Plan a dinner during the season? I like to entertain, but do not have much time to prepare (sound familiar?), So that I can take some shortcuts on the road. I have about 30 minutes of holiday tips for the dinner menu for you! You can really have a holiday dinner in 30 minutes Host - flat! Getting Ready ...
You will notice that I use different cooking methods that mix and match, to make dinner on the table is quickly lost. You can always change your favorite made-from-scratch recipesif you have more time.
Chicken dinners
Turkey breast with gravy French Country (crock pot with a pasta sauce rocked Alfredo)
Long grain and wild rice (a mixture of rice, tinned)
Sauteed brussels sprouts (halved and cut down the jump)
Crescent rolls, butter
Pound Cake cake (pound cake and bought icing)
Glazed Cornish hens (microwave with brown sugar / mustard glaze)
Pecan Stuffing (added chopped pecans canned corn bread stuffing mix)
Dill Baby Carrots(Bagged carrots)
Mixed salad with cranberries and citrus fruits (green bags, citrus shaken, dried cranberries)
Rolls, butter
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream (bought pumpkin pie, canned whipped cream)
Beef, lamb, pork dinner:
Eye of the round roast beef with pepper sauce (crock pot with dry onion soup mix, pepper sauce)
Mashed potatoes (instant or frozen potatoes steam disguise)
Chop House Salad (baby bags, green tomatoes, onions, peppers andBlue cheese with vinaigrette)
Rolls, butter
Individual Boston Cream Tortes (pound cake purchased, instant pudding mix, chocolate syrup)
Lamb chops with herb butter beans (roasted lamb chops with red wine sauce and herb butter)
Rice vermicelli and mix (rice, canned pasta and mix)
Parslied carrots (carrots sacks)
Beets, walnuts and goat cheese salad (red tip lettuce, canned beets, goat cheese, chopped walnuts with vinaigrette bottle)
French breadButter
Shaped like a pear with ice cream and raspberries (half canned pear, mint, fresh raspberries and ice cream)
Medallions of pork with tarragon sauce (pork medallions in the pan rubbed with mustard and tarragon sauce)
Buttered Rotinni (box rotinni)
Steamed Zucchini
Yeast rolls, butter
Blueberry Cheesecake Torte (shells cake cookie, cheesecake pudding mix, cranberry spread, curls of lemon)
Spiral ham (purchased fully cooked)
FourCheese (macaroni with four cheese sauce with fontina cheese, as Asiago, Provolone, Gruyere, cheddar, Swiss or Roman)
Peas with mushrooms (frozen mix)
Lemon cake with fresh strawberries Pound (lb bought lemon cake, fresh strawberries)
Dinner of fish:
Surf and Turf (clean and clean cut shrimp, beef or beef)
Potatoes
Caesar Salad (mixed bagged Caesar salad)
Cream puffs with chocolate and strawberries (puff pastry, mix instant puddingChocolate syrup)
Fish boiled in white wine sauce (frozen haddock or sea bass poached in white wine sauce)
Duchess potatoes (instant mashed potatoes with garlic)
Baby peas (frozen peas)
Half Baked tomatoes (halved tomatoes with grated Parmesan cheese topper)
Rolls, butter
Coconut cream tart with berries (cookie pie shells, coconut pudding, instant powder, grated coconut)
Vegetarian Dinner:
Linguine Primavera (Linguini with salsa and fresh springVegetables, mushrooms, peppers, green beans, broccoli, pumpkin and onion)
Watermelon Salad / Raspberry / Strawberry (fruit shake in a raspberry vinaigrette)
Rolls, butter
Tart with fresh fruit (pineapple and orange slices mixed in cream cheese mixture and poured into a baked pie crust Garnish with blueberries purchased)
Pastry tart with fresh tomato and cheese (double, Roma tomatoes, baby bocconcini balls, or shredded mozzarella cheese, shredded Parmesan cheese and black olivesbrushed with olive oil)
French beans (canned beans with mushrooms and green onions Frenched)
Salad of pineapple (canned pineapple and mandarin orange slices over fresh spinach)
Chocolate chip cookies embellished (purchased cookie dough with mini chips and coconut)
If you need an appetizer course with lunch, for an elegant way to begin a wonderful dinner I like to serve: brie with mango chutney, smoked salmon with dill sauce, green grapes and vegetable dish, that thego well with the dill dip, water crackers, gourmet olives. All in 30 minutes or less ready (of course).