FAQ's - answers to frequently asked questions
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What is meal facilitation? Meal facilitation is a phrase we coined to distinguish our services from those of personal chefs, who charge high prices to prepare meals in customers' homes. While personal chefs are a great luxury for busy people, few can afford them.
Entrees Made Easy helps busy people assemble twelve meals in about two hours, and at about the same price per meal as a trip through a drive-through. On their scheduled session date and time, customers come to the Entrees Made Easy kitchen where all the recipe ingredients are ready and waiting. Customers go from station to station, assemble meals according to easy-to-understand instructions, wrap and label their meals and take them home. It's quick, simple and fun, and our friendly staff is always on hand to help out. If you don't have time to join us in our kitchen, delivery service is available.
How much does it cost? At each session, you can either choose a full order that serves four to six or a half order that serves two or three. When purchased in package of 6 meals or more the cost can be as low as $4 per serving! For exact store pricing, click here.
How do I register? Flexibility is important to us, which is why we provide the following registration options:
1. Create an account and register online by clicking on Sign Me Up!. Our online process will walk you through creating a new account, logging in, choosing your session date and time, entree and service selections, and payment options.
2. Call your local store and we’ll be glad to help you schedule your session over the phone.
What payment options are available? Entrees Made Easy accepts payment through several methods:
1. On our website, you can pay for your order with a credit card.
2. You can choose to pay the day you pick-up or assemble your order with Check, Cash or Credit Card.
*Deliveries must be paid by credit card online.*
How does Entrees Made Easy save customers time? Advance preparation takes most of the customer work out of the meals. We do the meal testing, planning, shopping, and prep work such as chopping and slicing. We also prepare ingredients when they require advance attention, like simmering sauces from scratch, mixing and chilling flavored butters, par-boiling noodles, and browning meats.
Customers can freeze meals up to two months. When you’re ready to cook a meal, simply remove it from the freezer and follow the cooking instructions on the label we provide. Typically designed to cook in thirty minutes or less, our meals require only basic preparation (usually after thawing) such as baking, simmering, sauteeing, or grilling. Meals that require more time may be slow-cooked in a crock pot, which can be left unattended.
If you want to save even more time, Entrees Made Easy can assemble your meals for you at a modest additional charge. Delivery service is also available.
How does Entrees Made Easy save customers money? We buy high-quality ingredients at wholesale prices, and pass the savings on to our customers. And since we’re preparing for many customers at once, you can try new recipes and eat a more diverse menu, without investing in full-sized containers of spices and herbs, cooking wines, extracts, and other expensive ingredients.
What makes Entrees Made Easy meals healthier than fast food or prepared foods? We offer superior ingredients like restaurant-quality meats, poultry and seafood, which are a grade above that which customers can buy in the grocery store. We use only real flavorings, juices, and extracts, and often choose fresh herbs over dried. We use fresh fruits and vegetables whenever possible, and add no preservatives during meal assembly (although some canned ingredients, like chicken broth and other staples, may already contain some).
And, of course, the entree choices themselves (like Roasted and Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas, and Grilled Mahi Mahi with Pineapple Salsa) are often more nutritionally balanced than fast-food and processed meals.
What are the menus like? We focus on creating seasonal menus with wide appeal. We also like trying out new and interesting combinations and flavors. We present customers with fourteen different choices per month, often with a dessert option, and try to offer customer favorites on a recurring basis. Click here to check out our current menus.
How do I create an order? We've put together comprehensive instructions to help you easily place your order. Click here to view.
What if I don't like or want certain ingredients in my meals? We know that everyone has different tastes. Some don’t like onions and others can’t get enough, while kids might not even want to see spinach on their plates. Not to worry, we created Entrees Made Easy with flexibility in mind.
Except for the primary meat, poultry, or fish ingredient - which is portion controlled due to cost - customers may alter their entrees as they see fit. If you can’t tolerate cheese, leave it out. Watching your waistline? Reduce the amount of oil. It’s up to you. In fact, we often see customers preparing and packaging a single portion separately for a discriminating eater at home.
What do I need to bring to the session? You need to bring a large cooler in which to transport your completed entrees, we supply the rest.
What is a Walk-in session? Walk-in sessions are convenient sessions that let new and existing customer come into our store without an appointment. They allow you to create trial or last minute entrees with any available product we have. Click here to read more.
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