Quick ideas for valentine's days dinner for eight!?!
Answers: I am skilled in the kitchen, but a very busy woman. What can I fix for eight people that is simple yet looks difficult? I already have dessert, chocolate fondue with fruits and pound cake. But I need a menu for dinner.
Chicken Parmesan... just dust boneless chicken breasts with flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder, brown in oil, transfer to a pan and top with good jarred spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese, bake about 25 minutes at 350. Serve with spaghetti, a Cesar salad (they come in kits for quickness), and a loaf of crusty french bread and a good butter such as Lurapac.
Shiskabob is another great one, make it yourself, or buy pre-made in the meat department! Serve with garlic rosemary potatoes, french bread and a salad.
Garlic rosemary potatoes; Cube red potatoes (about 3-5 lbs) and put into pan, in the center of the potatoes nestle about three whole HEADS of garlic (the top sliced off to reveal clove tops), sprinkle on top some freshly chopped rosemary (to taste, I pull it off about three or four stems and chop); drizzle over with 1/3 to 1/2 cup ex. vir. olive oil, cube and scatter over the top 1 stick of butter, pour over about 1 cup of White Zinfandel wine, salt and pepper. Cook uncovered at about 400 for about an hour. The garlic becomes soft and mellow and is wonderful squeezed onto the buttered bread or potatoes. Every time I make this I get raves and it is SO easy!
Ribeyes on the grill with big baked potatoes and all the fixins and texas toast. That would go perfectly with your fondue!
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mole and chiken,comes in a jar cook a whole chiken in large pot add half a medium unnion,head of garlic,about 5bay leafs.cook at med heat untill chiken is tender add salt 30 min into cooking time. next heat mole add some of the chiken broth from the pot you cooked.stirr scoop with spoon untill it poors when you tilt spoon. add to chiken you will love it.
Hi. Allot of people not a romantic dinner. Depends on your budget. A heart shaped meat loaf. Beet, Turkey. Mold the meat into a heart. Drizzle some Marinara sauce on the top to keep it moist while baking. I would a tent it with foil. On a serving tray, I would scoop gently white rice around the shape of your baked meat loaf. Little parsley around the side of the dish. If you have a white serving dish. Marinara on the side to enjoy. Garlic bread, salad with romaine tomatoes & a nice glass of red. Congrats.
I'd do something on the grill. Grilling is fast and doesn't take a lot of prep work, plus everyone loves grilled food. If you garnish it to look fancy everyone will be impressed. You could also consider marinating something tonight so that it tastes awesome.