https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:26:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-2005765 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:50:30 +0000 Sal 2005765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I left this thread for a bit and then caught up!!</p> <p>Lucky I have elastic waist pants and eat and drink everything.......... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-2005732 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:33:12 +0000 rebekahphoto 2005732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>we are out here in seattle, &amp; it seems every few weeks we are having some kind of party or guests over for dinner! we have a big focus on local food--fresh seafood, home cured meats or produce from our garden, whatever is in season. We are lucky the quality available is amazing, and we both love to cook&nbsp;</p> <p>we built a pizza oven in the backyard so a classic Italian style wood fired pizza party is pretty common in the summer. Fresh arugula, prosciutto &amp; garden pears is popular, as are mushrooms, homemade sausage, caramelized onions. Sides are often fresh or roasted vegetable platter and fruit &amp; maybe some fresh smoked salmon or dungeness crab if a friend has gone crabbing</p> <p>Other popular easy meals: cedar plank grilled salmon, with a spinach salad and either new potatoes or polenta. or grilled halibut with horseradish, couscous &amp; asparagus or broccoli . The Mr likes to bbq, and his favorites are a pork shoulder, (classic southern style or hawaiian style with banana leaves) or ribs (done all day)</p> <p>Desserts might be blackberry/raspberry cobblers, apple pie or a chocolate flourless torte.</p> <p>The Mr used to be a baker, so fresh sourdough bread and home brewed beer are usually around. Our guests never go hungry thats for sure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-2003939 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:29:51 +0000 Janet 2003939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly, it's such a crap shoot from one week to the next with my household that we'd probably take you around the corner to a great little restaurant/tavern that serves great fresh seafood, a huge craft beer list, and wonderful Smith Island cakes for dessert.&nbsp;</p> <p>But I've been queen crock pot lately and make a really mean vegetable soup (doctored up recipe I found online, plus a healthy addition of Old Bay seasoning) -- my husband declared it the best he's ever had and ate it all up in just a couple of days, which is rare for him! I'm also a good baker, so I'd whip up some cornbread. That would be good for cold weather.</p> <p>For warm weather, we'd fire up the grill and serve some of our steaks or burgers that came straight from our cattle ranch. Grill some asparagus and baby potatoes, maybe some corn on the cob as well. We always have vegan burgers in the freezer too, so something even for the non-meat-eaters. :-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-2003749 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:36:34 +0000 Jennifer 2003749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such a fun thread! I'll be making the rounds of everyone's houses for the visitor-meal world tour, thankyouverymuch :D</p> <p>And if any of you showed up at my house, I'd make soup! I'd adjust depending on your preferences (vegetarian vs. meatfeast, etc.) and the season (I'm in Portland, Oregon, USA). I'm soup master in our house, while my husband is the baker of the group. We'd either make a loaf of no-knead bread to accompany it, or just pick up a baguette. Or I'd make some quick biscuits. Then we'd roast some asparagus or (insert veg here). My daughter, 7, will read you some of her favorite book. Probably ice cream for dessert! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1999043 Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:37:49 +0000 Jaime 1999043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My husband is a wonderful cook and foodie. If you showed up there would be lots of vegetables and they would be delicious. In Israel lunch is the main meal, so if you showed up randomly for dinner it would very likely be an omelette and a freshly cut, finely chopped salad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1998943 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:15:40 +0000 Anonymous 1998943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We like barbecued whatever. Lots of vegetables. Pie and ice cream for dessert. Nice cheeses too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1998660 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 19:58:47 +0000 Sal 1998660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More yummy dishes.</p> <p>We are actually having a friend from the US visit next werk but are actually going out. Last year when he visited I cooked a Moroccan meal along with Pavlova! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1998492 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:17:30 +0000 Jules 1998492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m coming over annagybe! That all sounds amazing :)<br /> Nothing really specific over here. I do live in Greektown so in summer perhaps souvlaki marinated by a local butcher on the grill, tatziki, Greek salad with excellent Feta (although I prefer Bulgarian, but don’t tell the Greeks!), grilled vegetables and haloumi for vegetarians, and mini spanakopita and tyropita for appetizers. For dessert I like to do something based on seasonal fruit, often a crisp, or a pan of brownies is always an hit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1998242 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:28:41 +0000 annagybe 1998242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I have it in the fridge Cougar Gold cheese with a Macrina baguette (the tiny sourdough one). Otherwise Beecher’s cheese. Halibut mousse as well.<br /> Salmon, preferably king, pan seared. Asparagus or broccolinni depending on season. Tiny potatoes.<br /> Plus my world famous tartar sauce. I’ve made it in three continents, been a hit, and the one thing I can do consistently.<br /> Dessert uh....<br /> Washington state or Oregon wines. Bonus Treveri Cellars bubbly.</p> <p>ETA, but in all honestly I have an excellent seafood restaurant within walking distance. So uh, that’s more realistic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997984 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:07:01 +0000 Helena 1997984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, you'd be quite welcome, and it would probably be the yummy something of your choice, courtesy of UberEats! We've got loads of options - Italian, Thai, Korean, sushi, Greek, Indian, Caribbean, plant-based, rotisserie chicken (Canadian or Portuguese style) ... take your pick :D&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997929 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:28:40 +0000 Bijou 1997929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal typical Aussie food is the same as NZ, so if you visited my house, I would let DH decide as he is the chef in our household.