Fabulous fast food for friends

This three-course meal from She magazine will make entertaining your friends a breeze and will only set you back around £10 a head. Click on the links below to uncover the recipes and scroll down to read your plan-ahead schedule to make the evening completely hassle-free.

Menu serves 4

Starters

Dill, avocado and smoked salmon verrines

Baked feta and leek parcels

Main courses

Herb and garlic stuffed chicken breasts with white wine sauce

Aromatic sour cherry and broad bean pilaff

Side dishes

Crushed potatoes with rocket

Carrot and mustard slaw

Grilled spring onions with tarator sauce

Dessert

Warm orange and pomegranate salad with spiced syrup

TIME PLAN

The day before...

Make the verrines and chill in the fridge.

Make the herb stuffing for the chicken and stuff the breasts; cover and chill.

On the day...

11am-midday:

Prepare the ingredients for slaw, tarator sauce, feta parcels and orange salad.

Midday-1.00pm:

Make the carrot and mustard slaw, cover and set aside.

Boil and prepare the potatoes for the crushed potatoes; keep warm.

Make the tarator sauce. Grill spring onions; keep warm.

Prepare and cook the pilaff.

Prepare the feta parcels.

1.00-2.00pm:

Bake feta parcels; start chicken, place in oven. Make sauce, keep warm. Garnish verrines; serve with feta parcels.

2.00-3.00pm:

Serve main courses and side dishes.

3.00-3.00pm:

Make the syrup and serve the salad with coffee.

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