Recipe ideas for cooking class final needed?

i need to make a main entree, an appetizer, and a dessert for my cooking class final. any recipe ideas that are not difficult to make and affordable to purchase the ingredients for?





10 points for best answerRecipe ideas for cooking class final needed?
Appetizer:





Garlic Parmesan Stuffed Shrooms





10-15 mushrooms


4 Tbsp Butter


1 1/2 c Italian Bread Crumbs


2 cloves garlic crushed


1/3 c Grated Parm cheese


1/2 tsp Oregeno


1/2 pasley


salt and peper to taste





1. Seperate mushroom caps from steams and then chop up the steams real small.


2. In a skillet melt the butter and add the garlic and cook till light brown. Add mushrooms and cook 2 minutes. Add breadcrumbs, Oregano, Parsley. Cook until breadcrumbs start to brown.


3. Add the cheese and mix. Add salt and pepper to taste.


4. Let cool slightly and then stuff the mushroom caps with the mixture and bake for 10-15 mins. Until crust is golden brown.


5. Top with some parm cheese and serve.





Main Course:





Chicken and Brocolii Alfredo





2 Boneless skinless chicken breasts


1 lb Fetticine noodles


3 c Brocolli


1/4 c Tequlia


2c heavy whipping cream


1 stick butter


1c Mozzerella cheese


1c parmesan cheese


2 cloves garlic, smashed


1/4c small onion, diced


1/2 tsp oregano


1/2 tsp rosemary


salt and pepper





1. In a skillet cook the chicken breast with a little bit of oil(i prefer olive oil). Season with salt and pepper. Cook until almost completely done. Add. the garlic and onion. Meanwhile, start the water for the pasta.


2.In sauce pan combine the whipping cream, mozz. cheese, parm. cheese, butter, oregano and rosemary. Cook until creamy.


3. Cook the brocolii in one of them steamer bags in the microwave.


4.Add the tequila to the pan with the chicken. Cook about 5 mins to let the alcohol cook off.


5. Once everything is cooked in their seperate pans, combine the the large skillet the chicken was cooking in, toss till fuly combined and serve with some garlic bread.








Desert:





Simple Strawberry Cream Tart





1 sheet frozen puff pastry


10-15 strawberries


1 1/3 c of cool whip


1/2 c cream cheese


1/2c sugar


Whipped cream for topping





1. Cut the puff pastry into 3x3in squares. And cook as directed.


2.Clean the strawberrries and cut in to 1/4 for large starwberries for smaller ones just half em.


3. Toss the strawberries with the sugar and set aside.


4 Mix the whipped cream and cream cheese together.


5. Once the puf pastries are done, let them cool to room temp.


6. Then start off with a square of the puff pastry on the plate add the cream mixture and a few strawberry pieces and then another pastry piece and some more cream and berries then one more pastry. Top with PLAIN whipped cream and a few strawberries to garnish. Serve.





All recipes serve 4Recipe ideas for cooking class final needed?
I am from Chicago and here I will say that Italian, Asian and Mexican have been done to death... I do not care how you dress it up or how fancy the decore.... I would flunk anyone who resorted to these. May be different where you are.





I preffer really good simple food. If the food is fresh and done right no need to dress it up with allot of stuff. My bro in law is a trained french chef and he says you only have to dress up the crappy food, lol.





ideas


app; a nice blend of greens for salad w/ red onion, asparugus (white), tomato w hot bacon dressing and cutons





terriaki shrimp and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon n broiled' you marrinate the shimp over night, do not cook, just broil once wrapped





pita bread split, a bit of butter spread, parm cheese and italian seasoning then broil





a nice onion soup or mush soup in beef broth... no bread or cheese as is to heave for a full meal





a simple cheese and bread plate





main dish;


protein-


filet done mr on grill with a baste of butter, garlic, mrs dash and a dash of lemon


