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? asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 9 years ago

What are some good recipes for someone who doesn't like a lot of flavor?

My boyfriend and I enjoy "double-dating" with his grandparents: we get together maybe once a week and one couple or the other cooks. I usually cook with a lot of flavor, but they prefer plain food without spices or a whole lot of other embellishment. I am looking for some recipes that are not too flavorful so I've got a wider variety of meals to prepare when we cook.

Some stuff they like already, as examples of what's not too crazy:

-ANYTHING meat and potatoes, pretty much

-Chicken and noodles casserole

-Barbecued beef

-Chicken or pork with Shake 'n Bake

-Pot roast

-Some fish (usually broiled): tilapia; flounder; salmon prepared as a loaf

-Meatloaf

-Chicken soup

-Beef stew

-Etc.

We usually have stuff like rice, rolls, salad, mashed/baked potatoes, cooked vegetables (corn, string beans, etc.), or raw vegetables with ranch dip as sides, which is working really well. Obviously meat is not a problem for us. :-) Thanks for any good main dishes you can share!

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  • 9 years ago
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    Potato and Leek soup is a mildly flavored starter or entree. Once you know how to make this easy soup, it's fun to experiment with different additions. But it's good enough in its basic form and won't overpower anyone's taste buds.

  • Sawyer
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    A skillet of red potatoes, onion, sliced keilbasa and chopped cabbage is really good. I usually add minced garlic, salt and pepper for flavor. It doesn't have a lot of outrageous flavor, but the flavor it does have is delicious.

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