I need to feed 4 adults and 4 children - any easy but tasty ideas please?!

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Friends are coming around on Saturday evening - I have 4 adults and 4 children (age range 3-7)to feed. We're all going to eat together.

Is anyone willing to share any easy but tasty, failsafe type recipes with me?! I'm not that confident at cooking and prefer to do all the preparation beforehand.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Thanks, I shall give that a try. x

for these sorts of 'must be a raging crowd-pleaser' meals i do either lamb and potatoes or roast chicken with tagliatelle.

i promise that they require very little actual cooking, being bung in oven jobs, but are always set on the table to coos and oooohs of appreciation.