Suggestions needed fussy eaters coming for dinner

A family we knew many years ago, 15 actaully, in Singapore when the children were in baby groups have just moved from California to Manchester.  They are stopping to see us just before Christmas on their way to Stanstead airport.  I am really looking forward to seeing them all but I have a bit of a problem, their rather restrictive diets are just doing my head in.  Mother and daughter are no problem but 17 year old son is the main problem.  Here is the list of things he will eat:  organic boneless, skinless chicken breast, trout, prawns, tofu, nuts, egg whites (will not eat anything that has an egg yolk cooked in), organic skim milk, organic nonfat yoghurt. So no cheese if he can avoid it. Now to make matter worse neither he nor dad will eat carbohydrates - break, pasta, potatoes, pulses, deserts.  They will eat organic 70% cocoa solid chocolate but forget bananas - too high in sugar and grapes are completely out as no matter how much you wash them the pesticides stay on.  I have also been told the son eats a lot, but I am wondering just what he eats a lot of.  I need to make a meal that everybody is happy to eat, and because it's been so long since we have seen them I wanted to do something special.  Does anybody have any ideas?  I'd like to serve desert but I would feel bad producing something wonderful for the rest of us and just giving dad and son a sliced apple.

does he eat vegetables?

Wow, that is difficult!  If it were me, I would just email the mom and ask her for a few suggestions of what the son eats that the rest of the family will eat as well.

It looks like you could do some sort of stir fry of veg and chicken/shrimp/tofu. Maybe have noodles or rice on the side for those who eat it. As for dessert, maybe a meringue with organic sugar with chocolate sauce and oranges to top it with? Can you get soy whipped cream?!

Yikes. That boy is not eating very healthily. No carbs at all?

I'd present them with the local takeaway menus! Seriously! 

The stir fry sounds like a good start. Do the fusspots eat rice? If so, you could do something with that, or rice noodles.

Maybe some different salads, and serve fruit salad for dessert (minus the ones they don't eat) or fruit smoothies? 
You could always serve grilled organic chicken breasts and steamed veg, grilled trout or prawns with steamed veg or roasted peppers or something like that. 

Are these foods that actually make them go into anaphylactic shock, or just fussy diets? If the latter, I think I'd tell them to bring their own!

That doesn't seem to be difficult, to be honest, as long as he eats vegetables.

Just serve poultry, seafood or tofu, with veg.

You can cook and spice in different ways.

That's pretty much what my meals consist of, except I do eat fruit, and I eat eggs and potatoes on rare occasions.

I second the idea to ask what they usually eat.  Between these dietary restrictions and the fact that you haven't seen them in so long, I'd be quite tempted to have a plainer meal, focusing less of my energy on the food, and focus more on just visiting with the people. 

I will note, however, that grilled prawns can make an impressive presentation (without much work); I particularly like Alton Brown's method of taking scissors and cutting the shell off the shrimp up the back, so that the vein is easier to remove, which also manages to give it that flayed-apart look  (seen here: http://shop.legalseafoods.com/images/images/ShrimpCocktail.jpg because I'm not so good at description sometimes).  You could put rice or noodles on the side, as previously suggested, and some sort of vegetable -- I haven't tried it yet, but I intend to try this roasted broccoli recipe soon: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.html#more . 

For dessert, the only thing I can think of is to arrange a chocolate tasting party -- here's a good write-up already done: http://www.themerrychocoholic.com/chocolate-tasting-party-easy.html .  You might get a bit more of the dark chocolate the two males prefer, and they can just stick to that. 

Good luck!

Having just recently decided to return to being vegan, I can appreciate the trepidation on both sides! Try these links:

http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes/mainlist.html
http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=recipecategories

The second one in particular has given me some very tasty ideas in the last couple of weeks. Though if they eat chicken, I'd probably just roast a chicken with tons of veg.

For desert could you do a pavlova with organic whipped cream? Then if some of them only want strawberries that's fine, but the merangue will only have egg whites....

Thanks for all of the suggestions and comments, thought of stir fry but that wouldn't go down so well with my youngest although he would be polite and make the best of it.  Rice is out.  Also thought of the pavlova but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't eat it as it has sugar in it, and roast chicken would be perfect but it's Christmas day two days later.  I've had a look at all of the links and recipes and I am sure that I can find something.  thanks again

Yikes. That boy is not eating very healthily. No carbs at all?

no carbs is a good thing!

but i have to say, anyone who was that bloody fussy would get served normal chicken and told it was organic.  FFS.

NO carbs? I think there are good carbs and bad carbs, not sure about no carbs being good for you long-term though... but we digress!

I agree on the fussiness though... I respect people's choices about food but that's really, really pushing it (IMO).

Speaking as someone who has been in the past a fussy eater (I go through bouts of being very strict, followed by bouts of "what the heck, I'll eat nearly anything, except for monkey brains"), I think it's important to look at the dinner as an event and a chance to spend time together. 

The dietary restrictions are a burden to you (as they would be to anyone outside this family you will be hosting), so if it were me, I would ask the head of the family to send me a suggested menu of what to serve (including all courses, and all ingredients suggested to include in each course), so that I could prepare it without any further worry and with the point in mind that everyone will eat as they need or want to eat, and you can relax and enjoy the event of being together, as mentioned earlier.

FWIW:  I am sensitive to carbohydrates, so I have to follow a low GI/low simple carb regime, or I suffer the consequences.  I had pavlova one time a few years ago and nearly had a heart attack from sugar overload, seriously.  Never again!  Whatever their reason for being fussy, their reason is important and valid to them, but they can help you by telling you what they can eat and what would be easier on you to prepare for them.  You can serve alternatives to your family if they cannot palate what your guests want/need to eat.

I think I'm going to do a selection of Thai and Chinese.  we all met in Singapore so I think that will be nice, also that way I can provide something for everybody without making anyone feel singled out or awkward.

Thanks again for everyone input