Easy Father’s Day Menu

Posted by Hanna Trafford in Recipes on May 28, 2009 | 4 responses

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About the Author: Hanna is the mother of two grown sons Dan and Dusan Nedelko, Step mother to Abbie Gateman and is also a brand new Grandmother. She is the lead editor of Mama Knows and is hoping to create an exchange of communications with other grandmothers, mothers and daughters - giving everyone the opportunity to learn and share about everything that is "Mama"

Treat dad, grand dad or any “father” guy to a make-ahead dinner – easy and all figured out right here for you! The key words being :”Make-ahead” – so here is Menu and the simple 4 Step plan:

The Menu:

Seven-layer Salad

Chili Barbecue Shrimp

Grilled T-Bone Steak

French Fries with Mustard Mayonnaise

Steamed Green Beans

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

Step 1: Up to 2 weeks ahead:

• Cut, blanch and freeze fries (you can wash the potatoes and leave skin on for extra potato flavour)

Step 2: 24 hours ahead:

• Prepare ingredients for 7-layer salad and store individually in Ziploc bags in the fridge
• Make your salad dressing and store in airtight container in the fridge

Step 3: 4 to 6 hours ahead:

• Make shortcakes
• Peel, devein and skewer shrimp
• Make Chili Barbecue Sauce for shrimp
• Fry and chop bacon for salad
• Prepare and refrigerate romaine for salad

Step 3: 2 hours ahead

• Macerate strawberries
• Layer salad

Step 4: Dinnertime!

• Grill Shrimp
• Fry or bake french fries
• Grill steaks
• Assemble Strawberry Shortcakes

Here is where you will find the individual recipes and directions:

Chili Barbecued Shrimp

http://www.mama-knows.com/recipes/chili-barbecued-shrimp.html

Seven Layer Salad

http://www.mama-knows.com/recipes/seven-layer-salad.html

Grilled T-Boned steak

http://www.mama-knows.com/recipes/grilled-t-bone-steaks.html

French Fries with Mustard Mayonnaise

http://www.mama-knows.com/recipes/crispy-french-fries-with-mustard-mayonnaise.html

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

http://www.mama-knows.com/recipes/chocolate-strawberry-shortcakes.html

Have fun making this great Father’s Day menu and let me know how much it was enjoyed!

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4 Responses to “Easy Father’s Day Menu”

1. Dan says:

   May 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

   Looks great. I hope my family does up something like this for me on Father’s Day.

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2. Father’s Day Link Love : Moms Talk Network says:

   June 7, 2009 at 8:27 pm

   [...] a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and Mama Knows came up with a great idea for a “make-ahead” dinner for Dad.  She has 6 delicious items on the menu, of which most can be made ahead of time because she [...]

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3. pizza recipe says:

   September 29, 2010 at 6:52 am

   Looks great. I hope my family does up something like this for me on Father’s Day.

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4. Traditional Father's Day Dinner | Mama Knows says:

   June 17, 2011 at 9:41 am

   [...] that is what you are planning, you can find complete menu with recipe on this site. Just check out Complete Father’s Day Menu – it’s is looking pretty comlex, but believe me, all the recipes are easy and fully [...]

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