Friend and teenage daughter coming for tea, please give me ideas for food!

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My lovely friend is coming for tea with her dd11 - so not actually a teenager!

I am out of ideas. Not lasagna because she is coming again another time and I promised to make it.

Has anyone any ideas, not too fancy but ‘nice’?

Chilli and curry are no’s as are homemade pizza because I did that last time.

Spaghetti bolognaise
chicken snitzels with salad and chips

Roast chicken , salad , coleslaw , nice bread etc

There's a nice Jamie Olivier recipe for chicken satay and a noodle salad - I'll see if I can find it if it's not online

tacos or fajitas

find a nice pasta dish online

souped up recipes sesame chicken

Great ideas, thank you!! - what are chicken snitzels?!

I should have said, I also need to feed my 3 teenagers and dp

Have you asked them what they'd like?

Mexican fajitas with crudités and dips and cheesy nachos?

I'd probably do fajitas/tacos too. Other ideas bbq pulled pork in buns, kebab skewers/souvlaki, posh burgers or hot dogs. Lots of nice salads,slaws , dips etc, maybe some potato wedges too.

I would go Mexican for a small gathering, loads of dishes and so much choice, you can eat the bits that appeal and leave the bits that don’t!
It’s a lovely communal meal (quite faffy but Dh does it all and genuinely enjoys spending 4+ hours cooking a meal, I absolutely would not but I do love eating it all 😂).
we use a lot of Thomasina Myers recipes and I think it might have been Rick Stein who did a Road to Mexico book which also has some cracking recipes.

Chicken tray bake or roast chicken always go down well here.

pasta, with whatever sauce you like is a good, easy option.

risotto. We like butternut with chicken.

A big risotto, either chicken or prawn and a salad.
My favourite crowd pleasing pudding is lemon meringue pie (Be-Ro book recipe).

Chicken Katsu curry was a big hit with family we hosted at the weekend. I served with rice, edamame and an Asian slaw. (I know you said not curry but Katsu isn't like regular Indian curries!)

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Thank you all for your great ideas.

Unfortunately I have had to cancel due to a health condition (so pissed off!), but will revisit thread when I am able to rearrange 🤞🏻