Dinner for 6 - People with allergies, help!

[misslomi]

Hi all,

It's my partners birthday this weekend and his friend is coming to visit with his family.

The friend is on a healthy eating journey as they have had some health issues this last year, and his wife is dairy free.

I need a dinner to suit all, and something that I can make in advance if possible. Under normal circumstances, I would normally do a lasagne with salad and garlic bread.

Any ideas?

Steamed salmon served with new potatoes or mint, feta and Pomegrante cous cous and salad always appears to be a welcome choice here can even manage to persuade my meat and 2 veg loving FIL to eat this dish if I serve new potatoes . All can be prepped in advance with minimal oversight

Spatchcock chicken marinated in lemon and balsamic plus whatever herbs are lying around, with rice with pine nuts, mint and feta on the side for those who can do dairy.

Thank you @Lookatmelookatmedontevenlookatme

All this Raclette chat is making me laugh so thank you for that 😂

Yes I do, I have enjoyed them in 3 different countries.

Lots if things share a name but are different. If I said I was planning a trip to Cork would you think I was going to visit a bottle of wine, of course not.

The same with Cheddar, would you know I was going somewhere or think I was visiting a cheese?

I am not stupid, I can read, and I actually made a sensible suggestion. A low fat option that everyone can enjoy.

They could still grill the veg or meat the same way as everyone else then just take the dairy free persons food off before the cheese is poured

Aldi basic gb is dairy free.

But a raclette is a dish made by pouring melted cheese over grilled meat/fish/veg. If there's no cheese, it's not a raclette that you're eating, it's just grilled meat/fish/veg, so why call it a raclette?

That’s not particularly hard. Dairy free and healthy is aim for Asian food as that’s usually naturally dairy free.

Vegetable Thai curry and brown rice would be my go to. Or fish.

Because that is the name for a meal cooked on a raclette.

With or without cheese.

Perhaps all of you insisting it is cheese would like to inform Argos, John Lewis, B and Q, Amazon that the appliance they are selling is actually cheese.

While you are about it tell the French and Germans they do not know what they are doing either.

It hilarious when people can’t admit they’re wrong 😂

All the people telling me it is cheese and nothing else? Yep they are wrong. It's not nice to make fun of people.

https://andrewjamesworldwide.com/small-kitchen-appliances/traditional-raclette-bundle-none-ajbnd023

Yes I was thinking but isn't raclette a high fat cheese.

No one said it was ‘cheese and nothing else’ @sashh, but that piece you linked said raclette cheese is the ‘hero of the dish’, and also to use gruyere and other swiss cheeses, and to allow half a pound of cheese per person.

I understand now you were suggesting using a raclette grill without the cheese for OP’s guests, but you really needed to say that when you posted first! Otherwise it sounds similar to someone suggesting pizza as an option for those seeking a healthy, dairy-free menu. That suggestion would also need to come with an explanation that it was a vegetable-strong, cheese-free option meant, or everyone would be 🤯

I don't think anyone's laughing at you sashh.

I admit I’m a bit 😅 at the overreaction.
PP could have just said something like, “oops, sorry I misled people, I of course meant using a raclette grill without the cheese, but forgot to explain that originally”.
Instead she jumped straight to telling people to do one, subsequently asking them whether they’re visiting a bottle of wine when planning a trip to Cork!

Anyway, quite a derail and hope OP is sorted for dinner and enjoys the occasion.

yeah, I think we should all just move on and raclette about it

Nope.

Raclette is the name of the cheese, or the name of the dish that comprises of melted cheese poured over grilled food.

You could, of course, use your raclette grill, designed to make the cheese heavy dish named "raclette" to just grill meat, fish or vegetables. That doesn't make the resulting grilled meat, fish or vegetables into "raclette", in the same way I could use my paella pan to fry eggs, but it wouldn't result in those fried eggs becoming paella.

A raclette grill is a grill used for making raclette, the cheesy dishy in the same way that a paella pan is a pan for making paella. The raclette grill is not "a raclette", in the same way as a paella pan is not "a paella".

I see you have read my mind - roast chicken dinner !

Well said Buzzard!

Roast veg can be low fat. I chop up peppers, courgettes, aubergines, shallotts or red onions and then toss the lot in a big bowl, with some garlic granules and herbs or spices, with just one tablespoon of olive oil. Spread out on baking paper in a roasting tray, they roast beautifully - and it's less than a teaspoon of oil per serving.

I don't disagree. But I also know that I have a number of family members and friends who won't touch any sort of roasted vegetable with a barge pole because, "Unhealthy. Fat". Hopefully OP's friends are like you and me, but I've been burnt and the way she talks about them, i suspect they're like the family members and friends I am thinking of.... [shrug]

This sounds perfect. For dessert I would do a fruit salad, meringues, cream and coconut yoghurt (the vegan stuff) for people to assemble into a dessert themselves with whatever they can/want to eat

😂