</p> <p>Currently he is on a Japanese bent, so it would likely be porterhouse steak cooked teppanyaki style with a Japanese dipping sauce, rice (or cold soba noodles) and salad. He also does a mean silken tofu for the non-meat eaters.</p> <p>Dessert - green tea ice cream (or chocolate for the children)</p> <p>Drinks (a selection) - Iced water, green tea, Japanese beers, Australian white wine and Ramune (Japanese lemonade) for the children. Sometimes we have sparkling sake, which is beautiful!</p> <p>He has gone through different phases and for a while (when he was in a German phase) I was having to bake large pretzels!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997658 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:34:05 +0000 texstyle 1997658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>For nearly any time of year I might make vegetarian enchiladas (roasted sweet potato, onion, mushroom, pepper jack cheese and spinach stuffing in local made corn tortillas) with a homemade roasted ancho chile sauce and a sour cream drizzle. Served with a side of black beans and avocado slices. Or a tempeh and veggie stir fry with a honey ginger chile sauce over brown rice. Both would have fresh cilantro on top. We grow it like weeds here.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I like serving my non vegetarian friends a vegetarian meal. Most people in Texas always serve steak, brisket or some other meat heavy meal.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997495 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:42:20 +0000 Barbara Diane 1997495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve never thought about what was local cuisine as so much is available in our city.<br /> I usually cook for either DH and I or a larger crowd so that means soup or salad, a chicken dish, grilled vegetables, rice with stuff in it or roasted potatoes, ice cream, toppings, berries, and maybe one more sweet. If it was just 4 of us wild salmon might sub for the chicken.<br /> In summer, maybe a salad as entree.<br /> I cook, but I’m not extraordinary. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997489 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:27:02 +0000 JAileen 1997489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, they’re the same. Crawfish might be a regional spelling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997447 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:18:07 +0000 Sal 1997447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one question, what is crawfish?&nbsp; I know about crayfish - is it the same? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner/page/2#post-1997376 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:03:07 +0000 elpgal 1997376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tulle, I am coming over! Your meal ideas are fantastic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997375 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:02:16 +0000 Anonymous 1997375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The cliche meal here is seafood of all sorts, but I don't eat or cook it. I'm not much of a cook, but could whip up a pasta with fresh farmers market veggies, hydroponic lettuce salad, fresh fruit, and local beer or wine. Then we can hit the river for some paddleboarding and osprey/heron/ egret stalking </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997370 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:44:39 +0000 JAileen 1997370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cindy, I used to live six blocks from Louisiana, and our town had an annual crawfish festival. I love all of it, except dirty rice. My fave is crawfish etouffee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997241 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:24:40 +0000 cindysmith 1997241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I would have to invite my husband's best friend over to cook some gumbo or jambalaya for us. Texas is known for its BBQ and TexMex but Louisiana's cajun cuisine stole my heart when I lived there and I am fortunate enough to have an honest-to-god cajun who loves to cook for others (especially if I'm going to clean it) as a dear family friend. You come to my house from another country, you are getting cajun food </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997234 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:05:46 +0000 tulle 1997234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmmm--I love cooking dinner for friends. In Summer we might start (if my husband has been lucky down at the stream) with a local favorite:&nbsp; small smoked trout fillets served with sour cream, slivered onions, and capers. Then, if it's a good mushroom year, grilled chicken and homemade toasted-flour pappardelle with sauteed hazelnuts and chanterelles from the woods around us, and a simple green salad. A good California Pinot, maybe, Desert would be a wild berry tart or peach shortcake with whipped cream, and some very good coffee that we roast ourselves, so it's always fresh.&nbsp; In Winter I love beet salad with&nbsp; blue cheese and walnuts, followed by roasted salmon, broccoli, and potatoes mashed with caramelized onions. A New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, unless my husband has already opened another of his favorite California reds.&nbsp; Glazed lemon poundcake or apple pie for dessert.&nbsp; And now I've made myself very hungry, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997181 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:35:23 +0000 Sal 1997181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are some delicious meals here - maybe I will come to dinner!!</p> <p>I love to make dinner for friends.....&nbsp; including local ingredients.&nbsp; Salmon is great here as are most seafood options and lamb is a NZ specialty of course.&nbsp; I am pretty good at dairy and gluten free options and vegetarian - not so good with vegan dishes though (but learning)</p> <p>I would love to serve NZ sparkling wine - we have some fantastic ones, or sparkling fruit juices for those that prefer non alcoholic.