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Need Dinner Suggestions please!

JimmysBride Posted:

Need Dinner Suggestions please!

We're staying and having a romantic dinner at home tonight and DH is cooking for me. But I have to tell him what I want and I have no idea! Suggestions please!!! He'll make anything (he's a MUCH better cook than me!)
brideinapril Posted:

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If I were staying home I would be making a seafood vodka sauce over linguini. YUMMY!

Shorty McBride Posted:

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I'm going to suggest lobster ravioli in a pink sauce (vodka if you like it)

and some FABULOUS wine!!!
usuk2004 Posted:

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We were supposed to have pan fried scallops wrapped in bacon to start with lobster and a seafood marinara to start, but the fish market was closed this morning - poor DH got up at 5:30am!!!

Instead we're having veal with mushrooms in a cream sauce. Probably some form of potatoes and a vegetable.

wc0143 Posted:

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I'm making Osso Bucco tonight.

Last night I made a DELICIOUS beef tenderloin that we bought at Fairway.
JimmysBride Posted:

Re: Need Dinner Suggestions please!


Posted by shorty the pumpkin

I'm going to suggest lobster ravioli in a pink sauce (vodka if you like it)

and some FABULOUS wine!!!



Sounds yummy!! And I really would love some wine but I can't.

Thanks girls ... great suggestions!
Jan05Bride Posted:

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We're having Roasted Turkey Breast, glazed carrots and baked potato:

Herb Roasted Turkey Breast with Pan Gravy - Rachael Ray
Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 8 servings

1 small (golf-ball sized) onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 lemon, scrubbed clean
12 fresh sage leaves
Large handful fresh flat-leaf parsley (about 1/2 cup, from 12 stems)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for oiling pan
1 teaspoon salt, plus more as needed
6 fresh bay leaves
4 tablespoons butter
2 boneless turkey breast halves, skin on (about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds each)
Freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup apple or regular brandy (recommended: Calvados)
2 to 3 cups apple cider
Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Oil a roasting pan and set it aside.
Put the onion into the bowl of a mini food processor. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest from the lemon in thin strips, being careful not to cut into the bitter white pith. Add the lemon zest to the food processor and reserve the whole lemon for another use. Chop the onion and lemon zest until fine. Add the sage, parsley, olive oil, and 1 teaspoon salt and pulse until it forms a coarse paste.
Put 2 of the bay leaves and the butter into a small pan and heat over medium-low heat until the butter is bubbling. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Put the turkey breasts on a work surface. Carefully run your fingers between the skin and the flesh from 1 end, being careful not to pull it completely off, creating a pocket. Season the turkey breasts generously with salt and pepper. Stuff half of the herb paste under the skin of each breast, and spread it evenly under the skin. Transfer the breasts to the roasting pan, and slide 2 bay leaves underneath each one. (The heat of the pan will release the bay leaf oils and flavor the breast.) Using a pastry brush, baste the breasts with half of the bay butter. Place the turkey in the oven and immediately decrease the temperature to 400 degrees F. After 20 minutes, baste the turkey breasts with the remaining butter, and roast for an additional 20 to 25 minutes, until cooked through, and a thermometer placed in the thickest part of the breast registers 170 degrees F.
Remove from the oven, transfer to a platter, cover, and let rest for 10 minutes before carving while you make the gravy.
Put the roasting pan over the burner on medium heat. Sprinkle the flour over the pan juices, and cook, stirring, for a few minutes. Add the apple brandy, and scrape the pan to lift the bits that are stuck to the bottom. Cook for a minute to burn off the alcohol, then, while stirring, pour in the apple cider. Bring to a simmer, and stir until thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
Slice the turkey breast on the diagonal, and serve with warm gravy.
princess99 Posted:

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We are having shrimp in pink sauce/vodka sauce, over bow tie pasta and fresh grated parmesan cheese and bread. Yummy! and easy to make. the shrimp are defrosting right now.

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