Quick Date Dinners

You can get all kinds of recipes online. When I cook for a girl, I will decide what I want to cook and if I don't already have a recipe I will look it up online. Search till you find something you like. You need to cook something that: one, you know she will like. Two, something you can make that will taste good. I have made things two and three times in one day to perfect the dish I was serving. Here are a few I use: Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients - 7 to 8 chicken breast tenders, or 4 chicken breasts - shredded cheese (I use cheddar or Mexican blend, but most pre shredded bags will do) - Tortillas - Enchilada sauce (red or green sauce, which ever you prefer) Get In Her Mind, Get In Her Bed 204 - Anything else you want to add. I put in mushrooms and onions sometimes. She should be there shopping with you, so ask what she likes. I will get sour cream and shredded lettuce to top with. Directions 1- Put the chicken breast in a frying pan. Add enough water so the chicken breasts are approximately half covered. Cook on medium heat. 2- Pre heat oven to 375. 3- When chicken is done drain water and shred. To shred chicken you use two forks. Use one to hold the chicken in place near the side or end and use the other to make shredding motions. Once that area is shredded move on to the next. 4- Add any other vegetable you may be adding and cook on medium for a few minutes. 5- Once chicken mixture is complete, pour in approximately 2/3 of the can of enchilada sauce. It should be enough to completely saturate all the chicken but not soupy. 6- Add approximately 1/2 cup to 1 cup of cheese. Really you can add as much as you want. Mix that up really good. 7- Spray an 8x10 baking dish with cooking oil. 8- Add mixture to tortillas and roll them up. Divide evenly and fill up 4 - 6 tortillas (whatever will fit in the baking dish). They should fit up next to each other. 9- Top with the remaining sauce. 10- Sprinkle cheese on the top. 11- Bake on 375 for 15 to 20 min. Chicken Breast I lost the recipe for this so I will look up some10 Tips: Quick Date Dinners 205 thing creative online if I go with this one. The ingredients will be tied to which recipe you use. Ingredients - Chicken Breast - Any kind of vegetable you may want to throw in - Asparagus (side dish) - White wine (try and find a recipe that cooks the chicken in the wine) - Some kind of French bread (pre spread with garlic sauce) Directions Like I said directions will be online but do something like this: 1- Pre heat oven to 400. 2- Cut off woody ends from asparagus. 3- Toss asparagus spears with 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp salt, and 1 tsp pepper. 4- Lay the asparagus spears on flat baking sheet. They will take about 10 minutes to cook so wait to put them in the oven till after you start the chicken. 5- The instructions for cooking the bread will be on the bag. Bake the bread at 400 regardless of recommended temp. The bread may take up to 30 minutes so if that’s the case you will need to start the bread before anything else. 6- Put 4-6 pieces of chicken breast in a large frying pan. 7- Add white wine and anything else the recipe says and cook on medium (I use cooking white wine, water, pepper, and garlic or lemon salt and then cook it just like with the chicken for the enchiladas). 8- If I want to add any kind of vegetables or something I will cut up the chicken, otherwise I serve the breasts Get In Her Mind, Get In Her Bed 206 whole. Scallops and Shrimp I don't have a specific recipe for this so I will look one up online. I like to cook with Curry so I will usually go that route. If you cook something like this you can usually cook some form of pasta to go along with it. This is your creation so be creative. It is very easy to overcook the scallops and shrimp. If you do overcook they will be very chewy and it will screw up the whole thing. I usually cook 2-3 minutes shorter than the directions call for. If you cook something spicy be careful. It is also easy to accidentally make something that resembles eating fire. Grilled Lobster If you want to go big go with this one. Cook this dish for the appropriate type of girl, especially if it's early in the courtship. Make sure she likes lobster. If she doesn't you are wasting money, this one can get expensive. Ingredients - 2 lobsters (live lobsters) - Butter - Garlic cloves - Lemons - Salt and pepper - Potatoes (red or regular baking potatoes) Directions 1- Use a large pot, big enough for both lobsters. Fill with water and boil (you need enough water to cover both lobsters). Place lobsters in water and cover with 10 Tips: Quick Date Dinners 207 lid. Boil for 7-8 minutes (don't get pinched). 2- Rinse cooked lobsters. 3- Twist off head from lobster and split tails lengthwise along back. Remove liver, stomach, and all the other crap. 4- Twist off claws where they join the body. You can throw them away or use the meat from the claw. 5- Remove the tail meat from the shell carefully keeping it attached at the end. Remove the intestinal vein and any other shit in there and rinse out. Return to the shell. 6- Season with salt and pepper to taste. 7- Melt 1 to 1.5 sticks of butter. Brush the tails generously with butter. Place lobster tails meat side up on broiler rack. 8- Turn broiler on medium heat and broil for 3-4 minutes or until lobster tails are heated. 9- Heat remainder of butter with 6 cloves of garlic. 10- Brush garlic butter generously all over tails. 11- Garnish with lemon wedges. 12- If you bought red potatoes cut into cubes and make a grilled potatoes dish. If you bought regular baking potatoes, serve as baked potatoes. 13- Serve with a wine of your choice, but chose one that mixes well with lobster.