Originally Posted by
MSYtoJFKagain
My family has been up for two weeks and finally left this morning .
I was feeding a small army so my short order cooking skills had to get dusted off a bit.
My menu was mostly crowd favorites:
Chicken parm
Lasagna - One pesto, one tomato basil
Some big London Broil (top round) steaks marinated overnight in various different flavors
Burgers by the dozen, pasta by the bucketful
2 huge clambakes (Got a new burner/stainless pot/strainer bucket setup from Bayou Classic)
Steamed lobsters
The fish I posted above was also a part of the army feeding.
Whoa! That menu looks like a damn near mirror for what I have planned for this week since my brother is passing off his two kids (5 and 9) on me for four nights when they celebrate their anniversary.
I might make the ragu tomorrow a Tuesday cook.
Replace the London Broil with either a Tri-Tip or picanha (I have a vacuum-sealed top sirloin in the fridge needing to be used).
Replace clambake with a fish fry.
And the 9-year-old turns 10 at the end of July so I might have to bake a cake for her too so her grandparents can have a celebration with her. Then again, Granny loves a cake from Publix, BJ's or Costco.