal produce (do you care if your meals include out-of-season ingredients, for example), eating leftovers, and if you prefer batch cooking or having something different for dinner every night.

You can go back and change the answers to your questionnaire at any point, in case you realize something you choose is not actually working for you.

Once you finish your questionnaire, you'll find a queue of meals waiting for you

Based on your answers, PlateJoy will select and present you with a slew of meals that you may find on your next meal plan. As well as the meal itself, you'll find cook time and nutritional information. If one meal seems unappetizing to you, you can remove it from your queue permanently so that it never shows up on one of your meal plans.

Once you've scanned through your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options you'll create your own menu

Here's what a week of dinners might look like. When you come across your week's worth of recipes, you can remove, swap or add based on what you like and don't like. If you want to cook one of these recipes, simply click the cook arrow and you'll be led to a full recipe page.

Once you decide you're satisfied with your meal plan, you'll get a custom shopping list

Before creating your shopping list, PlateJoy will ask what you already have in your pantry. Then they'll send you this shopping list based on the ingredients needed in your recipes and the items you already have. They also indicate how much of each ingredient you'll need for your menu, so you don't waste food or money by buying too much.

You also have the option to send your ingredient list directly to Instacart, so you can save yourself the trip to the grocery store and have everything delivered right to your door.

Then, all that's left is for you to get cooking

Once you have all your ingredients, all you have to do is cook. Head back to your landing page to keep track of your progress, but otherwise all you have to do is enjoy your delicious meals.