OK all you cooks out there, its time again. I am head chef in a restaurant. Need entree and dessert idea?

You are my kind of Chef, one who wants to please his clientèle, not one of those culinary snobs that so many chefs become. I also like the answer you gave my fellow Texan who was planning a trip to your beautiful country. How about a South Texas Classic. If you decide to use it you will have to do the math to increase the servings. This recipe makes 6 servings, or 2 if you are feeding hungry cowboys:)

Original King Ranch Chicken recipe

I've been making this for years - it's a family favorite.

Ingredients

1 can cream of chicken soup 1 pkg. grated Monterey jack cheese

1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 chicken, boiled and de-boned

1 can Rotel tomatoes w/ peppers

1/2 cup onion chopped

1/2 cup green pepper chopped

1 cup+ chicken broth

12 corn tortillas or1 pkg. tortilla chips

Directions

Boil chicken, remove meat from skin and bones.

Sometimes I will use 6-8 chicken breasts instead of whole chicken when I'm in a hurry.

Saute onions and green pepper.

Mix with soups, tomatoes, cubed chicken, and chicken broth.

Line bottom of Pyrex casserole with six tortillas.

Add 1/2 of chicken/soup mixture; spread over tortillas. Sprinkle grated cheese over mixture.

Then make another layer of six tortillas, chicken/soup mixture, and cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 250-300 F 1 hour until cheese

is bubbly.

I've also substituted Cheddar Cheese, Velveeta in place of the Monterey Jack cheese and it was all good

Try this dessert it is also a family favorite.

Lemon Delight

1 cup flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1 stick margarine

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese

2-1/2 cups cool whip

2 (3.4 oz) pkgs instant lemon pudding

3 cups milk

1 cup powdered sugar

1st layer: mix flour, pecans and margarine Press into 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350° for ten minutes; let cool.

2nd layer: Blend together cream cheese and powdered sugar. Fold in 1 cup Cool Whip and spread on crust.

3rd layer: Mix instant puddings with milk and spread on top of second layer.

4th layer: Spread 1-1/2 cups Cool Whip on top and garnish with chopped pecans, if desired.

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It really depends on the type of restaurant it is. An all-American restaurant - you can't go wrong with a pot roast complete with vegetables (but do some creative things with the vegetable choices!) and some red velvet cake for dessert. People will die for the cake because it looks so different than what most are accustomed to, so you should sell tons of it (with a cream cheese icing) based on curiosity alone!

Lepeshki are made very quickly and easily.

3 c rye flour.

200 g sour cream.

1/2 c sugar.

2 ea eggs.

1 tb honey.

1 ts baking powder.

1 ea yolk beaten with 1 tb water.

Knead the dough with honey carefully. Shape small balls and roll them out finely. Make a decoration with a knife or a folk and brush with watered yolk. Bake in a preheated oven on average heat until light brown.

Russian Tea Cakes.........they are simple to make

1 cup softened butter or margarine

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

In a large bowl combine ingredients on low speed of mixer about 1 minute. Blend well. Gradually add flour at low speed until just combined; stir in nuts. Roll dough into 1 inch balls; place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F for 8-10 minutes until firm to the touch but not brown. Do not overbake. While warm, roll in powdered sugar. Cool; re-roll in powdered sugar before serving.

what about scallops, prawns, and baby shrimp , peppers and onions in a white wine cream sauce served over a bed of angel hair pasta.

pan fried oysters with a citrus aioli, mixed baby greens topped with marinated artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, garlic and feta cheese tossed gently with a balsamic vinagrette.

for dessert make strawberry nachos: slice strawberries and soak them in sugar and grand marnier, for the chips toast tortillas with a little butter on them and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, after you toast them break them apart or before hand you can cut them into specific shapes. top with a place the chips in the bowl first, add strawberries, add some whipped cream and finish with chocolate shavings.

I am just making suggestions since you didnt say what kind of restautrant you work at. cheers!

Parmesan crusted chicken breast with tomato basil reduction on a bed of angel hair pasta for the entree

Timerasu for dessert

Salad:baby greens in a hollowed out cucumber cup drizzled with raspberry vinaigrette

Soup; An orange, carrot, ginger soup with a swirl of honey yogurt

Where are you located? If it's summer where you live,get a handle on locally grown produce and plan some dishes based on what is available.You might be able to buy direct from a grower for a better price.

Lasagna with a tossed salad and crusty garlic bread. You can't go wrong with cheese cake and a berry topping for dessert. That is what sounds good to me right now.

Not sure where you are, but here in upstate ny, berries are in season. I sometimes make a riff on tiramisu but using berries. I also make it in individual portions like a parfait.

Sugar some berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries - whatever you have ) and mash to macerate and let juices run.

Then, rim a bunch of tall flutes or a white wine glasses with the berry juice, dip it in sugar to make a frosted rim and set aside to dry

Blend the mascarpone with something that flavors it but keeps it white against the side of the glass to contrast with fruit soaked ladyfingers -( try some kind of combo of 10x sugar, vanilla, limoncello or rum and lemon zest...or a simple syrup infused with real vanilla flecks and lemon zest )

layer using ladyfingers dipped in a combo of the macerated juices and chambord

top with a layer of the mascarpone, then layer plain unsugared berries, then more dipped lady fingers stopping about 2/3 up the glass.

top with a mint sprig, or two lavender sprigs

Fried pickles,cauliflower,cucumbers rolled in egg & flour and fried.

Some people don't know you can fry sliced pickles.

All time favorite is German Chocolate Cake.

Also a moist Orange Glaze Cake