white fish broiled with butter, lemon and almonds


terriaki tuna w chives


Pork roast with a Apple cinnamin sauce glaze and sauce


skewers of shrimp, pineapple and onion





veggies


asparagus w hollandaise


brussel sprouts


pea pods


glazed carrots


acorn squash/ nuke 30 sec till you can feel a bit of tenderness using a mit then cut easily in half, place in baking pan and ad a tbsp of butter and brown sugar, cook at 325-350 for about 30-45 min - goes great w/ pork





starch


wild rice


baked potato w/ tiny bits of cooked bacon injected then wrapped in foil to cook


stuffing, I like one w/ mush, onion and celery... I start with the box mix and work from there





dessert


not big on dessert but will have a cup of rich coffee with a bit of dark chocolate. Terrimissu is good, or a nice light idea is fresh fruit in a liquer with a dab of cream on the side.





OF COURSE I do not need to tell you presentation is half the battle. Make sure to have your serving dishes hot or cold accordingly, chilled salad forks are a nice touch!, A good meal takes a bit of thought but is easy at the same time. Do not make it more complicated than it need be. Cooking is fun! Oh, a great wine to pair with the dishes is required and of course have water.





Good luck!
Shrimp is always a well received dish, anywhere in the world.


I often cook this when my wife was alive and she was returning home from a long extended stay in the hospital for cancer treatments, and she use to practically lick the plate clean.





Buy some shrimp, I use the 20 to 25 count size, peel and devein them by hand, soak the ready to cook shrimp in fresh water for a few minutes. Heat up the skillet and when hot, drop in the fresh shrimp and then add the magic ingredient called Garlic Spread (this is often used to make garlic toast) and allow the garlic spread to flow over the shrimp, saute it for about 5 minutes, turn off the heat and cover the skillet for about three minutes and then its ready for the dinner table.





I also serve up some other types of fresh seafood such as fresh flounder filets, cooked in real butter and just a dash of garlic powder added, or you can broil a rib-eye steak with fresh veggies and then serve it alongside the shrimp.





I use the seafood and the shrimp because my wife's cancer treatments depleted her of the natural proteins that the chemotherapy treatments take and the shrimp and the seafood helps to restore these things to her damaged body. It also makes her feel really terrific after eating this meal, then a good nights sleep and she is ready to go the next morning.





Thank you,





Clem
Apple Blossom Ribs:





Brine:


12oz. Apple cider vinegar


12 oz water


zest of one lemon and orange plus the juice


5-6 shallots


2 heads of garlic


1/3 cup salt


1/2 cup sugar


palm full of black peppercorns


one cinnamon stick





Let that simmer for about 20-30 minutes, and then cool down before soaking the ribs in the brine.





Let it soak overnight or at least 12 hours.





Cooking:


Place in a shallow pan place ribs and brine in the pan and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours. Keep the ribs covered. Use baby back ribs. You can do this on a grill as well, just wrap in foil with the brine.
Appetizer-Make a shrimp dip using some of the liquid and serve carrot, celery sticks and cherry tomatoes to dip it. Use small canned shrimp and cream cheese to make it and mix it in a blender.





Main dish-Make a chicken casserole. Use cut up breast of chicken cooked and mix it with cream of chicken soup and frozen peas and put it in a casserole dish to heat it up and cook the peas using a 325 degree oven. Serve it over toast or rice using the instant type of rice.





Dessert-graham cracker pudding. Put a layer of the crackers on the bottom of a Pyrex 9x13 inch pan. Then make 2 packages of cooked vanilla pudding and pour that over the graham crackers. Then put a layer of graham crackers on top of that. Next make 2 packages of chocolate pudding and pour it over the second layer of graham crackers. Then add another layer of graham crackers and top that with whipped cream.





This is simple to make, but may take about an hour to prepare.


