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Dinner Party Menus and Recipes



Dinner Party Menu Ideas
Be it a formal dinner party for 20 or a casual night in for 2, these dinner party menu ideas are a great place to start planning
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Christmas Buffet 
This is a good menu for a crowd.  Turn it into a brunch by adding a pasta salad, crab salad or fruit platter and your favorite oven-baked breakfast meats and eggs

Easy Does-It 'Nog or Hot Cider

Easy Appetizers

Baked Potato Soup
Also try any other creamy vegetable based soup, such as pea, tomato or broccoli. For a large crowd, serve in thermo paper coffee cups

Assortment of Finger Sandwiches or Wraps

Grapefruit Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
This recipe calls for grilled shrimp. You can prepare shrimp or leave out altogether. You can also substitute pears or oranges for the grapefruit

Holiday Cookies, Cupcakes or Fruit Pies









Chillin' Night
 When it's cold outside, chili is a great on an informal party menu. The chili recipe serves 20.  Don't need that much? t you can easily cut it in half or make enough to Make this easy with purchased cornbread or try Easy Orange Corn Muffins

Pineapple Mint Punch

Meat Lover's Chili

Cornbread Sticks
Serve with Honey Butter.  Mix 1 tablespoon (more or less to taste) with 1 stick of softened butter

Mixed Greens and Apple Salad
Place thin, tart apple slices over your favorite mixed greens, dressed with a sweet and sour vinaigrette

Chocolate-Filled Angel Cake









Spicy Pumpkin Curry
pic of pumpkinAnother colorful and flavorful menu.  For you true carnivores, add seared beef cubes to the curry or prepare a whole beef roast. Chicken and pork will also work well.  Also consider Spicy Shrimp Crostini as an appetizer and plain white rice for the pilaf.  

Tortillas with Roasted Corn Salsa

Pacific Pumpkin Curry

Zucchini and Red Pepper Pilaf

Cucumber with Yogurt and Mint Sauce

Mixed Green Salad with Bitter Greens

 Assorted Breads and Crackers

Purchased Desserts



Surf and Turf 
This is an indoor-outdoor menu.  Prepare the lobster tails, steak and asparagus on the grill and bring the grilled food inside to dine at the table. Purchase a tart sorbet or sherbet for a light finish.  Start the night with chilled white wine. And don't forget to check out these tips on preparing lobster tails.

Grilled Steak and Cheese Salad with Pink Mayonnaise

Lemon-Grilled Lobster Tails 

Twice Baked Potatoes with Garlic and Cheese

Grilled Asparagus

Lime Sorbet and Crisp Cookies


Savory Crawfish Etouffee Dinner
pic of crawfish etouffeeEtouffee is rich and filling.  A fruit flavored punch would be a good start to the evening. For this menu purchase ready-made nibblers such as nuts and relish trays and lemon sorbet.  Also consider Broccoli Salad instead of the spinach salad

Roasted Almonds, Pecans, Marinated Olives, Pickled Onions

Spinach and Strawberry Salad  

New Orleans Crawfish Etouffee

Lemon Sorbet

Orange Corn Muffins 

Ice Cream with Praline Sauce  




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