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"  Dream Dinners  Service and Cost $200 for a 12-meal series, or about $17 per meal for four to six  You Save Time spent shopping, chopping and prepping.   How It Works Once a month, go to  dreamdinners.com and select a six- or 12-meal plan; choose from 14 ever-changing entr\u00E9es such as pork chops with ginger-baked apples or rosemary chicken with penne pasta. Then, book a visit to your local Dream Dinners storefront (there are 96 in 29 states \u2014 and growing), where you&amp;#039;ll spend one to two hours assembling the preprepped ingredients for your meals. You&amp;#039;ll head home with up to 12 meals that can be frozen and popped into the oven any day of the week.   The Best Part &amp;quot;I had about a month&amp;#039;s worth of meals and didn&amp;#039;t have to clean up my kitchen once!&amp;quot; \u2014Anna Quinton, 33, Portsmouth, NH  Bottom Line Great for anyone who lacks the weeknight time (or mental energy) to plan or prep \u2014 as long as you can carve out a chunk of weekend time to assemble the meals. Tastefully Simple Service and Cost $4.50 to $10 per prepackaged dish, or about $12.50 per meal for four.  You Save The effort of making meals from scratch.   How It Works There are two ways to get Tastefully Simple&amp;#039;s kits, which require only one or two added ingredients \u2014 such as water or eggs \u2014 to become tasty dinners. You can host an at-home party, where a consultant (there are more than 19,000 nationwide) prepares Tastefully Simple food for you and your guests to try and buy. Or you can find a local representative online at tastefullysimple.com and order any time. You&amp;#039;ll have a pantry full of options, such as creamy wild rice soup and savory beer bread, to whip up in a pinch.   The Best Part &amp;quot;I hardly spent any time prepping. And while my bread baked, I had 50 uninterrupted minutes to play with my son!&amp;quot; \u2014Alyssa Yano, 28, Yonkers, NY  Bottom Line These aren&amp;#039;t quite homemade meals, but they&amp;#039;re fast, easy and a step above frozen dinners. The Six O&amp;#039;Clock Scramble Service and Cost $5 per month (you buy the food on your own).  You Save The hassle of figuring out what to cook.   How It Works Sign up at thescramble.com, and every Wednesday you&amp;#039;ll get a new five-night, main-meal menu, with recipes and a shopping list. Most meals require fewer than 10 ingredients, take 30 minutes or less to make and are kid-friendly \u2014 such as tortellini with fresh mozzarella and Asian turkey burgers.   The Best Part &amp;quot;The variety! I had easy access to new recipes without spending my time looking at cookbooks.&amp;quot; \u2014Barb Belfie, 43, Seattle  Bottom Line You&amp;#039;ll never again wonder, What&amp;#039;s for dinner? But to satisfy a family of picky eaters, you might have to do some recipe tinkering. Relish! Service and Cost $6 per month (you buy the food).  You Save Hours planning the week&amp;#039;s menus.   How It Works Sign up at relishrelish.com, and every Thursday you&amp;#039;ll get five nights of entr\u00E9e and side dish recipe suggestions with shopping lists, plus rotating dessert ideas with recipes online. The meals take 30 minutes or less to prepare, and the ingredients usually cost $80 or less for the week&amp;#039;s worth of dinners (such as soy-and-ginger flank steak with Asian spinach salad). Once a month, you also get five &amp;quot;freezer meal&amp;quot; suggestions, including recipes and shopping lists that you can prepare or save for another time.   The Best Part &amp;quot;I loved not staring into my refrigerator deciding what to make for dinner!&amp;quot; \u2014Rita Cookson, 35, River Edge, NJ  Bottom Line This service helps you break out of the if-it&amp;#039;s- Tuesday-it-must-be-tacos rut with more adventurous menus. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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