The first tennis match of the year is approaching and it’s at home leading to the “forever” question of what to make for supper.

An onion tart with a cream cheese base or something more Italian in feel?

Three hefty salads, with or without a second tart? New potatoes and asparagus with mint or a version of aloo papri chaat? Ceviche broccoli with cavalo nero or some other form of green, maybe a farmer’s salad? Or what about some form of sticky butternut squash or tofu salad with aubergine with a soy dressing?

Someone else can bring desert and something to drink.

Or I could throw the pattern out and make a huge butternut squash laksa or curry with some rice and vegetable salads as sides. My partner could bring the food down to the club just before we’re ready to eat at 9pm.