what are some low cost, easy recipes for parties of 100 or more?

Answer 1

mastaciolli (sp?). just tons of noodles, spaghetti sauce and cheese. how easy can it get? chicken wings are usually pretty cheap too (or just friend chicken - you can usually get large trays from the grocery store for not too much). got GFS if you have one around and you can get large tubs of different kinds of potato and pasta salad. hot dogs are cheap if you have a grill.

Answer 2

Make Baked Potato Soup and finger sandwiches - cheap and very easy to make. Did this for a party of about 45 and it only cost me about $65.00 for all the food!
I had baked potato soup with small bowls of chopped green onions, bacon and shredded cheese for people to top their soup. Then had little dinner rolls of sandwiches with either ham or turkey lunchmeat with a 1/2 slice of cheese. Then I set out all the condiments. I had 2 kinds of chips and big tub of onion dip.
Everything was cheap from Walmart and the discount bread store (like Sunbeam). By making all the sandwiches you control the amount of meat and cheese on each.
Everyone loved it! It got away from the hot dogs and hamburgers. Try looking up Bennigan's Baked Potato Soup on the web and find an easy recipe. Potatoes are VERY cheap and so making tons of soup is super cheap main entree!

Answer 3

Modified to accommodate 20, so just make 5 more servings

CHICKEN SPINACH SALAD
14 bunch fresh spinach washed and dried, or cheat and get 10 pkg of the prewashed ones at the market
10 chicken- boneless breast, grilled or boiled, then diced and chilled.
10 cup dried cranberries
10 cup chopped pecans or walnuts or both.
5 cup sunflower seeds, or put on side
10 cup feta cheese
any viniagrette dressing

Mix ingredients together and add dressing right before serving. Best serve chilled. Goes great with a glass of iced tea!


MEXICAN CABBAGE SALAD
10 cabbage, finely sliced
12 avocado, ripe, peeled and diced
12 bunch cilantro/coriander, finely diced
10 large tomato diced
5 c diced celery
5 c brown onion, diced
5 fresh jalapenos, seeds removed then diced
Mayo
salt/pepper to taste

Add the cabbage, then the cilantro, tomato, celery / onion, jalapeno and a dash of salt/pepper.
Add the avocado then 2 -3 cup of mayo or just enough to moisten to your taste. Mix well.

Chill for 1 hour and serve cold

Serve the above with bread and beverage.

Answer 4

10 # frozen italian style meatballs
2 pkg. brown gravy mix
1 pint sour cream
This will give you swedish meatballs

2 # little smokies
1 jar currant jelly
1 can tidbit pineapple
This will give you sweet & sour smokies
or skip the jelly and pineapple and toss in some sweet bbq sauce.
finger sandwiches made from breast of chicken or turkey, tuna, pimento cheese,and eggs(I ususlly use a gallon) or put it out as spreads with a bread platter and let them make their own. You will need 10 loaves of bread.
5 # cheese and 5 # meat will give you a meat patter
veggie tray with ranch dressing
2 # carrots and 2 stocks of celery, 2 # cherry tomatoes and 1 # radishes or 2 cans black olives
32 # potato and macaroni salad
4 # 10 cans baked beans
25 # coleslaw
2 Cheese balls and 2 boxes of your favorite crackers
1 seedless watermelon and 2 cantaloupe and 2 honeydew cubed and mixed together
2 bags chips and 1/2 gallon of salsa

Answer 5

I would definitely say spaghetti or lasagna. You can also go with wraps or sandwiches. It all depends upon how fancy you need to be. You can never go wrong with chicken and dumplings. If it's a little fancier...try roasted chicken with mashed sweet potatoes. Good Luck!!! I hope this helps!!!

Answer 6

casseroles in large pans work well with crowds...pasta or rice based are cheapest to make..Potato and cole slaw salads are easy and low cost..Triple up or more on your own recipes to make it feed more people,one you know is good yet low cost..=)

Answer 7

Ramen noodles
Mac N Cheese
Fried Cockroaches
Grilled Rat
Gum
Toast
Eggs
Cheez whiz n crackers
Chicken broth
Jello

Answer 8

Mexican Food. Meat, tortillas, cheese. Cheap and easy.

Answer 9

Chicken (buffalo) wings and potato salad, BYOB.