New ideas for complex dietary requirements

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My cousin is coming to stay next week. While here, he and his wife will be celebrating their wedding anniversary. Because of complex dietary requirements, they are happier to eat in than out and I am more than happy to cook for them.
We will have other family members here so I want to make one menu rather than multiple, although happy to tweak. A couple of other people have dislikes rather than allergies/intolerances. Here is the full list - ideas please as I’d rather not make things I’ve made in the past.

Allergies/intolerances:
gluten
cream, butter, cows cheese
chocolate or any description including vegan

dislikes;
seafood (eg mussels, prawns - fish is ok)
mushrooms
meringue

For dessert usually make a ground almond based cake with some sort of fruit but I’d like something different.

i dont want to make a pasta dish with gluten free pasta as I know they have this a lot at home

I’d rather it be more interesting than a roast dinner.

I’ve done salmon to death. Last time I made coq au vin and I’ve done steak a few times also risotto and paella.

Any ideas appreciated, especially if it’s something a bit more special than a regular meal

Unless you have environmental objections, ChatGPT will sort this for you tout de suite.

We've got two coeliac's in the family, and my go to for mass catering is a tray of roasted vegetables with either sausages or chicken on top with lots of herbs/spices. I usually start the veggies off on a hot oven for 10 minutes, then turn the heat down and add the meat. Works well with salmon too. Serve with new potatoes. You can also do a greek version and add feta cheese on top (that's usually made with sheeps milk).

This is a good family meal too, just don't use spelt and use rice in the stuffing.
https://rivercottage.net/recipes/stuffed-cabbage-leaves/

I have actually tried ChatGPT (which is now my first port of call rather than MN). but didn’t like what they came up with, or what I did like was a repetition of what I’d made before - but I agree generally worth asking

good ideas @Victorius19, might use that idea for another meal as our butcher makes really good GF sausages. Would like something a bit more celebratory for their anniversary meal

How about fancy kebabs? With different salads (maybe a quinoa based tabbouleh?). Or a moussaka using a sheep based cheese? Or a tagine, again with quinoa rather than bulgar?

Desert more tricky without almonds, chocolate or meringue! A traditional fool (egg white, not custard?). A bastardised trifle without cream?

How about something stewy ? Beef in red wine kind of thing, roast potatoes, lots of veg

or maybe chateaubriand, plenty of sides

both feel like you’ve put effort in but easy?

dessert how about Prosecco jelly with raspberries in ?

@TheLemonOtteractually trifle is a great idea. I can buy GF cake and let it dry out for the sponge layer. I also know from catering for a vegan friend that the oatly plant based whipping cream is quite good as long as you add sugar and vanilla
thank you!

This is v easy and tasty assuming feta is ok as you only mentioned cows cheese. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/greek-style-roast-chicken

This combination of lamb and potatoes always goes down well. https://www.recipetineats.com/greek-lemon-potatoes/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pulled-lamb-shoulder-sticky-pomegranate-glaze

Beef stifado and rice or the lemony potatoes pp mentioned which are delicious. Grilled pineapple in a malibu and fresh mint dressing.

You can buy gluten free sponge fingers for trifle in the supermarket! Or do raspberries instead? I don't know if oatly cream is gluten free, the milk isn't. But maybe real cream for the coeliac and outlying for the dairy person? Unless it is the same poor soul!

Curry?
I recently make a chicken curry using a pot of shop bought curry paste. But I also made saag aloo and a carrot salad, both from scratch. I've made pilau rice previously too. Skip GF naan bread, I've not found a good one. You can buy GF poppadoms. Having a few dishes makes it a bit more special than just curry and rice, IMO.

Oh that’s a good point, thank you, hadn’t thought to check if the Oatly cream is GF. This is precisely what this becomes challenging so quickly

Some lovely ideas here, thank you all so much, I really appreciate it.

Theres absolutely loads you can do
From simple to more "impressive"

• Jacket potatoes and salad
• Tomato rice, roast/jerk/paprika chicken legs/drumsticks/breast and green veg
• Smoked fish chowder, using maybe potatoes/cauliflower blended in to mimic the milk/cream
• beef/chicken chilli
• coconut chicken curry
• lemon, garlic and herb roast chicken with flatbreads/salads or roast potatoes and carrots - - steak, peppercorn sauce, crispy new potatoes and tender stem broccoli
• rack of lamb and trimmings
• sea bass, roasted med veg and some sort of potato

How about going south East Asian? You could do a few different dishes, Thai fishcakes, pork satay, Thai red curry, chicken laab, pad Thai, papaya salad etc. It’s a cuisine that lends itself to gluten and dairy free.

I was going to say the same, Amazon do them too if your local supermarket doesn't. Also good for tiramisu!

You could make risotto but use Pecorino cheese which is made from sheep's milk.

Slow-cooked spiced lamb with pomegranate jewelled rice

thai and Indian curries
stirfries
Fajitas