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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pasta (ziti or lasagna)

mac n cheese

salads (green, caesar)

garlic bread

sundae bar[/quote]

Awful, fattening, no nutrient menu.  Please don't listen, OP.  Nothing is cheaper than green lentils.  Cook some perhaps with a chunk of prosciutto and add chopped carrots and leeks and lemon-olive oil for a flavorful cold bean dish.  Another easy salad involves cherry tomatoes with capers, yellow raisins, and cauliflower dressed in light oil.  Think about doing a spicy chicken curry with rice or cook inexpensive fish filets in coconut milk and red peppers.  Risotto prepared with stock, onion, and a heap of parmesan and butter is rich but not expensive.  Perhaps add a handful of shrimp for flavor.  Another standby of mine is spiced chickpeas garnished with cilantro.  Finger food can be as simple as a cube of good cheese paired with a date on a toothpick or  apples dabbed with goat cheese nestled in a single endive leaf.  For dessert you can stew pears or oranges in wine and anise but that is more wintery.  I have had success serving chocolate mousse or lemon mousse for dessert garnished simply with cream and raspberries.  Or rich homemade brownies with a scoop of ice cream drizzled with raspberry coulis.  Caramelized nuts and ginger cookies round out the dessert buffet.[/quote]

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