Good luck and I hope you get a great grade on what ever you make.
You have to realize that the real purpose of doing this is not about eating a meal but rather about showing off your technique


Even something as basic as a hand made cream puff filled with hand made creme patisserie and dipped in black and white chocolate is infinitely more technique intensive then tiramisu would ever be


Something simple like a fillet of grilled salmon w/hand -made Bearnaise sauce would qualify also


Desserts :


Bananas Foster


Crepe Suzettes


Apple Tarte Tatin


The aforementioned cream puffs


Baked apples stuffed w/ marscapone cheeses and served on almond flavored creme anglaise


Appetizers


Beef carpachio


Gravlax


Brushetta%26gt;boring unless you made several unique to the meal mini -loaves of bread for the occassion and then it's about toppings and presentation


Oysters Rockefeller


Grilled Pink Grapefruit


Scallop Ceviche


Crab cakes with a red pepper remuolade


Entrees


Steak Diane


Veal Saltimboca


Chicken Cordon Blue %26gt;really interesting if you can stuff it thru a 1.5'; hole in the breast


Perfectly roasted whole chicken


Veal or Chicken Marsala


Crab Stuffed filet of sole /flounder w/a lemon beurre blanc


Veggies:


Obviously asparagus always works but so does roasted cauliflower and sauteed rapini


Starches


Roasted purple potato wedges


The classic Potatoes Duchesse


wild rice


fluffy couscous with colorful sauteed veggies cut brunoise incorporated into it


The list goes on


Good luck
Saute Diane: Fillet Medallions in a red wine demi glaze with scallions. UMM UMM GOOD.


Bacon wrapped Shrimp: Wrap a few shrimp in bacon (use toothpicks to hold bacon) put in a pan of butter and Teryaki Sauce ( can't get this spelled right and I'm to lazy to go the the kitchen, but I think you can figure it out). Bake until bacon is edible.


Chocolate Mousse with cookie garnish.


Just a few of my favorite things. For Real.





Good Luck on that final.
Perhaps something Mexican like:





Appetizer:


like Queso Dip (Velveeta, Rotel, and ground beef)





Entree:


Crispy Tacos (tortillas and ground beef)





Dessert:


3 leches cake
Flan or cheese cake but you can make the cheese cake differentily make it more like a light and wipy as well as appetizer make doubled eggs and and main entree make potatoes and something or some kinda of pasta just make it look creative
Asparagus with Hollandaise sauce,





Salmon fillet parcels with lemon and dill, baby new potatoes and mange tout,





Fresh raspberry and lemon cheesecake
Appetizer- bacon wrapped dates


Main dish- tarragon chicken


Dessert- home made ice cream or berry pie


Email me for recipes, they are on my other computer :)


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i would go for a clean simple soup maybe pea, a good pasta dish with some classic herds and a zesty sorbet
Mackerel in Papillote. I got an A
A few suggestions:








Budget Minded Recipes





COLA CHICKEN


(And more variations of recipe)


(My favorite: Wings or Ribs)





4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts


1 cup catsup


1 12oz. can cola (pepsi, coke, etc.)





Put chicken in a non-stick pan.


Mix together catsup and cola, pour over chicken.


Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and cook 45 minutes.


(turning chicken a few times, while cooking...to prevent from


sticking to pan)


Uncover, turn up the heat and continue to cook until the sauce


becomes thick and adheres to the chicken.


It turns into the most incredible BBQ sauce. Yummmm!





You can double the recipe and use more pieces of


chicken....wings...would be ideal...add some hot


sauce....presto ';Hot


Wings';!


I have used Ribs, just as good.





I tried this recipe with 'meatballs'....was equally


as good...served over rice.





I found another variation.....omit the catsup and add a small


jar of Salsa (any variety).





I have tried using Salsa (omitting the catsup....not).


You'd think a recipe with only '3' ingredients couldn't be


messed up....wouldn't you??


Well...while I was preparing to fix the 'Cola Chicken' recipe


using Salsa.....I was also trying to carry on a conversation with my


husband...(just proves...I can't do two things at once)....mixed


Salsa %26amp; Catsup (before I realized I was supposed to leave out


the catsup) %26amp; Cola........still turned out really tasty (to me)...might


be a little sweeter than some of you like.





I fixed chicken wings, (using the above recipe)


but...I added the spices from a MILD (I don't care for ';HOT';) Buffalo Wings packet...(the kind you get to bake in the oven).....I thought it was really good.....(but you/I can't find a 'bad' way to fix chicken).





