How it Works

 

The Perfect Dinner is committed to producing fresh-made, family- friendly dinners that are ready to heat and eat in the comfort of your own home.  Dinners are available for pick-up or delivery without pre-ordering. 

It's so simple.  It's so good.

FRESH MADE AND FULLY COOKED

The dinners are made with all fresh ingredients and are fully cooked in our on-site commercial kitchen. Once the food is cooked it is rapidly cooled and refrigerated. This extends the shelf life, allowing you the flexibility to serve the dinners within several days of purchase.

Usually, the meals will retain their freshness and quality for four days.  Meals that are not completely sold out on the day they are prepared are still available to order for the next two days.  This gives you a wide selection of dishes to choose from on any given day -- several of these "carry-over" items plus the four new entrees we prepare each day.

READY TO HEAT & EAT

Our meals are packaged in revolutionary new packaging which is the height of convenience for our customers.  These dual-ovenable containers can go directly from your refrigerator into the oven OR microwave.  Before heating in the oven, simply remove the plastic top of the package and cover with foil. To heat in the microwave, simply remove the plastic top and cover the package with paper towels to reduce splatter.

3 SIZES, 3 PRICES

Our meals are packaged in three sizes, which correspond to the three prices listed on the monthly menu.  The small size has approximately 2-3 servings,  the medium size (pictured) has approximately 4 servings and the large size has approximately 6 servings.  Regardless of the size you select, per serving portions are comparable.  You can expect to receive approximately 5-6 ounces of chicken per serving, 4-5 ounces of beef, and 3-5 ounces of pork. Each serving consists of roughly one cup of starch, whether it be potatoes, rice, or pasta. Therefore, a small order of a chicken entree will have three 5 ounce chicken breasts, and about three cups of rice, pasta, or potatoes.

We've been working to update our website to include pictures, ingredients and, most recently, nutritional information. The pictures depict approximately one serving of each meal, which has been transferred from The Perfect Dinner container onto a plate for serving. The nutritional information includes the contents of one complete serving.

PICK-UP OR DELIVERY WITHOUT PRE-ORDERING

Dinners are ready for pick-up or delivery without pre-ordering.  You can call at any time and reserve a dinner to pick up or be delivered later, or you can call us at the last minute when you're ready to eat.  If it's late in the day sometimes we will run out of a particular menu item or size, but we always have other delicious items to choose from.  Deliveries are available from 4 - 7:30 pm Monday - Friday and 3 - 6:30 pm on Saturdays.  You can request a specific half-hour time slot or you can request the next available delivery.  Our delivery drivers are in constant motion so you will get your dinner usually within 30-45 minutes.  Deliveries in the Oak Park/River Forest/Elmwood Park/Forest Park area are $2.50/delivery.  Deliveries outside this area are available based on mileage.

Your satisfaction is our priority, so please contact us with questions or concerns. We look forward to serving you!