Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 20:41     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Anonymous wrote:Easiest recipes for me to impress people -

Marinade of buttermilk, salt, garlic, rosemary, paprika (or red chilly flakes if you like heat), lemon. Dunk in cornish hens - I am fine with serving 1 cornish hen per person. Marinate for 3 hours in fridge. Next day, put it in oven and in 30 minutes you will have the juiciest, insanely beautiful looking hens!

Serve with slices of lemon, and mushroom risotto. Fabulous.

This is really an absolutely decadant, easy, recipe. It comes out looking as if you have slaved for hours. ANd it is melt in your mouth delicious.

Here is a tip. This is the very best recipe to serve for TG and Xmas.


As someone who has never eaten this, are they hard to eat? Sounds delicious!
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 20:34     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Only bake 30 minutes? What temp?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 19:56     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Easiest recipes for me to impress people -

Marinade of buttermilk, salt, garlic, rosemary, paprika (or red chilly flakes if you like heat), lemon. Dunk in cornish hens - I am fine with serving 1 cornish hen per person. Marinate for 3 hours in fridge. Next day, put it in oven and in 30 minutes you will have the juiciest, insanely beautiful looking hens!

Serve with slices of lemon, and mushroom risotto. Fabulous.

This is really an absolutely decadant, easy, recipe. It comes out looking as if you have slaved for hours. ANd it is melt in your mouth delicious.

Here is a tip. This is the very best recipe to serve for TG and Xmas.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 19:40     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Here are some excellent recipies for company:

Ina Garten's Salmon (2 ways - so easy & good! )
https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/panko-crusted-salmon
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-salmon-with-green-herbs-recipe-1925053

Melissa Clark's Chicken
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016067-easy-sheet-pan-chicken
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 19:25     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 18:57     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
I usually make Samin Nosrat’s buttermilk roasted chicken.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 17:27     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People are weird about food so it's never the same. I very often go super simple because everyone has something they don't like. Roast chicken, roast veg, mashed potatoes. For people I know who like food I attempt Indian type dishes and that usually goes over well. (unless they're Indian, then I don't dare). Sometimes falafel/Mediterranean type spread.


When I make mashed potatoes, I put small bits of bacon in them.


And then someone comes along who doesn't like bacon. I've watched people avoid or pick out olives, sundried tomatoes, nuts, tomatoes, mushroom, peas etc from a variety of dishes. I hesitate to jazz up anything simple because there's always going to be someone who doesn't like it.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 17:23     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Anonymous wrote:People are weird about food so it's never the same. I very often go super simple because everyone has something they don't like. Roast chicken, roast veg, mashed potatoes. For people I know who like food I attempt Indian type dishes and that usually goes over well. (unless they're Indian, then I don't dare). Sometimes falafel/Mediterranean type spread.


When I make mashed potatoes, I put small bits of bacon in them.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 17:17     Subject: Re:what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Pasta with vodka sauce. People LOVE this.

https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/penne-alla-vodka

It’s not fast but mostly hands off with time in the oven.

I prefer rigatoni, and the recipe makes plenty of sauce for the whole pound of pasta.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 17:17     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
People are weird about food so it's never the same. I very often go super simple because everyone has something they don't like. Roast chicken, roast veg, mashed potatoes. For people I know who like food I attempt Indian type dishes and that usually goes over well. (unless they're Indian, then I don't dare). Sometimes falafel/Mediterranean type spread.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 17:02     Subject: Re:what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've been doing fish en papillote for guests recently. Super easy but people are impressed. I usually do seabass and top with garlic butter and lemon slices. I put vegetables in the packet too (lately zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, cherry tomatoes) but can be whatever you want. Add some white wine, seal, and pop it in the oven for 20ish minutes. I serve with rice or couscous.


This sounds great. Where do you buy your sea bass? I've heard Costco's is good, but mine doesn't carry it.


I've been buying from ProFish.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 16:20     Subject: Re:what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Anonymous wrote:I've been doing fish en papillote for guests recently. Super easy but people are impressed. I usually do seabass and top with garlic butter and lemon slices. I put vegetables in the packet too (lately zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, cherry tomatoes) but can be whatever you want. Add some white wine, seal, and pop it in the oven for 20ish minutes. I serve with rice or couscous.


This sounds great. Where do you buy your sea bass? I've heard Costco's is good, but mine doesn't carry it.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 16:09     Subject: Re:what are your easy go to recipes for company?
I've been doing fish en papillote for guests recently. Super easy but people are impressed. I usually do seabass and top with garlic butter and lemon slices. I put vegetables in the packet too (lately zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, cherry tomatoes) but can be whatever you want. Add some white wine, seal, and pop it in the oven for 20ish minutes. I serve with rice or couscous.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 15:32     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
1. Baked ziti, garlic bread, salad, cookies from Italian bakery
2. Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli, Mrs. Smith's dutch apple pie
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 15:30     Subject: what are your easy go to recipes for company?
Just made plans and was thinking instead of eating out, I could cook. The problem is that I go crazy with the food. I need something that is good, but doesn't take all day!