Finally....!! I fixed the 'SALSA' chicken......that's good , too.





Another (bright)idea.....I thought of trying......replace the


catsup with a bottle of Shrimp Cocktail Sauce...and add a bag of (pop corn) shrimp.....!


Fixed the shrimp with cocktail sauce......eh...wasn't all that


great...was OK...probably won't be fixing it again.





Also tried beef stew cuts......that was pretty good.....I can see


myself making this again.


Served both over rice.....think the stew cuts would have been just as


good over noodles.





How about using the little cocktail weiners/sausages?











CRUNCHY ONION CHICKEN





1 1/3 cups French鈥檚 Original French Fried Onions


4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves


1 egg, beaten





LIGHTLY CRUSH:





Onions in a plastic bag.





DIP:


Chicken in egg





COVER:


With onion crumbs, press firmly to adhere to chicken.





BAKE:


Preheat oven to 400 degrees.


Place chicken on lightly greased baking pan.


Sprinkle with additional onion crumbs, if desired.


Bake for 20 minutes or until no longer pink in center.








Mushroom Chicken





4 boneless/skinless chicken breast (or any pieces you like)


1 can cream of mushroom soup.


1 can water





Place chicken in crock pot (or sauce pan for stove top cooking)


mix soup %26amp; 1 can of water together


pour over chicken


cook on medium heat until boiling then reduce heat and cook until chicken is really tender %26amp; falling apart.





Serve over noodles or rice or dressing....or???








CHILLI DOG CASSEROLE


1 pkg. (8) hot dog buns


1 pkg. (8) hot dogs (use more if you like)


1 can Chilli (15 oz. without beans, use more if you want)


1 small onion (chopped)


2 cups shredded cheese


mustard








DIRECTIONS: Pre-heat oven 350 degrees


In a 9'; x 13'; baking pan, break up hot dog buns (bite size) and spread in pan.


Cut up hot dogs (about 1/2'; size) spread over buns.


Spoon/spread chilli over hot dog/buns.


Sprinkle onions over all.


Squirt mustard over entire mixture (don't spread...just make a few lines both ways across mixture)


Cover with shredded cheese.


Bake until cheese is melted and bubbly.


(Hint: If using extra hot dogs %26amp; chilli, don't add extra buns.)





';Canned Soup';.


(My Way!)


Whatever cans of veggies I have, that I like, in cabinet it goes in the pot.....along with all the juices in the cans.


Cook on stove top or Crock pot.


Enjoy!





Canned:


corn


peas


carrots


gr.beans (any variety)


lima beans


wax beans


tomato (any variety)


potatoes (whole or sliced...or both whatever you like)





You get the idea....lol.





Also add a package of shredded cabbage (cole slaw mix).





You can even add a package of onion soup mix.





If it gets to dry and needs more liquids....add tomato juice...V-8...etc.





(I鈥檝e not made this one yet)


EASY BEEF STROGANOFF





Ingredients:





3/4 lb lean ground beef


1 jar Heinz HomeStyle Savory Beef Gravy (12 oz Jar)


1 can mushrooms, drained (7 oz can)


1/2 cup sour cream


4-6 cups hot cooked noodles


salt %26amp; pepper, to taste





Instructions:





In a medium skillet, cook ground beef over medium heat until browned and thoroughly cooked. Carefully drain liquids and return to stovetop. Stir in Gravy and mushrooms, and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream, until thoroughly combined. Add salt and pepper, to taste, and serve immediately over hot noodles.





Preparation Time: 1-15 minutes


Cook Time: 25+ minutes














';Corny Beanie Weenies.';


(from a country preacher in Mississippi鈥ife %26amp; 2 teenage sons)





Mix one can of good baked beans


We use a good sized can of beans (14-16 ounces, I think) and


get a kind that we like (maybe with brown sugar, onion, and bacon).


There are several kinds of good baked beans.





and a package of Oscar Meier Weiners (all sliced up).





with a can of whole kernel corn (drained)





Any way, heat up these three ingredients, and serve with brown bread


(maybe toasted ?) and a glass of milk.





