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Old 28-04-2009, 15:29
squirts mum
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As the title suggests I've got an in-law invasion on Friday, don't see them very often as we live away, but they are of on holidays and want somewhere to stay for the night and to visit my daughter who's due to give birth any time.

We don't have the best relationship in the world so we've found them a bed & breakfast to stay in or murder would be commited. Anyway they need a meal Friday evening with my two teenage boys, not me or hubbie as we're out working. They are very traditional eaters, don't like garlic, pasta, pizza, very meat & two veg eaters, problem being my boys aren't they do traditional on a sunday for a roast and that's about it.

Can anyone suggest anything I can make the day before and just leave to heat for the four of them, that they'll all enjoy and doesn't take massive preperation as I'm on standby for my daughter as well.

Many thanks

Oh added compication mother in law is diabetic.
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Old 28-04-2009, 15:44
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Beef in Guinness with button mushrooms. Chuck in onions carrots, beef stock etc and slow cook for 2-3 hours. Tastes even better when re-heated the next day.
Leave a pan of Jersey Royals in cold water for them to cook. They should be very happy with that, I would be!
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Old 28-04-2009, 16:20
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How about those Birdseyes Roast Beef Slices in Gravy packets you get? Easy enough for the boys to chuck in the oven along with some Aunt Bessies Roasties and a tin of peas and tin of carrots to open and either put in a pot or microwave!

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Old 28-04-2009, 23:18
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How about a cottage pie that could be made in advance and popped in the oven to heat up, or is that too traditional for your boys? Or a casserole/stew as indianwells suggests?

Alternatively, avoid cooking altogether by just getting aload of stuff in for the kind of meal that my grandmother used to call a 'pickie' (because you pick at all the tasty things on the table). Cold meats (ham, beef for the in laws, salami or chorizo for the boys), pate, salad, tasty cheeses, chutney, crusty bread/biscuits, olives, gherkins, beetroot, pickled onions, mustard etc. There's all sorts you can add to it - cold quiche, scotch eggs, cold sausages etc. And if the in laws insisted on something hot, then maybe some boiled or jacket spuds to accompany it all? Could that suit everyone?
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