I have $50 to make/order dinner & dessert for 10 people. Any suggestions?

Question

I need to make or order dinner within the next 3 hours for 10 people. I need drinks, dinner and dessert and I have a 50$ budget. Any quick suggestions.

Wow - thank you for the great advice!!! Now I better get cookin'!!!!!!

Answer 1

go with a pasta dish...baked mostaccoli..usually least expensive
and a basic tossed salad....

for dessert...a brownie tray or pie

Answer 2

Lasagna is a good dish that can spread, especially if you add a salad and breadsticks. Brownies and ice cream make a great dessert.
Lasagna can run about $10/ tray, but it feeds 8-10.
Salad $5 for two bags of greens and a tomato
Breadsticks $3 for two cans of refrigerated dough
Brownies $4 a tray
Ice cream $5
That's $27, and my estimates may be a little off, but you're definitely under the $50.
Drinks should only run a couple of bucks for 3 2 liter bottles.

Answer 3

Make a big pot of Vegetable Beef soup (use hamburger and the already cut up frozen vegetables, beef broth, tomatoes, etc) served with crackers. Chances are you'll have some of the suff already in your pantry. Also make a simple dessert by baking cookies (slice and bake) or make a banana pudding (fairly inexpensive) Good luck! (HEY! I just thought about spaghetti too! It's cheap!)

Answer 4

Dinner:

-Tomato Soup
-Quesadillos/Burritos
-Noodles
-Tortellini
-Veggie Wraps
-Chicken
-Deluxe Turkey Burgers
-Fettuccine Alfredo
-Shrimp

Sides:

-Salad
-Couscous
-Rice
-Corn
-Carrot Fries
-Smashed Potatoes

Dessert:

-Homemade Ice-Cream Sandwiches
-Chocolate Mouse: Heavy Cream (2 cups, chilled and 1 1/4 Cups semisweet chocolate chips)
-Pie
-Smoothies
-Chocolate Chip Cookies
-Mixed Berry Shortcake

Answer 5

What kind of things do you already have on hand? I would start with that.

I would make chili, cornbread, a green salad and buy a cake mix. A stew would also be good. Mexican type cooking is affordable especially for that many people. I have a really good mexican casserole that can be easily doubled.

This of course being on a budget. Off budget I could come up
with things fancier.


KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

2 cups chicken breast meat, cooked and chopped
1 can RF cream of mushroom soup
1 can RF cream of chicken soup
1 can Rotel tomatoes (I use the “milder” version)
8 corn tortillas cut in fourths
1 cup Sargento light shredded Mexican Cheese
1 onion chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup chopped celery
salt and pepper to taste

Saute onion, garlic and celery in a nonstick pan coated with cooking spray. Add soups and Rotel tomatoes and heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Spray 9x12 pan with cooking spray. Layer 1/2 of tortillas in bottom. Pour 1/2 of soup mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle 1/2 chicken and 1/2 cheese over soup mixture. Repeat layers ending with cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes . Uncover and cook additional 10 minutes.

6 servings

If you want to make this less spicy, substitute Del Monte Zesty Tomatoes with Green Chilis for the Rotel

I cook chicken breasts in a crockpot. I cover them with salsa and cook on low for 4 hours. It's tender and easy to shred and really flavorful. Add mexican rice and beans to round out the menu and use the money you saved to make or buy a great dessert.

Answer 6

Cinnamon Apple Crisps SERVES 8 (substitute servings and contraptions) SubmitCancel aspects 4 cups sliced apples (Any form will do, yet tart ones like Granny Smiths are maximum suitable. do no longer peel.) a million/2 cup equivalent sugar substitute 2 teaspoons cinnamon a million cup rolled oat a million/4 teaspoon salt a million/2 cup flour (common objective is effective.) a million/2 cup brown sugar a million/2 cup margarine (smart stability is the main suitable in case you will get it on your area. ultimate style and particularly healthful!) guidelines a million/blend dry aspects mutually. 2/upload margarine. 3/mixture properly with a fork. 4/combine apples, sugar, and cinnamon. 5/unfold around the backside of an properly sized baking dish. 6/unfold dry aspects and butter mixture over the apples. 7/Press it down slightly. 8/Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes until topping is brown and apples are soft once you stick a fork into them.

Answer 7

Tacos or enchilada's. Supermarkets offer wide varieties of kits and sauces. The ingredients are cheap enough and go a long way. Make cookies or a Betty Crocker cake for dessert. Good luck!

Answer 8

spaghetti, salad, garlic toast and soda....sounds like everyone else's suggestion, huh? sorry...but that's kinda late notice. Pizza may work too...get the 555 deal for $5. a piece from Domino's pizza. Ask someone to pitch in for the drinks and dessert.

Answer 9

Hi,
Keep it simple and your money goes farther. Like.. steaming fresh veggies, those are cheap. Make steamed green beans not too soft, and then sprinkle them with some soy sauce before serving. Fantastic and fancy. Place them lengthwise int he plate and throw some almond slices on them. FANCY but so cheap!!!

Ok.. so that is like 5.00

Now, take some ground hamburger, couple cans of mushrooms, an onion, cream of mush soup, sour cream and make some strognoff.... then make some RICE and serve that. You can make this for 15.00 for that many people.

Throw in a bagged salad. or two... 5.00



Dessert.... buy frozen eclairs or something.. you have plenty left for a splurge.

And for drink... serve lemon water.. its nice and lemons are cheap!!!!

THAT is a nice meal. easy and quick. Everyone loves stroganoff.

Answer 10

make chicken chimmy chungas really easy all you need is salsa(great word) taco shells, chicken and mazza cheese get like 2 packages of taco shells two things of salsa. cut up chicken into small pieces grill mix salsa with chicken put that mix in the shells with the cheese. put more cheese on top broil for 3 minutes or until chesse is melted. then serve then get one of those box cake things and icing, and your good to go. Good luck

Answer 11

HOW ABOUT BUY A ROTISSERIE CHICKEN BUY TWO FROM DELI DEPARTMENT IN GROCERY STORE SO MANY DIFFERENT FLAVORS SO GOOD FOR U TOO
BUY 5 POUND BAG OF POTATOES AND MAKE MASHED POTATOES AND ADD AT LEAST 2 BAGS OF CHEDDAR CHEESE IN TO THE MIXTURE AND A CONTAINER OF GARLIC SOUR CREAM AND MASH TOGETHER AND MAKE FRESH STEAMED GREEN BEANS AND SERVE WITH APPLE CIDER AND OR WHITE WINE AND FOR DESSERT CHERRY COBBLER USING BISQUICK AND CAN OF COMPOTE CHERRIES IN BAKING ISLE OF FOOD STORE AND ITS SO GOOD AND EASY AND THIS SHOULD ONLY COST 40 DOLLARS THE MOST