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Bonnie 05/27/13 |
Hi Ellen, Planning a grad party for 200-225 people from 2-6pm. Serving chicken, sausage & peppers, rolls, pasta & meatballs, cheesy potatoes, pasta salad,green bean casserole, fresh fruit and some desserts. Questions are: does this menu sound balanced and need guidance on quantities for the side dishes. Planning to make 3 full steamer pans each of potatoes and beans, and 12 lbs pasta salad. Saw your previous suggestion for 33 lbs pasta and 50lbs meatballs for this size party. Does that hold true with this scenario considering the other dishes we will be serving? |
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ellen 05/27/13 |
200 people
chicken, about 150 pieces (16-20 chickens) Need rolls or bread- 24 pounds- and 5-6 pounds butter cheesy potatoes, with this menu, I would do potato wedges or roasted reds, are you deeply attached to the cheesy potatoes? pasta salad, 10-12 pounds dry pasta plus fixings green bean casserole, 3 times ellen's better green bean casserole on the Big Pots page fresh fruit- 2 deluxe fruit trays for 100 some desserts, use the dessert planning page. Sheet cakes serve 50 per full sheet layer. If this saves you time, trouble or money, consider a donation, maybe a dime per person, to support this site. Beverages, beverage planning page. |
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Bonne 05/28/13 |
Was going to make penne pasta with sauce and meatballs On the side. I do want to have the cheesy potatoes. |
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ellen 05/28/13 |
Ok, that helps. Pasta, do 12 pounds dry, about 1 quart sauce per pound Meatballs, 1 pound per 5 is plenty with the other meats, and you will probably have some meat left. Cheesy potatoes, do for 120, see the recipe on the brunch page, it is also on the breakfast planning page, at the bottom |