Quick Dinner Plan for Busy Committee Meetings
Joy Penrod lays out a fast, elegant menu designed for guests arriving same day as a key committee session. A simple steak and mashed potatoes base gets gourmet touches with whole mushrooms and mustard sauce, plus cheese chives mashed potatoes and a mixed vegetable medley. A dessert combines canned apple sauce rasp berry gelatin and ice cream for a quick finish.
Meat Prep Draft With Tenderizer and Veggie Bouquet
A kitchen note details 2 to 3 pounds top round steak cut 1.1 inches thick with meat tenderizer and black pepper. It lists a vegetable bouquet salad including sliced carrots green onions and radishes in measurement terms.
French-Style Mushroom Sauté with Burgundy Glaze
Two 6 60z packages frozen whole mushrooms are simmered in butter to absorb flavors then cooked with burgundy wine until browned. Serve warm to accompany a vanilla ice cream and apple sauce cake sandwich with a marshmallow cream dollop.
Dinner Preparation Timetable
The schedule lists steps to prepare a meal ending with dinner ready at 6 07. Actions include removing ice cream to soften, making coffee, broiling a steak, preparing mushrooms, and completing potatoes. The timeline spans from 5 00 to 6 07.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joy Penrod
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Apple Quickies