Trying to cook a gourmet meal without the proper skills can lead to overcooked asparagus, underspiced poultry, and entirely too much food coloring in the duck à l’orange. Leave it to the pros with today's Groupon for delivered gourmet meals from Doorstep Dinners. Doorstep Dinners delivers to McLean, Arlington, Falls Church, Tysons Corner, Great Falls, Vienna, and Alexandria. Customers outside of these areas will be charged a one-time fee of $15 upon the first delivery. Choose between the following options:

• For $99, you get five days of one meal for two people per day (up to a $213.70 value).
• For $199, you get five days of one meal for four people per day (up to a $409.90 value).
  
  

Doorstep Dinners’s Chef Max prepares a weekly menu of gourmet meals filled with wholesome, fresh ingredients that arrive at homes in a customized thermal bag. Past menu items mix vegetarian options with both kid- and adult-friendly fare, including greek salad filled with tomatoes, red onions, kalamata olives, and feta sprinkled atop chicken or shrimp and doused in greek dressing; soft tacos with lean ground beef; or fiery shrimp and sausage-jambalaya-stuffed peppers. Heating instructions accompany the palatable packages and guide two or four eaters through the one-week supply of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, or desserts that prevent hungry diners from gnawing through to the core of decorative plastic pears. Nutritional information displays the main ingredients of each dish and alerts diners of food allergens such as nuts, peanut oil, and pecans. Deliverers drop off feasts from 3–5 p.m. daily, leaving plenty of time to set the table at least 73 times between delivery and dinner.