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Our Eggplant Parmigiana - a classic Italian recipe of eggplant, cheese, tomatoes and herbs from our Italian chef.

Our Eggplant Parmigiana - a classic Italian recipe of eggplant, cheese, tomatoes and herbs from our Italian chef.

A bit like lasagna without the pasta! Long slices of eggplant are layered with parmesan and mozzarella, and baked in a deep rich tomato sauce, with fresh basil. Slightly smokey and definitely tomatoey, it's a dish that packs a big punch of Italian flavour.

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Our Beef Burgundy. Tender beef in a wine and herb sauce, served with our buttery mash and green beans.

Our Beef Burgundy. Tender beef in a wine and herb sauce, served with our buttery mash and green beans.

Pasture-fed beef is slowly braised traditionally with red wine (Burgundy) along with the rich flavours of our chef's own home-made beef stock, bacon, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots and herbs.

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13 Benefits of Frozen Meals

13 Benefits of Frozen Meals

13 Benefits of Frozen Meals

1.             Natural & Free From Preservatives.  We don’t need to add chemicals.  Ice is Mother’s Nature’s preservative.

2.             Optimum Freshness, Flavour & Nutrition:  Snap-freezing locks everything in while the food is at its peak

3.             Food Safety:  Freezing reduces a number of potentially harmful bacteria

4.             No Pressure to Eat the Food:  instead of having to eat it within a few days, you have months

5.             Less Wastage:  No more degraded, spoiled or ‘off’ food to throw away

6.             Saving Money:  No wasted food means no wasted money.

7.             Aids Nutritious & Healthy Eating:  If they’re hand-made with real food and premium produce (like our Dinner’s Ready dishes) they have all the benefits of home-cooking (unlike factory-produced ultra-processed meals)

8.             Convenience:  Your favourite meals are always only 5 minutes away – whatever life throws at you

9.             Time-Saving:  Instead of having to cook you can spend your time doing what you love

10.          Freedom & Flexibility:  Having a range of meals in the freezer gives you freedom to eat whatever you feel like at that moment

11.          No Seasonal Boundaries:  Eat whatever you want, regardless of whether it’s in season

12.          Portion Control:  A great way to make sure you’re eating healthily while keeping an eye on how much you eat

13.          Research tells us that frozen foods can contain more nutrients than fresh:    You can read more about this – and all the other benefits – on https://dinnersready.com.au/pages/benefits-of-freezing

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Our Beef Gravy is made from scratch

Our Beef Gravy is made from scratch

Another reason we're different: Our Beef Gravy is made from scratch – as in all good restaurants and home kitchens. The basis is our own beef stock, made over hours with bones and vegetables.
Here’s the ingredient list for our gravy:
Our Beef Stock: (water, beef bones, tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, carrot, celery, garlic bay leaf, peppercorn), sugar, salt, tomato powder, onion powder, oil, spice, gluten-free flour)
We don’t add any chemicals, preservatives, colours, flavours, etc
And here’s the ingredient list for the gravy from a factory-manufactured ready meal:
Water, Chicken Gravy Powder (Potato Starch, Maltodextrin (Corn), Milk Powders, Vegetable Fat, Herbs & Spices, Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Caster Sugar, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Sodium Caseinate, Natural Flavour, Vegetable Gum (415, 412), Soy Sauce Powder, Food Acid (330), Food Colour (150a), Emulsifier (322, 471), Anticaking (341)), Cream (Pasteurised Cream) , Red Wine (Preservative(202))
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Our Apple Crumble is made the traditional way.

Our Apple Crumble is made the traditional way.

Our Apple Crumble is made the traditional way.
The topping is made crumbly by mixing flour with real butter (not margarine) and then just a touch of almond meal is added. It's baked until the crumble topping goes brown, (and reheating it in the oven will make that topping go a little chewy.)
The apples underneath the crumble really are apples - not a mushy apple sauce. They have been gently cooked until they still have texture and a little bite, and still hold their shape (which you can see in the photo). They are not over sweetened so that they're a great complement to the topping.
Our Crumble is all real food. It's made with everything you'd use at home - there are no numbers, thickeners, emulsifiers or artificial flavours. Only 100% real food ingredients, just like your gran and great-gran would have used.
It comes in a generous 450g size, which easily gives 2-4 servings.
All made by our specialist dessert and bakery chef
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The perfect gift for someone who's under the weather - ready-to-heat, nourishing meals with banging flavour.

