Saturday, 10 July 2021

When the dress rehearsal became the real thing!

In April I wrote about a friend's birthday gift – delivering dinner to her. At the time I speculated about the time when we'd be able to cook for our family and friends again and “do you remember how … the birthday menu is a dress rehearsal”.

Here's the real thing.

The kids (big kids) are coming to visit – staying two nights – yippee and hurray!

Then the light began to dawn – other than planning and cooking the birthday menu I hadn't cooked and entertained guests for the best part of 18 months – gulp.

Get a grip – stick to what you know and plan a menu, from beginning to end and then make a list – or three.

I'm taking my own advice and keeping it simple – they arrive on a Sunday, not quite sure of an eta – I'm thinking early afternoon so I'll be providing an evening meal. We generally have breakfast out too so I booked a table for Monday morning.

Here goes :

Sunday's menu


Roast potatoes

Pizza

Chicken Kiev and “No Chicken Kiev”

Avocado

Beetroot Relish

Roast corn on the cob

Home-made coleslaw

Tomatoes

Lettuce and cucumber

Sweet baby peppers


Warm pitta breads


Fresh strawberries

Vanilla Swedish Glacé


At this point I should explain that my Dil, Cheryl (Dil = Daughter in law) is lactose intolerant and vegetarian.

The menu continued ...

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