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My Nana loved a quiche with good bread and a soup. Soft comforting foods, and quiche can be made ahead of time or purchased, and the soup can be made in a crockpot, which is nice. I usually made her a spinach and tomato quiche with a vegetable soup.

I just had my grandfather over recently and I wanted to play it safe. So I made pasta with meat sauce and served it with a caesar salad and garlic bread. We had cake for dessert.

My grandparents like to eat lite and healthy. I would do baked salmon with some roasted potatoes and mushrooms and some sort of veggies.

Meatloaf (ground meat, breadcrumbs, egg, ketchup, seasoned salt toss in stand mixer then shape in pan)
Potatoes (dice, toss with oil and salt, and roast with meatloaf)
Saute green beans
Bagged Caesar salad
Something from the grocery store bakery for dessert

I would do something mild and safe. A ham or a smoked turkey breast (Costco sells small boneless ones that are vacuum sealed and the turkey especially is really good!) Or a Costco roast chicken. Easy, safe. Green beans sauteed with butter with some toasted almonds. A rice pilaf from a box.

Or a soup, salad, and bread combination. A nice chicken and rice soup, hot bakery bread or rolls, and a bagged salad from the store.

My husband's grandmother is old school, so for dinner parties she likes a little appetizer, too. Shrimp cocktail, deviled eggs, some veggies and dip, etc. Easy things to buy pre-made and they can nosh with the babies while you finish up dinner prep. A little sliver of pie might be an easy dessert you can buy too.