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Dinner
On Time - Serving Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold, $19.95
In the time it takes to stop for a meal to go and before the
family can ask, "What's for dinner?," Dinner
On Time - Serving Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold helps
the harried cook organize and serve a mouth-watering meal.
Accommodating as one would for the difference between walking
and running, Dinner On Time - Serving Hot Foods Hot and
Cold Foods Cold fits the cook's time allowance…
1.)
SPRINT - "On the table quick" - 30 minute or less
dinners
2.) JOG - Meals made at a more leisurely pace
3.) MARATHON - make ahead meals and desserts for the freezer
for those days when the last thing the cook wants to do is
dice and chop; this offers another option for sprinting to
the finish line
4.) VICTORY PARTY - meals dressy enough for any-occasion company
With a down-to-earth, first person narrative, this cookbook
walks the cook through DinnerOnTime's trademark preparation
timeline. It even sometimes allows for a few moments to put
your feet up and enjoy a moment of relaxation. Written for
those who want complete menu options that fit different kinds
of deadlines and those who need help organizing the work,
DinnerOnTime - Serving Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold
takes the guess work out of cooking and brings it all together
in winning fashion.
DinnerOnTime-
Holiday and Special Occasion Cooking Preparation Guidelines
and Shopping Lists, $21.95
Let us take the work out of Holiday and special event meal
planning and preparation! DinnerOnTime will give you tips
that will dazzle your guests. DinnerOnTime- Holiday and
Special Occasion Cooking Preparation Guidelines and Shopping
Lists includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, Holiday Buffet
for 25, New Years Eve, Valentine Day, Easter, Passover, Summer
Holiday BBQ, Special Occasion Brunch and Winter and Summer
dinner parties.
The
DinnerOnTime Membership, one time fee, $14.95
For
a one time fee, you can access the same 11 menus found in
"DinnerOnTime- Holiday and Special Occasion Cooking
Preparation Guidelines and Shopping Lists" and as
a bonus, you'll have access to the Meat Marathon Cooking Sunday,
all of the archived weekly menus for 4 and cooking and entertaining
tips. You'll receive a password that will let you access the
Pantry with all of the holiday and special event menus, 36
dinners for 4 and cooking tips as often as you wish.
Samples
from menus from Cookbook Series and website:
Dinner
On Time-Serving Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold:
Quick
Meals:
The
Whole Speedy Shebang!... Almond Cucumber Chicken and Rice
Zippy
Zorba the Greek… Fish with Capers and Lemon over Linguini
• Tomatoes with Feta Cheese
Hopping
Chops… Lamb Chops, Tomato-Mozzarella Au Gratin •
Roasted Pear and Walnut Salad
Winded
Chicken… Chicken Breast Stuffed with Onions and Bleu
Cheese • Grilled Corn on the Cob • Roasted Asparagus
Setting
an Easy Pace:
Hunting
with Bows and Honey… Hunter's Chicken • Bow Ties
• Salad with Honey Dressing
Racing
Ribs… Garlicky Oriental Beef Ribs • Sticky White
Rice • Stir-fried Snow Peas with Ginger and Cashews
Packed
Pockets… Chicken Breast Stuffed with Goat Cheese and
Herbs • Pasta with Herb Sauce • Green Salad with
Asparagus and Walnuts
Getting
to the Sole of the Matter… Sole Almandine • Red
Potatoes with Rosemary • Jicama and Orange Salad with
Tarragon
Walking
Rasher… Bacon and Tomato Pasta • Spinach Salad
with Berry Dressing • Garlic Bread Sticks
Marathon
Cooking Day:
Red
Meat Marathon Cooking Sunday… Chili • Meat Lasagna
• Spaghetti and Meatballs • Sloppy Joes • Shepherd's
Pie
Chicken
Marathon Cooking Sunday… Chicken and Dumplings •
Root Beer Stand Chicken Sandwiches • Chicken and Mushrooms
over Rice • Chicken Soup with Ginger, Lemon, and Dill
• Cobb au Gratin Casserole • Chicken Tacos and Refried
Beanso Roasted Chicken Salad • Chicken Paprika •
Chicken and Artichoke Lasagna
Dessert
Marathon Cooking Day… Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Pie
• Turtle Ice Cream Pie • Frozen Strawberry Yogurt
Pie • Lemon White Chocolate Cheesecake
Victory
Party:
Tuxedo
Trot Tenderloin… Beef Tenderloin with Blackberry Port
Wine Sauce • Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Scallions
• Hearts of Romaine Lettuce with Pears and Balsamic Dressing
Scaling
up the Line… Crab and Lobster Lasagna • Tossed
Green Salad with Red Wine • Garlic Bread
Pacing
Pollo Loco… Chicken Enchiladas o Black Beans with
Cilantro and Cheese o Spanish Rice
Racing
Roast… Roast Beef Sandwiches with Au Jus • Homemade
Potato Chips Cucumber and Carrot Salad • Turtle Ice Cream
Pie
DinnerOnTime-Holiday
and Special Occasion Cooking:
Thanksgiving
- for 8, 12, or 16 guests
This
very traditional Thanksgiving menu for 16 includes all of
the favorites such as a golden brown turkey stuffed with homemade
onion and sage dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry
sauce, three different vegetables options and Pumpkin pie.
