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Hard to go wrong with chicken tacos - you can get everything ready in advance - sauté peppers and onions, grate cheese, chop lettuce and tomatoes, grill or sauté the chicken, even make the guacamole.  Then it’s just reheating and assembly and people can put what the want on their taco. [/quote]

This with already grilled chicken or rotisserie [/quote]

Taco bar hater chiming in here. This forum is the worst about suggesting taco bars for every conceivable occasion. Please stop beating the dead horse. [/quote]

Are there any suggestions above you like? I'm hoping to hear from people who have strong opinions because I want something that will please most people.

We'll probably just serve whatever it is family style at the table on the deck, because it's going to be 4 or 5 people.  But I am leaning towards something kind of deconstructed because you never know what kids like to eat, whether that's tacos, or pasta with a few choices for toppings, and sides, or something else.

-- OP[/quote]

NP here with a very picky kid and a relatively flexible kid who doesn't eat some of the few things the picky kid eats. And a lightly picky DH to boot. We do taco bars all the time for the same reason people suggest it all the time--it is easy to please lots of different tastes.[/quote]

OP here,

For whatever reason, my kids really like my carne asada (which won't work timing wise), and my fish tacos (which I think might be too adventurous for kids with unknown pickiness), and some weird vegetarian tacos I've made that I wouldn't inflict on other people, but chicken tacos aren't a huge hit there.

How would this menu go over with your family:

Broiled chicken breast (choice of plain or with lemon and herbs)

Plain pasta

Roasted vegetables (I usually serve them separated on a platter so people can pick the ones they want and leave the others)

Romesco sauce (roasted red pepper sauce, could go on pasta or chicken or veggies)

Pesto (also could go on whatever)

Parmesan

Some kinda fruit

Some kinda baked thing (brownies, lemon bars, chocolate chip cookies?????)

Vanilla ice cream

Could everyone feed themselves from that?

Is that too "extra"?[/quote]
That sounds great to me. Simple chicken (lemon especially), pasta, and vegetables, followed by a simple dessert with fresh cut up fruit. I recognize the almost universal appeal of tacos, heavy meat based pastas, etc., especially with kids, but my heart kind of sinks when I see those foods (esp fish tacos - gag me). Personally, I would serve a mix of quick and easy, kid friendly food and more ‘adult’ food and let everyone figure it out for themselves. But you don’t need to kill yourself trying to make everyone happy.[/quote]

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