The Daily Three Things

There is a kitchen table rumour that each person has at least three sinature recipes that they serve often. Is this rumour true? If so, what three sinature dishes  are you known for?

Oh, and could someone tell me if a killer martini can be considered a sinature  recipe?

Comments

[Kimberly]

Chocolate walnut torte
Chocolate mousse
Chocolate cookies (Mexican chocolate icebox)
(Notice a theme here?)

And yes, of course a martini counts... as long as it has an olive, an onion or some other food item in it.

[tommy]

Fried Turkey
Smoked Brisket
Hamburgers and Brats

[Square1]

1) Lasagna

2) Bailey's Irish Cream Cheesecake

3) And I make some killer Snickerdoodles!

[Pink Sun Drops]

The only ones I possibly serve more than once every two months are Herbed Green Beans, Garlic Bread, and Parmesan Chicken. I like to experiment and I'm funny in the way if I make something everybody absolutely loves I won't make it again for awhile, just for the purpose that nobody gets sick of it. My Mom used to feed us our favorites until we got sick of it and then it'd be on to the next favorite to get sick of that too. Personally I don't like getting sick of my favorites, but some of these are sounding scrumptious.

[Karen]

Chicken tetrazzini
Lasagna
Roast

[Christine]

My favorites to make are:
1. Paella
2. Tuscan chicken
3. Homemade pasta

(Absolutely the martini counts!)

[Petite Mommy]

Chicken Enchilada Tacos
Chili
BBQ Chicken

[Carmi]

A martini is absolutely a recipe!

Mine are:
1 - Banana cake
2 - Cheese omelettes
3 - Milkshakes for our little people. They taste better because three little faces like to, um, help.

[Paul]

Mexican Thin Crust Pizza.

Pork butterfly cutlets on the BBQ marinaded in olive oil and fresh basil with yam and sweet potatoe and a nice salad.

Breaded chicken breast with mashed potatoes a side of pickles and a nice cold Pilsner..

yeah.. plain.. but oh so yummy! :D

cheers.

P.

[erin]

1. cheesecake. if i ever hear of you BUYING FROZEN cheese cake i will do two things. 1. smack you. 2. make you one right away so you will still have friends because you didn't serve them FROZEN cheesecake.

2. (heart healthy!) chicken parmesan! to die for!

3. derby pie (and for anybody who isn't from kentucky...its what the rest of you call 'chocolate chip pie' or 'burboun pie', but waaaaaaaaaaay better)

[BHR]

Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls (goi cuon)
Curry Cauliflower Soup
Smoked Chicken and Roast Capsicum Fettucine

[wavybrains]

My "signature" dishes have changed over the years, especially as my dietary rules have changed. My first signature dish was Salmon Quiche. Later my signature dishes became vegan brownies and chocolate chip cookies, and my vegetarian lasanana. Now I'd have to say:

1. Chicken Curry
2. A spicy Ground Beef and Zucchini Casserole served with mashed cauliflower
3. Brownstone soup

But it still changes pretty frequently. I'll get on a kick for a while, but then I get bored, and change my repitore up, and I love the execuse of guests or a party to try new things.

[JCanuck]

My three most requested recipes are:

Shrimp and scallop ceviche
Mango pie
Passion fruit mousse

[Kisane]

Bread & Butter Pudding
Pumpkin Caramel Flan
Pasta anything

[Silver Lining]

Pasta with broccoli and chilli
Buckwheat with ginger and leeks
Sticky toffee pudding

I'm sure the martini should head your list!

[bullet]

1. Crabs in a chili garlic sauce
2. Creamy Cheesecake with a macadamia nut crust
3. Flan with caramelized syrup

[aka_monty]

When I invite a certain couple of friends over for dinner, they invariably request my:
1. Beef Stroganoff or
2. Italian Chicken
3. Homemade (extra-gooey extra-chocolatey) brownies.
(and I don't even put any weed in 'em)

Forgive me if this double-posts...I appear to be having some typepad issues.

[Mamacita]

Oh, I LOVE to cook!

1. sweet and sour meatballs
2. pork bbq
3. broccoli/chicken/cheese souffle
4. homemade breads of all kinds

Come on over. Bring ice.

[trine]

1. salmon baked with leeks in tin foil served with boiled new potatoes and sour cream

2. chicken garam masala with cashews and fresh coriander

3. fårikål - weird norwegian lam cooked in cabbage and water with lots of whole, black pepper. Has to be tried, it sounds disgusting, but is gorgeous...

erin, I'd love a recipe for cheescake as I've never found one that actually works and i LOVE cheesecake!!!

and martinis! ;-)

[Jackie]

Excellent cooks abound in this site!

Yes, a killer martini counts.

Scallops and pancettta

Pumpkin/squash tian

Proper roast potatoes

Mango pie? I'm intrigued.

