NBR What to serve for lunch

DenverGrl

I'm having friends over for lunch and I have no idea what to serve.  If it was just the adults I would have no problem but they have two boys who are 5 and 7 years old.  What do I give the boys?  It's very casual. I'm thinking of doing a sandwhich platter.  But what should I have for sides and drinks.  The mom said they will drink anything and they don't have any food allergies.  Is soda appropriate?  Can anyone suggest side dishes?  The reason I'm having a problem with this is that all the mothers in my MOM group never give their kids any kind of junk food (or so they say) like chips and soda.  And many of them are strictly organic.  I don't think this mom is quite so strict.  Eek, when did it get so complicated?

CJB8

fruit salad, maybe a pasta salad, macaroni or potato salad, or maybe some veggies w dip?

soccerwife

I'd go with veggies and dip also - carrot sticks, celery, cucumbers, red pepper. Pretzels? Cheese?

skoorbnibor

For side dishes for 5 and 7, I would suggest whole wheat pretzels, apple slices and I would have either juice or milk available. I would be sure there was a fairly plain sandwhich (like turkey and cheese) available for kids.

Have fun!

TxJen1972

You could do a meat/cheese tray so that everyone could make their own favorite sandwich and then have the veggies to go along with it.  I would serve pasta salad on the side.  I would also have some kind of chips/dip because everyone I know loves chips with their sandwich!  For drinks I would have soft drinks and maybe some kind of juice.

DenverGrl

Thanks these are all great ideas!