Cooking for my american husband family

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Hello all!

I have been thinking about cooking something very special for my husband relatives, What kinda of food do you guys think is nice? easy and cheap, lol

thank you.

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Would you like to cook something from your country/ culture, or do you want to make American dishes?

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Cook something that you are good at. Don't try to impress them by making their dishes because it won't be good enough usually

[revtech100 16]

I realize this is a little different, but when I met my fiancées family, they cooked a normal meal and it was wonderful. Everybody was relaxed and no special work had to be done. Good luck!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Hello all!

I have been thinking about cooking something very special for my husband relatives, What kinda of food do you guys think is nice? easy and cheap, lol

thank you.

Simple would be a pork loin (roast). Salt and pepper it, add a 1/4 cup of water, cover it in tinfoil and throw it in the oven @ 275 degrees for an hour and then turn it up to 350 degrees for one more hour, take off the tinfoil top for the last 20min and it's ready. Make a pasta salad from the box along with French bread and your good to go. Get a pie from the store for desert. Little cooking, little mess to clean up and you have a full meal.

Before cooking...

After .....

Heinz 57...

Two boxes of this to be on the safe side....

Garlic bread...

And a desert like a pie...

Edited July 15, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

[Calypso 464]

Since I don't know what kinds of meat your family-in-law prefers or if they eat meat at all, I can only guess.

Youtube and allrecipes.com are good places to help you decide what to make. Aside from their useful demo videos, some seasoned chefs share really valuable culinary secrets on Youtube most of the time. Read user comments on allrecipes.com and combine ones that you think will improve the quality of your meal.

You might want to prepare linguine with shrimp and mushroom for your family-in-law. Garlic bread will be fine with that.

For something heavier, rosemary braised lamb shanks will do. I've made this a few times before in a slow cooker. Cook risotto separately. When my husband and I had dinner in Mozaic in Downtown Sarasota, I thought that my home-cooked lamb shank was as tasty as their Moroccan-style lamb shank. Just use any cheap red wine to cook the lamb shank but for pairing during dinner, get a Zinfandel. You'll find a pleasant California Zinfandel from $20 to $49.

Simple would be a pork loin (roast). Salt and pepper it, add a 1/4 cup of water, cover it in tinfoil and throw it in the oven @ 275 degrees for an hour and then turn it up to 350 degrees for one more hour, take off the tinfoil top for the last 20min and it's ready. Make a pasta salad from the box along with French bread and your good to go. Get a pie from the store for desert. Little cooking, little mess to clean up and you have a full meal.

Polar desert or coastal desert? I don't wanna have to choose between snow dunes and sand dunes.

[Darnell 8,479]

1. laksa curry

2. mutton tajine

3. poutine

[Xanax 349]

I think it would be nice to make something from your birth country; that way your new family get a bit of a taste of where you are from and maybe get to try something new!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Since I don't know what kinds of meat your family-in-law prefers or if they eat meat at all, I can only guess.

Youtube and allrecipes.com are good places to help you decide what to make. Aside from their useful demo videos, some seasoned chefs share really valuable culinary secrets on Youtube most of the time. Read user comments on allrecipes.com and combine ones that you think will improve the quality of your meal.

You might want to prepare linguine with shrimp and mushroom for your family-in-law. Garlic bread will be fine with that.

For something heavier, rosemary braised lamb shanks will do. I've made this a few times before in a slow cooker. Cook risotto separately. When my husband and I had dinner in Mozaic in Downtown Sarasota, I thought that my home-cooked lamb shank was as tasty as their Moroccan-style lamb shank. Just use any cheap red wine to cook the lamb shank but for pairing during dinner, get a Zinfandel. You'll find a pleasant California Zinfandel from $20 to $49.

Polar desert or coastal desert? I don't wanna have to choose between snow dunes and sand dunes.

Lamb is an aquired taste imo unless your from Australia or New Zeeland. For wine you can do a lot cheaper and just as good with a German Moselle and/or Rhine like Blue Nun even or a Washington or California Rhine. The shrimp linguine though would be great with the garlic bread and a green salad.

[TBoneTX 46,273]

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[Penny Lane 8,159]

Mmm, boxed pasta salad! You'll be a hit!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Hello all!

I have been thinking about cooking something very special for my husband relatives, What kinda of food do you guys think is nice? cheap and easy, lol

thank you.

Mmm, boxed pasta salad! You'll be a hit!

Notice the words "cheap and easy" in the OP's post...just like I prefer my women. Nobody is going to know it's from the box once it's sitting in a bowl. You can't screw up a pork loin, pasta from the box w/oil isn't noticeable to anyone who's not a connoisseur and garlic bread in the oven is another one you can't screw up. You can even get salad in the bag, throw in a few tomatoes and croutons and once that's in the bowl nobody is going to know that it came from a bag. A cheap bottle of Blue Nun or better yet an off the wall German Rhine that nobody has heard of let alone be able to pronounce it's name and after dinner go with the coffee and an el cheapo pie and your dinner filled the gut, tasted decent and by the time desert is over with your ready for them to go home.

Make sure you stick the empty boxes for the pasta along with the price tag from the wine bottle and the salad bag at the bottom of the garbage and no one is the wiser. I used to be master of the cheap date. Iv'e bagged more gals with cheap champagne than I have with the Dom Pérignon. Pull off the price tag, stick a small bow on the champagne and tell them you got it for Christmas a few years back. It's all about presentation.

Edited July 16, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

[Sayha or bust. 71]

Good ole fashion arm or chuck roast with mashed potato and gravy. My mouth is watering now. I'm about to get my wife an American cook book translated to Vietnamese so she can prepare my favorite foods on the only day she cooks." Sunday"

[Xanax 349]

Please whatever you do , don't make pasta salad from a box!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Please whatever you do , don't make pasta salad from a box!

Have you ever tried that Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad? It's not bad at all. Food doesn't have to be complicated in order to taste decent.