If this is your first effort at roasting a turkey and making
gravy, no need to worry about how it will all turn out. We
walk you through every step of stuffing the bird, making mashed
potatoes and how to make fail-safe gravy. We even build in
a little time for you to rest and get dressed before your
guests arrive. This plan was tested and proven a success by
someone who had never served a sit down dinner for 17, or
made mashed potatoes and gravy.
Holiday
Buffet for up to 25 people
Have
you ever been to a holiday party that was catered and envied
the host because they could afford to put on such a spread?
This holiday buffet is just your ticket to providing a buffet
dinner for 25 that will impress your friends, family or office
and keep the expense to a minimum. The menu includes shrimp
cocktail, baked brie and Crab Delight hors-'d oeuvres followed
by prime rib roast and turkey breast, scalloped potatoes,
cucumber salad and traditional Ambrosia. For dessert, we suggest
that you ask your guests to bring holiday cookies or you can
purchase holiday cakes or pies in order maximize your time.
Christmas
Dinner - for 8, 12, or 16 guests
What
fond memories we all have of Christmases gone by with the
squeal of delight as the kids opened their gifts and played
the new games in front of the fire while the adults enjoyed
the scene with a hot-toddy. There is something so comforting
and special about Christmas Day with the roast in the oven
and the family gathered around the tree. It calls for a special
menu that celebrates the season and we provide you with just
that. This menu is easily expanded if your family is larger
than 8. Liver pate and a Cream Cheese with green olive spread
served with crackers as hors-'d oeuvres get the celebration
off to a tasty start. Homemade cream of mushroom soup is the
first course, followed by a prime rib roast, Yorkshire pudding,
mashed potatoes and gravy and a creamy Caesar salad. A cream
cheese pie filling in a meringue crust, topped with cherries
is the perfect dessert for this lovely holiday meal.
As
with all our events, we start a week out from the holiday
and walk you through everything you'll need to do to get your
dinner on the table at the time of your choice. Never made
Yorkshire pudding or a cream soup? We'll get you there! We'll
provide you with the shopping list, detailed cooking instructions
for each of the recipes and a timetable that is sometimes
minute-to-minute. We even include some unusual but easy decoration
ideas for your table. Take the stress out of Christmas day
this year and let us do the thinking for you!
Valentine's
Day
Valentine's
Day falls during the week more often than weekends and that
makes it more difficult to put on a special dinner for that
someone special in your life. Most of us don't have all day,
like we do on weekends, to spend in preparation of a special
meal. We've picked a menu that is easy to prepare but not
ordinary. If you have children, we even give you some suggestion
for keeping the kids out of your hair before and during the
dinner with your Valentine. Start your evening with a cocktail
or glass of wine and a little duck pate. Follow your hors-'d
oeuvres with a roasted rack of lamb with rosemary and mustard
crumb topping, twice baked potatoes and a crisp salad with
pine nuts and crumbled blue cheese. For dessert, serve Aunt
Myrnie's' Cutout cookies that you made the weekend before
or make the Meringue Cherry Pie featured in the Christmas
menu but made into the shape of a heart.
We've
put together a plan that will let you do much of the preparation
the week before and calls for only a 2-hour lead-time on Valentine
Day. Easy recipes and preparation are included in this plan
but your Honey will feel very special!
Special
Dinner Party for 8
We
really enjoy having friends over for an evening of dining
and conversation and love to serve different entrée's
and recipes that make them wonder what will be coming next.
This dinner party for 8 is very elegant but very easy to make.
