What to cook for guests tomorrow

[TwoBlueFish]

I have 7 adults to cook for tomorrow evening and it’s going to be 28 degrees. 1 person is gluten free, no seafood and our BBQ is broken. It’s family so not a fancy dinner party.

My brain is dead, what would you cook?

lasagne, chips and salad? 😊 obviously if one is gluten free maybe pick up a small gf dish?

Chicken pasta bake, salad and garlic bread
Chicken, rice and veg
Spag bol

I'd do a big pot of chicken and spinach curry with rice and some sort of salad.

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/23/tomato-recipes-salad-red-onion-chickpea-chinese-ginger-yoghurt-yotam-ottolenghi

this tomato thing is lovely. It’s low effort, but tastes beautiful. I’d do that, some baguettes (add some gluten free bread, obv) and a few other smaller dishes, stuffed vine leaves etc?

Do you have time to toast a chicken earlier in the day ( or buy a pre toasted one ) have that cold along with a big salad, olives , food , new pots and bread

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/harissa-chicken-traybake

Couple of trays of this with side salad? I used skinless thighs when I made it. You can also Chuck extra veg on.

Having spag bol tonight.

chicken, rice and salad is probably the way to go but not feeling very inspired

roast earlier -don't toast a chicken !

@allthehops that looks delicious

Big Mac Salad! My latest favourite thing. Shredded lettuce, topped with beef mince dry fried with seasoning. Scatter with grated cheese, chopped onion and chopped gherkins. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with a dressing made from 2 parts mayo, 1 part each of tomato ketchup and American-style yellow mustard and a splash of juice from the gherkin jar. Chips or toasted bread in the side 😋

@ohyesohyesoh i have Booths supermarket 5 minutes away and they do lovely cooked chickens. Could be an easy solution, thank you

Do the MN standard-buy cooked chickens from deki counter and serve with crusty rolls (+GF version) and some sides and salads.

Antipasti to start. Bought nice ice cream for pudding.

It's waaay to hot to be faffing with the oven, p,us you'll just heat your house up.

Oh, missed that someone had said that already!

Pre prepared Minted lamb steaks (cook under grill) with watermelon, feta and basil leaf salad, dressed with balsamic glaze - then either easy mini potatoes roasted with Parmesan ontop and/or cous cous. Tazhiki as the sauce - perfect summer dinner (IMO)

Spatchcock a chicken and serve salad and crusty bread.
Ice cream for afters.

This has gone down well for groups in the past

https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-sharwama-middle-eastern/

I'd marinate the chicken as soon as you can (but don't worry about it too much) and then serve with flatbreads, salad and the yogurt dip. Maybe some chips/wedges too. I've cooked it on the bbq before but could easily be on the grill/frying pan.

Chicken thighs (still with skin and preferably still on bone) marinated in your preference of
Piri piri
Lemon and garlic (possibly with a chunk of feta under rhe skin and some thyme leaves)
Mediterranean herbs, garlic and some balsamic

Roast to serve either hot (poss with pasta and some French beans) or cold (with salad and garlic bread)

Moroccan olive chicken (easy to batch cook) and fries or oven potatoes

https://tasteofmaroc.com/moroccan-chicken-with-preserved-lemon-olives-daghmira/

Thanks all for done great ideas

Check that the chicken is gluten free. Sometimes they might cook something in the oven thing at the same time which contains gluten (depends if your family member need to avoid all cross contamination).