Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:36
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chick-fil-A
OP doesn’t want restaurant food; she wants to cook. Why do people keep suggesting fast food and Costco?
OP wants casual entrees - the easier the better. That pretty much describes fast food.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:30
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tacos make an enormous mess. Baked ziti and then the option to add Italian sausage or meatballs would be filling and less mess and relatively easy to put together.
Again - who is going to make 500 meatballs? And all that baked ziti and cheese? Lots of gluten intolerant and dairy intolerant kids.
My suggestion is to cater this meal from a restaurant.
They can buy frozen meatballs.
The kids that can't eat pasta and cheese can just take from the pot of meatballs so it's just meat and sauce. (Would be too much to expect a common meal to be vegetarian, dairy free, AND gluten free so assuming that those kids eat meat. If they also don't eat meat at that point they're looking at bringing their own food).
Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:28
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:tacos. you don't even have to have sides if you don't want. do you get rice and beans at taco bell? i don't.
crockpots of taco meat, beef and chicken, maybe beans for vegetarians, toppings, shells. or make it taco salad style with tortilla chips.
Yuck. Fatty and gross cheap gas producing food.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:27
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chick-fil-A
OP doesn’t want restaurant food; she wants to cook. Why do people keep suggesting fast food and Costco?
Chinese vegetable lo mein, Fried Rice, General Tao chicken, Home style vegetables. Throw in some crispy spring rolls too.
Caters to most food allergies and food preference.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:24
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Tacos make an enormous mess. Baked ziti and then the option to add Italian sausage or meatballs would be filling and less mess and relatively easy to put together.
Again - who is going to make 500 meatballs? And all that baked ziti and cheese? Lots of gluten intolerant and dairy intolerant kids.
My suggestion is to cater this meal from a restaurant.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 13:08
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Tacos make an enormous mess. Baked ziti and then the option to add Italian sausage or meatballs would be filling and less mess and relatively easy to put together.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 12:21
Subject: Re:Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!
Nope. Won't touch it and would be offended if that's what your offering
You’re not invited. Everyone is tired of people like you.
DP. Actually ... everyone is tired of people like you.
We’re talking about in real life. Not in your small little mind
Anonymous
03/16/2024 11:12
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Chick-fil-A
OP doesn’t want restaurant food; she wants to cook. Why do people keep suggesting fast food and Costco?
Anonymous
03/16/2024 11:05
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Tacos
Anonymous
03/16/2024 09:05
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
I will tell you what not do so that has been suggested here.
I really love Indian food, but I would not exclusively serve it for 100 teens. No to eggplant, green pepper and onions. Only a small fraction of veggie dishes will be eaten, so keep any veggie dishes small. No to chili. Imagine the smell of 100 teens farting in a room.
These are kids, not adults. They really don’t care about fancy food. Keep it simple and stress free for you. As an example, even though pizza is so cliche for kids parties, it does go fast and is always gone before any other dish. But you may not want to do pizza if this is not a team sports party and a more significant special event.
I really love Indian food, but I would not exclusively serve it for 100 teens. No to eggplant, green pepper and onions. Only a small fraction of veggie dishes will be eaten, so keep any veggie dishes small. No to chili. Imagine the smell of 100 teens farting in a room.
These are kids, not adults. They really don’t care about fancy food. Keep it simple and stress free for you. As an example, even though pizza is so cliche for kids parties, it does go fast and is always gone before any other dish. But you may not want to do pizza if this is not a team sports party and a more significant special event.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 08:45
Subject: Re:Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.
Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried
Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.
Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.
This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.
LOL - these are not steps. This is the suggested menu - with several appetizers and entrees.
And this can be cooked easily only if you have access to a commercial kitchen.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 08:44
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:I would not make meatballs for 100 teens. That’s like 500 meatballs! And casseroles are also a lot of work with all the layering.
Chill could work but you would need a lot of big pots—probably at least 5.
Otherwise I agree that make your own sandwiches; or taco bar would work best.
The pork BBq thing could work as well but there’s a lot of kids that don’t eat pork so unless it’s a Christian school/event, probably best to avoid pork.
Hot dogs would also be easy but yoid need a vegetarian option.
I kind of like the hot dog idea though I can’t think what an equally good veg option would be. But you could choose a dozen different toppings and let them go ham on it plus some roasted vegetables on the side and potato chips.
Or tacos as someone else suggested. Crockpot of chicken crockpot of beef trays of roasted peppers and onions, side of beans. And since no one would be deep frying anything you could do cornflake sundaes in lieu of Mexican American fried ice cream.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 00:57
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
I would not make meatballs for 100 teens. That’s like 500 meatballs! And casseroles are also a lot of work with all the layering.
Chill could work but you would need a lot of big pots—probably at least 5.
Otherwise I agree that make your own sandwiches; or taco bar would work best.
The pork BBq thing could work as well but there’s a lot of kids that don’t eat pork so unless it’s a Christian school/event, probably best to avoid pork.
Hot dogs would also be easy but yoid need a vegetarian option.
Chill could work but you would need a lot of big pots—probably at least 5.
Otherwise I agree that make your own sandwiches; or taco bar would work best.
The pork BBq thing could work as well but there’s a lot of kids that don’t eat pork so unless it’s a Christian school/event, probably best to avoid pork.
Hot dogs would also be easy but yoid need a vegetarian option.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 00:42
Subject: Re:Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.
Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried
Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.
Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.
This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.
This is not easy at all. Lots of work.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 00:13
Subject: Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?
tacos. you don't even have to have sides if you don't want. do you get rice and beans at taco bell? i don't.
crockpots of taco meat, beef and chicken, maybe beans for vegetarians, toppings, shells. or make it taco salad style with tortilla chips.
crockpots of taco meat, beef and chicken, maybe beans for vegetarians, toppings, shells. or make it taco salad style with tortilla chips.