Guests coming next week for five nights. We'll eat out once so that leaves me with four suppers to plan. They are into health conscious, lowish-carb, 'clean' sort of eating so no pasta or pastry and lots of fresh veg. Both eat fish and seafood, one eats chicken too, otherwise food will be veggie. Both say 'keep it simple' but they're foodies — so their idea of simple isn't necessarily mine. They are also a lot better off than me, so are used to top-notch ingredients.
We'll go out or have a takeaway one evening but that leaves four meals to plan. I'm normally reasonably confident but because the guests are good cooks I'm feeling unsure of myself. Any thoughts?
One night I'll do fish (probably hake) with a white wine and tarragon cream sauce, samphire, spinach and veg. Maybe some pommes Anna or boulangere. Or is that terribly old-fashioned? What would you do with some fabulous fresh hake?
Wondered about a prawn curry for another night. Guess I could offer cauliflower rice as an alternative. I'll serve with an Indian salad and a side of spiced greens. If anyone has a really good recipe I'd be interested.
Stuck for what else to do. Will get Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Ottolenghi out and seek help there — but if anyone else has suggestions they'd be gratefully received. We'll be quite active during the day so supper needs to reasonably substantial without being stodgy.