Elaborate meal to cook together...?

Question

I just started dating this guy and we want to cook dinner together. I need a recipe that's going to be good but can't be as simple as cooking pasta and baking chicken. It doesn't have to be exoctic with foods I never heard of. I would like a meat, side dishes, and maybe even an app and dessert. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Grand Mariner Marinated Strawberries

Ingredients


2 pints fresh strawberries
1/4 cup Grande Marnier (or other liqueur of your choice)
3/4 cup sugar




Method


Wash the strawberries and gently pat them dry. Remove the green tops of the berries and slice them. Combine the sliced strawberries, Grande Marnier, and sugar in a bowl and gently stir to dissolve the sugar. Let stand 10 minutes. Serve over ice cream, shortcakes, or other dessert.


Bruschetta

Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped, seeded tomato
splash extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon chopped fresh garlic
6 leaves fresh basil, chopped, 1 teaspoon reserved for garnish
4 slices Italian bread
1/3 cup crumbled fresh mozzarella
salt and pepper to taste
4 slices prosciutto



Method
Preheat broiler.
In a medium bowl, combine tomato, olive oil, garlic and basil; mix well.
Place bread slices in broiler and grill until golden brown. Remove from oven and, while still warm, top with tomato mixture, mozzarella, salt and pepper, prosciutto and remaining basil. Drizzle with additional olive oil. Serve immediately.



Pork Scaloppini With Green Olives, Tomato And White Wine

Ingredients
12 ounces boneless pork, sliced very thin
1 tablespoon flour
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon minced shallots
1 teaspoon fresh minced rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
8 pimento stuffed green olives, sliced
3 plum tomatoes, diced
1 cup white wine



Method


Lay the pork in a single layer on a plate and sprinkle one side with the half of the flour, turn the pork over and repeat with the remaining flour.

Heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet over high heat.

When the oil is very hot and just begins to smoke, add the pork very carefully.

Cook the pork on one side until in begins to caramelize then turn it over.

Sprinkle the garlic, shallots and rosemary around the pork in the pan and sauté for an additional minute.

Add the salt, pepper, green olives, tomatoes and white wine; Bring the liquid to a boil, then lower it to a simmer.

Cook the pork for approximately 5 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half and thickened slightly.

Serve with risotto or garlic mashed potatoes.



Risotto with Gorgonzola and Toasted Walnuts

Ingredients
5 c. chicken broth
2 T. butter
1 small onion, minced
1 1/2 c. arborio rice
1/2 c. dry white wine
4 oz. imported Gorgonzola cheese, diced
1/2 c. chopped toasted walnuts
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
1/4 c. Marscapone cheese or heavy cream
salt and white pepper as needed


Method


Bring broth to a simmer in a sauce pan
Heat butter in a large heavy skillet over low heat.
Add onions and saute until tender.
Add rice and saute for 1 minute. Add white wine and stir until absorbed. Begin to add broth 1 cup at a time stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Wait until each broth addition is absorbed before adding the next.
When all the broth has been added and absorbed, add the cheeses and the walnuts and stir gently until the cheese starts to melt. Verify salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Answer 2

Picnics are so under rated!
Why don't you make dinner with him & take the food to the bay or the beach or even a nice quiet park. They have disposable grills, or some place have their own grills just bring foil & charcoal, get some London broils They are good huge portions ($6 or so) and make a nice salad (ingredients about $8) and if you want to get fancy buy some baby shrimp add some butter & garlic in aluminum on the grill & pour on top of steak (baby shrimp about $4 a lb 1lb is enough for 2) If you have a nice picnic basket and a blanket, you will have a great time. You could do it all for $40 or less , and all the work you do will be so gratifying later on.

He could grill the meat (Most men like to grill) and you can make the salad & the shrimp.
This is a great time to get to know each other a little better ( while the meat cooks)
Have fun!

Answer 3

For dinner:

Beef Bourginone with potatoes
Broccoli or Asparagus with Bernaise sauce
Home baked bread
Good bottle of red wine

Baked apples for dessert



For breakfast:

French toast with raspberry puree
Poached eggs
Bacon or Sausage
Orange Juice
Coffee cake

Answer 4

Go Indian!

Chicken curry:
http://chicken.allrecipes.com/az/IndinChicknCrryII.asp

With naan:
http://bread.allrecipes.com/az/NaanBread.asp

And for dessert, Kulfi:
http://dessert.allrecipes.com/az/Klfi.asp

Have fun! Hope your date goes well.

EDIT: Mikah can't read! Sorry, you said DOESN'T have to be exotic. Oh, well. Good luck, anyway! ^_^

Answer 5

put some rice into the pot and give some water, triple the rice, its easy to cook