I'm having a girl over for dinner and zero idea what to cook. Need ideas for something impressive but not too expensive, and not heavy.
>>21785504When my neighbor and I first started dating we fixed each other foods from our heritage. She made me Egyptian stuff and I made Japanese stuff.
Make some pasta with a light butter sauce and cherry tomatoes, women love that shit
>>21785514She made chicken thighs in some kind of spicy sauce, green beans in a tomato sauce, and I made Japanese curry. Unfortunately she turned out to be intensely bipolar so it didn't work out.
>>21785518Sometimes we'd just order Arab food and have a feast on the floor. Sex afterward, usually, but she was in the mood way more than I was.
>>21785514>>21785518>>21785520Those look really nice>bipolarat least the sex must have been good
>>21785520The Indian pattern Corel plates
chicken alfredo
>>21785504chicken alfredo.make the sauce from scratch.she'll gloat to her friends about you.
>>21785504Baked salmon filets is easy as fuck, asparagus for bonus points. I like to cover mine in time foil when baking, but slices of butter on thr filet, and put salt, pepper, and fresh chopped dill(Absolutely amazing and can be bought fresh at Walmart for like a dollar) bake however long Google says and pull it out. Slice up a couple lemons and squeeze over the salmon with extras to eat with. Boom done. One of my favorite meals.For the asperagus, make sure you snap it before baking, they break in the middle but it will find the stress point. I've not snapped it and they're chewy as fuck ans gross. After that, rinse it off ans in a bowl toss it in olive oil, in that same bowl season it with garlic powder, salt, and pepper, toss it in the oven and bake for like 10 minutes or until tender/crispy. I put them on a pan with foil to avoid mess and pan sticking. You dont wanna over cook it because it'll burn the shit out of it. If done right its amazing and not too difficult. If you want one more side which honestly for a date isnt needed imo but hey you never know, you can make some roasted red potatoes. I haven't really perfected these yet, but I like how I make them.Wash the potatoes off, then cut each into 4 pieces, then toss in a bowl with olive oil and season it with salt, pepper, ans garlic powder, same drill as before you may even be able to reuse the oil. But put it inna baking sheet with foil, and bake for 45 minutes, you may want to flip half way through to avoid one side getting burnt. If making covered their not crispy but its okay still but may need butter. Once their done, I like to serve with sour cream but its your life bro. All and all the meal isnt too expensive even if you need tk buy every single ingredient and as long as you dont fuck it up she should think you can cook.
>>21785556>make sauce from scratch If Italian traditional style is basically just cheesy butter noodlesIf its American Alfredo sauce there is absolutely nothing cheap or easy about making it ive tried several times and still fuck it up lmao.
>>21785517Pasta would be an easy win since I know she likes it, but I was aiming for something more elaborate. Probably something with pork because she likes it but rarely has it, but I don't know what dish specifically.>>21785556>>21785545I'm not American so I've never tried it, but it sounds interesting
>>21785576>If its American Alfredo sauce there is absolutely nothing cheap or easy about making it ive tried several times and still fuck it up lmao.It's extremely easy, idek how you can fuck it up.
>>21785580>Want something more elaborate>Sounds interesting (ie: fuck that)Don't know why your tards bother it's the same everytime, recfags are impossible to please and are generally just blogging under the guise of seeking recs because they're delighted with themselves about getting a date or being allowed to cook dinner for the family
>>21785580Make pasta with pork, she'll love it.
>>21785580Oven baked Pork Tenderloin, with Sweet and Sour Peppers (https://youtu.be/Ke_xYIhYPTw). Side of mini potatoes tossed in italian seasoning/garlic powder/paprika/olive oil and baked in the oven, and a salad with a vinaigrette The sweet and sour peppers/onions are to die for, and super easy to make even on the first try.
>>21785580>Probably something with pork because she likes it but rarely has it, but I don't know what dish specifically.Do a pork roulade. It looks very impressive without taking much effort, and you can put whatever you have as filling, nuts, fruit, mushrooms. It's festive for the season too.
>>21785520>dat Corelleware doeMan, childhood memories from the 80s. My mom had that exact pattern.
>>21785640That meat looks so fucking dry...
