Father's Day Meal

chrisnjay05212010

I am hosting dinner at my house (earlier like 3pm) and im clueless about what to make. We are tired of steak and my husband is not a big pork loin fan. Any suggestions on what to serve? We will have about 10 people. I was hoping to keep the main dish to bbqing as not to heat up my small house with the oven and then the 10 people in it!

Sue-n-Kevin

I already sat down and planned my meal

Making Chicken kabobs and beef kabobs with veggies

German potato salad

ice cream sundae cake, recipe here: http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/layer-cakes/old-fashioned-ice-cream-sundae-cake-oh/

Cherry limeade, recipe here: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sparkling-cherry-limeade-50400000122196/

Fruit salad with yogurt, recipe here: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fruit-salad-with-yogurt-50400000111538/

ChristyDM82

If you wanted to make something ahead of time and not have to cook at all while your guests are over, and as long as everyone likes mayo, you can do chicken salad for a main with some other sides (salad, pasta salad, fruit, etc.).

Chicken salad: http://adventuresofmini-martha.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicken-salad.html?q=chicken+salad

 

 

gymbugmj2k

A few ideas:

 

Lamb Kebabs 

Greek style chicken (penzey's spices has a GREAT spice blend for this!)

Pulled pork sandwiches (crockpot)

BBQ chicken

 

the kebabs and greek chicken can be served with a greek salad, some sort of potato or rice (maybe baked potatoes on the grill!), and a fruit salad for dessert.

 

the bbq chicken or pulled pork can go with a pasta salad, vegetable (corn on the grill? green bean casserole?) and again some sort of fruit or light dessert.

alithebride

if you have a slow cooker you can use that too without heating the house up. but i fidn the oven doesn't really do it all that much. the stove heats it up much more.

chrisnjay05212010

thanks guys for all your suggestions!!! Im def saving this for my own menu plan!!   It sounds like the group just wants to do hamburgers and hot dogs.  We are also going to add corn on the cob (my fav), potato salad, cole slaw and broccoli slaw.

lita11

You can make some chicken related item with good drinks. Also, make some fast food related item that you like most.