What can I make for christmas dinner that will impress my inlaws?

Question

Nothing too complicated or time consuming.

Answer 1

Impressive Looking but very easy!

Standing Rib Roast
1 (5-pound) standing rib roast
1 tablespoon House Seasoning, recipe follows

Allow roast to stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 375 degree F. Rub roast with House Seasoning; place roast on a rack in the pan with the rib side down and the fatty side up. Roast for 1 hour. Turn off oven. Leave roast in oven but do not open oven door for 3 hours. About 30 to 40 minutes before serving time, turn oven to 375 degrees F and reheat the roast. Important: Do not remove roast or re-open the oven door from time roast is put in until ready to serve.


House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Answer 2

Probably anything you make, will impress them. But here's a bread recipe, and I have a very simple recipe for a corn casserole. It's delicious! When hot, on the plate, it's like eating cream style corn, which is something I really like! Let me know, if you want the recipe.

Hobo Bread

This recipe appeared in the Bellwether, a weekly newspaper for the
staff of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum.

2 cups raisins
1 1/2 cups boiling water
4 teaspoons baking soda
4 teaspoons butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups walnuts
4 cups flour

Pour boiling water over raisins; let cool. Stir in soda and other
ingredients.

Fill 6 or 7 greased and floured large soup cans to half full.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour. Cool and remove from
cans.

Makes 6 or 7 large loaves or 24 servings.

Per serving: 214 calories; 6.5 g fat (0.9 g saturated fat; 27 percent
calories from fat); 35.3 g carbohydrates; 20 mg cholesterol; 315 mg
sodium; 5.3 g protein; 1.4 g fiber.

You could also make a great pumpkin pie or a chocolate orange cake. Yum!

Answer 3

DO THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE STRESS OF ON THE SPOT COOKING.
Stuffed chicken breast-
Place clingfilm length on the counter
Place parma ham - overlapping - just short of the length of the clingfilm.
Place your chicken (Season Well)(slice along the length of the chicken)
On top of the ham.
Now place spicy sausage along the middle.

Roll into a log and twist the ends to seal.
Cover with tin foil and boil for 25 minutes.
ALLOW TO COOL AND PLACE IN THE FRIDGE OVER NIGHT.
Prepare you side serving and and place a griddle pan or fryingpan on the heat with a little oil and brown the ham - ensuring you heat the chicken thru.
This may seem like at lot of bother but it takes about 15-20 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to boil - just a case of reheating to serve.

Delicious.
Rx

Answer 4

Well here's your choice, just for get the word "Impress" in the question and go to Mc Donalds or IMPRESS them, this is so easy my wife can make it:

Tournedos of Beef with Shallot and Morel Madeira Sauce

Ingredients:

2 (6 to 8 ounce) Tournedos of beef, sliced 1 to 1 1/4 inch thick, well-trimmed
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons fresh coarsely ground black pepper
2 teaspoons Madeira
Pinch of coarse sea salt
For the sauce:
1/4 cup Madeira
2 medium shallots, minced
8 fresh morels, washed and patted dry
1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
1 teaspoons unsalted butter, soft

To marinate the Tournedos: Can be done ahead, up to 6 hours.

Rub tarragon and pepper into the meat, place on a plate and drizzle with 2 teaspoons of Madeira. Cover and let stand at room temperature for up to 1 hour or refrigerate for up to 6 hours. Remove 1 hour before cooking.

Place chopped shallots, morels, fresh tarragon, and the butter in small ramekins set on a tray next to the stove one-hour before dinner.To pan sear and make sauce:

In a non-reactive sauté pan over high heat, heat the pan until nearly smoking. Sprinkle salt on the hot pan. Sear the meat until brown on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes per side for rare. Sear longer according to personal preference. Transfer the Tournedos to a warm plate and set near by the stove.

Add Madeira to the pan, using a long wooden match and holding your head away from the pan, ignite the Madeira. Turn off the gas, and then tilt the pan back and forth until the flames subside. Add the shallots to the pan and cook until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the morels and sauté until cooked, about 3 to 4 minutes longer. Season with fresh tarragon. Remove the pan from the heat. Swirl soft butter into the sauce to "finish."

Answer 5

Hmmm...not sure what you have there to cook with, or what budget you are starting with...a couple ideas for you might include:

- pan-saute beef tenderloins, and serve with mashed potatoes and stir-fried young string beans....30 minutes start to finish if you get the mashed potatoes pre-made, otherwise an hour

- roast something, like a rack or leg of lamb, serve with au gratin potatoes and a salad...an hour or two depending on the roast

- marinate and grill a london broil, serve with skewers of green and red peppers, mushrooms and onions...half an hour plus marinating time

Good luck with your dinner, I'm sure it will be great!

Answer 6

Ham Balls

1 lb hamburger
3/4 lb ground ham
1 egg
some milk
crackers
salt/pepper
(think meat loaf)
mix and form into balls
cook 30 minutes or so on 350
then add sauce
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp dried mustard

serve with egg noodles buttered and seasoned with cumin and sage & green bean casserole

people are alway impressed with this and it is really easy

Answer 7

well everyone loves steak. along with some great appetizers, cheese sticks, garlic bread, some chicken strips, fancy salad, it should turn out to be great. Good luck! hope u impress the inlaws, as indeed they r hard to impress.

Answer 8

Make something that your MIL doesn't traditionally make.

Personally, I'd forget about trying to impress them as that's usually when something goes horridly wrong and your stress level goes up too.

Make something you like and that you are fairly sure will turn out.

I don't do traditional things at holidays anymore, too many catastrophe's over the years - lol

Answer 9

Make a nice appetizer platter with some olives, good quality cheese, grapes, mixed nuts, crackers and some type of spread (like hummus or spinach/artichoke). Arrange it artfully on a nice platter. Maybe even choose a nice wine to go with it.

Answer 10

Will I can't reccommend what you can make but you can get an edible arrangement......Edible arrangements.com
My brothers girlfriend just opened one and I have seen it all and they are so delicious if you live near one they are deffinitly worth trying .... It is a basket of fruit arranged like flowers ifyou go on there website you will want one so bad unless you dont like fruit...... they have so many cute baskets and ballons and stuffed animals it is awesome so take a edible arrangement in to consideration........all other information on webite or you can email me!Hope I helped!