Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pears. Frangelico.

If you don't like that, you must be trash.

This joke is so old.

NP. I’ll allow it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

Quinoa is disgusting

😂

Anonymous wrote:Pears. Frangelico.

If you don't like that, you must be trash.

This joke is so old.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Dinner: salad with dressing on the side, baked chicken, new/baby potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower. In summer, berries and whipped cream for dessert. In winter, something a little heavier. Maybe apple pie.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baked potato bar. Taco bar. Salad bar.

Bar bar.

I hate those. I eat a baked potato with butter and salt, nothing else. I hate tacos. I eat very simple salads.

So eat at home

In the fall/winter:
Lunch would be soup with a hearty salad and crusty bread, such as minestrone with a chicken-optional Caesar and a baguette

Dinner would be a pork tenderloin and a beef tenderloin, with sides including asparagus, Burgundy mushrooms, and roasted potatoes. Cocktail hour would probably include spinach-artichoke dip and some roasted Marcona almonds.

In the spring/summer:
Lunch would be a hearty salad with components you could add in or leave out, such as romaine with add-ins like grilled chicken, cubed avocado, halved cherry tomatoes, Feta or goat cheese, diced cooked bacon, fresh corn on the cob, along with a baguette as well as cheese selection and fruit salad

Dinner would be a Tex-Mex feast with lots of options, including homemade refritos, Mexican street corn salad, fresh salsa, and beef enchiladas in red sauce, chicken enchiladas in green sauce, and hot tamales special ordered from our local

Anonymous wrote:The safest thing I can offer is buttered pasta with parmesan cheese. Skip the butter and the cheese if you must. Red sauce for those who prefer. Green salad wih choice of veggie add-ins and dressings.

For meat-eaters, medium roast beef with peas and mashed potatoes.

I feel like buttered pasta is for small children, no? I'm a picky eater and would eat roast beef and mashed potatoes. Minimal peas, but more green beans.

Anonymous wrote:Baked potato bar. Taco bar. Salad bar.

Bar bar.

I hate those. I eat a baked potato with butter and salt, nothing else. I hate tacos. I eat very simple salads.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

The safest thing I can offer is buttered pasta with parmesan cheese. Skip the butter and the cheese if you must. Red sauce for those who prefer. Green salad wih choice of veggie add-ins and dressings.

For meat-eaters, medium roast beef with peas and mashed potatoes.

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

Quinoa is disgusting

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Summer dinner:

Chicken Shawarma made on the grill - The New York Times recipe
A Greek style salad
Pita bread - Toasted on the grill
Watermelon
Brownies

This sounds delicious and I would love to come to your house for dinner

+1

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.