Sometimes it just gets too hot and too chaotic to cook.
Such was the case this week for my family. We've eaten pizza, takeout Mexican food and uninspired salads.
There is a much better option out there that I should have remembered, however - Dream Dinners.
Dream Dinners is a meal-assembly franchise, which has a location in Natomas, where a flat rate fee and about 30 minutes of prepping easy-to-cook meals yields several nights of dinner (many of which are healthy) that freeze well and are ridiculously convenient during hectic weeks.
For more about Dream Dinners and other meal-assembly businesses in the region, check out my story from earlier this year.
Dream Dinners also is calling on home cooks to come up with recipes to help expand its menu options.
The company is holding its 3rd Annual Recipe Contest through Aug. 28 and is looking for four dishes featuring the following proteins: London Broil, chicken breast, pork chops and cod. One winner from each category will receive $500 towards Dream Dinners meals (that translates to about two months worth of meals).
Judging takes place Oct. 30 and winners will be announced in January. The winning recipes will appear on the March menu, with credit to the recipe's author, a news release states.
For more information, contest rules and entry forms, go to Dream Dinner's Web site.
Do you have a dinner recipe that your family enjoys and want to share it with us? Post your recipe here or e-mail me and your dish may be featured in an upcoming "What's for dinner" post.
Such was the case this week for my family. We've eaten pizza, takeout Mexican food and uninspired salads.
There is a much better option out there that I should have remembered, however - Dream Dinners.
Dream Dinners is a meal-assembly franchise, which has a location in Natomas, where a flat rate fee and about 30 minutes of prepping easy-to-cook meals yields several nights of dinner (many of which are healthy) that freeze well and are ridiculously convenient during hectic weeks.
For more about Dream Dinners and other meal-assembly businesses in the region, check out my story from earlier this year.
Dream Dinners also is calling on home cooks to come up with recipes to help expand its menu options.
The company is holding its 3rd Annual Recipe Contest through Aug. 28 and is looking for four dishes featuring the following proteins: London Broil, chicken breast, pork chops and cod. One winner from each category will receive $500 towards Dream Dinners meals (that translates to about two months worth of meals).
Judging takes place Oct. 30 and winners will be announced in January. The winning recipes will appear on the March menu, with credit to the recipe's author, a news release states.
For more information, contest rules and entry forms, go to Dream Dinner's Web site.
Do you have a dinner recipe that your family enjoys and want to share it with us? Post your recipe here or e-mail me and your dish may be featured in an upcoming "What's for dinner" post.
