What can I serve as a meal for 14?

Question

I am having a party and I have said I will cook a meal for everyone - 14 people in all! Has anyone any ideas what I can serve which will be fairly easy and mean I don't spend all day/evening in the kitchen? I have vegetarians and meat eaters so I would want something I can do with meat or veggie food. I thought chilli (one meat, one veggie) but a couple of people don't like it - so any other suggestions? Many thanks!

Answer 1

how about lasagne, one with normal meat one with quorn meat.

but you will need 2 large sized oven dishes.

to go with it, garlic bread. side salad with dressing.

Answer 2

Lasagne. They are easy to assemble and easy to serve. Make one traditional with meat sauce and another one with veggies and some interesting cheese besides the mozzarella. Serve it with salad, bread and maybe corn on the cobb or another side dish. Hint: A good way to drive yourself crazy before a dinner party is to start asking the guests their likes and dislikes. People are too picky eaters these days. Serve what you want.

Answer 3

Two types of Lasagna would be farily easy as well.

A spinach for the vegitarians and a meat sauce for the rest. It can be prepared well in advance and popped into the oven just before serving. Through in some garlic bread, a tossed green salad, a nice bottle of wine and you're all set.
Mangi!

Answer 4

I am a veggie so I thought you might appreciate my input
When serving try to keep the dishes/spoons separate because veggies don't like their food contaminated by meaty serving spoons and people tend to try a few different dishes using the same spoon.
lasagna mushroom spinach veggie mince in bolegnaise sauce
spag bol using veggie mince
curry loads of veg in a curry sauce check that its veggie first if you buy a jar
stuffed mushrooms mmm
veggie sausage casserole use quorn sausages they don't fall apart or what about veggie toad in the hole with onion gravy yum
how about a cold buffet that's easy or pizza
roasted mediteranean veg served with stuffed peppers
hope this is helpful of and check any cheese is veggie because a lot of it isn't they use rennet which is a slaughterhouse product.

Answer 5

A pasta station would do the trick. Offer 3 varieties of pasta and equal amounts of vegetarian sauces (pesto, Alfredo, or marinara) and meat sauces. I would serve this with good crusty baguettes and a large Cesar salad. Be sure to make a good finish, an assortment of pastry will do in a snap!

Answer 6

I would do something that has pasta in it...you can make pasta last. Do one with a red sauce and veggies and the other with meat. Fix a side salad and garlic bread and that should fill everyone up.

Answer 7

My instant thought was chilli as well, but you could do a vegi and non vegi spag bol. Cook the bolognaise the day before then you only need to heat it through whist the spaghetti is cooking. Do some garlic bread to go with it and you won't go far wrong.

Answer 8

Do 2 big curries, one veg one meat, and lots of rice and naan bread. There's so many different types of curry that unless you have some really fussy eaters, everyone should be satisfied. Plus, it's relatively straightforward, anything left in the pot can be frozen, and is delicious!

Answer 9

I like the pizza idea, how about preparing all the toppings (meat and veggies) and letting everyone put their own toppings on and then cooking them, i used to do this for my children and they ate things they wouldn't ordinarily try.

Answer 10

How about doing like a chicken salad with small sub loaf breads. And you can also add like some cotail winnies in BBQ sauce that makes a great side snack. You can also do like philly cream cheese with picante sauce over it and chips. I would say go for a finger food party have a selection it always works for me.

Answer 11

How about 2 differnt pasta dishes, one with meat and one with out. Serve it with salad and bread. Pasta is so simple but can look like you spent all day in the kitchen :)