Quick poll. Last time you had friends round for supper / dinner, what did you cook?

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

I meant that as in cool, its retro!

Takeaway pizza

Starter - Beetroot and goats cheese salad

Main- Beef fillet with smoky tomato salsa, roast potatoes and Jersalem artichokes with lemon and sage

Both of the above from the Ottolenghi cook book)

Pudding - Fruit tart (base of puff pastry, then pears, berries and something else, can't remember what!)

sushi

last time...

houmous, tapenade & crudites

jamie's baked cod with prawns & avocado, salad & new pots.

Pcan nut tart

time before....

bbq - halloumi, sardines, pot salad, tortillas ....

Had friends for dinner on Saturday:

home-made white crab ravioli, with a lemon, garlic and parsley butter sauce

sea bass fillets with beurre fondue, asparagus and jersey royal new potatoes

Anton Mosimann's bread and butter pudding

cheese

Champagne, wine and dessert wine by the bucket as well!

Dinner -
starter - rocket salad with roasted balsamic onions and pine nuts;
main - beef stew cooked by dp, with roast garlic baby new potatoes and steamed vege;
pud - can't remember - probably trifle!
cheese, grapes, celery, crackers.

Was cooking for chefs, so a bit 'more' than I'd normally do.

Time before that -

fatoush (pitta bread salad), taboulleh, hoummus, tsatsiki, veggie tagine, cous cous;
pud - icecream, honey and toasted almonds.

belly pork from the ottolenghi cookbook. and I made one of the chutneys to go with. was delicious. Mash & greens to go with.
pear frangipane tart - from an olive booklet.

I am so glad you asked this question. Have been so super crap at entertaining this year and had tonnes to make up for. So dh and I had 20 for a super special bbq on Saturday night. It was a blast even if I say so myself and it didn't rain! Phew.

Starters : Brandade, Duck Rillette, Tsatsiki, Humus, chilli sausages and garlic chilli prawns.

Mains : Boneless chick thighs with coconut curry marinade, butterflied leg of lamb with prosciutto, anchovy and parsley rub, side of salmon with soy and wasabi glaze and rump of beef.
Served with chick pea/potato curry, coleslaw and tabouleh.

Pudd : Anglo Italian trifle from Nigella.

Bread and cheese and beer in the garden. They turned up unexpected.

Sausages.

Nigella Express crispy duck with pancakes and hio-sin. Made this several times now, so easy and impressive.
cinnamon meringues with whipped cream

Game pie
Lemon posset with shortbread
Cheese

Lemon possett is the easiest and most delicious pudding ever invented.

Stock things are:

Curries (lamb tomato curry and chicken almondy curry and veg yellowy curry)

Slow-roasted lamb with rosemary and garlic

Pork steaks in creamy mustard sauce with gnocchi

Had 10 over on Saturday for Spuds & Puds. I did jacket potatoes with a variety of topics. Each guest brought a pudding or cheese. Went down a treat!

Spuds and puds sounds great!

Curries delivered. No cooking, no washing up, lots of wine.

just found a fab new site. wots4supper.com
gives you seasonal menus planned for the week and best of all converts it into a shopping list for you to take to the supermarket

Just found it, looks good it is actually wots4supper.co.uk. Gives you all your meals for the week and think my lot will like them by the looks of it with a shopping list and i can add the nappies to it too. Going to try it, I never know what to cook every night.

I cooked beef bourguignon with new potatoes.