Using just the food you currently have in your home , What would you have at a dinner party?

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Fish fingers

Marmite cashews to start
Crustless quiche with cheesy mash and frozen mixed veg for the main
and for dessert - Christmas pudding ice cream
A galleon of gin to wash it all down with a spearmint Rennie chaser

There’s a batch of lentil and bacon soup, but also sweet potatoes and parsnips a plenty to make an orange-y root veg soup to start with. Could probably do some sort of kale crisps as a topping. Made a focaccia over the weekend, the leftovers of which would make a good crouton.

For mains, it doesn’t take much to make a pack of risotto rice go far, but I’d probably look at the dried mushrooms at the back of the cupboard.

Or there’s a frozen lasagne I made yesterday that could go anywhere.

and there’s always the ingredients in for a few different sorts of veggie curry - chickpeas, frozen spinach, lentils, etc.

By the looks of my empty cupboard and fridge it would be 'DOG EGG SURPRISE'
Dog kibble
Old eggs
Sushi rice
Tin of banana blossom

Lots of different curries.

Sushi. Yakitori. Miso soup. GF tempura.

GF pasta and antipasti.

Chicken curry. Or beans on toast.

Prawns in seafood sauce on a bed of cucumber or pate with crackers

Diced chicken, mushrooms and bacon in a white wine sauce(jar)
with either rice, pasta or potatoes

A bar of mint aero

Delicious 😋

Home made Leek and potato soup
Shop bought meatballs and pasta bake with roast parsnips and green beans
Home made apple and raspberry crumble and custard
Cheddar, Gruyère and garlic and herb cheese board with fresh baked French stick

Sherry, choice of spirits - although only have tonic water mixers, red, rose and white wines, champagne and choice of liqueurs or port.

Bon appetite.

Plenty of nibbles to go with drinks, olives, little biscuits etc.

Pâté and toast to start.
Fish stew with haricot blanc or sausages with puy lentils for main.

Not much in the pudding line except ice cream, but plenty of cheese & crackers.
Chocolates & coffee to finish.

Tempura prawns to start, macaroni cheese, ALDI ice cream wafers for dessert.

Home made leek and potato soup.
Greggs sausage rolls from the freezer with a side of frozen mixed veg.
A tin of lychees.

At least I've got a nice coffee machine!

Bruschetta
Lasagne with purple stem broccoli on the side and garlic mushrooms
Greek yogurt with honey and blueberries or apple crumble and custard

Starter - tomato soup, or mushroom & asparagus frittata

Main - either Spanish chicken with chorizo served with rice or salmon on a bed of creamed leeks with an, ahem, ‘massive salad’.

Pudding - I’d struggle here as we never have one. I could probably rustle up some flour-free pancakes with Greek yoghurt and berries.

I'd struggle with a starter, maybe soup. We've got some part baked bread so could have that with it.

Lots of options for mains, including guinea fowl. I'd do it in lime sauce, but would have to be with rice. Usually I'd serve it with green veg but we haven't got any in, so it would have to be with carrots.

Dessert would be pear and almond pudding with ice cream.

Blue cheese, chicory, pear and walnut salad as that’s what I’m making for lunch tomorrow.

Not much else in except for frozen peas, pancetta, mackerel, tinned tomatoes and eggs.

Only alcohol is a bottle of unopened pastis that must be at least 5 years old.

shopping arriving tomorrow.

Homemade leek and potato soup,sirloin steak with homemade potato wedges,mushrooms,onion rings ,grilled tomato and apple crumble with custard,cream or ice cream for dessert.

Hummus, veg crudites and chips.

Maybe some plain pasta and peas

Basically it's a toddler picnic

Veggie soup
Salmon cheese and leek sauce or dauphinois
Ice cream mirangue berries and melon

Hot and sour soup
Garlic and ginger chicken thighs with egg fried rice, or noodle stir fry
any cake, have all the ingredients, perhaps choc brownies, or Bakewell tart

could also do pork meatballs, gravy, mash and veggies

I’m off to cook dinner now actually, it will be chicken loaf ( like a meat loaf but with chicken and grated carrots), mash and broccoli, plus gravy

Starter - all I can think of is sweetcorn fritters (nice but weird as a starter) or spinach soup (horrible)

Main - veggie risotto or veggie spaghetti bolognaise / could have homemade garlic flatbreads to bulk it out a bit

Pudding - rice pudding or pancakes, or I could probably knock a cake together

Or I could do a veggie sausage casserole with hassle back potatoes

Starter: Tomato soup and homemade dinner rolls

Main: Veggie Lasagne and salad

Dessert: Plum cobbler and ice cream

All from the freezer, except the salad