What to cook for DP's boss & wife for Saturday lunch?

[snowleopard]

I like them, they're lovely, it's not a "must impress" scenario at all, but I don't know what to make, especially something that I can prepare the night before. I was thinking quiche but that's a bit summery. What's a warming wintery lunch? Ideas and recipes much appreciated.

How about a rissotto.

Some sort of stew/casserole - possibly in a slow cooker if you have one? With mashed potato.

Can't go wrong with a roast chicken imo. And they're easy, it's all about timing.

How about a homemade steak pie,mashed potatos,runner beans and baby carrots.

roast chicken or beef

i prefer beef for the yorkies

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a nice lasagne and green salad?

or moussaka?

or waht about a big pot of minestrone soup, with lots of crusty bread

nailpolish - that sounds v nice!

lol yes

quite fancy it myself actually

what time is lunch snowleopard??

I'd do a roast personally. Roast your veg aswell as it tastes nicer. Mash potato and make a lovely gravy.

what about Delia's salmon with crusted top served with couscous with roasted veg mixed in?
It's all dead simple, the fish can be prepared beforehand in 10 mins max, the veg and couscous can also be made beforehand and served cold or you can prepare the veg earlier and then just roast them to fit in with the fish.
I'll give you the recipe if you like but for the topping you do use pesto so no good if anyone has a nut allergy.

This recipe is my 'signature dish'. I've always had clean plates whenever I've served it, for lunch or for a dinner party.

I went round to my friend for lunch the other day and she made this fantastic lemon adn rocket rissoto - would be perfect with soem salmon steaks (or the salmon thing below.) She has done most of it in advance and just threw the rocket in at the last minute. It smelt wonderful when we arrived and all 8 of us complimented her.

Wow, thanks for all the replies - I thought this had fallen off the bottom never to be seen again.

And the winner is... nailpolish's soup and bread! I do love a roast but the shameful truth is saturday morning is my lie-in and I'm not spending it cooking - I know we can make lovely soup the night before and then just buy nice bread and cheese from the deli. Also, I love the sound of all the risotto and roast veg type things but DP is a fusspot and won't eat most of that. Plus, soup's perfect for DS to have the same thing too.

Hurrah! Thanks all.

i have a recipe for a delicious butternut squash and red onion soup if you like the sound of that.
Another 'easy to make' one too.

ERrrr hang on, it's DP's boss, why isn't he cooking?

yay! does that mean im invited.........?

Too bad NP, but don't worry, the conversation will be so obscure and boffiny that i doubt you'd have fancied it much (DP is a boffin and his boss is the maddest boffin that ever walked the earth...)

Actually now that we've agreed to prepare it the night before, DP will probably do it. But I try to avoid him cooking for guests because he is one of those cooks who uses every pan in the kitchen, gets hysterical over having put too much salt in or whatever and then serves it up 3 hours late.

Too late again. I was going to suggest lamb shanks - you tend to just bung em into a casserole pot thing with some bits and bobs and leave them. And they're fab - and look semi posh. But maybe next time

Ah J&J, I've always wanted to try that, but I've never done it and wouldn't dare try it out on guests. Also where do you buy the buggers? Supermarkets never have them. I did ask a buther for them once and she looked at me in horror as if to say "you'd eat THOSE?" and I lost confidence and thought I must have asked for the wrong thing. But I know you get them in posh restaurants and fancy-schmancy M&S ready meals...

butcher, that is

Most butchers will have them. There's a fab recipe in one of the River Cafe cookbooks that you do with red wine and onions I think. They are so easy to cook but always look smart (even though they're peasanty type food)