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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about tacos? Pretty hard to mess up and everyone likes them.

You can find a recipe online, but if you have a slow cooker, dump in a couple chicken breasts, a jar of salsa, and a packet of taco seasoning. Eight hours later you'll have delicious stewed chicken. Put out hard and soft shells, lettuce, avocado, salsa, cheese, and sour cream and you've got yourself dinner. You could make a couple of cheese quessadillas for the kids if they are super picky.

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Don't do this.  Too much management at the time.  Instead, do things that can all be prepared ahead.  Cheeses and crackers, nuts (if no allergies of course), and something that takes one dish like lasagna and salad.  Honestly, if I were you, I would do pizza because it is easy and you are nervous. The only thing you can do wrong is to be nervous, so just relax and make it as easy for yourself as possible. Stock the counters with wine and the fridge with beer and ask people what they want.  Get juice boxes and water so you don't have to deal with glasses.  Try to have fun and have as little as possible to do while entertaining.[/quote]

I agree about everything done ahead of time, but I don't see how the taco idea doesn't fit.  If you use the slow cooker, all the work is done that morning.  And you could have platters of all the other things made beforehand also.  The beauty of a taco bar theme is add some fruit and everyone can find something to eat as they can choose what goes on the taco (or they can eat it all separated if they are picky).  With pizza, you have to guess at toppings so you may be hit or miss (or have someone who doesn't eat cheese and they have nothing to eat).  [/quote]

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