Once Upon A Plate Catering

05/05/2020

A lot of schools are now rescheduling graduations and proms.... we are also working on cancelled weddings and other events as the governor’s orders allow. If you are planning to move your graduate’s open house, we will be available for you. Don’t discount hosting any event on a week night or a Sunday.... with everything going on, schedules will open up. We truly believe it’s ALL worth celebrating and will be here for you, whenever you decide.

Hiring a caterer is a great way to eliminate contact with serving utensils and other commonly touched surfaces during events. Our staff will gladly serve you safely, with gloves, instead of each of your guests touching all tongs, spoons, and spouts. Contact us today!

05/04/2020

Taking Mother’s Day orders until Thursday at 5pm! Available for pick up/delivery Saturday!

04/29/2020

Another meal for essential workers! Chicken bacon ranch pasta with Parmesan California blend vegetables!#essentialworkers #covid19 #rewardthem

04/29/2020

Today we purchased 150 boxes of delicious cardinal Corn from A Team Concessions and delivered to Mursix Corporation to show appreciation for all they’re doing! An awesome local business changed their model from producing car parts to face Shields needed for PPE for frontline workers fighting COVID-19. We are excited to celebrate with Mursix Monday for ONE MILLION shields produced here. A huge thank you to the Murray’s for not only keeping these folks employed, but also stepping up to help where it’s needed most. Our community is lucky to have Mursix. Join us in saying THANK YOU to them!

04/24/2020

Give mom a break this year.... Mother’s Day will be extra special, from a safe distance.

**Share this post and tag a mom that deserves a free Mother’s Day brunch and why. We will draw a winner Friday May 8th**

This year we will be celebrating Mother’s Day a little differently. It doesn’t look like we will have lines all day at local restaurants and eateries. We won’t be able to gather in our homes with our extended families and friends.

Mom’s deserve a day off. Surprise the special woman in your life with a homemade brunch that she doesn’t have to make.... you can add to the gift by cleaning it up too, with our throw away pans making it fast and easy!

Send these to your parents, grandparents, moms, bonus moms, or front line working mothers for Mother’s Day! Place your order today.

04/23/2020

Missing all of my clients so much! Staff spent the day trying out recipes for our next phase of business.... smoked white cheddar jalapeño popper Mac and cheese turned out delicious. Garlic pork loin was great too! Comment a recipe here (even if it’s a copy cat) that you might like to see! Maybe you created a great one while quarantined that you’d like to share!

04/22/2020

Grilled pork chops, green beans and homemade au gratin potatoes for an appreciation meal for essential workers! 🤩 send yours next week, and tell them thank you!

04/21/2020

Stop thumbing through Pinterest for dinner ideas. Let us do the cooking!
#prepped #mealprep

04/21/2020

Thank you to The Honor Stride for sponsoring a meal for IU HEALTH Ball employees!

04/15/2020

The deadline for quarantine is approaching, but don’t get caught searching for meal ideas if the quarantine gets extended. We’ve got you covered. All homemade from scratch, heat and eat meals ready for your microwave or oven at your finger tips! No planning, no grocery shopping, no piles of dishes from cooking yourself! Order today!

#prepped #planahead #yumm #homemade

04/15/2020

What a beautiful and thoughtful gesture from Meridian Health Services to repurpose their Rialzo XI flowers! They were already planted and growing on the other side of the world for their biggest charity gala of the year...

We have been a corporate sponsor for the last 3 years. When we found out the event was rescheduled, our hearts were broken. We were flattered when this bright and beautiful Derby themed bouquet arrived to show us that brighter days are ahead. COVID-19 may have put a damper on Rialzo XI, but the Rialzo Spirit is still very much the culture at Meridian through this pandemic. #riseup #gobabygo #rialzo2021

Follow the link below to help Meridian and their efforts assisting drug addicted mothers and their unborn babies and other addictions programs:

https://billpay.meridianhs.org/donate/

04/14/2020

**Share this post and tag a mom that deserves a free Mother’s Day brunch and why. We will draw a winner Friday May 8th**

This year we will be celebrating Mother’s Day a little differently. It doesn’t look like we will have lines all day at local restaurants and eateries. We won’t be able to gather in our homes with our extended families and friends.

Mom’s deserve a day off. Surprise the special woman in your life with a homemade brunch that she doesn’t have to make.... you can add to the gift by cleaning it up too, with our throw away pans making it fast and easy!

Send these to your parents, grandparents, moms, bonus moms, or front line working mothers for Mother’s Day! Place your order today.

04/10/2020

#EMS ❤️

Special thanks to Once Upon A Plate Catering for lunch for 2nd shift!

04/10/2020

#MFD ❤️

Once Upon A Plate Catering donated some very delicious food to Station 2 today. Thank you so much Victoria Brewer!

