What can I cook for 7 adults, two 1 years olds & one 2.5 year old?

[ladymoo]

Having the in-laws for lunch - argh!

Roast chicken.
sausage and mash.
soup, bread, cheese, cold meat, nice bits
quiche, salad, with bread and cheese for littlies.

Those are my regular lunch menus for families anyway...

nigellas ham in coca cola and creamy potatoes

Fish pie? There's a good Jamie Oliver recipe (but I take out the prawns for little ones.

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I guess it depends on how good eaters the children are. I usually plan menus for families assuming that they are unlikely to like anything unfamiliar like a stew, so have some plain things (bread and cheese) plus some more adult oriented stuff.
I've found the roast dinner goes down universally well, and easy to pick some nice bits off for the one year olds.

BRILLIANT! Thanks so much everyone - loads of ideas, that's perfect, am definately going to do the meringues yummy yum

yes, meringues also v popular - I often do them if I've done a quiche as can use the extra yolks in that.