You know those folks who, immediately upon sitting down for a meal,
salt *everything* on the plate before tasting any of it?

Well, I've got this friend whose husband does something similar with
cracked pepper (he actually does taste it first -- he does have table
manners), and it's become something of a family joke (I could explain
it in detail, but you know those things are never as funny in writing
as they are in the family!).

So, my friend and her kids would like to prepare a family meal to
which NO person in his right mind would be able to add pepper to
anything. They'd like it to be a real sit-down family meal, so
pancakes straight to coconut cake is out. I have suggested a fruit
salad in place of a "regular" salad, and dessert is easy, but that's
where my mind went blank.

Any thoughts for main dish and side dishes?

Thanks, folks!

Alexis.