Bar salad - 50 people
alex
03/13/12 		Hi Ellen, first I want to thank you for such a resourceful site! - I checked your info on salad bar and I came up with this plan below...this is a dinner for 50 people, buffet style ( home made), I am thinking to have a salad bar and I calculated using your info the quantities below, could you please let me know your thoughts...(I will also have a cured meets and cheese bar with buns and probably a taco bar but still working on the amount for this...) Thanks much! ; )

SALAD BAR
Iceberg lettuce - 2lb
Romaine lettuce - 2lb
Baby spinach or mixed greens - 2lb
Radish - 1lb
Chopped or sliced cucumbers
Grape or cherry tomatoes or drained, diced slices - 3lb
Grated carrots – 1 lb
Peppers sweet – 1lb
Peppers – jalapeños – 1/2 lb
Red or green onions - 1lb
Chickpeas or kidney beans - 2lb
Bacon bits – 1/4 pound
Cottage cheese – 2 lb
Chopped or sliced hard boiled eggs – 24 eggs
Hot sauce
Dressing selection to include one each creamy, balsamic/vinegrette, and Asian-style dressing, one each low cal ranch and low cal or fat-free Italian

Alex
03/13/12 		me again, sorry forgot to mention that that would be for the appetizers ...I am still working in the main dishes that also will be buffet probably pasta and some meat....and also I will have desserts but still working on all this...
ellen
03/13/12 		This looks good, I might double the bacon bits.
Alex
03/14/12 		thanks!much appreciated...