Homemade Happiness With Let’s Dish!

by Hailey Almsted | Oct 2025

Photo: Chris Emeott

Let’s Dish! brings the ease of cooking back to your table—so you can enjoy the moments that truly matter.

Welcome to Let’s Dish!, where your love for home-cooked meals meets the convenience of ready-to-cook perfection.

With over 20 years of Minnesota roots, co-founder and CEO Darcy Olson says that Let’s Dish! has evolved from its origin—which welcomed customers to participate in sessions to assemble their meals—into what it is today. With five locations across the Twin Cities—and now available at select Target locations—Let’s Dish! offers a wide selection of simple-to-cook meals made with fresh ingredients that can be easily stored in the freezer and prepared when you’re ready.

Photos: Let’s Dish!

Woodbury residents Anne and John have used Let’s Dish! for several years. Although they first began using it while they had their three children at home, Anne says now, as empty-nesters, Let’s Dish! is still a part of their routine. “It’s nice to have them in the freezer,” she says. “We have a cabin, and we go back-and-forth, so when we come home and think, ‘What are we having?’ it’s nice to have something in the freezer that’s easy to put together.” Let’s Dish! even became a part of their eldest son’s college experience. “When my oldest was … at school, I’d order meals for him. When he was home on holiday, I could send him back to school with meals; he would take them back in a cooler,” Anne recalls. “He loved that.”

That’s what Olson and the team like to hear. “For all the unpredictable things that happen in the world, it’s great to make dinner a sure thing,” Olson says. Plus, with a variety of options, including gluten- and dairy-free, vegetarian, low sodium and under 400 calories, there’s something for just about everyone.

“It’s ready to cook and ready when you are,” says Katie Suttenberg, chief operating officer. “Dinner happens 365 days a year, and our meals make your life so much easier so you can enjoy other things. You don’t have to have the stress and mental load every day of, ‘What’s for dinner tonight?’”

Whether you’re a professional, a parent on the go or simply someone who values quality meals, Let’s Dish! makes it easy to create delicious meals in the comfort of your kitchen. Favorites, such as Barbacoa Beef Burrito Bowls, Bourbon-Glazed Meatballs & Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Cheese Curd Crusted Chicken Ranch Bake, Crunchy Chicken Queso Bake, Indian Butter Chicken with Rice and Skillet Pot Roast, are available
year-round. At the same time, seasonal items are added throughout the year. All options are available in serving sizes of three ($20) or six ($35).

Let’s Dish! prioritizes a successful shopping experience by inviting customers to shop online or in-store at any one of its welcoming locations, including Apple Valley, Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Prior Lake and Woodbury. Additionally, the aforementioned favorites in serving size of three are available to shop at 25 Target locations. “We’re excited to bring a small selection of our quality family meals to the aisles of these select Target stores” Olson says. “These are meals made by our team, just like the wide selection of meals in our Let’s Dish! stores.”

For Olson, it’s all about providing that homemade happiness. “Life is so busy. We’re running around and doing so many things,” Olson says. “Sometimes that happiness and joy that we’re chasing is right there at home, and we like to make it easy to enjoy that.”

Anne shares that sentiment, especially as the holiday season approaches. “They have holiday things that are really nice,” she says, mentioning the Ham and Swiss Sliders, dips and more. “I usually stock up on those things around the holidays. It helps out with company and entertaining.

“The kids are like, ‘Ooh, ham sliders, yum!’ They all ask for it. They say, ‘Is it Let’s Dish?’ … The meals are very consistent. There’s never a time when it’s not as good as it was last time.”

Skillet Pot Roast