Nightmare dinner party guest!

[Thomcat]

It's gone from me going toi a dinner party to me cooking and now one of the guests (who I love dearly and am desperate to see her) told me that she is on a strict detox! So not eating anything other than fish and veg. No wheat, ne dairy, no sugar etc.

hmmmmmmm great! Makes for a fun dinner party for everyone else! I was going to make beef wellington!

I haven't gone through my cookery books yet, plan to do that tonight, but any ideas????

thai red prawn curry?

Smoked salmon & prawns with side salad to start
Baked cod with roasted cherry tomatoes and lots of colourful baby veg
Tropical fruit salad for dessert
If it is so healthy other guests won't feel guilty about lots of wine, butter on veg, cream on fruit, after dinner chocs etc...!!

Give her a tenner and a takeaway menu.

Steamed fish sitting on steamed veg and ginger.

do the beef for all the normal guests and make her a little parcel of shredded oriental veg and salmon with teriyaki sauce and ginger to pop in the oven for part of the cooking time...

jug of water with lemon in
fasiling that a packet of kettle chips

Definitely make beef wellington for the rest of you - and give her fish and veg. And a bib cos she'll salivate watching the rest of you eat

I'd still do the beef wellington for everyone else, and just do her a piece of fish in foil in the oven, with finely chopped veggies and a squeeze of lemon. It only takes a few seconds to prepare, and 20 minutes to cook.

Then sit and watch her drool over everyone else's beef.

you could do that fine bean thing where you blanche them, shove them in a roasting tin, plop some salmon fillets on top, plus tiny tomatoes on the vine, black olives and a couple of snipped anchovies. drizzle with olive oil, shove in a v hot oven for about 10 mins (then check if done). serve with new poatatoes with butter/chopped mint for the 'ahem' normal people.

Grrrrr, I can't bear it when people dictate their menu when they are a guest in someone's house. Fair enough if you are a veggie or have allergies but because of a diet!!!!!! I think it is outrageous.
Definitely, do what you had planned for everyone else and give her a fillet of mackeral (the ones that are already cooked) and some salad.
You are fulfilling her request with virtually no extra effort.

I'm with wwb on this - why should everyone else miss out on Beef Wellington - yum!

You should DEFINITELY stick to your menu for everyone else. Why should they miss out cos of one selfish person?
Give her a Findus boil in the bag cod portion

ps - can me & Dh come?

PMSL, you lot are evil, but 100% right, I should stillmake the BW for everyone else, i just feel bad on her and didn't want to make 2 seperate things, but it is beef wellington, and I am pregnant and need my beef

Explain that you are pregnant and on a high-iron beef only diet. I am sure that she will understand.

I think it is totally out of order. I would arrange to meet her separately on a diffeent day at her house so she can make you lunch. I think it is the height of bad manners to expect you to cater for her in this way. Sorry, I know she's your friend but really.....

Piece of fish in microwave, frozen peas in microwave, job done.

And make your beef extra strong smelling to serve her right, the fussy cow!

Yeah but I expected it from her really. She said yes to dinner and then the next day i thought, ohhh I wonder what's she's not eating this week?! And low and behold I couldn't have picked a worse week to invite her to dinner! She's the best and I love her with all my heart but she's high maintenance in that way and nothing is ever straightforward with her, but that's her and I love her unconditionaly, even if she is a pain in the bum!

wow, you are a good friend! Could you ask her nicely if she wouldn't mind brigning something with herthat you can heat up in the oven for her as you don't have time to cook 2 separate meals?

When she reminds you about her detox, chuckle lightly and say, "Oh dear, well I'm cooking Beef Wellington, so you will just have to have the vegetables!"

She might stop acting like a prima donna if you make it clear that no concessions will be made.

I agree..bloody rude.
sheshould either backout or bring her own stuff

I would still do the beef wellingtonand anything else you have planned and do a platter of steamed vegies or a salad to cater for your friend. Why should the other guests miss out.

I was on a strict elimination diet fairly recently (and I'm a strict veggie, which complicates just about everything) and certainly didn't expect to be catered for by other people. So, however good a friend she is, tell her to bring her own dinner!

a tin of tuna and a packet of celery?!
How about a piece of tuna, seared, with shredded cucumber and red pepper? Nice & easy & this is what I keep saying I will eat every night - but Twiglets TALK to me from the cupboard

Yep - cook your Beef Wellington and give your detoxing friend her fish and vegetables. Won't take long to slap a bit of salmon or whatever under the grill and steam a few carrots. Don't see why the other guests should suffer due to her dietary restrictions - and if she feels wierd about eating something different to everyone else then tough!

Maybe we have got it all wrong. Maybe she was telling you so that you wouldn't waste food cooking her something she wouldn't eat!!!