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salad for lunch
laura
03/02/16
Hi Ellen - thank you so much for your website; would appreciate your thoughts on the following. For my daughter's wedding we are looking to feed 60 for lunch. She wants a cool salad because we are in Arizona. No alcohol or caffeine.
Here's my plan:
Mixed greens pre-cut 3#
Romaine 2#
Carrots, fresh slices 3# raw
Cucumber, fresh, sliced 6# raw
Cheese, shredded 1.5#
Croutons 20 oz
Chicken, grilled, diced 3#
Ham, diced 3#
Peas, green frozen/thawed 2#
corn 2#
Tomatoes, cherry 4#
Ranch dressing 1 qt
italian dressing 1 qt
vinaigrette 1 qt
rolls 12 dozen
butter 4#
raspberry lemonade 4 gal
water
After lunch there will be a dancing/cookie reception for 1.5 hours for probably 150-200 people. We're thinking 5-6 kinds of cookies 12 dozen each. Strawberry milk, chocolate milk, and 2% - 2 gallons each. Ice water
Thanks again,
Laura
ellen
03/03/16
Hi, Laura,
Sensible plan. Here are some notes:

Look here:
www.ellenskitchen.com/bigpots/plan/saladbar100.html
for any other items, you would do 1/2

Mixed greens pre-cut 3#
Romaine 2#
Good for greens
Carrots, fresh slices 3# raw- 2 plenty
Cucumber, fresh, sliced 6# raw-4 plenty
Cheese, shredded 1.5#-OK
Croutons 20 oz- 2 pounds small
Chicken, grilled, diced 3#- OK
Ham, diced 3#-2 plenty
Peas, green frozen/thawed 2#- 4 cups
corn 2#-4 cups
Tomatoes, cherry 4#- suggest grape, or 5-6 pounds cherry
Consider adding:
chopped eggs, 18 hard cooked
avocado, cubed. 3-1/8 lbs ready to serve, which is 4 1/2-5 pounds as purchased, would allow 2 tablespoons per person
Beans- suggest you do both kidney beans and garbanzos, about 4 cups each, might be marinated

Ranch dressing 1 qt- suggest do 1/2 low fat Ranch
italian dressing 1 qt- pint sufficient
vinaigrette 1 qt- pint sufficient
Consider pint exotic- blue cheese, honey mustard or some such

rolls 12 dozen- you only need 8 pounds. Get good ones! Consider baguettes, Italian, French, ciabatta, etc
butter 4#- 3 plenty

raspberry lemonade 4 gal
Suggest 2 gallons unsweetened tea herbal tea blend or other non-sugar non-water
water- pint per person
After lunch there will be a dancing/cookie reception for 1.5 hours for probably 150-200 people. We're thinking 5-6 kinds of cookies 12 dozen each.
-Plenty. Have some nut free and some chocolate free
strawberry milk, chocolate milk, and 2% - 2 gallons each.
Suggest you add more lemonade- You want 12 gallons total beverages for 150 people
Ice water-pint per person, If served in glass containers with spigots, you might consider slicing citrus into one and cucumber and mint into the other.

Hope this does it. You can write back. I would appreciate a donation to support the website, a dime per guest- and feedback after-

Ellen

laura
03/03/16
Thanks so much -- I'll let you know how it goes!
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