How to cook christmas dinner?!
can anyone give us a complete step by step fool proof guide of what to do, for beginners? ..
thanks x
Answers: we are cooking christmas dinner for two of us this year, and do not have a clue what to do.. neither of us are experts at cooking! we'v hardly ventured away from the microwave..
can anyone give us a complete step by step fool proof guide of what to do, for beginners? ..
thanks x
I know it's long, but it will be delicios in the long run:
Appetizer:
1 Bag Ceasar Salad
1/2 Italian Dressing
1/2 Croutans
1/4 Grated Parmesan
1. In a serving bowl, toss all the ingredients together. Set aside for serving.
For Orange Glaze Cornish Game Hens:
2 Cornish Game Hens
Juices from 2 Large Oranges (Keep the orange peels itself)
1 Cup Chicken Broth
Salt and Pepper
1 tbs sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 400.
2. Wash the hens off. Put them in a roasting pan. Season them well with salt and pepper. Stuff the hens with with the orange wedges (make sure you cut them in wedges). Also stuff with 1 quatered onion (put 2 wedges of onion in the hen).
3. Add the broth and orange juice. Also add a tablespoon of sugar. With a pastry brush the hens with the juices. Put the hens in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until the skin is crispy. Lower the oven to 350 and covrer the hens with foil. Bake them for about 45-1 hour. Or bake until juices frun clear. Baste every 20 minutes.
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For Dressing:
1 Box Stove Top Mix
*Ingredients for stove top mix (what the box says is needed. Also use chicken broth instead of water)*
1 large onion chopped, diced
1 stalk of celery cleaned and diced
1 1/2 tablespoons of butter.
1/4 cup dried cranberries
3 tbs slivered almonds
2 tbs parmesan cheese
1. Saute the onion and and celery in the butter.
2. Make the stuffing mix according to the box. Add the vegetables, parmesan cheese, slivered almonds, and dried cranberries. Put in a serving dish. Set aside covered with foil until ready to serve.
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Green Beans:
1 bag green beans
1 tbs minced garlic (preminced)
1 tsp salt
Pepper to taste
1 tbs oil
1. In the oil saute together the green beans, minced garlic, salt and pepper for 15 minutes. Serve in a serving bowl.
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Mini Brownie Trifles
8 Mini Brownies
'Ready Whip' Whipped Cream
8 Oreo Cookies
2 TALL Serving Glasses
Chocolate syrup for garnish
2 tsp chopped nuts
1. Layer the bottom of each glass with 2 crushed mini brownies. Then layer with whipped cream. Next add 2 roughly crushed oreo cookies. Top that with whipped cream.
2. Follow step 2.
3. Top the glass with a drizzle of chocolate syrup and 1 tsp of nuts.
I hope I helped you with your christmas dinner. I hope you and your loved one have a very Merry Christmas.
EPJ
heres how to cook ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, and biscuits(the easy way.) this will require a stove and oven though. ;-)
ham: go and buy a pre-cooked packaged ham. follow directions for heating up.
mashed potatoes: go to costco and get the instant potatoes. follow directions. add butter and salt on top or gravy!!!! yummy!
gravy: go to the dollar store and buy the packaged gravy. follow directions.
biscuits: 1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. shortening
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, shortening and milk. Bake at 500 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I suggest you find the nearest Chinese restaurant and enjoy yourselves. Honestly why stress over making a dinner for just the 2 of you? But if you really want to make a dinner, I'm sure some other folks will help you out.
Mariah is right, getting a cooked ham is good. All you have to do is heat it through. You can't hurt it. Though the biscuits I think are cooked at 400 degrees - watch it. Any vege out of a can would be good or in the frozen food section.
Starter-Prawn cocktail:Get a pack of ready cooked prawns mix with mayo and ketchup,serve with buttered brown bread and a wedge of lemon each.
Another starter you could do is pate on melba toast and you can buy both ready made from supermarket.
You can but most of the things you need for a classic xmas dinner ready made at supermarket like roast potatoes that are already half cooked and you just follow instructions on packet,im sure you both know how to peel,chop and boil veg and if you want a roast turkey put it in a roasting tray with butter in the bottom of it and spread on the bird,it will say on the packet how long you roast it for and make sure you keep pouring the butter over the bird while it is cooking.You can just use gravey granules to make gravey or it would taste much better if you made it in the bottom of the pan that you cooked the turkey in,you can do this by taking the cooked bird out of the tray and put it in the hob and turn it on,put a dessert spoon of flour in the tray as it will soak up all the fat,add a chicken or veg stock cube and then slowely start to add water to it a bit at a time and the flour will thicken the gravey.You can buy bread sauce and cranberry sauce ready made and you can but an xmas pudding and judt heat it in the oven and serve with cream,brandy butter etc.
Only cooking with a microwave is not very good or healthy so i hope you get inspired to cook propley!
Have a really nice Christmas and good luck!