I Don't Have to Cook 10 Meals?… or Clean up?

Vivenda.com.au

Wait. You are going to cook 3 different meals, divide them up into their own trays and freeze them for me to use when I want? I just couldn’t believe my luck when I heard I had won the pre-prepared meal  services of Sarah from Vivenda.

My Vivenda Sample experience was to include:
*3 main course meals with 3 freezable portions (serves 2) of each dish

*All Ingredients (even the flour & olive oil, I was expected to have nothing)

*All packaging (which is paperboard so it can go straight from the fridge or freezer into the oven or microwave providing maximum flexibility)

*Sarah using ALL her own equipment and-

*No hassle of cooking or cleaning up

So my lucky cooking day had arrived and...let me tell you, I was quite excited! I felt like I was a celebrity who had their own Chef and I wouldn’t have to cook for ages! The service provided by Vivenda made me relax because I knew I wasn’t having to do the work but would have plenty of food available for dinners for my entire family or even if I had guests over one night.

Sarah arrived at 11 with her car fully loaded of her own pots, pans, ingredients and containers. After a lovely chat and catch up on our lives (we do bizmums club together from Motivating Mum) she quickly cleaned all the counters, ovens and sink and started to prep the food. Hubby and I had previously picked our dishes from the wide range of possibilities listed Vivenda’s website. I chose items that I either didn't know how to make, didn't want to make or the family would love. For the next 4 hours Sarah cooked nonstop and the meals started coming together. Before Sarah left she showed me my freezer with 10 neatly packed containers (we got a bonus Cottage Pie because Sarah had some extra ingredients), cooking instructions found inside each lid and hassle free meal time in one spot! I also looked around my kitchen which was spotless. You would have never known someone had been in there cooking for hours.

I prepared Chicken, Leek & Pancetta Pie for dinner that night and hubby was quite excited to hear what was for dinner! I simply took the tray out and put it straight into the oven and knew 25 minutes later dinner was going to be done. I was able to go play with Addi and relax instead of standing around cooking. I thought to myself “I could get used to this.”

The meal was amazing! Besides being hassle free, I loved that my family was enjoying it, even the picky 2 year old. I loved that it was healthy, it was homemade and it was cheaper then eating out at a restaurant. An example of this is: I ordered pizza the other night for 3 of us (2 pizzas, 1 garlic bread, 1 bottle of soda) and it came to a total of $34.57. Vivenda meals work out to be $12.00 per serving, I would have gotten 3 dinners worth of food from Sarah instead of 1 dinner of unhealthy pizza.

Sound like something you would be interested in or know someone who would be? I think this is a perfect service to give as a gift to an expecting mum, new mum-who can have more time with her baby instead of worrying about dinner, great for dinner parties, special events- aka birthdays, anniversaries, work events, or just to give yourself the gift of time by knowing you don’t have to cook! I had a sample session, but if you book a full session Sarah whips up even more: you can choose 5 dishes and she prepares 10 serves of each.

Book your session today or give it as a gift by going to Vivenda’s website www.vivenda.com.au. There you can also find the menu, sessions that are available and all other information. To contact Sarah simply email her at sarah@vivenda.com.au or give her a call on 0488 725 211.

Please note: Vivenda is only available in the Melbourne area at this time!

What do you think of this idea? Would this be useful for you? Let us know your thoughts. 

Janell @ BabyButton