Easy things to serve teen's friends for dinner besides pizza?

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you suggesting Chick-Fil-A, are you talking about your teens’ friends or your church meetings?

75% plus of the kids who work at the Chick-fil-A near us are LGBTQ and very obvious about it so my queer teen and all of their friends are very comfortable eating there

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you suggesting Chick-Fil-A, are you talking about your teens’ friends or your church meetings?

75% plus of the kids who work at the Chick-fil-A near us are LGBTQ and very obvious about it so my queer teen and all of their friends are very comfortable eating there

Keep telling yourself that.

[Anonymous]

Pasta, burritos, nachos, burgers. And snacks. Lots of snacks.

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A bucket of fried chicken, bakes beans, chips, rice

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Anonymous wrote:Or just make a bunch of taco meat. Salsa, sour cream, lettuce, cheeses, guac, black olives (we like them on our tacos). Mexican rice and black beans on the side.

Have hard shells, soft shells, and extra lettuce for those who want to make a salad. Could also have tortilla scoops for nacho makers.

Do not do this

It never works out never enough food

Not the PP but I’ve done this a ton of times and it’s always been plenty.

I’ve also done ground beef, 3 packages of cooked taco rice, dump a container of pico and stir until warm. Put shredded taco cheese on top until melted. Plop some on a plate and eat with chips - sour cream and guac on side.

How much ground beef do you make? I agree taco 🌮 never seems like there is enough or people fighting over the taco meat.

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Anonymous wrote:I always ask——I would offer DIY sushi, Thai curry, DIY spring rolls, DIY hummus and veg wraps. Maybe all of above. Then they can make their own.

Like no way! Who's gonna whip that right up? SMH!

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Anonymous wrote:Bolognese (ground beef pork combo)— salt and pepper meats and mix lightly. In large saucepan, andd olive oil or Wesson, sauté fresh chopped garlic (not jarred). Add meat to brown. Break it down lightly with wooden spoon, but keep the meat chunky. It’ll break down while cooking. You want chunks.

San Marzano crushed tomatoes. Add to saucepan # of cans based on # of kids. Toss in a couple of fresh basil leaves. When it’s close to done, add a healthy scoop of dry ricotta Polly-O whole milk and stir. Low-Medium heat. Give it 45- 60 minutes.

If making the night before and you have a crockpot just store it in inner container with lid. Drop it in base preset to warm . I’d still transfer to crockpot if making same day. Pick your pasta. Mezze Rigatoni works well. Huge salad— organic girl butter or baby lettuce is great, and triple washed. Add peeled crisp cucumber coins, chopped red onions, olives, and feta. Toss with salt, pepper, evoo, balsamic. Don’t drown it. 3 boxes of New York Bakery frozen breadsticks. So easy and they will devour them. Done. If there’s a couple of non meat eaters. Heat Raos marinara in a separate saucepan.

Buffet style— fresh grated parmesan in a shaker, stack pasta bowls, salad plates, utensils, serving ladle/spoon, tongs for salad, napkins, variety of drinks in big bucket of ice. They can serve themselves. Haagen Dazs mini ice cream bars in freezer x number of kids. Marino lemon ice cups if any dairy allergies. Done! I’ve done this so many times on repeat. They still request it when home for college breaks.

This is like 6 pages long like your reading the food channel to use then you're like "done!" Lol 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bolognese (ground beef pork combo)— salt and pepper meats and mix lightly. In large saucepan, andd olive oil or Wesson, sauté fresh chopped garlic (not jarred). Add meat to brown. Break it down lightly with wooden spoon, but keep the meat chunky. It’ll break down while cooking. You want chunks.

San Marzano crushed tomatoes. Add to saucepan # of cans based on # of kids. Toss in a couple of fresh basil leaves. When it’s close to done, add a healthy scoop of dry ricotta Polly-O whole milk and stir. Low-Medium heat. Give it 45- 60 minutes.

If making the night before and you have a crockpot just store it in inner container with lid. Drop it in base preset to warm . I’d still transfer to crockpot if making same day. Pick your pasta. Mezze Rigatoni works well. Huge salad— organic girl butter or baby lettuce is great, and triple washed. Add peeled crisp cucumber coins, chopped red onions, olives, and feta. Toss with salt, pepper, evoo, balsamic. Don’t drown it. 3 boxes of New York Bakery frozen breadsticks. So easy and they will devour them. Done. If there’s a couple of non meat eaters. Heat Raos marinara in a separate saucepan.

Buffet style— fresh grated parmesan in a shaker, stack pasta bowls, salad plates, utensils, serving ladle/spoon, tongs for salad, napkins, variety of drinks in big bucket of ice. They can serve themselves. Haagen Dazs mini ice cream bars in freezer x number of kids. Marino lemon ice cups if any dairy allergies. Done! I’ve done this so many times on repeat. They still request it when home for college breaks.

This is like 6 pages long like your reading the food channel to us, then you're like "done!" Lol 😂lol lol rediculous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you suggesting Chick-Fil-A, are you talking about your teens’ friends or your church meetings?

75% plus of the kids who work at the Chick-fil-A near us are LGBTQ and very obvious about it so my queer teen and all of their friends are very comfortable eating there

Keep telling yourself that.

Why should we believe what someone who never goes there thinks about who actually works and goes there? You can’t add anything when you have no experience.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you suggesting Chick-Fil-A, are you talking about your teens’ friends or your church meetings?

What? Teens love platter of nuggets or sandwiches.

Not all of them do. Most of my circle refuses to eat Chick-Fil-A for many reasons.

Grow up! 🙄 That's long over.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you suggesting Chick-Fil-A, are you talking about your teens’ friends or your church meetings?

What? Teens love platter of nuggets or sandwiches.

Not all of them do. Most of my circle refuses to eat Chick-Fil-A for many reasons.

Grow up! 🙄 That's long over.

I find the whole Chik Fila thing is very variable group to group. I agree the energy from a few years ago has at least partially dissipated.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS loves to host board game nights, so we'll end up with 5-6 extra 16yo boys for dinner on a day's notice. Some easy things we've done that have gone over well:

Pulled pork or chicken in the instant pot (or crock pot, but that takes more planning ahead). Buns, tub of grocery store coleslaw, cornbread.

Tacos or fajitas (whoever said there's never enough food just doesn't know how to plan - I cooked 4 lbs of ground beef into taco meat, or grilled 2 lbs skirt steak plus 3 lbs chicken for fajitas, and it was more than enough for 6 teens). Tortillas, salsa, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, beans, Mexican rice.

Any baked pasta dish - mac & cheese, baked ziti, lasagna - with garlic bread and salad

Chili and baked potatoes (better in the winter than now)

Ordered from Moby Dicks

Couple of whole chickens from the Peruvian chicken place down the street, with mashed potatoes or rice, and whatever frozen vegetable bags I can find in the freezer.

You must be super rich! 🤑

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Ribs are pretty easy if it is not a last minute gathering.

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Giant pots of pasta for my son's dance team. Lots of sauces and sides of veggies.

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Big ol' pot of spaghetti with garlic bread. If you have frozen meatballs add them. Quick easy feeds a lot of hungry teens.