Dinner Party ideas?!

empy

Hi all, It has been sprung upon me that we are having some friends joining us for dinner tommorow. We went to theirs a few weeks ago and had an amazing 3 course dinner of crab cakes on a bed of salad, beef wellie and chocolate souffle for desert all homemade by my friend - now the thing is I want to create a wonderful 3 course meal too, she is very competative(still lover her loads though) so I want something that looks great, easyish to cook( novice cook ) and tastes fab.

I am not overly worried about a budget, say £60 for all three courses, if cheaper great ( we used to go out with this couple every Sat, spending in excess of £150:eek: on dinner, so £60 is very money saving lol)

I am not too keen on fish so no fish please, Chicken, beef, pork, Lamb would be great. I hope you could give me some ideas, I have looked on the internet but have bo idea what to serve with what to be honest.

Any help will be most gratefully recieved and very much appreciated.

empy

pawpurrs

How about Goat cheese and beetroot salad
Open Crab and asaparagus Ravoli
Plum Frangipane tart

All very easy

zippychick

i have a recipe for lemon yoghurt cake - you could pretty much serve that accompanying any food i think? Let me know if you want a recipe.

I was watching rosemary schrager the other night and she made the most amazing chicken and potato pie! http://www.rosemaryshrager.com/recipe/potatoepie.htm

Sorry, thats the limit of my brain today

Oh! Jamies chicken leek pie, delish and the gravy it makes is TO DIE FOR
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/meat-recipes/turkey-and-sweet-leek-pie


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Rikki

I like a good old fashioned roast.
You could buy a decent joint at a good price with all the vegetables.
Then splash out on a posh starter and indulgent main course.

hamstercheeks_2

okay here goes

how about

Tuna pate to start with - very cheap and quick to make and i could gi ve u recipe - serve with crusty bread and side salad

Sri-lankan chickenor beef curry (i have recipe could give you if you like) - very easy to make - price depends on where you buy the chicken

and fruit salad with hagen daas to finish - easy

and not an expensivemeal

hamstercheeks_2

just remembered i have a very very VERY fancy salmon recipe - honest looks like top restaurant has served it - i can look it out if you like>?

zippychick

hamstercheeks wrote: »

okay here goes

how about

Tuna pate to start with - very cheap and quick to make and i could gi ve u recipe - serve with crusty bread and side salad

Sri-lankan chickenor beef curry (i have recipe could give you if you like) - very easy to make - price depends on where you buy the chicken

and fruit salad with hagen daas to finish - easy

and not an expensivemeal

id like a go at that tuna pate recipe? I cant eat pate , it turns me what its maade from.

Rikki

Cheese cakes are easy to make and are a nice desert.

sooty&sweep

Hi

Whatever you choose to go for aim for cold / prepare ahead as much as you can other wise you spend your evening in the kitchen.

What about anti pasti as a starter ? salami, palma ham, good (ripe) fresh fruit, olives, good bread etc. Whatever looks good on the deli.

Dessert Tiramasu

Let us know what you do !!

hamstercheeks_2

zippychick wrote: »

id like a go at that tuna pate recipe? I cant eat pate , it turns me what its maade from.

ok here's the recipe

100g butter - melted
2 normal (small) tins of tuna
2 garlic cloves - crushed
2 x 15 ml spoons olive oil
1 x 15 ml spoon lemon juice

(optional) chopped parsley to garnish

melt the butter in the pan and and add garlic, roughly flake the tuna fish in a bowl and place half in a blender
with half themelted butter mixture + 15 mls of olive oil and blend until smooth - remove and mix with remainder of oil. Mix all the blended fish together in blender and add in the lemon juice - add salt and pper to taste and spoon into a serving boul and garnish. Put in fridge for one hour before bringing out for serving yum!