Help! Ideas needed for lunch tomorrow....

[Issymum]

We're having a super-casual lunch tomorrow for:

2 friends - one semi-vegetarian, one carnivore, not 'foodies' but quite organic, wholefood, no-Smiley-Faces people +

Their 2 children (5 and 1)+

My mother and her friend - not at all foodie and relatively easy to please +

Us - DH (couldn't give a damn), me and the two DDs (3 and 2).

I'm a useless cook, I've got a nasty cold, I'll be shattered by Saturday lunchtime and I'm looking for something that's low on effort but is warming, wholesome and will be eaten by small children. I can't cook in advance as I'm at work today.

Help??? I dimly remember that I used to know how to do this entertaining stuff, but motherhood has obliterated that knowledge!

[cab]

Soup and home made macaroni cheese with a side salad?
Pizza.
Soup with cheese on ciabati with a bit of parma ham for the non vegies?
Risotto, but baked potato with tuna for the vegetarian? Or just a nice pasta with parmesan?

[aBeanInaManger]

nice thick vege soup? and yummy fresh bread. or isn't that enough?

[popsycal]

oooooh - look on expatkat (I think) thread from about a month ago and soup.......
I posted a lovely lentil and coconut one on there.....