Time for Dinner

Every time I go to "Time for Dinner" I have to talk about it. It is the greatest concept since anything convenient! It's for working families who don't have time to constantly put together fresh, portioned, meals. For people who are not the best cooks (me) and have trouble coming up with different meals and think most recipes are too hard. It's for the people who buy tons of ingredients for one meal, and waste all the rest because they don't know how to tie the ingredients into anything else (also me).
Time for Dinner is a place where you go to make fresh dinners in bulk. There are stations set up for each dinner offered, with recipe cards to follow, and all ingredients laid out in front of you. You bag up your meal and move on to the next station. The best part? They clean up your mess for you! By time you get to the next station- you are set with clean utensils to make a meal!
At www.TimeforDinner.com, you place your order and pick the time that you'd like to come in and make your meals. When ordering 1 meal, you are ordering 6 servings split into 2 meals of 3. For my family of 3, we get 2 dinners out of 1 meal purchased. I take one portion size, my 4 year old takes half a serving, and my husband gets 1.5 servings.
My neighbor who told me about this place more than a year ago, they have 4 people in their family and eat most of the 6 servings. The rest gets packed for the husband's lunch.
The dinners are fresh, and usually have a freeze expiration date of 6 months. All dinners come with nutrition facts and even Weight Watchers points (bonus for me!). These are NOT microwaved meals and my husband and I agree that most meals are restaurant quality and definitely better than anything I make on my own! Seriously.
I typically pull a meal out 2 days before I want to make it to give it enough time to fully thaw in the fridge. Most meals bake for a half hour. You just pop 'em in! Some have the option of grill or broil, some in the skillet and every once in a while you'll get a dinner that goes in the crock pot.
All meals come with a sticker on the package with cooking instructions.
Time for Dinner is located at Manchester off of Brentwood Blvd in St. Louis.
It is WELL worth the drive!
Www.Timefordinner.com
Did I mention this is fun too? I hate cooking but I love going to Time for Dinner!!! Please use me as a referral: Amanda Sansone

Tonight we tried crab Rangoon chicken-- our favorite so far! Even the 4 year old scarfed it down!! Chicken breast wrapped around a cream cheese filling. I left out the crab. (I'm not a seafood eater and can't ignore the crab if I actually have to put it in there myself!) Topped with a sweet & sour glaze and won tons! SO GOOD!