[squareslant]

Minestrone Soup
Chicken Enchiladas
And if Martinis count – and I think they do – Margaritas

[mark b]

Lasagne

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Chicken fajitas

[nat]

Can I come over to your houses one by one?

Tortilla Soup
Seafood Gumbo
Rosemary and Thyme Herbed Roast Beef

[MommaK]

After reading all of these entries, I'm hungry! My husband is the chef around here but I do make a few things well.
1) beef stew
2) chili & cornbread
3) cheesy hashbrown casserole

[paz]

Michele, I have to tell you what a HUGE help you've been to me and give you credit for your wonderful ideas. I teach English (as in, the language) in Prague, and sometimes it gets difficult to come up with unique and interesting icebreakers or conversation question. If I ask one more time, "What would you do if you won a million dollars?" one more time, I'll scream.

As I was preparing for new classes this week, I looked up and saw your site open on my laptop and realized you are FULL of interesting, unique, and clever ideas. Thank you for the inspiration, and I'm sure my students would thank you as well!!

[maryse]

1. bread and butter pudding
2. martha stewart's mac n cheese
3. cream puffs

[Scully]

As someone who makes a killer vodka martini, yes.

I don't really cook by recipes. I make it up as I go along, but here are some of my standbys:

1. Chicken Mirbella
2. Martha Stewart's Roasted Turkey and fixin's 101
3. Chocolate Mandarin cheesecake

[Bubblehead]

Fetuccine Alfredo
Peach Cobbler
Margarita (yes, drinks count)

[shells]

I have one recipe that I'm expected to bring to family dinners, a corn bake cassarole.
But I'm mostly known for trying new recipes for pot lucks and work food days. I'm lucky and brave enough to try something for the first time, have it turn out well, and share it with everyone.
Out of probably 20-30 food days in the last several years, I don't think I've made the same thing twice.
(I'm working on a Jell-o aquarium this week)
So will any/all of us be posting our recipes on our own blogs?? I'm game!

[kimbofo]

Thai chicken and coconut cream curry served on a bed of basmati rice
Garlic chili prawn linguine
Roast chicken, chips and gravy

I ***love*** to cook

[M.C. Glammer]

Beef in mango sauce - a stew with paprika, chilli powder and dried fruit.
East-West sauce - 1/2 tsp. mustard powder, 1/4 tsp. all-spice, 4 tbsp. ketchup, 4 tbsp. Worcester sauce, 2-4 tsp. sugar. Good over cutlets on a bed of rice and lettuce.
Fish tacos.

[Phil]

Irish Coffee/Whisky cake
Lemon chicken
Fajitas

[Shannin]

Mine can be seasonal, but here are 3 that my husband named:

Mexican chicken cassarole

Stuffed chicken breasts (spinich, mushrooms, bleu cheese)

Bleu cheese stuffed filet mignon

[Sunrayz]

1) Various kinds of pulav (fragrant and spicy Indian rice)
2) North Indian style tangy lemon chicken
3) Palak paneer ( cottage cheese with spinach - spicy
Indian style ofcourse!)

[Pink Sun Drops]

Did anybody ever answer your question... I think so, but I will resound it, yes absolutely. In fact I think I've got a killer margarita one up my sleeve that my just be on my own list as a fourth.

[Marie]

Oh, man... am I hungry now. And I want some of these recipes!!

Yes, absolutely to the margarita... and I'll have one, please!

As for me:
Soups (lentil, cooking right now)
Banana bread (signature, according to my niece)
"kisser" cookies (peanut butter, with Hershey kiss on top)

[christine]

Three things that my DH asks for most often, that I consider my "trademark" are:

1. Flourless chocolate cake

2. Breaded chicken cutlets

3. Beef chili

[Dawn (webmiztris)]

Swiss steak
lasagna
Chicken piccata

[Anita]

1. Molten chocolate cakes (individually sized)

2. Meatballs in Sherry sauce

3. Southwestern chili

but if you asked my children, they'd say ROAST CHICKEN. They are obsessed with it.

[Claire]

1. Spaghetti Carbonara
2. Macaroni & Cheese (homemade sauce)
3. Chicken in White Wine & Mushroom

[Gail]

1. Chicken French
2. Carrot Cake
3. Stuffed Mushrooms

[Waterfall]

1. Butternut Squash Stew (no one ever thinks it'll be good until they taste it)

2. Garlic steamed broccoli--my signature side dish because I love broccoli

3. Gumbo. I'm from Louisiana. I make gumbo.

[rory]

tiramisu
marinara sauce (yeah it's just a sauce i know but it's delish!)
chicken cacciatorre

[Bluegrass Mama]

1. ham & asparagus roll-ups
2. oatmeal cookies
3. macaroni & cheese

Funny how now one compares me to Julia Child...

[Brandie]

1) Lasagna

2) Beef florentine

3) Tequila chicken

[NICOLEE]

Chicken enchiladas
Lasagna
Baked Rigatoni

Killer "signature" cosmos. YUUUUUMMMMMY!