Awhile back I had done an O'Charley's shop and I still had a certificate with about $22 on it (originally it was $35). My last day of merchandising work (over two weeks ago) I was working nearby, so I used their takeout service (our governor had shut down all the restaurants the day before).
Anyway, I got a family sized meal that consisted of a tray of (25) fried chicken tenders, a 6 serving amount of broccoli, and a 6 serving amount of macaroni and cheese, plus a dozen rolls with cups of whipped butter, all for $29.99, which is a really good deal. Oh they also included a few large containers of Buffalo sauce and ranch dressing. I put all of the broccoli in a ziplock and froze it and I froze 1/2 the macaroni and cheese.
The first night I just reheated the chicken tenders in my air fryer and "doctored" up the mac and cheese with a homemade cheese sauce, baking it with some crumbled bacon on top (we finished off the mac and cheese the first night) and a salad. The second night I made a Buffalo garlic parmesan sauce and we had the chicken tenders as a "boneless wing" appetizer for our entree sized salads. The third night I made chicken parmesan with the chicken tenders with spaghetti and marinara sauce.
Today I took out the broccoli and made a pot of broccoli cheese soup. I diced 5 baby carrots, some garlic, and onion, and cooked it in chicken stock in a large pan on the stove. I added a large can of condensed cream of chicken soup and about 1 cup of 1/2 n 1/2, then melted in about 3/4 lb of yellow sharp cheddar cheese. I finely chopped up the broccoli and simmered until the broccoli was tender, shutting it off while the broccoli still retained its green color. I made some thick slabs of garlic bread out of the last part of the loaf of bread I made a few days ago. That was some pretty darned good soup!!!
If any of you have certificates left for O'Charley's or gift cards and certificates for any other restaurants, you might want to use them for takeout soon, just in case. I would hate for the restaurants to go under, but we just never know what might happen