Feeding A Crowd 70 people- For Church

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Laurabell318
Laurabell318 Posts: 5
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We take turns at our church to feed around 70 people once a month any cheap yet filling ... yet kid friendly ... yet HEALTHY alternatives??? We live in the South where our typical dinner has been spaghetti, meatloaf with mashed poatoes.... bbq..... what do you think?

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  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
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    What about soup beans?!
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
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    all of thse are fine, just make some tweaks.

    mashed potatos, can be subbed for mashed cauliflower or mixed with potatos with caulifower instead.
    meatloaf, if the fat is drained out then not that bad.
    bbq, if you do chicken and maybe make a homemade sauce with low sugar, shouldnt be an issue
  • summersbest
    summersbest Posts: 194 Member
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    Chili, sheppard's pie, mac & cheese, beef stew. ~
  • rosemaryhon
    rosemaryhon Posts: 507 Member
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    Jambalaya is a crowd pleaser in my experience, and not too costly/difficult to prepare & serve. I quick google searched and here's a low carb recipe (not that you're particularly looking for low carb ;) ). This Allrecipe website is good because it lets you adjust the servings, eg, increase it to 70. Not sure how kid-friendly this would be though, just a thought:

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/low-carb-jambalaya/detail.aspx
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
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    Huge Salad/mixed greens, lots of veggies
    Brown or whole grain rice
    Baked Chicken
    Simple Desert
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
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    What about chili (2 kinds, meat and vegetarian... and there are so many kinds you can make, from black bean, chain gang, spicy or mild, for example), served with greens or salad and corn on the cob. Dessert... what about fresh fruit and yogurt ice cream?
  • mjculbertson4512
    mjculbertson4512 Posts: 157 Member
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    Taco Bar
    Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Grill the sandwiches and hold in the oven on low
    Chili
    Pancake feed
    French Toast casseroles
    Any Breakfast casserole, fruit, ham/sausage
  • conniemaxwell5
    conniemaxwell5 Posts: 943 Member
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    Homemade pizzas with thin whole grain crust, tomato sauce, light on the cheese, add veggies to half of the pizzas for a more adult flavor but leave the kids' pizzas with just cheese. You could even add chicken to them.
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,021 Member
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    A burrito bar
    Taco salad
    Soup, bread and salad
    Chili verde, tortillas, fruit
    Frittata, fruit salad

    Hopebthese ideas help let us know what you decide
  • 77tes
    77tes Posts: 7,997 Member
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    Layered Tortilla bake : The recipe is in this blog. My family loves it. I can imagine it working great for a crowd.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MsBaby117
  • poohpoohpeapod
    poohpoohpeapod Posts: 776 Member
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    white chicken chili, or red chili made with turkey. Could have a carb such as baked potato or rice for those not watching carbs. You can load the chili with veg.
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
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    A burrito bar
    Taco salad
    Soup, bread and salad
    Chili verde, tortillas, fruit
    Frittata, fruit salad

    Hopebthese ideas help let us know what you decide

    This!!
    Build your own mexican, You can control what you have yours and it can be made n big batches

    Beef stew is another good one if you can get a couple of crockpots, cheap cut of meat, can toms and veg. easy.
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,406 Member
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    Stew and Bannock.
  • 1diggs
    1diggs Posts: 35 Member
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    Baked chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes and roll
  • SarahSmilesCA
    SarahSmilesCA Posts: 261 Member
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    Vegetable and Tuna or Chicken Casserole (this fits a large disposable tin serving tray for about 15 people, so just make extra trays of it)

    I bag of Rozoni Whole Grain Egg Noodles (cooked)
    Large Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup
    Large Healthy Request Cream of Celery Soup
    1 cup milk
    1 or 2 Large Cans of Low Sodium Tuna or Chicken (in water, NOT oil)
    1 Large Can of Green Beans - Low Sodium
    1 cup mushrooms, sliced
    1 cup onion, finely chopped
    1 cup carrots finely chopped
    1 cup celery finely chopped
    1 tablespoon butter -optional but gives it a good homey flavor
    Frenches Fried Onions - Good, but not required, and adds calories

    To the cooked noodles, add the canned things, and the milk and mix well. I saute the veggies in the butter. Then add it to noodle mixture. Use half the fried onions inside the casserole and the rest for the top the last five minutes. Bake for about 45 minutes at 375. One tray feeds about 10-15 people

    Serve this with large green salad and some rolls, easy and yummy and high in protein.
  • Peanutbutterx
    Peanutbutterx Posts: 332
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    maybe like grilled chicken with barbeque sauce, its healthy and kids love it too. also baked beans are really healthy and kid friendly too. along with mashed potatos, corn on the cob : )

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