What's your tastiest, most reliable lasagna recipe for guests?

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Anonymous wrote:I just served ziti, caesar salad and garlic bread. Everything made in advance and just put in the oven. Dessert was homemade cookies and ice cream.

Same thing. Either baked ziti or chicken parm. Very little work to make, can make the other stuff while the main dish is cooking. Only thing I'd add is that we put out crackers, cheese, and fruit as appetizers.

You serve ziti to guests? Are you from central Florida?

Grilled salmon, fresh corn on the cob (summer time, especially), Israeli couscous, and a large green salad.

Biryani, farmer's meat stew, curried lentils, shaved cabbage salad and a fruit salad

can you link to a moroccan chicken recipe you use?

Moroccan chicken. Awesome recipe that everyone loves and it really doesn't take but 10 minutes to throw together and then cook for a few hours. We usually cook it the day before and then reheat. Couscous is very fast.

This is going to be my next guest meal:

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beef-stew-in-red-wine-sauce

I feel like a good pot roast with rich mashed potatoes is such a hearty, welcoming meal for company. When they walk in, the house already smells amazing, and you literally throw it in the oven in the afternoon and go about your day until it's ready. I brown mine off, then add carrots, onion, fresh rosemary and thyme, a couple beef bouillon cubes and cover the meat with water and let it go! Oven at 275, one hour per pound of meat at least. Mash up some potatoes with lots of butter, milk, and sour cream, and a nice crusty loaf of bread on the side.

Steak. Kabobs. The veggies are on the kabobs, or I make only veggie kabobs. Salad. Take out dessert.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.giantfood.com/shop_online/preorder/index.htm?linkid=SN

Did it twice already. Everybody loved it. I didn't tell it was Giant though

What specifically do you order?

Flank steak, roasted potatoes, salad, crusty bread or rolls.

I make tinga (pork or chicken), carne quisada, enchiladas, Spanish style chicken and dumplings, ribs.

There's a lot of lasagna up in here!!

Steak (if I have time, I marinate it in soy, garlic, cracked pepper, and red wine - otherwise, just salt and pepper - cooked on the cast iron pan in the oven at 500 degrees)

Baked potatoes (with all the trimmings)

Steamed vegetables

Anonymous wrote:http://www.giantfood.com/shop_online/preorder/index.htm?linkid=SN

Did it twice already. Everybody loved it. I didn't tell it was Giant though

I've never bought anything from the Giant deli. It always looks so unappetizing like it's been sitting in there for days. I live in a rather upscale neighborhood with not many choices so you'd think Giant would go out of their way to make the prepared food look edible.