04/10/2020

A huge thank you to Jill Sewell and Harris Chapel church for sponsoring hors d’ oeuvres for lunch at Albany Health and Rehab. Their essential staff were very appreciative of the food when we delivered today!

Mini raspberry crumb cakes
Pecan tarts
BBQ kielbasa
Spinach and artichoke dip with chips
Crudités
Fruit
Alfredo meatballs

04/10/2020

Thank you Meridian Health Pediatrics for your order! Three cheese and also veggie lasagna with green beans and garlic breadsticks for lunch today! #staysafe #wash #pray #eat

04/10/2020

A busy day today! Lots of homemade boxed lunches going out! These meals include local produce from Shrock Family Farm!

Asian chicken wraps
BLT chicken salad wraps
Fresh Fruit
garden Salad

Also pictured: bacon egg breakfast bowls!

Boxed lunches are a safe and healthy way to feed large groups of essential workers. There are no tongs/spoons to touch... grab your own box and go! We offer hot and cold lunch options. Let us know if you’d like to send breakfast, lunch, or dinner to any group of essential workers!

04/09/2020

Housekeeping staff at Meridian Health Services got to enjoy homemade hand breaded and pan fried chicken with Parmesan mashed potatoes and green bean casserole tonight! Thank you for your support and showing appreciation to your essential workers!

04/08/2020

Tired of cooking 3 meals a day yet?

The weather may be nice this week, but we are cooling back down this weekend. That calls for comfort foods .

Please message the page or email [email protected] to place your order. All orders placed must be paid in full by Friday at 5pm for Monday delivery.

#small #local #heatandeat #homemade

04/06/2020

A huge thank you to Meridian Health Services for several orders this week to support your essential staff through their long days. We appreciate you all so much! Tomorrow, breakfast in 3 locations. Homemade muffins, yogurt and fruit.

Thanks Starocket Media for the quick turnaround on custom stickers on this order.

04/01/2020

Want to show your appreciation?

We can cater meals to any and all groups of essential workers right now. We can box it up individually in our meal prep containers for each guest so there’s no contamination. We can also buffet serve the employees with our gloves and masks to decrease the number of people touching the serve ware. We highly recommend letting small groups come through at a time, so we follow all social distancing rules put in to place. The containers make it easy for someone to grab and go to their own area to eat, too!

If you are a supervisor and would like to serve a meal where you work, or if you just want to sponsor a meal to send somewhere with essential workers, we are here! Thank you to all essential workers, frontline healthcare workers, and everyone else keeping us going through these tough times. We appreciate you so very much!

03/29/2020

Our prepped orders are looking 🔥 this week. Message us if you want your portion! #yum

03/28/2020

Senior communities and assisted living facilities:

While none of us are ever prepared for the worst, we understand you must always have plan A, B, C D all the way to double letter Z in place for your facilities in the event of an emergency. We know you are all prepared for COVID-19... BUT....

In the event that your dietary staff becomes ill and unable to provide meals for your residents (all of their dietary restrictions, preferences, and textures 🤯) do you want to leave your already busy executive and nursing staff in charge of the kitchen for 2+ weeks, with everything else going on?

We know there are solid plans for cold cut sandwiches, refrigerated meals, and emergency procedures in place for EVERY facility in the event you lose power, but WHAT IF?

We have solutions. We have answers. We have experience.

Reach out to us for Plan B. We are here for you. Homemade meals, delivered to your facility hot and ready to eat, following all dietary guidelines your facility requires. Even mechanicals and purées. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert... we’ve done it all. We can even take your current menu, create, and deliver.

Share with all your senior community staff, directors, DON’s, dietary managers, and leaders in the senior health community.

#planahead #beprepared #alltogether #quality #dignity #covid19

03/25/2020

We are still an essential business, providing homemade meals delivered to your door! Family and single servings available. Pricing is located on the top right of full graphic. A lot of people are sending these to their elderly parents, grandparents and neighbors. Order by Friday at 5pm for Monday delivery.... we can even add in toilet paper 🙂 (seriously, we aren’t joking) to each order!

We still have healthy, Whole30 meals available if you’re trying to watch your waistline in quarantine. Message the page for questions regarding this menu. They’re gluten free, however we don’t offer modifications to these recipes due to the number of orders.

Please share, even if you aren’t ordering.

03/23/2020

While we all anxiously await the outcome of this crisis, it is important to remember that it WILL END eventually. That being said, events planned for now will be rescheduled and we will be able to continue business as usual, providing flawless service and delicious food as we always have. While things are so up in the air, we are being as flexible and accommodating as possible with clients.

