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Food for family birthday dinner 25 people.
I am doing a joint family party for both of my kids, DS's 1st and DD's 4th birthdays. Does anyone have any great ideas for food? It has to be something I can make in advance because I am doing DD's friend party earlier that day.
I was thinking of either having either
panda express(DD loves it)
cafe rio(sweet pork burritos)
pizza
soup - not very exciting
we have done pasta and lasagna in the past.
I just can't think of anything. Thanks
Re: Food for family birthday dinner 25 people.
Taco bar? You can make almost everything in advance except for the meat/beans (and even that can be heavily prepped ahead of time and just heated up right before guests arrive). You'd need: shells/tortillas, shredded cheese, salsa, guacamole, shredded lettuce, chopped onions, chopped tomatos, cilantro, black olives, sour cream, meat, and beans.
You could also make enchilladas or a Mexican casserole that could prep ahead of time and bake while guests are arriving.
Granted, I love Panda Express too, so I think of your list that's the most "exciting"/enticing option!
What about a taco or fajita bar? Or if she likes pork burritos, make a burrito bar and have pork as one of the features.
I'm assuming your DD likes the chain Panda Express. I have a recipe from Rachel Ray that is called everything lo mein. It's delicious and easy to sub things for others, or take whatever you want out!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/everything-lo-mein-recipe/index.html
Sorry for the repeat! You posted when I was typing
For DS's 1st we did potato soup, white bean chicken chili, sloppy joes, and 7 layer salad. Everything was done the day before and reheated.
This year we are doing shredded pork BBQ, baked beans, mac and cheese, potato salad, watermelon, and coleslaw. Again I'll prep everything the day before and bake or reheat the day of.
baked ham is nice and elegant. or a roast. you could stick in the ham and return home to it? then you could buy some different artisan breads, cheese and spreads to eat with the cut slices of ham.