What would you like to eat for a very easy summer lunch

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Got a few friends coming round for Saturday lunch. Want to do something easy that suits nice weather, happy to buy stuff in...thinking stuff you can pick at really...

Greek salad and nice bread is my favourite

Hummus, tzatziki, green salad, nice bread.

Salad, nice bread, cheese.

Bruschetta and lots of nice salads including mozzarella and tomato.

Nice bread, selection of nice cheese and maybe grapes and water crackers, maybe a plate of things like parma ham possibly with some melon. Maybe some chutneys to accompany.

Also like things like the stuffed vine leaves with the chicken and lamb koftas.

Good salad and good bread, maybe some dips like baba ghanoush? Cheese.

All the mezze stuff already suggested would be good, or alternatively the tapas version.

Ready made tortilla warmed in the oven and cut into small pieces. Cheese, tomatoes, olives, serrano ham, crisps, crusty bread and allioli. And cava.

meze or quiche, new potatoes and salad (I wouldn't expect the quiche to be homemade!!)

Chicken Caesar salad and crusty bread and butter. Dressing takes 5 minutes in blender. So much better than bought.

Another vote for Greek salad, and bits and pieces like olives etc.

Yes think Mediterranean

Fresh tomatoes, try and get amazing heritage ones, ciabatta with balsamic/EV olive oil dip, olives, quiche/Spanish omelette made day before or morning served cold, big fresh green salad, cold meat platter. Stuffed vine leaves (deli section)

Sorbets for pudding

Quiche, salad, and crusty bread and cheese for pud.

If you're going to get some ham, please buy it off-the-bone, and not the horrible damp stuff sold ready-sliced & wrapped in plastic.

Salad. Nice bread. Cold meats. Olives. Cheese.

I am doing similar on Sat, I'm going to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker on Friday and serve that with olives, baguette, houmous, carrots, chips n dips, maybe some parma ham, feta cheese and those little peppers stuffed with soft cheese.

John Waite did a fab salad on Steph's packed lunch the other day, roasted Cauliflower,beetroot, squash, them drizzled with some miso tahini type dressing topped with feta and roasted nuts looked yum, coul be hot, cold or room temp looked yummy

Poached salmon, asparagus and a fancy salad with fresh bead.

Ice cream sundae for dessert.

Punishingly cold Chablis.

Side of salmon baked in foil with lemon slices and fresh dill on top. With salad and pesto rice

Caprese salad, rocket/watercress, crusty bread, watermelon, strawberries, fresh mint and black pepper

Pie, chips and peas

Watermelon, feta cheese and mint salad.

Nice tomatoes sliced with basil leaves and sliced mozzarella, with a green salad, good bread, olives, sliced beetroot, potato salad, cold roasted joint with Eton mess or lemon posset and shortbread.

Greek salad.
Quiche.
Crusty bread or ciabbata.
New potatoes in herb garlic butter.
Home made coleslaw.
( l did this for my friends) and was enjoyed and praised.
Home made pavlova for afters.( or Eaton mess).