Real Food for Busy Families

Prep & Plate was founded by Carly, a Carroll mom who knew the 5:30 pm dinner scramble well. Between school drop-offs, practices, work, and everything in between, the question of what to make for dinner came around every single night.

The answer was big batches of the food families actually love. Not fancy restaurant food, but real, hearty dinners. Casseroles. Soups. Comfort food that brings everyone to the table.

Then friends and neighbors started asking. “Can you make me some of those enchiladas?” “How much for a batch of that potato soup?” It was clear that plenty of Carroll families were tired of the dinnertime scramble too.

Prep & Plate grew from that simple idea: every family deserves a homemade meal on the table, even on the busiest nights. We're not trying to be a five-star restaurant. We prep the comfort food families actually eat, with quality ingredients, plenty of love, and zero guilt.

We prep, you cook. Every meal is prepped by hand in our licensed kitchen in Carroll, Iowa: we do the grocery run, then chop, measure, portion and package exactly what you need. You cook it at home in the oven or crock pot, with no shopping, no prep and no leftover ingredients. Just good food and quality time with the people who matter most.