Help! Main course ideas for 8 people

[MrsMcJnr]

I have some friends of my grandparents (!) coming for dinner on Sat night and I want to impress them but am also shattered from being pregnant - any great ideas? thanks

Just do a roast with yorkshire puddings, proper gravy, roast potatoes and tasty veggies.

Can't beat it

If you are a decent baker, do Nigella's choc fudge cake - its divine and looks really impressive!

agree with mamag

agree with roast idea. oven cooking is the less time consuming.

You can do fish. salmon is great and quick.

Salmon teryaki

• 8 salmon fillets
• baste with 1 bottle terryaki sauce from waitrose or tesco
• scatter 1 bunch chopped spring onion and 2 sliced yellow peppers

roast 200 degrees in middle shelf for 30 mn. leave in oven another 10mn while you dress the salad.

Serve with

• big salad of various greens
• sweetcorn with butter
• green beans with garlic and parsley butter
• potato gratin

All vveg dishes can be made in advance and warmed in microwave
Potato ggratin might need to go under the grill with a little cheese.

Thanks ladies any more?!

A slow cooked stew/casserole needs little faffing and older people tend to like that kind of thing.

chicken chasseur?? Buy jar/packet of chasseur sauce (or if you are clever, then make your own) add chicken legs/breast/thighs, shove in the oven to cook for ages. Serve with new potatoes and veg.

or

I cooked this, when I had friends over a couple of weeks ago, served with new potatoes and salad.

My favourite to cook at the moment is sausages braised in cider, which takes about 45 mins to cook. Serve with some boiled new potatoes tossed in couple of tablespoons cider vinegar, olive oil, and some chopped spring onions.