When feeding a large group of college students, it is always important to have enough food. However, one does not want to spend the entire night cooking or doing dishes. So, for our party I came up with a nice menu that could all be prepared ahead of time. Thus, once people arrived all I had to do was set the food on the table.
Menu:
stuffed mushrooms
tortilla roll-ups
pretzels and beer-cheese dip
potato chips and french onion dip
tortilla chips and salsa
lemon poppy-seed bread
seven layer cookie bars
lemon bars
carrot cake
gluten free choc. cake
soda
sweet tea
strawberry lemonade
white Russians
gin and tonic
wine
beer
water
I planned on making coffee, but it never seemed to be necessary
I was able to make everything ahead of time and the result was a much more relaxing evening. My kitchen was even all clean when people arrived (which was very important as all of the drinks were in the kitchen). I have decided that the more that can be done ahead of time, the better, as I am then able to converse with people, which makes them feel more welcome, vs. if I am a harried mess.
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