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We throw large parties at least 3 - 4 times a year.   This means that I am always buying raw material in bulk - rice, various flours, lentils, whole spices, oil etc - to keep costs down, and I cook all the food myself.

One of the most cost-effective and easy to make foods is to make fresh pasta in bulk.  I directly store it in freezer and use it for my parties.  Similarly, I make a killer all-purpose meat based pasta sauce that is better than anything you can get commercially.  I also make it in bulk too.  https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/130358/worlds-best-pasta-sauce/

[b]I also Sandra Lee some of my recipes. I make a lovely dessert for large parties - sugared fruit and custard on a flaky crusty sweet pastry square...and I just saw at a bakery that these sell individually from $3-$6. [/b]  :shock:

If you do not need bulk items - just go grocery shopping with a few friends at Costco, and then divvy up the portions.  You will see your grocery bills halved, even with the inflation.  [/quote]

Recipe please. I'm so tired of buying $50 cakes for dinner parties.[/quote]

If it's sandra lee it's probably going to be half boxed stuff. So the "sweet pastry square" is frozen puff pastry and the "custard" is instant vanilla pudding. Go to sally's baking addiction for fully homemade ideas. [/quote]

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