Lunch for new friends today

[Anonymous]

What would you make? It will be pretty casual, but I'd like to make some effort to do something nice. Maybe something Americana? Nothing that requires extensive prep since I haven't even gone to the store yet. What would you make?

[Anonymous]

How about mini pizzas? You can go get those small premade pizza crusts and make a few of each options....maybe a fresh Tom basil mozz, pepperoni and a veggie? You could also get baby spinach,feta and strawberries and make a nice salad!

[Anonymous]

Grill some chicken and veggies this morning. Cut up the chicken into chunks to make a chicken salad (some mayo, yogurt, grapes, pecans, curry powder), grilled veggies, nice loaf of bread

[Anonymous]

I would also do chicken salad, but since I don't like mayonnaise, I prefer this recipe: http://food52.com/blog/7529-warm-chicken-salad

[Anonymous]

If you're dining al fresco, a nice appetizer plate is roasted red peppers (you can get them in a jar), goat cheese, and sauvignon blanc. For bread I like to get a baguette and have them slice it into rounds at the store. (You could do that yourself, but they do it in 0.5 seconds, and they come out nice and even.)

[Anonymous]

Egg dishes are always easy and you can use what's on hand for a strata or frittata. With a nice easy to make soup (minted (frozen) pea or basil zucchini) or a salad, yummy.

[Anonymous]

Get a rotisserie chicken to shred and make a nice homemade chicken salad. Lay out croissants and lettuce and tomato and everyone builds a sandwich. Devils eggs, a bag of chips, some fruit and cookies. Nice summer lunch!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a rotisserie chicken to shred and make a nice homemade chicken salad. Lay out croissants and lettuce and tomato and everyone builds a sandwich. Devils eggs, a bag of chips, some fruit and cookies. Nice summer lunch!

Yum!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a rotisserie chicken to shred and make a nice homemade chicken salad. Lay out croissants and lettuce and tomato and everyone builds a sandwich. Devils eggs, a bag of chips, some fruit and cookies. Nice summer lunch!

Yum!

This sounds good but instead of croissants I would do fresh crusty rolls, like those Portugese and rosemary rolls you can get at Whole Foods. Croissants for anything other than breakfast seems so "80s" to me.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a rotisserie chicken to shred and make a nice homemade chicken salad. Lay out croissants and lettuce and tomato and everyone builds a sandwich. Devils eggs, a bag of chips, some fruit and cookies. Nice summer lunch! [/quote]


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This sounds good but instead of croissants I would do fresh crusty rolls, like those Portugese and rosemary rolls you can get at Whole Foods. Croissants for anything other than breakfast seems so "80s" to me. [/quote]

How arbitrary. In any case, who cares. People love croissants.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a rotisserie chicken to shred and make a nice homemade chicken salad. Lay out croissants and lettuce and tomato and everyone builds a sandwich. Devils eggs, a bag of chips, some fruit and cookies. Nice summer lunch! [/quote]


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This sounds good but instead of croissants I would do fresh crusty rolls, like those Portugese and rosemary rolls you can get at Whole Foods. Croissants for anything other than breakfast seems so "80s" to me. [/quote]

How arbitrary. In any case, who cares. [b]People love croissants[/b]. [/quote]

+1. I LOVE chicken salad on a croissant. I don't think of the 80's when I think of croissants -- I think of my trips to France!