What's Your Signature Dish?

[Anonymous]

I want to learn to make 1-3 dishes really well. Stuff I could make for company or just a family dinner. What are your tried and true "signature" dishes?

[Anonymous]

Roast chicken
Risotto (all kinds)
Souffles (dessert and savory kinds)

It takes lots of practice. Figure out what you love to eat (see above for mine) and learn how to make those.

[Anonymous]

Can't tell you. They may end up in a church cook book if I do.

[Anonymous]

For company I make lasagna, shredded beef enchiladas or coconut shrimp. When people are sick I tend to make a chicken pot pie which is also delish and easy.

[Anonymous]

I make some really kick ass fajitias.

Baked ziti too (but I reserve that for the winter time since it's more of a comfort food).

[Anonymous]

Lemon-garlic roasted chicken & potatoes
Spicy Italian sausage & peppers
Bolognese sauce
Authentic Alfredo sauce
Gumbo (this seriously impresses people)

Everything but the gumbo is pretty uncomplicated and easy to make, the effort it takes to make a good roux carries a little street cred. The other dishes are rustic, utilize uncomplicated ingredients and preps, just beautiful from scratch dishes. I recommend any of the above for a signature dish.

For dessert, nothing beats making unbelievable chocolate chip cookies! Classics are always a crowd pleaser!

[Anonymous]

Veggie lasagna. Make ahead and bake as needed. A good cake recipe -- from scratch. Couple of chicken things and now the slow cooker. I made whatever say, once a week, and gave most away -- potlucks, work, family, you name it, until I perfected the recipe. Took the cake to the screen on the green once and gave away slices to nearby people also watching the movie, to see what othe people's thought. Totally paid off and I use the recipes over and over today.

[Anonymous]

vegetarian chili
roast chicken and vegetables
carrot cake

[Anonymous]

Veggie Lasagna and Meat Lasagna.

Although, I'm not sure if they are great or if my other food is just crap

[Anonymous]

Amazing turkey burgers with pineapple.

[Anonymous]

Take-out.

[Anonymous]

LOL 7:15
I make great reservations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't tell you. They may end up in a church cook book if I do.

hahahaha!

mine is "pasta with asparagus, mozarella and proscuitto."

except that asparagus, mozarella and proscuitto are codewords for something else and i'm not telling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't tell you. They may end up in a church cook book if I do.

LOL!

My signature dish is what I take to someone's house if they have a new baby or if someone is ill.

I always make salmon teriyaki. You can usually buy the salmon in a large pack on sale at the store, so you can make some for your family and some for theirs. I either make homemade teriyaki sauce from a recipe, or just buy the bottled sauce from the condiment section of the grocery store. I like a sauce that is made of soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar. You just martinate the salmon for a few hours in the suace and then broil it for about 10 minutes or so.

I find a lot of people like the salmon, because they are getting a lot of lasagnas, meatloafs, and stew.

[Anonymous]

I took the rather ubiquitous artichoke cream cheese and parm cheese dip and added crabmeat to it-it's an app, not a main dish but everyone loves it. Also, you can prep it ahead of time and heat it anywhere you go if you're bringing it somewhere. And I'm not secretive about the recipe (since everyone already knows it), usual recipe calls for two cans of artichoke hearts. Subtract one can and substitue approx. 8oz. of crabmeat (NOT SURIMI). And whatever you do, use full fat regular cream cheese and mayo. You don't eat this everyday, so when you do, live big. Serve with french bread or tortilla chips.