You're coming to my house for dinner. What do you want to eat?

[TitaniasAss]

There will be plenty of booze and it won't be fancy. I'll have about an hour to cook and bugger all time before to prepare in advance. Oh and you're family so I don't have to 'impress', but I want it to be lovely too!

Toad in the hole or spag Bol , garlic bread and salad- just given kids it for lunch and it’s dinner for us…

Crisis & dips will do Me!

Lasagne is lovely, but not something you can knock up in an hour and you've said no time to prep. Steaks have to be cooked last minute, cost too much and an utter pain to cook for more than 4 people.
Chilli and all the bits to go with is a good shout. Fajitas would be nice. Honestly nothing that stresses you too much, if I'm coming to your house for tea, then picky stuff (cheese/ charcuterie/ bread / crackers) or bought pizza and garlic bread and salad would do. What wine / booze/ random thing do you want me to bring?

Something you can make bung in the slow cooker in the morning and leave all day that you can serve with multiple quick and easy sides to feed multiple people.

Slow cooker: chilli con carne
sides: rice, corn on the cob, nacho chips, dips

slow cooker: curry
sides: popadoms, naan bread, samosas, mango chutney etc

slow cooker: bolognese
sides: pasta, garlic bread, salad

Crab linguine, maybe Nigella's, with a salad. The quickest thing imaginable, tastes lovely, works whatever the weather, feels like a treaty, substantial but not heavy. Excellent with a lovely chilled Sancerre.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/linguine-with-chilli-crab-and-watercress

You can buy fresh crab in little pots, no need to get the crackers out.

I want to be invited more than once so will always be grateful for whatever you serve that I am invited to share. I will bring aperitifs (GandT or Campari or Negroni this month) with olives. And some plonk for the table of course. Love a charcuterie board. Happy with pizza and salad. Very happy to chuck some money in for a delivery so we can all concentrate on the catch-up and not be frazzled by the cooking.

I don't drink so that's that.
Nice roast chicken, gravy and some veg would do,
thank you! 😁

@tearfulmam me too!

If its a relaxed drinks with food thing then plenty of good quality pizzas and bowls of salads. Maybe roast vegetables. More than you need so people can help themselves to slices later.

Tiramisu or some cakes sliced up for pudding.

Toast

Paella with crusty bread. Followed by tiramisu

Baked camembert, crusty bread, chips and a spicy tomato sauce. Thank you, see you in an hour! 😀

So long as it’s edible I’m grateful that someone else has thought of the meal and cooked it.

Macaroni cheese with chips, salad and garlic bread.

Lasagne, salad and shop-made tiramisu.

Good quality chicken roasted.

Big green salad with vinaigrette.

Tomato salad with sprinkling balsamic vinegar.

Good quality baguette.

Ben & Jerry’s.

don’t care what food - whatever is easy for you. Don’t want lots of booze though!

Lasagne
Chicken and leek pie
Veg pasta bake
Bung a roast chicken in with salad and chips

A tomato and mozzarella risotto with parmesan chips on the side and fresh salad.
Recently learnt you can make risotto in the slow cooker too, a winner!!

Roast pork, stuffing, roast potatoes, mash, carrots, cabbage, peas and gravy. Apple crumble with sultanas and cinnamon with custard please😁failing that quiche, new pot and salad please. Cheese cake and mints for after

No booze ta, sparkling mineral water please and Yorkshire teabags please

Always a curry! For speed Goan style.prawn nice and spicy chuck some baby corn, mange tout etc in too, jasmine rice. Yum.

I'd want a takeaway. No pressure for anyone

Yes pls to the roast chicken chips salad and homemade mayo with beer and then sorbet

Heaven!!

If only one hour, perhaps fajitas or burgers.