There were ten of us for dinner last night.
I made:
Basic salad: greens, red cabbage, carrots, cukes, grape tomatoes, scallion.
Riced cauliflower simmered, drained, dotted with butter, a little ground pepper added. (I actually planned on putting in some of the newly sourced saffron I purchased for the site challenge, but didn't get the chance). .
Asparagus pan fried with ground pepper and parmesan.
Mashed potatoes (Yukon gold) with sweet potato, seasoned with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and topped with cheese slices to bake and heat just prior to serving.
Slow cooked beef brisket with diced tomato, onion, carrot, celery, turnip, thyme, tarragon, salt and pepper.
Chickpea/garbanzo stew with spinach, eggplant/aubergine, tomato, fried marinated tempeh (in gluten free low sodium soy sauce), low sodium boxed veggie broth, onion, celery, cumin seed, amchoor powder, ginger, ground pepper.
Frozen blueberries coated in melted dark chocolate chips and made into clusters.
Two people spent the night. They brought a breakfast loaf with carmelized interior and almonds/almond paste. I served scrambled eggs (from my personal chickens) made with provolone, mushrooms, a hint of mozzarella, scallion, ground pepper. This is today so far.
The company has all gone now, and I assure you I'll be eating on leftovers from the foods served last night for a couple more days. I tend to cook too much food, three of the expected guests couldn't make it (but I gave the woman whose vegetarian/diabetic husband couldn't make it a "care package" of the chickpea stew to take home to him). I tend to cook too much in case there's a run on any one item - people did seem to take from most dishes although I forgot one person can't eat eggplant. But she (and everyone) had plenty of options. Oh, the asparagus is GONE!