The perfect gift for someone who's under the weather - ready-to-heat, nourishing meals with banging flavour.

The perfect gift for someone who's under the weather - ready-to-heat, nourishing meals with banging flavour.
If someone you know isn’t up to cooking for themselves at the moment Dinner’s Ready meals can make them feel comforted, nourished and cared for.
They’re all hand-made by our chefs, have no added-anything, and taste just like real home-cooked food – just what you need when you’re not feeling great.
You can send one of our gift vouchers, or order them a package of meals to be delivered to their doorstep. (You can either choose your own meals, or opt for one of our ‘Bundles’).
Either way, it’s a gift they’ll not only appreciate, but won’t forget.
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Mushroom & Taleggio  Lasagna

Mushroom & Taleggio Lasagna

Mushroom & Taleggio - our latest Seasonal Lasagna, available only through Winter.  A warming, comforting and satisfying lasagna.  Flavoured with the meatiness and depth of mushrooms, and the strength and slight saltiness of Taleggio.

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Our New Italian Chicken Cacciatora

Our New Italian Chicken Cacciatora

Our new Italian Chicken Cacciatora - a traditional hearty, rustic stew; made with chicken and vegetables simmered in a tomato sauce rich with wine and vegetables

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Our Cottage Pie. The perfect comfort food - warming & nurturing & homely.

Our Cottage Pie. The perfect comfort food - warming & nurturing & homely.

Our Cottage Pie. The perfect comfort food - warming & nurturing & homely. (Plus, it’s gluten-free)

Our chef’s tried and true recipe base is of pure Aussie lamb and beef, gently cooked in our own home-made stock and gravy. The pie is topped off with our soft mashed potato that's made with a generous amount of butter. (No ‘milk solids’ or ‘thickeners’ here, it’s made the old-fashioned way with real milk and butter.

Perfect for a really satisfying dinner when you feel like a little nurturing - or as a rainy day lunch. A meal in itself on it’s own - or try serving with some extra green peas, or lightly steamed beans and carrots.

Available as a Single Serve (350g), and also as a meal to share for 2-3 (800g)

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Our Tortellini Boscaiola - Authentic, hand-made pasta with a light, creamy sauce

Our Tortellini Boscaiola - Authentic, hand-made pasta with a light, creamy sauce

Our Tortellini Boscaiola - Authentic, hand-made pasta with a light, creamy sauce

Perfect parcels of hand-made tortellini are filled with beef and mortadella .  They are covered in a generous light, creamy sauce with mushrooms and bacon, then topped off with a shaving of aged Grana Padano cheese.

All made by our Italian chef - including the pasta, which is freshly made by hand every day.  

350g, serves 1

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Malaysian Fried Rice with Chicken – hand-made by our Singaporean chef

Malaysian Fried Rice with Chicken – hand-made by our Singaporean chef

Malaysian Fried Rice with Chicken – hand-made by our Singaporean chef
Chicken is flash-cooked with jasmine rice, carrots, green beans and chopped cabbage in our own, hand-made Kecap Manis, and then Nonya sambal and omelette is added. It's got a little kick to it so we'd say that this was 'medium' heat in terms of spiciness. Perfect as a meal on its own, or to serve with our Malaysian Chicken Curry.
This dish features truly authentic flavours as it has been cooked for us by our Singaporean chef.
Serves 1 as a stand-alone dish, or 2-3 when served alongside one of our curries.
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Our new-recipe Tender Lamb Casserole with vegetables

Our new-recipe Tender Lamb Casserole with vegetables

Our new-recipe, super-tender, super-delicious Classic Lamb Casserole with vegetables  

Lean, hand-trimmed Aussie lamb is gently slow-cooked to a traditional recipe. The lamb, onion, celery and carrots are simmered till tender in our own stock with bay leaf and rosemary. Then and a touch of red wine is added to give true depth of flavour to the sauce. (You can see that the lamb is fall-apart tender in the photo.) Served with our own mashed potato and green beans. To give you the true taste of homely cooking.

350g - Serves 1

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