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I need help to feed challenging ILs (They arrive this evening...)

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GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 16/08/2016 09:53

My ILs are due to arrive this evening (a whole extra day early) to stay with us for a week.
MIL does not eat:
Wheat (NO bread at all, inc breadcrumbs, no flour etc)
Dairy
Red Meat
No wine
No caffeine
FIL (according to MIL) now also can't eat
Root vegetables (except potatoes)
won't eat cheese.

No medical reason for any of this (MIL eats cake/drinks coffee/vodka like a demon when she wants it) but she convinced herself, mid 60s that she'd be better off without all of these things (she isn't - she's been continuously complaining about not being well for 5 years - whole other thread), but feeding our whole family and them has become a challenge too far as there's always some component that leads to them theatrically scraping something off one plate and onto another, along with the passive aggressive tight smile and 'explanation'.
I've exhausted my chicken and fish repertoire and need help - any recipes that can be thrown my way gratefully received!

OP posts:
reallybadidea · 18/08/2016 11:49

You're a saint. I'd have served up a sequence of chicken/fish salad for them and something delicious for you.

Or alternatively just used any banned ingredient I thought I could get away with and lied through my teeth.

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