Distinctive Dinners: Guest Who's Coming to Dinner
Spinach Salad | Fettuccine Alfredo | Lamb Chops | Carrot Cake
Spinach Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Guest Who's Coming to Dinner (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 1 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 3 | oz | cheese, feta, crumbled |
| 2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | cranberries, dried |
| 0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
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Fettuccine Alfredo
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Guest Who's Coming to Dinner (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 1 | lb | pasta, fettuccine |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 0.66 | cup | cream, light |
| 8 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 0.5 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.75 | cup | cheese, Swiss shredded |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
| 0.25 | cup | raisins, golden |
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Beat egg with cream. Melt butter. Pour both over cooked, drained, hot fettuccine, add cheese. Toss and serve. Option: add golden raisins.
Lamb Chops
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Guest Who's Coming to Dinner (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 2 | Tb | mustard, dijon |
| 4 | cloves | garlic, minced |
| 1 | Tb | parsley, flakes |
| 4 | large | lamb, chops |
| 3 | tsp | oil, olive |
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Combine mustard, garlic and parsley in small bowl. Spread on lamb chops. Brown all sides in very hot oven-proof pan on stove top. Sprinkle bread crumbs on chops, drizzle oil on top of crumbs and place in pre-heated 400 degree oven for 15 - 20 minutes. Internal temperature of 135 for rare.
Carrot Cake
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Guest Who's Coming to Dinner (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 1.5 | cup | oil, vegetable |
| 2 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 4 | large | egg |
| 2 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking soda |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking powder |
| 2 | tsp | cinnamon. ground |
| 1 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 0.75 | lb | carrots, shredded |
| 1 | cup | walnuts, chopped |
| 0.5 | cup | raisins, golden |
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Cream sugar, eggs and
oil.
Mix in flour, baking soda
and powder, cinnamon
and salt. Add grated
carrots, nuts and raisins.
Bake in greased tube pan
or (2) 9 inch cake pans for
40- 50 minutes at 350
degrees.
Cover with cream cheese
icing. *
Note * See cream cheese
icing for recipe.
This recipe serves 12. If
you scale the recipe to 8
or less bake 20 minutes
less.
Shown here as a 3layer
cake.
