January 3, 2012 – 9:44 am
While we’ve never considered ourselves a diet company, but rather proud proponents of a healthy lifestyle, Let’s Dish! has helped a lot of dishers (myself included) to make healthier choices at mealtime and shed some pounds. Just this past year we featured Fran Mansuy who lost 158 pounds incorporating Let’s Dish! meals and following Weight Watchers. A couple of years back we heard from Brian and Renee Parks who combined lost 40 pounds.
We thought January would be the perfect time to spread the word about what we’re calling “The Lighter Side of Let’s Dish!”, which essentially makes it easier for you to spot healthy choices while you’re in our stores. What qualifies a meal as being part of the “Lighter Side of Let’s Dish!”? Our guideline is that main course of the meal and the included side together are under 400 calories per serving. The next time you’re in our store, check out our Ready Made case and look for this logo to find a healthy meal selection. (A smaller version also appears on our printed and online menus indicating meals that are part of the Lighter Side of Let’s Dish!)
Again, our focus is a healthy lifestyle and giving you the option to make the healthier choice (check out Ashley’s blog post about making the better choice). It also comes down to this: we’re a local, family-owned business and we have hectic schedules too, (read: soccer practice, karate, chorus recitals, etc!) and we want to make a healthy lifestyle more obtainable. This is just one way we strive to make a difference. We hope you’ll stop by our stores and try our healthier selections and see how easy it can be to make the better choice.
Cheers,
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November 10, 2011 – 1:18 pm
*Update! We’ve extended this promo… Help us get to 4500 fans by midnight on Wednesday, November 30th and all fan get FREE scones the following week!*
Sure, we like popularity. We’re proud that Let’s Dish! has been the region’s leader in meal assembly since our inception 7 years ago. We’re delighted that fans of Let’s Dish! rave about our products and services. And we want to reward those of you who have (and will) formalize your “fanship” by fanning us on Facebook. So we hereby issue a challenge to all those dishers on Facebook (c’mon, we know you have an account and are on there more often than you care to admit!):
Help us get to 4500 fans by midnight on Friday November 25th, and all fans get free scones the next week.
That’s right… just join our growing legion of Facebook fans (click here to get started). Not only will you get access to special deals and offers, but you also will get the chance for free scones on Wednesday November 30th… yup, if we hit the big 4500, we’ll alert all fans over the weekend. Print your FB page with proof of fanship, bring it into any Let’s Dish! location, and we’ll give you scones - FREE. Woo hoo! Tell your friends and help us reach our goal!
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October 3, 2011 – 11:31 am
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From endless lesson planning to coaching teams, we all know that teachers do so much for our kids and our communities. So, this back-to-school season, we’re giving them free meals with our new Salute to Teachers event!
Each Wednesday from August 10th to August 31st, any teacher, educator or school administrator can walk-in and assemble one full meal (or, split it into 2 of course!) at any of our stores in Maryland or Northern Virginia. There’s no purchase necessary – just provide proof of employment and a valid email address to create a Let’s Dish! account. Free meals will be chosen from the following favorites:
- Caribbean Chicken Fingers with Parmesan Green Beans
- Chili-Lime Chicken with Black Bean Salsa
- Beachfront Shrimp Al Fresco
- Greek Pork Wraps
- Southwestern Pinto Burgers
The best part? Teachers can stock up for fall by upgrading to a 4-, 8- or 12-meal session, with one meal completely free*.
We love our local teachers and support our local schools in several different ways, all year round. If you’re a teacher, PTA member, or you just want to learn about ways to help out your local school, click here!
* One meal must be from the designated list above. $27 discount will be applied. 4-meal session: $78; 8-meal session: $168; 12-meal session: $233
**Each teacher can dish one meal for free throughout entire promotion.
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A member of the Let’s Dish! team has recently hit the 100 pound weight loss mark (congrats to you!) and looks simply amazing. When people ask her the secret, her response is “I almost always make the better choice.” We live in a world of crazy fad diets, unrealistic workout programs and thousand of “self-help” books. Could it really be that simple?
She’s living proof! So, whether you’re trying to lose 5lbs or 100lbs, and even if you’re not, I think this is a mantra that we all can keep in mind. This week, I decided to get on the bandwagon. So far I:
1. Rode my bike to the farmers market on Sunday (I usually drive the three miles and fight for a parking spot. Tying my bike up to a tree and walking right into the market was pure bliss.)
2. Ordered the small latte at Starbucks instead of my usual venti (Saved myself 90 calories!)
3. Was in the mood for something crunchy and chose baby carrots instead of chips.
4. Enjoyed Firecracker Chicken with Sweet Potato Fries for dinner.
How does the last one count? I had the choice to eat out, and was really in the mood for chicken fingers. Instead, I stayed home and enjoyed Let’s Dish! Firecracker Chicken instead of Chicken Fingers and Fries from TGIFridays, saving me approximately 825 calories and 55 grams of fat (and some $$)! Here’s how the two meals stack up:
Let’s Dish!
TGIFridays
See more comparisons like these, here.
I’ll admit it. I chose to eat two of our Almost Homemade Heath Bar Crunch cookies today. And they were worth it. That’s where the “almost” comes in (”I almost always make the best choice”) right?
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