Dinner party menu ideas?

JodyBPM

To be fair, its really that one's vegetarian and one doesn't like spicy food, with a few other likes/dislikes thrown in for good measure. When I invited, I thought fish was the middle ground, but I was mistaken!

Having looked at a few bland veggie recipes, I've been feeling v uninspired. I wondered whether to do a salmon en croute and perhaps a prawn or veg parcel for the veggie, served with new pots, steamed veg or salad. Is salmon en croute a bit 80s? I could just do a poached salmon side served with prawns around it, and the non salmon eater could just have prawns and the non prawn eater could just have salmon?

Any other suggestions more than welcome...

peachyprice

Your anti-pasti platter sounds ideal for the starter, they can just eat the bits they like as long as the meats aren't touching the veg

For main course I would do fish for everyone except the shell fish person and do them something that can be cooked at the same time and can be served with the same sides. I'd probably go for something like whole stuffed sea bass for the majority and lobster tails for the shell fish person, they can both be cooked in the oven using the same seasonings for roughly the same time. You can serve both with a lemon and chive butter, steamed pots, veg selection and/or salad

beedeedee

I had this problem a couple of weeks ago - oneguest didn't like onions, another peppers, one chicken, another shellfish and one had coeliac disease! Nightmare - but sorted it with a paella! Ingredients included paella rice, peas, peppers, onions, cubed chicken, prawns, white fish and prawns also mussels in shells for those who liked them. Cooked the rice first - added peas/sweetcorn, then I fried/ cooked the other ingredients for a few minutes and set each to one side in warm dishes. Folk could then add and mix in whatever they liked for their dish. Had to be careful with the stock and paella flavourings, because of the guest who needed gluten free... but found some that were OK. Left fish oil on the table for stronger flavouring if needed., along with lemon wedges. Starter was a platter of olives/ silverskin onions/cucumber/tomatoes etc and dessert was a fresh fruit salad. It all went down a treat - and everyone was replete and happy! They all want to come back again very soon........It was cheap and cheerful compared to many dinner parties I've done - but certainly one of the most successful.

CH27

What about small tomato & mozarella tarts with new potatoes & veg or salad for main?

jenhug

antipasti,
calzone or a pasta dish
tiramisu

Nice n continental!

borkid

aileth wrote: »

My favourite for fussy eaters is doing tapas. Of course there's a bit more effort as you're doing a lot more dishes, but you can pre-prep most the day before, and there will be something that everyone can have.

You can do traditional spanish tapas, or greek, or italian, chinese, anything you can turn into tapas, even English you could have mini steak and ale pies, mini fish and chips, etc, the list goes on.

That's just what I was going to suggest!

missbiggles1

I can't see where you say one of them's a vegetarian.

Buzzybee90

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I can't see where you say one of them's a vegetarian.

She said twice, "one doesn't eat meat"

DepositSaver

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

She said twice, "one doesn't eat meat"

But does eat shellfish, therefore isn't a vegetarian. They weren't described as vegetarian in the first post, but as someone who doesn't eat meat or fish but does eat shellfish.

Izadora

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

She said twice, "one doesn't eat meat"

She also said that the person who doesn't eat meat does eat shellfish which, as far as I'm concerned, makes them not a vegetarian