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femalej
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need help - 2 more for dinner!!
so ILs are coming over for dinner tonight. i had my menu planned:
apps - toasted bread with oil dipp
hummus pinwheel wraps
maybe smoked salmon and neufachetzel OR a yummy italian-flavored cheese spread i bought
entree - baked tilapia (1 fillet each) with pasta with beans, tomato and spinach. i got
it from a recipe online and it looks yum!
dessert - ice box cake
sooooo, now hubby calls to say that his sis and her 4 y.o. may come over.
how do i turn this meal for 4 into a meal for 6 w/o everyone being hungry when they leave???
i was thinking of just picking up lettuce on teh way home to make a salad (we ran out of salad last night!) and just making all the portions smaller...
but what about the fish fillets? i have 4 defrosting now. do i just cut them in half?
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Posted 10/6/11 3:29 PM  |
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
Can you pick up more fish? I dont know how you could really stretch fish filets, I would think you'd need more or maybe change your protein completely.
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| Posted 10/6/11 3:31 PM |
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femalej
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
Posted by jkfris09
Can you pick up more fish? I dont know how you could really stretch fish filets, I would think you'd need more or maybe change your protein completely.
everything else is in the freezer, unless i decide to opt by the fish store.
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| Posted 10/6/11 3:34 PM |
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Bella01
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
Posted by jkfris09
Can you pick up more fish? I dont know how you could really stretch fish filets, I would think you'd need more or maybe change your protein completely.
I have to agree with this. I think you need more fish or make something else.
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| Posted 10/6/11 3:35 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
I always make more than 1 per person when I cook.. if you have more fish, defrost it.. fish defrosts quickly.. otherwise, defrost another protein and serve both
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| Posted 10/6/11 4:26 PM |
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
The 4 year old doesn't have to get fish right? Can't you make her something small and different instead? Or can you run and pick-up chicken nuggets or chicken to bread and make cutlets or something? Then you can cut the fish fillets in half and cut the chicken in half and people can have like some of the fish fillets and some chicken cutlets or nuggets? All the sides and apps and desserts sound like it could feed 6 people.
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| Posted 10/6/11 5:01 PM |
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Domino
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
Regardless of the other stuff you're serving, my family would be starving if they only got one fish fillet
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| Posted 10/6/11 7:04 PM |
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femalej
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
just an update - i picked up salad and defrosted another fillet. the 4 y.o. didnt really want anything but plain pasta anyway.
it all worked out. we even had leftovers!
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| Posted 10/7/11 9:28 AM |
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caps612
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Re: need help - 2 more for dinner!!
fish defrosts super fast... take 2 more pieces out of the freezer. if they are individually wrapped just put them in a bowl of cool water, they will defrost in like 10 minutes! If they are not individually wrapped, put them in a ziplock bag and do it!
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| Posted 10/7/11 9:46 AM |
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