S/O What is the unobjectionable meal to serve to guests

[Anonymous]

For a dinner party with 4-6 guests, I make roasted salmon with dill, lemon orzo, steamed asparagus, a seasonal salad and bread and butter.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

[Anonymous]

If I know absolutely nothing about the guest's preferences or dietary restrictions:
- Green salad with lettuce and a variety of vegetables, chopped large enough that they can push whatever they don't like to the side
- Grilled chicken with a lemon-garlic-herb marinade
- Roasted new potatoes with parmesan
- Another vegetable such as roasted broccoli, steamed green beans, or grilled zucchini

I know you can't please everyone, but this avoids the biggest offenders (pork, seafood, nuts, etc) and hopefully offers enough variety that people can find something they like, even if they don't eat everything. I've never had anyone complain or go without eating anything.

If I know the people better, I love cooking fish or more complicated dishes, but I'm not going to try that unless I know they'll be OK with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Eh, I make the dressing and he usually prepares the chicken. It's not a huge deal. I don't have a menu yet, but it'll likely end up being DH grilling something and me doing the salads and sides.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The safest thing I can offer is buttered pasta with parmesan cheese. Skip the butter and the cheese if you must. Red sauce for those who prefer. Green salad wih choice of veggie add-ins and dressings.

For meat-eaters, medium roast beef with peas and mashed potatoes.

I feel like buttered pasta is for small children, no? I'm a picky eater and would eat roast beef and mashed potatoes. Minimal peas, but more green beans.

PP. Buttered pasta can be very comfy. Just like mashed potatoes. Red sauce available helps people who believe there is a difference between kid food and grownup food. I started eating buttered shells and parmesan because of my adult bf (later husband).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Eh, I make the dressing and he usually prepares the chicken. It's not a huge deal. I don't have a menu yet, but it'll likely end up being DH grilling something and me doing the salads and sides.

You should update on your thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

That was in response to what the sides would be for the oh so offensive chicken salad. So bakery bread, a fresh salad, and a bean dish.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

OP was asking "what are you planning to serve with the chicken salad"? Chicken salad is the meat main in that context.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

OP was asking "what are you planning to serve with the chicken salad"? Chicken salad is the meat main in that context.

I mean OP was asked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

That was in response to what the sides would be for the oh so offensive chicken salad. So bakery bread, a fresh salad, and a bean dish.

Bizarre meal. Chicken salad and bean patties?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a dinner party with 4-6 guests, I make roasted salmon with dill, lemon orzo, steamed asparagus, a seasonal salad and bread and butter.

I barely like salmon, and hate both lemon and asparagus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play. I'm a vegetarian and the cook of the family, but DH cooks meat. Most recent gathering was for pretty picky eaters (nothing spicy or strong flavors).

-Grilled sliced steak
-Roasted farm stand tomato, eggplant, garlic, mixed with white beans with homemade pesto on the side
-quinoa with caramelized onions
-home made focaccia, some plain, some with roasted onions

And for the record, I'm also the OP of the chicken salad thread, which is bringing me endless joy today.

What were you planning to serve with the chicken salad?

I never finalized a menu for it because I'm not making it, but when I do a simple meal like that it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

NP. Soooo your husband asked you to make chicken salad but you’re a vegetarian? Burying the lede there.

What will you be serving the colleague guest?

Bean patties. OP is obviously trolling.

Falafel or black bean burgers are offensive, as a side dish to a meat main, when the host is veg?

In OPs list what was the meat main? Can't see it. I see salad and bean/veggie patty.

"it's usually some kind of hearty chopped salad, and a bean or a veggie patty (like a zucchini fritter, falafel style patty, or mini black bean burgers with a sauce that goes with it like a tzatziki or chipotle mayo - since I'm veg I try to work in beans into the salad or fritter). Whatever bakery bread looks good. Homemade cookies or fruit cobbler. Fresh iced tea or lemonade.

OP was asking "what are you planning to serve with the chicken salad"? Chicken salad is the meat main in that context.

I mean OP was asked.

That's not how I read it at all. She gave a menu for a simple meal "like that". Not in addition to.

[Anonymous]

Take it back to the chicken salad thread...this thread still needs good menu ideas!