What to cook for a proper real life chef ? Friends coming for lunch…

One of my oldest friends and his wife(and children) are coming this Saturday for lunch.

She is well known spanish chef(originally from Mexico) normally they come for tea so it’s home made cakes etc

My friend said he wants beans on toast as he wants something normal to eat for a change !

I want simple and tasty ! (and something my boys will eat)

Thinking…

Goulash
Sausage casserole (hairy bikers recipe)
beans on toast

Ideas please…

Toasties (see the toastie thread)

Fish n chips.

This must be one of the simplest yet tastiest meals I’ve ever made. It’s been devoured by everyone I’ve ever made it for and had plenty of compliments for it which feels like cheating because it’s so easy to prepare.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/764636/moroccan-chicken-with-sweet-potato-mash

I do leave out the olives though.

I’d bet that whoever it is is sick to the teeth of anything fancy and pontificated.

Beans and poached egg on toast should do it.

Bangers and mash
Easy to make in industrial quantities (apart from your spud mashing arm getting a severe workout!), and definitely satisfies the “something normal” criteria.
Also fits in with sausage week.

Bernard Matthews turkey drummers with alphabeti spaghetti.

a omelette. seen as a true test of cooking ability.
most people fail, chef’s included.

you are overthinking it.

Do beans on toast. Poached eggs, cheese chilli sauce if you want.
Or fish finger sandwiches.

Make some posh beans on toast by making the baked beans and bread yourself? You could use a variety of beans and make it a bit more interesting that way too.

It’s sausage week so how about Bangers ‘n’ mash or toad in t’ole.

Apparently it’s also vegan week and though ours quite possible to make (occasionally very) tasty vegan food it’s not simple to do so in my experience.

Beans on taost with a strong cheese melted into it.
Do the beans in a pan.

hammyuk – Member
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Do the beans in a pan

Good advice, they’re a sod to grill.

To all the people suggesting beans on toast – how are you proposing to do ~15-20 slices of toast and keep them warm to serve at the same time?

Bangers and mash is a good shout, you could posh it up a bit with artisan sausage, carrot and sweed mash, caremalised onions in the gravy. Possibly some peas.

Garnish with an aunt Bessie’s yorkshire pud.

I’m cooking the Sausage casserole (hairy bikers recipe) this evening

I’d go with that. It’s bloody lovely!

how are you proposing to do ~15-20 slices of toast and keep them warm to serve at the same time?

Use the grill.

Big pie

put them in oven

roast beef, roast potatoes, gravy, nuclear grade horseradish sauce

fajitas….. Put all the elements in bowls on the table and let people build their own. Nice and social, and the kids will love it.

don’t try and outchef the chef with a fancy 173 ingredient dish.

Good produce, cooked well, served hot, job done.

+1 for sausage and mash as it’s sausage week, and you can get several types for variety.

You could order in…..

Chilli sauce?

if it was me I’d go down to the posh bakery and get some nice fresh bread. Then to the deli for some olives, nice ham, stuffed peppers and cheese. Tesco for salad stuff. Maybe make your own hummus because it’s easy and tasty.

Chuck it all on the table, open a bottle of wine, job done 🙂

A Coatbridge Christmas Dinner………

16 inch Tandoori Munchy Box.

24 cans of Tennents Lager and 6 bottles of Buckfast.

You were so close Doris, but then…

Maybe make your own hummus because it’s easy and tasty.

Ahem….

Do top crust pie with mash

Casserole is easy, just cook it for a few hours so everything is tender (and the sauce has been reduced to a very thick lush sauce). Then buy shortcrust pastry (if you can’t make it) and lob it on top. Tastes amazing, proper british food, lush! With creamy mash as a bonus

Oh christ! You’ve done it now

Breville party imo.

Then buy shortcrust pastry (if you can’t make it) and lob it on top.

Oh Christ, you’ve done it now !

Binners’ll be along in a min…..

Too late.

It has begun.

…..and it’s Puff Pastry.

Fajitas.
Fun for everyone and you can ‘customize’ it for your own preference.
Depending on the age but kids love it too. A bit more interactive than ladling xyz from casserole dish to plate.

🙂 I knew the top crust pie would do it

I would say it has the best return on investment though, no blindbaking or any of that cr@p. Looks good, is literally just lobbed on afterwards too. Brush with milk or egg so it’s nice and golden

(I made a top crust pie last weekend with some braising steak, my word it was good!)

Fortunately, we’ve been able to stabilise the political situation in the region by threatening to unleash the nuclear option of a Haggis Supper and a Munchy Box on Binners a.k.a. Fidel Gasto.

It’s a policy of peace through superior fryer power known as …

Mutually Assured Indigestion

Fortunately, we’ve been able to stabilise the political situation in the region by threatening to unleash the nuclear option of a Haggis Supper Stauner kebab and a Munchy Box on Binners a.k.a. Fidel Gasto.

FTFY mate.

Easy there Nobeer.
You don’t just unleash your Stauner during the first encounter.
That would be ungentlemanly. 😉

😆 😆

I reckon our Mancunian foodie brother would love a deep fried pizza crunchy.

binners – Member
I’m cooking the Sausage casserole (hairy bikers recipe) this evening

I’d go with that. It’s bloody lovely!

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cokie – Member
Fajitas.
Fun for everyone and you can ‘customize’ it for your own preference.
Depending on the age but kids love it too. A bit more interactive than ladling xyz from casserole dish to plate.

Are you insane !! No way I’m even going to try and attempt Fajitas for a mexican !

Feeling the pressure here !!!

Coq au vin, easy, bit long winded but really tasty, everyone loves the coq

Delia smiths version is good online