what are your easy go to recipes for company?

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Anonymous wrote:1. Baked ziti, garlic bread, salad, cookies from Italian bakery
2. Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli, Mrs. Smith's dutch apple pie

Please no baked ziti. If you have to resort to a jarred sauce, ground beef, pasta all baked into a casserole, just get good takeout.

I’m not the PP but if you’re going to turn your nose up at baked ziti then don’t come. I make a vegetarian baked ziti every other week. It’s easy and everyone in the house eats it.

Do you at least make your own sauce?

This is such a typical DCUM remark.

Not really. It is rude to have company over for dinner and put zero effort into a meal. Jarred sauce plus pasta, and a bag of shredded cheese, baked it the oven is a total cop out. Just order good take you can’t cook or don’t want to be bothered.

NP, but I thought the point of having company over for dinner was to enjoy their company over a meal, emphasis on enjoying the company. Making your own pasta sauce is a PITA (having done it). I’d rather hang out with people who aren’t going to stress over the perfect meal. If I want gourmet, I’ll go out to eat.

Then have them over for drinks if you just want their company without stressing over food. But to invite company over for dinner then serve a concoction of boxed and jarred stuff isn’t very good hospitality.

It's rude to turn your nose up at what your host is serving. Your job is to be a good guest, not a food critic.

But it is not rude to turn your nose up on DCUM, an anonymous forum. In fact, it's almost de rigueur.

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Chicken Shawarma Does taste better if marinaded overnight but very easy and tasty.

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All these people recommending roasted chicken and grilled salmon. Isn’t that what you eat almost every night? The 21st version of spaghetti.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread confirms my reluctance to ever have anyone over for dinner.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:This thread confirms my reluctance to ever have anyone over for dinner.

+1000

Just do it. It's a lot of fun, even if your guests go home and say, "Can you believe she served baked ziti??" Doesn't mean they didn't enjoy the experience. Not everything has to be perfect. Just go for it.

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New York Times chicken shawarma recipe is delicious and it can be a fun dinner to have everyone assemble on their own. I also make fine cooking four cheese lasagne from scratch along with Giada’s Caesar salad. I have kids so it needs to have broad appeals

Have also done steak and salmon, Ina Garten’s Asian grilled salmon is easy and always yummy.

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Anonymous wrote:1. Baked ziti, garlic bread, salad, cookies from Italian bakery
2. Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli, Mrs. Smith's dutch apple pie

Please no baked ziti. If you have to resort to a jarred sauce, ground beef, pasta all baked into a casserole, just get good takeout.

Don’t be such a snob!

The poster asked what others like to make for company. You cannot “correct” a response to that question.

I am new mother. I am friends with many other new mothers, We are tried and exhausted basically 100% percent of the time. We don't expect a village or help beyond Uber Eats and a credit card, but... this ziti? Yeah I had twins and I would consider that trash.

I feel sorry for your future DIL.

I am an accomplished cook. When I am invited over, I am grateful for the effort my hostess has made because that’s what a guest does. It doesn’t have to be amazing or my favorite. In summer months we do grilled chicken thighs and shrimp kebabs, salad, 2 veggies and roasted potatoes. In winter months I do London broil with the same sides. Fruit crumble with vanilla ice cream. Fruit and veg are seasonal.

What on earth is a London broil? That sounds boring.

I make a nice chole, puri, tandoori-style yogurt-marinated roasted chicken thighs, a good cachumber or raita, and jira rice.

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I like make ahead dishes so I can relax when people come over. This Italian pot roast with Gorgonzola polenta (no stirring) is a favorite: https://www.fromachefskitchen.com/italian-pot-roast-straccato-gorgonzola-polenta/ As a guest, I’d be thrilled to be served a nice piece of fish or the host’s ethnic cuisine.

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I’d like to try New York Times chicken shawarma. Does anyone have a good recipe for yellow rice that goes with it?

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This is my go-to dish. It is easy and looks nice. I serve it with brown and wild rice and asparagus.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/flounder-with-shrimp-stuffing/

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Anonymous wrote:I usually do some sort of savory galette and a salad.

Do you mind sharing?

Not pp but the smitten kitchen’s zucchini galette is amazing, and that’s the crust i use for all my galettes.

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Anonymous wrote:1. Baked ziti, garlic bread, salad, cookies from Italian bakery
2. Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli, Mrs. Smith's dutch apple pie

Please no baked ziti. If you have to resort to a jarred sauce, ground beef, pasta all baked into a casserole, just get good takeout.

Don’t be such a snob!

The poster asked what others like to make for company. You cannot “correct” a response to that question.

I am new mother. I am friends with many other new mothers, We are tried and exhausted basically 100% percent of the time. We don't expect a village or help beyond Uber Eats and a credit card, but... this ziti? Yeah I had twins and I would consider that trash.

I feel sorry for your future DIL.

I am an accomplished cook. When I am invited over, I am grateful for the effort my hostess has made because that’s what a guest does. It doesn’t have to be amazing or my favorite. In summer months we do grilled chicken thighs and shrimp kebabs, salad, 2 veggies and roasted potatoes. In winter months I do London broil with the same sides. Fruit crumble with vanilla ice cream. Fruit and veg are seasonal.

What on earth is a London broil? That sounds boring.

I make a nice chole, puri, tandoori-style yogurt-marinated roasted chicken thighs, a good cachumber or raita, and jira rice.

JHC. You don’t know what a London Broil is and then proceed to prattle off things like jira rice? I can’t figure out if you’re being purposely dense or if you’re naturally that way? - signed, South Asian. And it’s spelled jeera rice.

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I make one of these:

Italian style lasagna (with meat sauce and Béchamel)
Bulgogi (unless the guests are Korean)
Grilled Swordfish with a variety of vegetables and potatoes

These are all dishes I know I cannot mess up.