Personal
Chef
Thank you for your interest in our affordable Personal Chef
services. We would love to help you! Please read
the following for an understanding of what we do.
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Basic Kneads has been around since 1991. We've been cooking
fresh foods in this area since January of 2002, and have
won many trophies and ribbons since then. Basic
Kneads is currently cooking lunches & weeknight
meals for 15 to 20 families each week: some of which
are enjoying successful weight management with
delicious customized menus, others prefer to
eat
fresh & flavorful food of any type, and the rest
just prefer true comfort food made from scratch. |
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Rhea is the resident Chef
at Dromore Manor, a “house” caterer for
Head Start, U of I Research Park, Inland Imaging, Liberty Lake
Rotary, Spray Cool, Parker Aerospace, Mountain
West Bank and Community 1st Banks ~ just to mention a few. We
have a nice handful of loyal private and
corporate clients. Event catering is a distinct pleasure of
ours. We are providing a lot of corporate catering as
of late, feeding hungry (somewhat sleepy) folks in board
meetings, classes, and luncheons. A quick visit to through this
site will provide you with: insight, references & letters of
recommendation.
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Unlike any of our competitors, everything at Basic Kneads is
made from scratch using fresh, high quality ingredients
from local purveyors, resulting in fresh tasting food that
stands out. Nowhere else (aside from your kitchen) can you get
breads, entrees, salad dressings & desserts ~ all made from
scratch! There are no set menus, as they are all customized to
personal tastes, monetary budgets and specific diets. When I get
a new family, the first step is to fill out a
Family Profile,
which takes about 10 minutes on the phone. It's a list of about
25 different ingredients that tells us what each family member
likes & dislikes eating, along with any dietary restrictions,
allergies and preferences. |
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The
Family Profile
insures you don't get foods you don't want. I make a
new 9-dinner menu every Sunday. All entrees are
labeled and have cooking/reheat directions. The
dinners are delivered fresh and go into the fridge
(a few can be frozen) where they will last 5-7 days,
if eaten in the suggested order. Depending on the
entree, we cook it to the appropriate stage so that
when you re-heat or cook it, the food is fresh and
not overcooked. The cooking directions can be
altered to accommodate your reheat preferences: some
of my older clients like to use the microwave only,
others are comfortable with the oven, stove and BBQ.
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We deliver on Monday's. The cost of an adult 3-course dinner
(meat, starch & vegetable) is $9 for most folks, or $11 for the
strictest of diets. Senior Pricing is $8 to $9.50 per dinner.
Child pricing varies from nothing to $7 based on age. We also
make fresh breads (.95), Loaded Salad Kits w/Homemade Dressing
($2.75), and Desserts (.50 to $3) every week ~ for those that
are interested. We have a minimum order of 3 dinners per person
per week. |
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There is a nominal
delivery fee based on your location & 6% tax ~ if
you're in Idaho. For those of my clients who like to
choose their food each week ~ I e-mail the new
Weekly Menu
out each Sunday, (with a Monday noon order
deadline), for clients to pick what they'd like to
have delivered the following Monday. Please let me
know if you have any unanswered questions, and how
you'd like to proceed. If you're ready, you can get
delicious homemade meals as soon as this Monday! |
Carefully crafting fresh foods into delicious meals,
Rhea Skinner, Basic Kneads
208-771-0598
basickneadsllc@gmail.com
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