The Gift of Time

Made For You is FREE the Month of December

This means that we will assemble all meals for our customers at NO CHARGE, saving you up to two hours of time!  We know everyone is busy preparing and dealing with various holiday stresses.  So Dream Dinners will assemble your meals for pick-up, giving you healthy, easy and ready-to-make meals without the normal $25 assembly fee.  Place your order from the December menu today.

Our Santa Barbara delivery clients also get their meals assembled at no charge. 
Santa Barbara delivery is December 4th, please order by Saturday December 2nd!

Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

We know that not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving this week, but in the spirit of one of our favorite holidays, we wanted to thank you.

Whether this week is business as usual for you, or spent around the table with friends and family, I hope you know that we, here at Dream Dinners, are thinking about you and yours.

And since our job is to help everyone get tasty and delicious meals on the table, and our employees are customers as well, we asked Dream Dinners - Ventura what they enjoyed most about Dream Dinners.

"I am thankful for Dream Dinners because it gives me the gift of more time with my family and not in the kitchen and at the grocery store! They grow up so fast!" ~ Theresa

"I am thankful to dream dinners because it quick delicous and provides such a great variety of meals." ~ Emily

"I am thankful for Dream Dinners because it helps so many of our clients enjoy their meal time with their families and friends in a more relaxed atmosphere." ~ Christine

"I am thankful for Dream Dinners because I can finally stop asking myself, "What's for Dinner?". With Dream Dinners, I KNOW what's for dinner!" ~ Lauri

"I am thankful for Dream Dinners for having such a great variety of food that is quick to make. Sometimes I just want to come home and relax and want something ready pronto, Dream Dinners makes this idea very easy for me, plus I love all the no hassle pasta dishes that can be cooked from frozen :) " ~ Nicole

"I am truly thankful for Dream Dinners for making dinnertime so much easier so we can spend more time at the dinner table together as a family sharing our day and enjoying our yummy meal! " ~ Suzanne

Thanksgiving from Dream Dinners

Thanksgiving is next week (it is as early as it could possibly be this year!) and those of us hosting for our families had better be planning out dinner.  I just found out that I am going to have around 35 people at my house and as I was breathing into the bag to avoid hyperventilating, I realized that Dream Dinners is there to help.  Not only is the turkey available but they have all the trimmings as well.  Also, the Thanksgiving dishes are Fast Lane, meaning there is no assembly fee if I don't have the time to make it to a session!  

I might have time to finish cleaning and preparing AND get to play with the kids after all! 

Click here to place your order.

Holiday Roasted Turkey

Fast Lane It’s our spectacular, simple-to-prepare, juicy turkey! Equivalent to a 16 pound bone-in turkey, this delicious boneless turkey is simple to carve, makes a great holiday presentation and is not readily available in stores.

Holiday Family Favorite Side Dishes

Fast Lane Save time and money by preparing all your holiday side dishes at Dream Dinners! Your family will think you've spent days in the kitchen.  Eight different side dishes are available.   You can purchase additional family favorite sides during your session.

How Long Will my Dream Dinners Last Once Defrosted?

We recommend that you take 3 dinners every week from your freezer and place them to thaw in your refrigerator. Depending on where you place them in your refrigerator and what temperature you hold at (recommend 38 – 40 degrees), and what the dinner is, it can take several days ( 2 – 5 ) to completely thaw your Dream Dinners.

Once your dinner is completely thawed, be sure to cook your dinner within these timeframes:
- Steaks/beef, three to five days
- Poultry/Pork, one to two days
- Seafood, one to two days

Chocolate Jam Bars

I enjoy making these bars because they call for so few ingredients and they taste delicious!  You can even change the flavor with your choice of jam.  They are always a hit.

1 1/2 c oats (quick-cooking or old fashioned)
1 1/2 c flour
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 c brown sugar, packed down
1/4 tsp salt
1 c butter (cold)
3/4 c seedless raspberry jam - (I find the berry ones stand up best to the oats and chocolate though I did use apricot one time and it was lovely)
1 1/2 c chocolate chips (I use less or more according to how much chocolate I want)
1/4 c chopped walnuts (optional)

In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugars and salt.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs.  Set aside 1 cup for topping, press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 9-inch square baking pan.  Spread with jam; sprinkle with chocolate chunks.

Combine the walnuts (if using) and reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over the top.  Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly.  Cool on a wire rack.  Cut into squares.

Tip: To get the bars out of the pan easily, I will cover the bottom with parchment paper.

November Santa Barbara delivery

The November delivery date for Santa Barbara is next week:

Friday, November 9th

Please place your order by Wednesday November 7th.  We usually deliver between 12pm & 2pm. But we can be accommodating if you have different needs. Please feel free to call us at 805.644.4478 and let us know how we help you simplify your life with Dream Dinners.