Relatively Easy Lunch for 4

• Soft and crisp roast duck
• Petits pois à la française and potatoes
• Tropical fruit salad with butterscotch sauce

The reason why this is relatively easy, if not just plain simple, is that quite a bit of it can be done in advance. The ducks can be poached in advance, and then all you need to do is roast them. The peas can certainly be done slightly in advance. The fruits must definitely be bought quite a bit in advance. Nearly all fruit is sold before it is anywhere near ripe these days, so unless you’re very confident, I wouldn’t consider buying fruit to eat on Sunday any later than Wednesday. And you probably don’t need me to say this, but don’t keep the fruit in the fridge.