Recipes, please?

[callmepatsy]

I am housesitting this weekend and all next week, and want to take advantage of the awesome kitchen of awesomeness, but the usual things I make are getting a little old, so...what is your favorite recipe?  The thing you would make all the time if you had unlimited free time and didn't have to worry about calories?

Also, next week-end is my birthday (no, this is not a hint to get me presents) and I am having a party, since I rarely have use of a house big enough to entertain.  I need ideas for food that can be (at least mostly) prepared beforehand...

Anyone?  Things like allrecipes.com are just too overwhelming to sift though.