What do you serve at a formal dinner party?

formal dinner courses

• Soup, Fresh Fruit Cup, Sliced Melon, or Shellfish (such as clams, oysters, or shrimp).
• Fish Course unless shellfish is served first.
• The Entrée or main course (usually roast meat or fowl and vegetables).
• Salad.
• Dessert.

How do I create a dinner party menu?

In general, a dinner party menu should include:

1. Appetizers – I usually keep them on the lighter side – one hot, one cold at most; sometimes just one and a bowl of nuts or chips.
2. Main dish.
3. Two side dishes (one vegetable, one potato/rice/grain, or sometimes two vegetables)
4. Bread.
5. Dessert.

What are the cheapest meals to make?

Spuds. Potatoes are a perfect food troll.

Shots (of the soup persuasion) Bowls of soup are a less- than- ideal option for a cocktail event,but that’s why soup shots are a hit.

Sliders. Spending$10 here on a small cut of beef has a huge payoff.

Some additional ideas.

What are some quick and easy dinner recipes?

Ree Drummond’s chicken and rice recipe has some easy shortcuts. Drummond demonstrated how to make her easy Tex-Mex chicken and rice recipe on an episode of The Pioneer Woman.

Drummond loves using microwavable rice to make the dish even easier.

‘The Pioneer Woman’ star called it a ‘one-pan wonder’.

What are your easiest dinners?

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What is the easiest food to make at home?

Kimchi-jjigae (Kimchi stew)

Chikin (Korean fried chicken)

Miyeokguk (Korean seaweed soup)

Kimchi bokkeumbap (Kimchi fried rice)

Bulgogi (Korean grilled beef)

Bibimbap (Korean mixed rice)

Kimchijeon (Kimchi pancake)

Oi muchim (Spicy Korean cucumber pickle)

Japchae (Korean glass noodle stir-fry)