Simple appetizers of stuffed celery and nuts with a nice glass
of wine start off the evening. The main course of fresh shrimp
in a Hollandaise Sauce is served over rice and accompanied
by a wonderful spinach salad with a curry dressing and garlic
bread. Top off the dinner with mounds of whipped cream and
white chocolate in a meringue crust and good cup off coffee
and your guests will be wondering how soon they'll be invited
again.
This
event plan gives you the quickest and easiest recipe for Hollandaise
sauce that you can ever imagine! Much of this preparation
can be done days before or the morning of the party so you
can spend time with your guests. As usual, the timetable and
shopping list take the guesswork and stress out of the preparations.
This plan is easily adaptable for a party of 4 or 12.
DinnerOnTime Membership Website:
Sample Menus - DinnerOnTime provides four sample menus for
4 on the website so you can see what is in store for you if
you sign up for the membership or purchase either book. Menus
are designed to make your dinner preparation easier and show
you the type of excellent planning you can expect from us.
Menus, recipes with clear cooking instructions plus the shopping
list and a detailed preparation timetable is all part of the
package! Because most people we know don't eat fancy desserts
every night of the week, we don't include them in weekly menus.
You may want to keep ice cream or cookies on hand to take
care of a sweet tooth that surface during the week.
Sample
Tips - You'll view several cooking and entertaining sample
tips that will give you an idea of the tidbits that are imbedded
in the DinnerOnTime menus and Tip Library! The website contains
fourteen separate sections that offer great suggestions for
saving time, money and stress. Just look up your trouble area
specific to: Helpful Hints, Meat, Fix-It, Appetizers, Eggs,
Weights and Measurements, Herbs and Spices, Veggies, Fruits,
Desserts, Gifts, Shopping, Entertaining, and Food Safety.
Weekly
Menus - Weekly menus contain 6 complete dinners with individual
shopping list and timeline AND one shopping list that combines
all the food needed to prepare all 6 dinners. Just add your
staples such as milk, eggs and butter, along with breakfast
and lunch needs and you are set to zip off to the store. Some
menus build on one another.
- Weeks
Two: Mustard Chipotle Rubbed Flank Steak, Eggplant Parmesan,
Asian Pork Tenderloin, Grilled Soy Salmon, Pork Sandwiches
with Arugala and Tomatoes (made with leftover pork from
earlier in the week) and Chicken Picata offer a variety
of meats and meatless dinners. Easy sides of Caesar potato
salad, grilled veggies, baked tomatoes and unique but easy
salads round out the week. These meals are great for kids
as well, as it expands their food experience but can be
tempered to their taste buds. Add less Chipotle pepper to
their grilled pork chop (week one) or the Chipotle Rubbed
Flank Steak in this week's menu.
- Week
Four: Left over Sun Dried Tomato Pasta from Monday night
becomes the side dish for Thursday night's Spicy Spareribs.
Again, you can add as much or little heat as you like to
the very quick BBQ sauce for the ribs. Hearty Roast Beef
Sandwiches are a nice easy change from the traditional roast
with all the trimmings. An easy Grilled Trout, Rack of Lamb
and Chicken Breast with Tomato and Capers over pasta give
a nice variety to the week. Cucumber Salad, Peppered Corn,
Green Salad with a bit of pizzazz in the form of walnuts
and bleu cheese, and Sautéed Spinach with Ginger
are easy but different accompaniments to the main courses.
Wild rice and Onion/Mushroom risotto are a nice change from
over-worked potatoes.
Additional
Menus - In addition to the 4 weekly menus that include
24 dinner menus, view some of DinnerOnTime's other individual
menus with shopping lists and timelines.
- Beef
Chili with Parmesan Cheese Bread and Veggie Platter
- Baby
Back Ribs, Rice and Gingery Carrots
- Homemade
Dried Tomato Pasta, Green Salad with Oil and Vinegar Dressing
and Toasted onion Bread with Parmesan cheese.
- Kristen's
Pasta with Chicken and Pine Nuts, Tossed Green Salad with
Bleu Cheese and Buttered Bread Sticks
- Pork
Medallions with Lemon and Thyme, Egg Noodles with Sauce
and Salad with Orange Dressing
- Rolls
Farci with homemade Sweet Potato Chips, Veggie Tray with
Curry Dip and Apple Crisp
- Salmon
Filet with Onion, Dill and Lemon, Baked Potato with Sour
Cream and Green Onion and Salad with Vinegar and Oil Dressing
- Halibut
with Tomatoes and Celery, Herb Crusted Potatoes and Salad
with Walnuts and Feta Cheese
- Grilled
Chuck Steak, Italian Bread Salad and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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