It doesn't get any easier than this, and is suprisingly good!





P.S鈥?.Might put ingredients in a casserole dish and top with corn muffin mix.











POT ROAST


Your choice of beef (to fit crock-pot)


1 pkg. dry Ranch dressing mix


1 pkg. dry Italian dressing mix


1 pkg. dry Brown Gravy mix


1 cup water


Put beef in pot.


Mix together all the dry mixes鈥?then add water 鈥our over meat and cover %26amp; cook on high 4-6 hours.


Until meat is tender.


The first time I mad it I didn鈥檛 have the Italian Dressing mix鈥?so I added a pkg. of Onion Soup Mix鈥?I have to say I liked that better.


If you use more water you might want to add more Brown Gravy mix鈥?to make a thicker sauce. Was gonna add


potatoes and carrots鈥ut never got around to it.











E-Z Cake Recipes





NO EGGS, NO OIL, NO WATER .......JUST 1 12oz.SODA AND MIX.








WHITE CAKE MIX鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?.7-UP OR STRAWBERRY SODA


CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX.......CHERRY SODA (BLACK FOREST)


ORANGE CAKE MIX鈥?ORANGE SODA


PINEAPPLE MIX鈥?PINEAPPLE SODA


SPICE MIX鈥?.ROOT BEER SODA ETC





POUR CAKE MIX IN BOWL


ADD SODA USE LOAF CAKE PAN


BAKE 350 DEGREES AS BOX SAYS.


(PREPARE PAN WITH SPRAY)


Your choice of frostings or use cool whip.

















E-Z Candy


(All recipes are mixed the same.)





Melt ingredients, seperately in microwave until runny.


Mix together and pour into serving dish.


Chill until firm, cut %26amp; serve.





Chocolate Fudge:


16 oz. container of Fudge Frosting


1 bag of Chocolate Chips (any flavor you like)





Peanut Butter Fudge #1:


1 small jar Peanut Butter (18 oz.)


2 bags of Peanut Butter Chips





Peanut Butter Fudge #2:


1 small jar Peanut Butter (18oz.)


16 oz. container of White Frosting





Marshmallow Nougat:


1 small jr Marshmallow Creme


1 bag White Chocolate Chips


1 tsp. Almond Flavoring


1 small bag Chopped Nuts





(I've made this without the flavoring %26amp; nuts....I want to try


rolling


into balls and dipping in a chocolate coating....sounds good to


me.)





I've doubled all the above recipes. The Marshmallow Nougat


recipe...doubled and added a container of white frosting (had an


extra one....so thought....why not!)





I use a double boiler..(prefer the double


boiler)...add chips in first ...then rest of


ingredients.....saving


nuts and flavorings for last.








CAKE MIX COOKIES


White Cake Mix


2 Tablespoons water


2 eggs


1/2 cup cooking oil


1 teaspoon almond extract


1/2 cup chopped nuts


powdered sugar





Mix all ingredients, except powdered sugar.





Drop batter (about a teaspoon per cookie) into a bowl of powdered sugar.





Roll in sugar until it is an approximate shape of a ball.





Place ion a lightly greased cookie sheet.





Bake at 350 degrees about 18 minutes, until lightly browned.





Cool on wire racks. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.





(Use any flavoring or cake mix you desire.)











Kreamy Kool-Aid Pie





1-(6 g) package un sweetened Kool-Aid powdered drink mix


1-(14 oz.)can sweetened condensed milk


1-(8 oz)container Cool Whip frozen whipped topping, thawed.


1-(9 inch) Graham Cracker Pie Crust (or Cookie crust)


Cool Whip for top (optional)





1. In a medium bowl mix Kool-Aid and condensed milk, thoroughly.


2. Fold in Cool Whip.


4. If desired, spread more Cool Whip on top.


5. Chill for a minimum of 4 hours.





I鈥檝e used: Strawberry鈥herry鈥emon-lime (Key-Lime Pie)鈥?Lemonade (Lemon Pie鈥ight add some yellow food coloring for a more lemony look.)





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