Feeding 25 people cheap/easy?

[andiraye]

OP here. I went with pulled pork and large tray of macaroni and cheese. I got a watermelon and 2 pineapples and cut them up, 2 cucumbers, a bag of baby carrots and some broccoli and put that on a tray with dip. The 5 and 8 year olds wanted to make deviled eggs so they did that. I grabbed a bag of cheese curls, one of chips and one of pretzels. Ordered 30 cupcakes and got a gallon of ice cream. Had 21 people and plenty of leftovers and some sanity left at the end of the day. I would say well under $100 with the cupcakes probably being the most expensive thing. Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

Amazing!!! Did you make the pulled pork from scratch or heat up prepared pork?

 

[manning]

Every other year we had family reunions. It was large. It was bring a dish.

One person was the contact who kept track what everyone would bring. we only kept track of the dish not who was bringing what.
We did a pretty good job not having duplicates. Dessert was the only thing not tracked. The invitation was "bring a dish, and you don't have to, bring any dessert you want to.

You would be surprised how many ways chocolate chip cookies can be made.

I had an aunt who would host Tupperware parties. She would make a big batch of Sloppy Joe.