I need to make a 5 course meal?!


Question: On new years eve, i need to make a 5 course meal for 3 following these guidelines:
appetizer
soup
salad
main course
dessert

I need ideas! any ideas will be appreciated! but please dont just give me some link to a website where i can search it myself, i need dish ideas.
~thank you


Answers: On new years eve, i need to make a 5 course meal for 3 following these guidelines:
appetizer
soup
salad
main course
dessert

I need ideas! any ideas will be appreciated! but please dont just give me some link to a website where i can search it myself, i need dish ideas.
~thank you

pizza

appetizer - Mini pizza rolls
soup - clam chowder pan pizza
salad - vegetarian pizza on flat crust
main course - deep dish supreme Pizza Hut LARGE
dessert - apple crisp pizza and cinnamon


and serve Pepsi!

have a great 2008

Bacon wrapped water chestnuts and shrimp
Baked Potato Soup
Tossed dinner salad
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Amaretto Cheesecake
I can get you the recipes if anything sounds good to you

It depends on how much you are willing to waste on money or how is you cooking, no offense.

Its its my budget. I say

First = Baked sweet yam chips with apriocot dip and dusted sugar. Duck crepe with garlic aioli mayonaisse.

Second = Chicken noodle soup.

Third = Shrimp caesar salad with mesculn

Four = Fried cornish chicken breast, orange and balsamic glaze reduction, and fig stuffing.

Fifth = Japlopenos blueberry cheesecake (made with bree, and marcopone cheese)

I just made a menu off my head it might not work.

Appetizer Ideas: Hush Puppies, Tortilla Chips w/ Spinach & Artichoke Dip, Buttermilk Biscuits, Toasted Ravioli's, Stuffed Clams, Olives, Mini Quesadillas, Mini Crab Cakes, Shrimp rings w/ sauce, Twice Baked Potatoes, Stuffed Mushrooms, Deviled Eggs, Pasta Salad, Egg Salad, Potato Salad, Shrimp Salad, Garlic Toast, etc.

Soup Ideas: Vegetable Soup, Chicken Noodle, New England Clam Chowder, Corn Chowder, and/or Potato Soup.

Salad Ideas: Ceasar Salad, Chef Salad, Chicken Ceaser Salad or just provide the romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, egg, shredded cheese, red cabbage, sliced carrots, croutons, various dressings, cut up ham, cut up chicken, cherry tomatoes, and snow caps and let them make their own salad.

Main Course Ideas: You cannot go wrong with Lasagna. If you have vegetarians attending the meal, make a veggie Lasagna. Or, you can make Green Bean Casserole which is another family favorite. My grandmother makes Chicken Parmesian on New Years day.. I love it.

Dessert: Rice Pudding, Cheese Cake, Apple Pie, Pineapple Upside down cake, and/or Fruit Flan.

For appetizers you can serve a spinach dip with some crackers.
For soup, make a cheese potato soup.
For a salad keep it simple with just lettuce, onions, cherry tomatos and cucumbers.
Main course some chicken breast in some whine based sauce with caulifower mash and some asparragus.
The dessert you can just buy pastries at a near by bakery so you wont be overwhelmed with all the cooking.

Hope these ideas are helpful...

Appetizer
Caesar Salad
I usually use a bag "kit" but any Caesar salad will do.

Main Dish
Cheese Stuffed Shells
A family favorite. It freezes well too.

Breads
Fleischmann's Italian Bread
A crusty bread with a chewy, flavorful interior.

Condiment for Bread
Parmesan and Garlic Dipping Oil
Don't skip this! This is what makes the meal become a gourmet, fancy-restaurant meal!

Beverage
Cabernet Sauvignon Wine

Desserts
Tiramisu Trifle
A delicious, easy alternative to traditional tiramisu and it serves more people too.

Try to connect your dishes all to a similar theme such as seafood or Mediterranean or a common ingredient. Here are a few menu ideas...

Seafood
appetizer: shrimp cocktail or crab cakes
soup: cream of crab soup or gumbo
salad: salmon salad served on lettuce leaves
main course: pasta with shrimp or scallops or lemon-baked cod http://www.recipezaar.com/135272 with a side of asparagus or fresh green beans.
dessert: lemon tart-- http://www.recipezaar.com/137901 or lemon mousse cheesecake-- http://www.recipezaar.com/18989

Mediterranean
appetizer: roasted red pepper hummus served with toasted pita bread
soup: minestrone or Greek bean soup-- http://www.recipezaar.com/23247
salad: Greek salad-- http://www.recipezaar.com/66596
main course: creamy sun-dried tomato, roasted red pepper, and artichoke pasta-- http://www.recipezaar.com/52282, gyros, or lamb chops-- http://www.recipezaar.com/94237 with some sort of potato side.
dessert: tiramisu, Italian love cake-- http://www.recipezaar.com/17588, baklava, or biscotti

Mushrooms and Bacon
appetizer: mushroom turnovers, miniature bacon and cheese quiches (made in mini muffin pans), or cheese bacon puffs
soup: potato, cheese and bacon soup-- http://www.recipezaar.com/68940 or cream of mushroom soup-- http://www.recipezaar.com/39369
salad: cherry tomato, bacon, and basil salad-- http://www.recipezaar.com/62795 or spinach and mushroom salad-- http://www.recipezaar.com/179514
main course: bacon wrapped venison tenderloin-- http://www.recipezaar.com/139664 or bacon wrapped boursin stuffed chicken breasts-- http://www.recipezaar.com/214740
dessert: 1 oz amaretto per 1 cup caramel ice cream or strawberries with balsamic-- toss 4 cups strawberries (hulled and quartered) with 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar and allow to sit for up to 30 minutes. Toss with 3 tbsp sugar and spoon into individual serving glasses.

Summertime
appetizer: chicken salad served on lettuce leaves
soup: chilled cucumber bisque, chilled strawberry soup http://www.recipezaar.com/191452
salad: spinach, raspberry, and toasted pecan salad-- http://www.recipezaar.com/246115
main course: steak with a side of baked zucchini-- http://www.recipezaar.com/122143
dessert: raspberry mallow pie--http://www.recipezaar.com/113391 or sorbet

Happy New Year!
Enjoy!

shrimp scampi
clam chowder
grilled scallop salad with shredded cheese parmasean
cheese ravioli with tomato/garlic/basil sauce
strawberry/chocolate mousse

Appetizer: Stuffed mushrooms
Soup: Potato Leek
Salad: Nicoise
Main: Roast Tenderloin with bernaise
Dessert: Tarte Tatin

These are all easy to do.

Stuffed Mushrooms
Potato Soup
Green Salad with Vinegarette Dressing
Lasagna
Tiramisu, Panna Cotta or Granita

You had chosen items with an Italian theme for your appetizer, main course and soup so the dessert and salad suggested would go with that. The desserts here give you a variety to choose from.
Enjoy!





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