>>21785576>nothing cheap or easy about making itit's heavy cream, butter, garlic.it's quite easy to do and women love cheese.
>>21785514The worst Japanese curry I’ve ever seen
>>21785721I like to add red peppers and mushrooms when I make alfredo, it really livens it up, plus the diced red peppers adds some color to all the white and brown.
>>21785729i add broccoli, as is traditional.another idea would be to make a chicken alfredo pizza.
>>21785634>It's extremely easyit's not extremely easy. if you get non authentic parmesan or add too much heat, the cheese clumps into one massive ball. after learning it the proper way with the proper ingredients, its somewhat easy
>>21785738The cheese is the very last thing you add AFTER turning the heat off. Just mix it around in the pan with the heat off and it will melt together just fine, once it's properly melted take the pan off the heating element altogether and serve.
>>21785738>>21785740Also I use Parmesan from Publix, so it's not about buying expensive "authentic" parmesan.
>>21785740I know how to cook it, I don't know why you're explaining it
>>21785741Publix is the most expensive grocery store, so shut the fuck up
>>21785742>>21785746I see now that >>21785635 is right.
I always suggest charcuterie but if she’s like.. expecting to eat and you don’t know of she’s DTF, an entree to go with an appetizer of light foods is safe. Pasta is a very safe dish, if you can shrimp scampi, aglio oli, cacio pepe, carbonara, Alfredo, vodka sauce, they’re all safe dishes unless she has allergies.Making something like a citrus salmon with a side of roast veggies and pasta or salad is good too.
>>21785514It's you! I remember that thread.>>21785517Seconding, it's simplistic enough so you don't spend much time of the date cooking.And especially something like the roman style which use pasta water for the sauce can be done quickly in front of your date.
>>21785504carbonara. pretty easy and other than the parmesean you'll have pretty much all the other ingredients if you live in burgerland. zero cooking required for the sauce just temper it with a bit of pasta water to make sure it doesn't scramble.
Eggplant parmigiana. Girls love it.
Shrimp with pasta. It's easy and light and girls usually like it a lot. That's my go to for this occasion. Butter, olive oil, white wine, little bit of garlic (not much), some parsley...voila. Just make sure to get good quality shrimp.
>>21785504How does all of korea get BTFO by one emoji? It seems like it would be so easy to troll and bait them but I would feel guilty if it started a violent and bloody gender war.
>>21785905gotta find out if she has a shellfish allergy.
>>21785580You're overthinking it. Just make some prop pasta and get a cheap bottle of wine and get her into bed. The redpill is the dinner at my place is just a lure to get her to fuck. Last time I went over to a girl's for dinner we didn't even eat the meal she prepared, she answered the door in lingerie. Make something chicks like that you can easily throw in the fridge and eat tomorrow. Pasta Carbonara and a pretty salad with cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes and a couple healthy lettuces. Don't make food that's meant to be finished. Pour some wine, have two bites and follow her ass to your bed or couch or wherever.
>>21785640I like this idea, I think I'll do this one.
>>21785748None of these posts were mine though. I got enough ideas so I won't be posting in this thread again, thank you.
>>21785504Don't cook, just get takeout of her choice
>>21785504steak dinner with potatoes and veg.if she won't eat that then kick her out.
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>>21785905Stinks up your whole house, ruins the sexy time mood.
>>21786116Your help was shit and you should kys
>>21785580For a pork-based dinner, I would make chicken-fried porkchops with a from-scratch gravy with jalapeno cheddar cornbread muffins, either mashed herb potatoes or mac and cheese (bitches love mac and cheese) and roasted parmesan brussels sprouts. I once made chicken-fried pork chops for an ex-gf and her sister and they LOVED it. This of course assuming you know how to bread and fry well, you better have practice frying/breading before you try it for a date night.
>>21785504spagetti
>>21785504Btw, i want to :tinykoreanpenis: a fry.
>>21785504You clearly just wanted to post this image.
>>21785980yep do that>>21786185You do all the preparation before hand (de-shell, discard shells) When you put the olive oil/butter with the garlic it smells like magic, from then on it's just a few minutes of cooking and the smell is almost sweet.
>>21785518Hell yeah.I'm dating an ethiopian girl.
