Desperation Entertaining!: Company's Coming: How to Make a Marvelous Meal in a Matter of Minutes by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross

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    • Categories: Beverages / drinks (no-alcohol); Quick / easy; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: bananas; pineapple-orange juice; blueberry yogurt; frozen strawberries
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  • Warm ginger-peanut sauce

    • kateiscoooking on February 17, 2018

      WOW! We absolutely loved this on pork tenderloin. I made a few changes - used extra crunchy peanut butter and teriyaki. Left out the onion powder. Used a spoon to mix so I'd not lose the crunchiness of the peanut butter. This will become a staple in our house!

  • Joe's shrimp salad

    • Lindalib on July 14, 2012

      Quick, easy, good.

  • Poppy seed dressing

    • BethNH on July 16, 2017

      My husband suggested Spinach Salad for dinner and I decided we needed a homemade poppy seed dressing to top it. Normally, I use a mayonnaise based dressing that I got from my mother-in-law, but it's really much too sweet. A trip to the coop got me some poppy seeds and a quick search with EatYourBooks found this recipe for me. I was surprised that there weren't more recipes for poppy seed dressing in my numerous cookbooks. The other recipes I found used raw egg which I wasn't too keen on. This dressing comes together nicely in a blender and is sweetened by honey rather than sugar and flavored with onion powder and dry mustard. It's got a bit of a kick and is rather sweet - just like poppy seed dressing should be.

  • Red and black bean salad

    • dianev on February 24, 2015

      A potluck staple--especially good for events with limited refrigeration. Zesty dressing brightens up the beans and provides great flavor.

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  • ISBN 10 0761127968
  • ISBN 13 9780761127963
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  • Published May 06 2002
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Workman Publishing
  • Imprint Workman Publishing

Publishers Text

Socially inclined but time deprived? Want to see friends for dinner, but can't do more than order takeout or meet in a restaurant? Well, help is here.

Filled with 200 marvelous recipes and dozens of brilliant problem solvers, this is a complete game plan for having guests over (children included) without having to spend more than 20 minutes on a dish, or 20 minutes per cook-ahead phase. There are tips on saving time (buy peeled garlic, doctor supermarket potato salad with fresh chopped onions and paprika); sanity (tie the bottle opener to the cooler); and money (sangria costs less than wine).

But of course the genius of the book is in the recipes: Cajun Catfish Gumbo; Cabernet Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage; Greek Stifado with Artichokes; and more. Plus plenty of homemade desserts that won't break the host, including Rocky Road Brownie Sundaes, Berkshires Blueberry Crisp, and Sunset Key Lime Pies.

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