I need Recipes!!!

hey ya'll i know there are a few out there that love to cook and i need recipes. my hubby is coming home from offshore tomorrow and my mil i keeping the kids. i always try to make a special night out of it with drinks and a nice dinner but i am out of recipes so please send me something to cook up for my man! thanks a bunch!

[Janet]

How about a couple cornish hens and my recipe I posted in another thread for Crock Pot dressing. It is so good. Then you could have some strawberries and chocolate or make an eclair cake.

[Necee419]

I was a clutz in the kitchen but one of the first dishes I made for my husband was butter garlic shrimp and pasta. It's really easy, you just chop up some garlic, green scallions and a few tiny bits of onion and toss them with a bar of butter in a skillet. Once the butter is melted just toss your shrimp in and cook for a few minutes. I served mine over fettucine but you can use whatever pasta you like. It was really good and made him "extra happy" in a way shellfish does to some people. You can serve this with wine to make it extra special.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Necee419

I was a clutz in the kitchen but one of the first dishes I made for my husband was butter garlic shrimp and pasta. It's really easy, you just chop up some garlic, green scallions and a few tiny bits of onion and toss them with a bar of butter in a skillet. Once the butter is melted just toss your shrimp in and cook for a few minutes. I served mine over fettucine but you can use whatever pasta you like. It was really good and made him "extra happy" in a way shellfish does to some people. You can serve this with wine to make it extra special.

OOOhhhh I love shrimp and pasta...okay ice queen, scratch my idea and go with necee419. That sounds wonderful. Make a light mousse to go with it and wha lah!!

the shrimp and pasta sounds lovely and i will try that soon! i loves da shrimps!!! and i will try the crockpot dressing too. i made coq au vin from scratch last time and even amazed myself! my fil ate some and is still talking about it and this is from a man who his main sentence is "It's allright" my kids even ate it my oldest dtr even loved the mushrooms and my youngest dtr loved the chicken and sauce-this child doesn't eat anything but meat,noodles,rice, and maybe purple hull peas once a month-very picky!!!

oohhhhh the eclair cake-scrumptious- that's all i would eat and then i wouldn't be able to fit in my sexy nightie-gown!

[Carolyn]

For special dinners sometines I like to grill big ole porterhouse steaks and broiled or grilled shrimp with red baked potatoes. Sometimes I'll grill some Portobello mushrooms with it. Or shrimp scampi over fettucine with garlic bread and some Pinot Grigio wine.

Originally Posted by Carolyn

For special dinners sometines I like to grill big ole porterhouse steaks and broiled or grilled shrimp with red baked potatoes. Sometimes I'll grill some Portobello mushrooms with it. Or shrimp scampi over fettucine with garlic bread and some Pinot Grigio wine.

how do you grill the portebellos? i've wanted to try it but i'm scared i'll mess it up.

[RLC12345678]

Men do like steaks. One of my hubbys favorite meals is a big 'ole steak and homemade twice baked potatoes. I have the recipe for the potates, so if you think you might want to make those, let me know!

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

Men do like steaks. One of my hubbys favorite meals is a big 'ole steak and homemade twice baked potatoes. I have the recipe for the potates, so if you think you might want to make those, let me know!

is that where you scoop out the potato and fill it full of stuff and put it back in the jacket? he loves those esp. with lots of chees...please give me the recipe!!!

[magnolia]

You've been given some really great ideas for your special dinner tomorrow night I would go with the steak and if you don't want to grill shrimp, try this - get some jumbo shrimp and put them in a shallow baking dish. Pour Italian dressing over it, take a lemon and make thin slices to lay over the top of the shrimp, then bake on 350 degrees until the shrimp is done - about 10 minutes but check it. Then get some fresh, hot french bread - serve the steak, shrimp, and a salad, pour some of the dressing you used to cook the shrimp in into some small individual serving bowls and use it to dip the french bread in - YUM!!! Oh, and don't forget the wine Or - get some flounder, mix together a stuffing of seasoned bread crumbs, shredded swiss cheese, and lump crab meat. Split the flounder open on one side and stuff, stuff, stuff with the mix you just made. Bake on 350 degrees - and this will take a while - about an hour. Make a cream sauce out of heavy cream, more shredded swiss cheese, and lemon zest. When the flounder is done, serve with the sauce over the top along with french bread, salad, and wine - this is YUM, YUM!!!!!!!

Let us know how it turns out

[magnolia]

Originally Posted by ice queen

how do you grill the portebellos? i've wanted to try it but i'm scared i'll mess it up.

I'm not real sure but - I think you can brush them with olive oil and grill for like 5 minutes per side. I've never grilled them either and it's something I want to try as well.

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by ice queen

is that where you scoop out the potato and fill it full of stuff and put it back in the jacket? he loves those esp. with lots of chees...please give me the recipe!!!

Yes, that is exactly what you do.

I like to first bake the potatoes in the microwave because it is faster. But however you wanna do it, whether it is in the oven or microwave, it doesn't really matter. But, if you do it in the microwave, cook each potato 6-8 minutes or until no longer hard in the middle when you stick a knife or fork in it. But don't cook it too long because the jacket will be more likely to tear.

Then, after you bake the potatoes, cut off the top of the baked potato and scoop out the filling being very careful not to tear the jacket.

In a large mixing bowl, add to the inside of the baked potatoes anything that you would eat on a loaded baked potato. I like to use LOTS of cheese, sour cream, bacon bits, a little bit of milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and my secret ingrediet....ranch powder...you know, the Hidden Valley ranch powder that comes in the little packets that you can make dressing or dip out of....add some of that powder to your mixture. You can also use scallions if you like those.

Then, get a handmixer out and mix it all together. Taste it and if you think you need to add more of anything, then do so.

Then take a spoon and load the jackets back up with the filling.

Top with shredded cheddar cheese.

Bake at 350 or 400 until cheese on top is melted (about 30 minutes)

[cindy0721]

Guacamole Recipe to go with "FLAUTAS"

1 Hass LARGE Avocado (if they only have small ones use 2)
1/2 a medium tomato
1/2 White Onion
1 Lemon or Lime
Salt

Cut your avocado in half and scoop it unto a bowl.. Grab your onion and tomato and chop unto small pieces.. Micx into your already smashed avocado bowl mix together add salt to taste and squeeze a lemon or lime unto it..taste and you might add a bit more salt... (Lemon is used to avoid browning of the avocado and it gives it a nice twist)....good eats!

Thank you again for the recipes...i might make those tonight for me and my oldest dtr. my youngest will only eat french fries!!!!