&nbsp; Jon would insist on making espresso coffee for those who were around at breakfast time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I loved reading about the specialties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997061 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:24:07 +0000 Molly Mac 1997061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in the south and on the water. Although I now live in the north and am land locked, I would still whip up a typical southern meal. In the summer, this would be either a shrimp or crawfish boil with spicy boiled corn and potatoes and ice cold beer. Dessert would be fresh watermelon and local strawberries with homemade whipped cream on the side. If you stopped by during the colder months, I would serve a chicken and sausage gumbo, French bread, and a kale and Brussel sprout salad. Dessert would be a bread pudding with bourbon sauce. Stop by any time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997032 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:44:03 +0000 elpgal 1997032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live in a very health-oriented niche area. Dinner would be no grain, low carb,paleo-ish with a grilled meat, crudités and wine. Never any dessert. Even if you bring kids.</p> <p>On the other hand, if you came over to my house, we would have an olive and cheese platter, carbonated juices, a pasta dish and pound cake with ice cream and berries. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997029 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:34:45 +0000 Sara L. 1997029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the summer I would grill chicken fajitas (marinated chicken, bell peppers, and onions) with refried beans.&nbsp; I'd have a bunch of toppings like green chile, avocado, cheese, etc on the table.&nbsp; In the winter, posole (pork stew with hominy) and tortillas.&nbsp; I'd make red chile sauce so you could spice it to whatever level you're comfortable with.&nbsp; Traditionally both those meals would have sopapillas and honey for dessert but I don't like to make anything fried so I'd make a chocolate banana cake with chocolate frosting.&nbsp; Or maybe green chile sour cream chicken enchiladas.&nbsp; I don't make them very often because my oldest is allergic to milk and all my kids complain that green chile is too hot.&nbsp; However, everyone makes them although they're hard to find in restaurants (the green chile sour cream kind - plain cheese enchiladas are ubiquitous).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997027 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:25:10 +0000 Sal 1997027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow thanks for these replies - yum!&nbsp; There are some gorgeous sounding dishes here.....</p> <p>I will come back tonight when not at work and tell you what I would like to make (rather than the NZ cliche meal I presented earlier)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1997025 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:22:02 +0000 Irina 1997025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, main thing is what you will not get in our house - meat. We don’t eat and don’t cook it. Summer: lots of fresh veggies with hummus, green salad with herbs and nuts, grilled fish or shrimps and grill veggies. Or may be Mexican veggies.<br /> Winter: grilled and smoked salmon, green salad and my new favorite- mashed potatoes with chives and sundry tomatoes. Or baked veggies. Or skip fish and I’ll cook pasta with mushrooms and nuts sauce. Or whatever I feel like, I like to cook.<br /> Drink of choice: Margarita or cava for summer and Riesling for any time of the year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1996987 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:43:06 +0000 Anonymous 1996987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good lord, you guys are quite the gourmands. &nbsp;I'm feeling decidedly unadventurous with food. &nbsp;It's the lowest thing on my totem pole. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1996980 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:18:35 +0000 Suz 1996980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Rachylou, I live in a cradle of foodie-fanatics, so it is hard to imagine an "ordinary" meal.&nbsp;</p> <p>But....at my house, if you came to visit me here in spring, you'd get Pacific halibut, asparagus, and risotto, with a green salad to follow, and local gelato for dessert. Plus wine.&nbsp;</p> <p>If you came in summer, we might have grilled salmon, new potatoes, green beans with basil, plus tomato/ feta salad and wine, with strawberry shortcake or raspberries and cream for dessert.&nbsp;</p> <p>If you came in autumn, we might have roast, grilled, or sheet-pan chicken with roasted potatoes, baked mixed vegetables or roasted root veggies, and wine. An apple or pear crumble for dessert.&nbsp;</p> <p>And if you came in winter, we'd want to serve you Ottolenghi's baked chicken with oranges and fennel and arak, plus bulgar pilaf, and a winter salad of radicchio and toasted walnuts. Plus wine. With lemon tart for dessert. And maybe a glass of that arak or a small Grand Marnier to finish.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alternatively, we might make Vij's shrimp masala in almost any season.&nbsp;</p> <p>Or we might just go out for dim sum. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>We could also do vegan or gluten free or kosher versions of these meals with various substitutions or changes.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1996968 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:50:24 +0000 Anonymous 1996968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live in a very upscale area in southeastern PA. Many farm to table restaurants. In my nearby town of&nbsp; there are a variety of restaurants i.e. one which serves New Orleans Style dining of&nbsp; creole southern food (setting is in an old church), a couple of restaurants that offer European cuisine, Italian eateries, Indian, etc. There is a lot to do in this town and nearby ones as well.</p> <p>But if I were to entertain you in my own home I would either serve up a pork tenderloin (either a mushroom or a garlic sauce) with roasted sweet potatoes and fresh veggies or a slow cooker pot roast in a sherry sauce served with pesto potatoes&gt;Desserts depend on the time of year because I use whatever fruit is in season at the local farms and orchards.&nbsp; I get my meat from either the Amish market which is open 3 days a week or a local pork farm - very fresh meat (they also have veal, beef, lamb, plus make their own european style cheese).&nbsp;</p> <p>In July when my blueberries come in I make a variety of desserts. August is corn on the cob season and the sweetest corn in the world from local farm stands. The fall is apple season and I make a ton of stuff with apples - I am famous for my sour cream apple pie. </p> <p>I just realized that I live in a great place! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-i-turned-up-at-your-house-for-dinner#post-1996955 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:22:27 +0000 Angie 1996955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I'm starving </p>