Inlaws visiting! Need suggestions of food to stock up in the fridge

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My MIL and BIL are coming for a visit for two weeks. They will be mostly by themselves during weekdays.

What do I stock up in the fridge to make sure they have food to eat?

Suggestions pls.

They mostly eat low-carb but not strictly low-carb .

Oh, and it wasn't only your post, which is why I didn't use your name. Several other posters also helpfully suggested 'plenty of rolls to make sandwiches', 'crackers', 'extra bread', etc.

I don't get it - at all. Why would anyone take a request for food suitable for low-carb diet and recommend the highest-carb food they can think of?

I wanted to add one final thought to this - I have at times had a fraught relationship with my MIL, sometimes very fraught, but one thing I appreciate VERY MUCH is that she understands and respects my dietary requirements and food issues.

She knows that I can't really eat carbs, and now every time we go to visit she will always get in some chicken, ham, etc. especially for me, and she'll always ask what I would like in advance.

It's a small thing but it shows me that despite the problems we've had from time to time, essentially she does want to have a good relationship with me, and that has a very positive effect on how we relate to each other.

If on the other hand she did what you're suggesting OP should do, and buy food her in-laws can't eat, that could have a seriously destructive effect on their long-term relationship. It would be construed by a lot of people as a real insult or a veiled way of saying that you don't respect them or want to be hospitable.

Sorry to dripfeed, but they're coming from overseas. They've visited here before (last year) and I filled the fridge with salad greens, dressings, cheese, rotisserie chicken, etc.

However, MIL seemed to prefer ready made salads, so when I noticed that, I bought ready made salads. It was spring though when they came, and now it's Winter.

We have a good relationship, and she's a very nice person. But of course she has her quirks. She seems to not like reheated food, or left overs. My DH and I eat leftovers all the time so we bring the leftovers to work, and she joked it was like having her son become a garbage bin.

They'd go out for a while, but always came home to eat. My MIL can't walk that long or that far so at the most, they go out for half a day.

So I want to make sure there's plenty of options for them at home so they are not forced to eat outside.

Well clearly she doesn’t mince her words, judging by the garbage bin comment, so just ask her! A bunch of random strangers are not going to be able to tell you how to stock your fridge for your mother in law

^I asked her last year, and she said "anything is fine."

Well PrimalLass the OP has enough advice about food on here now, to sink a fridge.
Thanks for your response to me, at least it was assertive rather than aggressive. My MIL has just died and I am glad because her quality of life was so poor.
She was very introverted and had lots of issues, coupled with my own issues, it didn’t make for a good relationship. We were both looking too hard for hurts and slights. Jealousy was in there as well.
The thing about being a MiL is that it it is a experience, rather like having children.....in that no one can tell what it is like unless they are one.
I may be wrong but most people on Mumsnet are not MiLs and they give advice without any experience. It is usually so vitriolic as well.
I only post from experience myself.
The problem is that most of us become MiLs ourselves when the problems we are having with our own MiLs are well established. I know it’s too late for me but I think all MiLs and Dils maybe aught to contemplate having a counselling session.
I know I have projected on here, which is probably because my MiL has just died and it saddens me that our relationship wasn’t and couldn’t be open and honest. Lol

I'm really sorry for your loss.