Anyone out there have some good dinner recipes?

Me and my fiancee are having our good friends over for dinner on Saturday night and I want to make something SPECTACULAR!!





We have been friends with them for 3 years, but they have never been over for dinner due to the size of our apartment. We just remodeled and added a kitchen island, so it's on for Saturday night!! I want to make something healthy but delicious and although I'm somewhat experienced in the kitchen, I don't want anything complicated.


(One of them is peruvian, so perhaps something with a latin flair?)


Any ideas???Anyone out there have some good dinner recipes?
Ceviche








1 1/2 pounds ono, mahimahi, or bluenose bass, diced


1/2 small red onion, halved and slivered


3/4 cup lime juice


1/2 teaspoon salt


1 habanero chile, seeded, halved, and thinly sliced (optional)


1 tablespoon aj铆 amarillo sauce (optional; see ';Peruvian Pantry,'; below)


1/2 cup cilantro leaves, chopped


1 orange sweet potato (such as Garnet or Jewel), boiled, peeled, and sliced


1 cob sweet corn, boiled and cut into 4 pieces


4 butter lettuce leaves








Preparation


1. Rinse diced fish and slivered red onion in cold water and dry thoroughly.


2. In a large bowl, combine fish, red onion, lime juice, salt, habanero (if using), and aj铆 amarillo sauce (if using). Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes.





3. Just before serving, stir in cilantro. Divide between 4 bowls and serve with sweet potato, corn, and lettuce leaves on the side.





Peruvian Pantry: Aj铆 amarillo. A yellow chile with a slightly sweet flavor and plenty of heat. Available in this county in jars or as a pur茅ed sauce at many Latin markets.





(I SOMETIMES SUB SHRIMP FOR THE FISH)Anyone out there have some good dinner recipes?
arroz con pollo:


preheat oven to 400F.


INGREDIENTS: chicken breasts, salsa, cilantro, tequila, brown sugar, lime, rice, black beans, crushed tortilla chips, shredded jack cheese, jalepenos, olive oil





marinate chicken (at least an hour, pref. overnight) in salt, pepper, olive oil, lime, tequila, jalepenos. Cover %26amp; Refrigerate.


Slow cook chicken for 4-8 hours, shred. Set aside. Cook rice and add approx. 1/3c of cilantro. Add sugar, cilantro, lime to black beans blend with rice. Set aside.


Pregrease baking dish add crushed tortilla chips to bottom of dish. Layer half of jack cheese, rice %26amp; black beans, shredded chicken, salsa, top with remaining cheese. Place in oven for 20 min. Let stand for 10 minutes %26amp; serve with sour cream %26amp; garnish with cilantro.
Check out my blog I have a couple good ideas:





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Also smittenkitchen.com has some amazing stuff...
go to www.bhg.co better homes and gardens. they have really good diiners and other foods
I would try a Cioppino its a popular soup in Peru





Cioppino


INGREDIENTS


* 3/4 cup butter


* 2 onions, chopped


* 2 cloves garlic, minced


* 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped


* 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes


* 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth


* 2 bay leaves


* 1 tablespoon dried basil


* 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme


* 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano


* 1 cup water


* 1 1/2 cups white wine


* 1 1/2 pounds large shrimp - peeled and deveined


* 1 1/2 pounds bay scallops


* 18 small clams


* 18 mussels, cleaned and debearded


* 1 1/2 cups crabmeat


* 1 1/2 pounds cod fillets, cubed


Seafood is very healthy and all you need to do is serve it with crusty bread and for dessert maybe flan their are good Goya mixes for flan in the store. But one recipe I love is Paella





Paella


INGREDIENTS





* 2 tablespoons olive oil


* 1 tablespoon paprika


* 2 teaspoons dried oregano


* salt and black pepper to taste


* 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 2 inch pieces


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* 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided


* 3 cloves garlic, crushed


* 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes


* 2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice


* 1 pinch saffron threads


* 1 bay leaf


* 1/2 bunch Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped


* 1 quart chicken stock


* 2 lemons, zested


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* 2 tablespoons olive oil


* 1 Spanish onion, chopped


* 1 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped


* 1 pound chorizo sausage, casings removed and crumbled


* 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined





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DIRECTIONS





1. In a medium bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons olive oil, paprika, oregano, and salt and pepper. Stir in chicken pieces to coat. Cover, and refrigerate.


2. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet or paella pan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, red pepper flakes, and rice. Cook, stirring, to coat rice with oil, about 3 minutes. Stir in saffron threads, bay leaf, parsley, chicken stock, and lemon zest. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer 20 minutes.


3. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Stir in marinated chicken and onion; cook 5 minutes. Stir in bell pepper and sausage; cook 5 minutes. Stir in shrimp; cook, turning the shrimp, until both sides are pink.


4. Spread rice mixture onto a serving tray. Top with meat and seafood mixture.





I love most seafood so you could add a white fish to this and mussels or clams to this. Again Crusty Bread is good to soak up juices. Saffron is expensive but lasts so long buy it and you can add to any rice dish very good.