ive got a couple coming over for a meal wot to cook?

Question

both meat eaters. hvent done dinner party in years help

Answer 1

Try Fajitas as they are quick and easy and enjoyable. I usually serve mine with potato wedges or cous cous.

Answer 2

My favourite meal to cook when people visit is a casserole, as you can make it well in advance, put it in the oven for a few hours and then you have plenty of time to clear up, lay the table and get yourself looking gorgeous. Jamie Oliver has some great casserole recipes, I'm afraid it is too time-consuming for me to go and fetch them and write them out, sorry, but maybe you have a recipe book you could use. Serve with some warmed crusty bread and / or a bowl of potatoes. Yumm!

Answer 3

What kind of budget are you working with? My fav meal for entertaining is filet mignon, baked potato, broccoli and caesar salad. For 4 people I buy 2 8 oz steaks and have them cut in half.
Put potatoes in the micro or oven (400*)to bake, toss up the (bagged) caesar salad and put in fridge. Steaks will take 10 min for Med Rare. Use a heavy skillet over high heat and melt 4T butter (not margerine) or use olive oil. When hot, sear steaks on all sides quickly, using tongs to turn. Place skillet in 400* oven for exactly 7 minutes. Steam your brocoli. Remove steaks from skillet and allow to sit 5 minutes before plating.

Answer 4

hiya a lovely dish and very simple i swear by this dish and it is very fancy plus it take 15 mins to do and gives u more time with your guests and its a twist on the usual favourites and it imaganitive tuna steak with noodles the ingrediants are

tuna steaks
teryaki marinade a lime
fresh egg noodle/beansprouts
red peppers mushrooms chillis spring onions
soy sauce and chilli p[owder

put the tuna steak s in pan and pour the teryaki marinate on the fish slice sum chillis throw them in and a squeeze of lime juice marinade 4 atleast 2 hours then cook fish in griddle pan with a bit of corriander then add peppers and mushrooms 2 wok or ppan add noodles and beansprouts then add a splash of soy sauce and some chilli powder if u like it spicy wait 4 uingrediants 2 cook then add spring onions at end (a little tip cut all vegtables in stripsit looks alot better presentation wise) put noodle on plate and tuna steak on top it really is delicious and takes about 15 mins 2 cook honestly give it a go and it will be easy 4 u to do enjoy

Answer 5

Chicken Breasts Curries

2 teaspoons ground red pepper (or to taste)
2 teaspoons curry powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 (8 ounce) carton plain fat-free yogurt
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
5 cups cubed peeled baking potatoes
4 cups water


Combine first 8 ingredients.
Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
Saute onion& garlic for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Stir in spice mixture; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add chicken; cook 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
Combine yogurt and tomato paste.
Add yogurt mixture, potato and water to pan.
Bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Serve over rice and enjoy!

Answer 6

Hyderabadi gosht

Ingredients

1 kg mutton
1 cup oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp garlic paste
2 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp red chilli powder
3-4 onion slices
4 cloves
4 cardamoms
10 black peppers
Salt to taste
A pinch of turmeric powder
Ginger slices for garnishing

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add all the spices and cook for a while and then add the meat. Cover the pan and cook on low heat. When tender, add onion and tomato slices and mix well. Cook for three to four minutes and serve.

Answer 7

To start with you can have an antipasto with olives, garlic bread and a nice cure italian ham (prosciuto) with some parmesan cheese. For main course get some fresh steaks from the butchers ( I love fillet or rib eye) with some crispy colourfull salad .......easy easy and take no time or preparation.......of course .........desserts from M&S and vuola' !!!!

Answer 8

Salad for the 1st course.

Stuffed flank steak, steamed asparagus w/sauce & broiled tomatos. Red wine.

Cheesecake for dessert served with coffee.

Answer 9

Stuffed cornish hens with sweet baby carrots and mashed potatoes/ Grilled fish with steamed sweet green beens and mashed potatoes/ baked porkchops with candied yams and spinach and potato salad . rolls or cornbread would work well for all these meals- biscuits for the last one since its kinda Southern.

Answer 10

Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, and corn
Good comfort food that is always a winner!
(as long as you don't put any funky stuff in your meat loaf!)