At this time, our fall/winter is very booked up as it is. If you are considering moving your spring event to fall/winter of 2020, please contact us right away, as the limited availability we have now will fill up quickly. If you are planning a 2021 event, we also recommend contacting us ASAP, as we have events that far out now and some of these reschedules will run over in to next year too.

As always, our guests with contracts and paid deposits will get first preference on availability. We encourage you to reserve your reschedule date ASAP. If you are a fall bride and have yet to reserve your caterer, we highly recommend you start shopping, even if it’s not with us. All vendors will be scrambling to accommodate reschedules in an already busy season. We provide food, bar, rentals and more... truly a one stop shop. If you know you want to use our services, but are still unsure of a date/venue, the best way to guarantee a spot is to sign a contract and pay a deposit. The deposit does come off the final bill, it is not an additional fee. We will work with you on the logistics and leave menu and planning open ended as things progress and unfold with COVID-19.

03/21/2020

Don’t forget us! We deliver.... homemade, chef prepared meals ready for your microwave, ready in minutes. We can also make family portions for your oven/freezer!

03/19/2020

Thank you MUNCIE for your donations to help spread the love to children and families in need at this time. We spread the love to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie today and took more meals to a private location.

Thank you Victoria Brewer and Once Upon A Plate Catering for donating lunch for our kids and staff!
It was delicious!
Menu: Chicken Alfredo, vegetables and garlic bread with chocolate chip cookies, for dessert!

03/17/2020

Here is our prepped menu for next week for the kiddos. We will *not* be offering keto versions due to the influx of orders for children.

Want to help out? Sponsor a family and send them some meals. While this is out of convenience for some, it would be a luxury for someone else. We have curbside pick up, you can pay online, and we can also deliver!

03/17/2020

Your generosity for families in need is admirable. Our community has the biggest hearts. Today we were able to provide lunch to children in need, 40
meals to families in need at Meridian Health Services, and we sent some donations over to Bob Ball at Blood-N-Fire Muncie to help with his free meal program. Proof that a community that lives together, gives together. Thank you for all your efforts to help get everyone food through this crisis! I’m glad we can help spread the love.

03/16/2020

For those of you that have donated to support families with child care needs, we say thank you so very much. We did lunch and snack today, and will continue to support these families in need until it’s shut down. That being said, please know that every dime of your donations will be spent to support children and families in need during this time. Even if the mandate shuts down where we are, we will utilize the funds to deliver to families that need it in their homes. I will still provide the manpower and hours on my own, and we will still feed these people.

This is serious uncharted territory. A community the lives together, gives together and we continue to be blessed with your support. Thank you MUNCIE and DELAWARE COUNTY for helping. A friend in need is a friend indeed! #smallsteps #biglocal

03/13/2020

Our local schools are closing and we know that some parents MUST work. We want to make sure your children are still getting healthy and whole meals! These can be microwaved and ready to eat in minutes. We can do family portions, single portions, and any of them can be converted to our KETO menu for you. We want to make this as easy as possible.... if you want to help, sponsor a meal for someone. Send lunches for their children. It takes a village.

03/12/2020

In these times, we feel the need to reach out to all of you and let you know where we are and what we are doing to help keep our staff and customers all safe and healthy. Hygiene and sanitation have always been a top priority for us here and we have ramped up our efforts over the last several weeks, working with all members of our staff to be more vigilant with hand washing, wiping surfaces down more frequently, etc. We have always had a policy that our staff does not work when they show signs of illness and we’ve become even more stringent with that policy with them recently. We will continue to do all of that and more as we navigate this situation that there really is no protocol for. We are still open, we are still taking events, we are still catering private events as long as you’re still hosting. And please know that if you should choose to cancel, we fully understand and we will be here to welcome you back in the future. We have been, and will continue to navigate this situation with calm, educated awareness and are consulting with health, legal and financial professionals in order to be proactive and not reactive and be ready for whatever happens next. Because of all you, we have been blessed with much success and we have every intention to continue right here for many more years. This too shall pass.

In days to come, a lot of you will be at home with your children with school and work closed. Remember small businesses like ours... our sister company, Prepped, makes from scratch meals that are ready to eat. We can deliver them to your door step so you don’t have to be exposed. We normally take orders for keto meals, however I am willing to make more family friendly, hearty meals to please the masses as well as custom orders. You can also order single portions for the kids to microwave for their lunches while home alone.

As we all suffer through this, do your civil duty...wash your hands. Stay home if you’re sick. I know that the cancellations we have had are very minuscule, considering the millions of dollars lost with larger scale cancellations like the NCAA tournament, however please consider postponing, not just cancelling. We will honor deposits for future events.

We appreciate all of your continued support, especially in times like these! Prayers for all our food industry and entertainment friends through these trying times!

#smallsteps #biglocal