Please help me cook dinner for my wife's birthday?!
Please help me cook dinner for my wife's birthday?
We have been following this tradition for years....ever since we were dating. We each cook a themed dinner for the other's birthday, but we are running out of themes. We have done Italian, Mexican, Seafood, etc. 2 or 3 times over.
This year I want to do a "7 Deadly Sins" Theme, with each item on the menu named after one of the sins. The 7 sins are:
Pride
Greed
Envy
Wrath
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
I admit that I stole this idea from "Top Chef" but I'm desperate and it seems fun to me and I think my wife will like it.
So Please help me out with some menu ideas for any or all of the above deadly sins. I want to make 1 alcoholic beverage, 1 salad, 2 apps, 1 entree, and 2 desserts.
Also, 7 items is alot more than I usually make. I usually make 5 items....so if anyone knows of any famous groups of 5...I would appreciate hearing those as well.
Thank You
Answers:
I wish you were MY hubby! Great idea and I loved that episode of top chef! (new episode tonight)!! Here is my idea for you-you will have to google for recipes, tho!
LUST-PINK CHAMPAGNE WITH STRAWBERRIES - 1 DRINK
GREED-PUFF PASTRY SHELLS WITH SALMON IN CREAM SAUCE, GARNISHED WITH FRESH LEMON, LIME AND PARSLEY- 1 APPETIZER
ENVY=SARDINES ON CRACKERS WITH CREAM-WANTS TO BE THE SALMON - SECOND APPETIZER
PRIDE=WHOLE STEAMED LOBSTER BEUTIFULLY GARNISHED ON A LOVELY PLATER WITH LEMON WEDGES WRAPPED IN TULLE ON A NICE BED OF GREENS, WITH A DISH OF MELTED PARSLEY BUTTER RESTING BETWEEN THE CLAWS- MAIN COURSE
SLOTH-YOUR AVERAGE EVERYDAY SALAD WITH BOTTLED ITALIAN DRESSING-SALAD
GLUTTONY-HOT FUDGE BROWNIE PIE WITH ICE CREAM, NUTS, WHIPPED CREAM AND TONS OF CHERRIES
WRATH=CHEESE PLATE WITH FIERY HOT MANGO SALSA AND PICKLED GINGER-2ND DESERT
HOPE IT HELPS! Good luck! I would love to know how it goes-feel free to email me
Ok, you got me totally intrigued. I am having a hard time coming up with foods for the 7 deadly sins, but how about the 7 wonders of the ancient world? Ex. the Hanging Gardens of Babylon could be the salad, the Pyramids of Giza could be a dessert (I've seen pyramid shaped cakes), the library in Alexandria could be a fish dish cooked in parchment...just an idea.
what about caribbean? japannese? chinese? greek? ...
You can do something with colors or textures...I know "Top Chef" had the Quickfire Challenge where the chefs had to create a dish using only one color, so that might work. As far as textures would go...you could have creamy soup, crunchy skin - for a chicken - and then maybe something whipped, like mousse for dessert.
Envy is usually green so you could do a green salad with green apples or pears. You could also make Green Slime, a drink made from mixing lime serbert, lemon/line soda and vodka. Lust could be one of your dessert as well as Gluttony, Lust as chocolate covered strawberries (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and Gluttony as something VERY rich. Sloth, umm Sloe Gin Fizzes? Bad pun I know, but...
Or, what is her favorite eatable flower? Pansies, roses, violets? You could add nastursums to a salad, use rose water to flavor a cake, or make pansy julips or mojitos.
Or completely think out side the box. Add vanilla and cinnamon to a savory dish, like maranade for a meat roast, with no sugar and add worchestershire sauce or tabasco to your desert recipe.
I hope I have helped
Sloth as an appetizer sounds like Oysters on the Half Shell to me and Pride would also be something quite decadent like a Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail.
Wrath of course should be the name of your alcoholic beverage, something like this Klingon Blood Wine recipe:
Scale ingredients to servings
1 oz Jose Cuervo? Especial gold tequila
1 oz Captain Morgan? Original spiced rum
1 dash grenadine syrup
2 dashes Tabasco? sauce
cranberry juice
Add Tabasco sauce to an ice-filled beer mug/glass. Pour in the tequila, rum and grenadine, and fill with cranberry juice. Shake twice and serve.
A Greedy Caesar Salad
Prime Rib or Lobster would make a great "Envy" entree.
The two desserts should be Chocolate drenched strawberries with whipped cream for "Lust" and Chocolate Fudge Brownies for "Gluttony".
Drink: Green with envy:
Scale ingredients to servings
1 oz coconut rum
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz pineapple juice
Stir ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into cocktail glass. Garnish with pineapple.
Chili sin carne
Categories: New Text Import
Yield: 1 Servings
3 tablespoon Olive oil
2 medium Onions, chopped
2 Garlic cloves, peeled and; finely chopped
3 tablespoon Chili powder
1 tablespoon Ground cumin
? teaspoon Each dried thyme and oregano
2 Carrots, peeled and; finely chopped
2 Green bell peppers,; seeded and chopped
1 can (14 1/2-ounce) tomatoes,; drained and chopped
1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans,; undrained
2 (15-ounce) cans kidney beans,; drained and thoroughly rinsed
1 (15-ounce) can black beans,; undrained
1 ? cup Fresh or canned beef stock or broth
Salt & freshly-ground black pepper
Cooked white rice
In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic and saute until soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, thyme and oregano, then add the carrots and peppers and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the chopped tomatoes, undrained kidney beans, drained kidney beans, black beans, and stock. Bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until thick, 30 to 45 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot over rice. Serves 8 Recipe By :WELL-STOCKED PANTRY SHOW#ND7036 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #281 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 08:31:04 -0500 From: Meg Antczak
:) more recipes are on the link :) enjoy
stealing is wrong you know that!!!! if you did cook it all this time your dead as the desert wind so this is what you do......first you go get some slow jams music and so nice box of chicken and so wine and kick back. i bet you by the end of the night you will be the man.
I have a menu for you. You can figure what sin goes with what if you like... Some could fit multiple categories.
Ti Punch (drink) Splash of Sugar Cane Syrup, squeeze of 1/2 lime, rhum agricole blanc, stir, add ice and enjoy!
Carrot Ginger Soup (app) could serve in champagne glass no spoon necessary
Baked Brie w/ raspberries (app)
Dual portion Filet and Scallops with Sauteed spinach and lemon cream sauce (entree)
Frisse & Apple Salad w/ champagne vinagrette (salad)
Strawberry Shortcake w/ whipped cream (dessert)
Chocolate Brownie Sundae (dessert)
My suggestion is :
- Salad : Steak Salad With Blue Cheese, the recipe : http://www.baaiidu.com/steak-salad-with-...
- Appetizers : Italian Appetizers, the recipe :
http://www.baaiidu.com/italian-appetizer... or
Parmesan chicken wings, the recipe : http://www.baaiidu.com/parmesan-chicken-...
- Dessert : Fresh Fruit Delight, the recipe : http://www.baaiidu.com/fresh-fruit-delig...
Hope this help.
Pride anything that looks good but hard to mess up
Greed anything you can't get enough of
Envy something she has tried and bombed trying to make
Wrath something that will have adverse reactions later
Lust seductive snack and atmosphere
Gluttony something really fattening
Sloth chilled monkey brain
Ha ha get it sloth?