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There are some good recipe sites online. You can search based on the kinds of things you know your family likes, since it sounds like they might not be too adventurous in their tastes. http://www.allrecipes.com/ includes user reviews.

You can also get cookbooks from the library.

Herbed Chicken Breasts

serves 4

Skill level:

Ingredients

4 natural chicken breasts (w/bone and skin)

2 tablespoons olive oil

Juice from 1/2 lemon

2 tablespoons mixed dried herbs, such as sage, thyme, oregano, and rosemary

salt and pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Rinse chicken under cool water and pat dry with a paper towel. Brush each chicken breast with olive oil and then drizzle with lemon juice. Next sprinkle with herbs, salt and pepper. Place each chicken piece skin side up on a foil lined baking sheet. Roast breasts for 35 minutes. Serve.

Rosemary New Potatoes

Serves 6 as a side dish

Skill level:

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds of new potatoes, cut into quarters

3 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 onion, roughly chopped

1 stalk rosemary, remove needles and chop roughly

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Prepare a baking sheet lined with foil and preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Grease the sheetpan with one tablespoon of oil.

In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingedients and mix well. Spread potaotes out onto the sheetpan and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the potatoes and with a spatula, carefully turn them over. Return the potatoes to the oven for an additional 15 minutes or until they are brown and crispy.

1 (15 ounce) can green beans, partially drained

1 tablespoon bacon grease

1 tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt, to taste

1/4 teaspoon black pepper, to taste

Add all ingredients to a saucepan.

Let it simmer for about 15 minutes.

Stir occasionally

lol aww thats so cool u love to cook I think u could make meals that are catchy yet ur own twist on classical dishes kinda like rachel ray

for example give mac and cheese a kick

in a pan brown some ground beef and drain the fat and leave to the side of the stove

in a pot boil elbows with alittle salt added to water

when ready drain and put back into pot with alittle milk and velveeta let it heat throught and mix till creamy and warm then add the beef and mix in some salsa mix well till all blended and u can choose to make it extra spicy with the salsa depending on how much u use and u can choose to make it extra cheesy with amount of cheese u put in

heres another idea make breakfast everyone loves pancakes but give them a different flavour

take bisquick add 2 eggs sugar vanilla and cinnamon and milk mix till smooth and blended

heat a pan and pour some batter in add chocolate chips the the pancake then flip to seal them in and continue till ur done with the pancakes

u can also make pumpkin pancakes using libbys 100 percent natural pumpkin add to bisquick with vegetable oil only 2 tbsp and 2eggs sugar cinnamon and nutmeg and mix with milk till well blended then pour into heated pan and cook make be thick and chucky because of pumpkin

or make blue berry pancakes same way u make the chocolate chip pancakes except add blue berries ever pancake u cook in the pan

always serve with maple butter rich syrup and add extra cinnamon for a kick and butter to ur liking

For dessert its always great to buy a oreo cookie crust done for u and make cooked chocolate pudding and add to crust follow directions on side and refridgerate till stiff and ready to serve serve with whip cream

How about cheese cake

2 bars philadelphia cream cheese

1 conatiner cool whip

2 cups sugar

mix all ingredients together with hand mixer then put into a graham cracker crust and refridgerate for 4 hours then serve with cherry compote like the cherries in the can in dessert isle

I would go to foodnetwork.com it has some really good recipes or I would watch the food network for recipe ideas.

Good Luck!!!!

try this:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1...

You can also search around on that website for other ideas as well. Good luck!!

I would suggest you go browse the website....

http://www.foodnetwork.com/