Make Your Own Easy and Healthy Meals at Dinner Done

By the time you’ve made it home from a long day of work, the last thing you want to do is toil away in the kitchen preparing a meal.

Fast-food is always an option, but it is hardly healthy. And while there are certainly some fine dining establishments, eating out too often can be quite the hit on the wallet. Preparing your own meals is often the healthiest and most fiscally responsible option, but who has the time and energy?

That's where Dinner Done, 10330 N. Dale Mabry Highway, comes in. It isn’t exactly a grocery store, and it’s not quite a restaurant.

All you have to do at a session at Dinner Done is show up ready to do a little work. They provide the kitchen, fresh ingredients, and even an apron. And in just a couple hours, you’ll leave with ready to go meals.

“We make meals for the entire month all at one time,” says Lisa Novorksa, who brings along her husband and daughter for meal preparations. “There is never the question of "what's for dinner?" with no answer.”

The service comes at a price friendlier to your wallet than a typical fast-food combo. Sessions start at $85 for four entrees, with the cost per serving coming in at somewhere between $3 to $3.50.

And preparing entrees at Dinner Done kitchen allows personalization of meals. If Little Tommy doesn’t like onions, you can leave them out. Disposable containers are also provided, so all you’ll need to bring is a cooler to take the meals home. Best of all, leave those dirty dishes for Dinner Done to worry about.

 “We used to do more take-out and eat out more during the week because our schedules are busy, but with Dinner Done, we save a lot of money and we avoid eating fast food," Novorksa said. "Plus, this way, we sit down to dinner together and eat as a family."

To keep things fresh Dinner Done updates their menu monthly.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, February's menu was particularly romantic, featuring Jamaican jerk mahi with cilantro chutney is truly the way to a lover’s heart.

If the promise of someone else being on dish duty can’t get your to do a little cooking, ToGo meals prepared by a surrogate chef are available. Order by phone, email, or through the Dinners Done website and your meals are ready for pick-up or delivery within 3 days.

“I work full-time,” says Novorksa. “This takes the stress out of dinnertime for me.”

Signing up for a session or placing an order is simple through their website, DinnerDone.com, or reach them by phone at (813) 264-7700.