Whether you are cooking for dinner guests, family, friends, or just you and your partner, finding the right foods to serve can be half the battle. With so many recipes out there, it no longer needs to be a struggle and you can cook some spectacular dishes with ease and lots of creativity including pork chops, quinoa, or fondants and cakes!
Panini recipes are a great main course to serve at meal times and are beautifully simple too, meaning that you can focus on a more complicated dessert. Pork chops in a sage and pesto marinade are delicious and only take a few minutes to cook – just make sure you let them soak in their marinade overnight. Lying in between two slices of toasted bread, your panini will be the talk of the town for months.
Quinoa makes a great accompaniment to a pork chop entree, so a Corn, Black Bean and Quinoa Salad would complement the juicy pork flavors and also more color, texture and flavor to your dish. This salad along with other squash recipes are not only easy to make and deliciously tasty, they are also extremely nutritious too. As squash can be quite filling, make sure that you only use a little if you are having it as a side dish. If not, this starch is a great main course if meat is on the menu!
To really impress your guests, you can even make a dessert once the quinoa and pork chops have settled. Depending on the time of year, you might want to make something to suit the weather outside – if its summer, look for cake recipes that incorporate lots of light summer fruits, meringue or cream – these are lovely for cooling you down in the hot weather. On the other hand, a Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake can have all the festive spices to warm you up at Christmas time.
If romance is what you are aiming for however, look no further than a chocolate fondant recipe. A fondant pudding is so smooth and luxurious that it is the ideal way to seduce someone who has a sweet tooth for chocolate. Fondants are the ultimate chocolate treat and many recipes also include special ingredients such as toffee sauce or orange zest to give the flavour a bit of a different taste. If milk chocolate is too sweet for you – try using dark chocolate for a rich, bitter and slightly less overwhelming sweetness.