Vacation Bible School Dinners for Adults

[Tink2000]

I will be cooking dinner for the children and adults for 4 nights. I have the menu planned for the children but need to come up with other ideas for the adults that will be helping at VBS. Ours is done at night so I will be feeding a light dinner. I am looking for ideas for 25-30 women but I need to do this cheap since I will be paying for the adult part of the meal.

 

[Justsyd2]

How much is cheap? You could always roast 2-3 whole chickens and serve with veggies, salad, and bread, or do brisket in a crock pot with coleslaw and beans, or do sub sandwiches, or chicken spaghetti, or a baked potato bar.

 

[Jill in Chicago]

Huge salads with a choice of sides: vegetables, cheese, croutons... Ladies like salads. I like the roasted chicken idea. The next night you could do the salad bar, with leftover chicken and craisins, with some kind of a fruit type dressing.

Ladies love desserts cut up into tiny pieces.

 

[Straitlover]

When I did VBS, we usually did sandwiches the first night (becasue everyone was so busy getting ready), baked potato bar one night (bought the potatoes from Golden Corral), spaghetti one night, and taco/burrito bar one night.

 

[hffmnheidi]

Anything you can make in the crock pot would be good; pulled pork on buns and baked beans for a warm supper and any leftovers could be sent home with you or someone who wants to take it.

Chicken and noodles with prepackaged salad mix and homemade dressing is another easy idea.

 

[scrapquitler]

How about Hot Dogs with baked beans and some combo of potato salad, macaroni salad and coleslaw.

Soup in the crockpot with bread or rolls and salad

baked ziti and garlic bread with salad

chili and cornbread

sandwiches and chips with fruit

 

[Tink2000]

Thanks for the ideas. I plan to use several of them. Could some of you share your pasta salad recipes. I would like some premade salad recipes also if anyone has any.

 

[malibuconlee]

What are you feeding the kids? Can you make it easier on yourself and just make extra of that each night and feed everyone the same thing?

I'd be happy with whatever I got. I ended up doing a lot of fast food last year when I helped with VBS at our church. No dinner just the same snack they gave the kids.

 

[leight]

For different pasta salads I try to mix it up-

spaghetti or linguini with oriental sesame dressing. Also add diced green peppers, peas, cherry tomatoes halved or carrots. Top with salad toppings in can at dressing aisle.

Rotini with 1/2 italian 1/2 ranch dressing (I use fat free but it doesn't have to be) and I add a broccoli, cauliflower and carrots (very often use the frozen mix of this) Can add chicken strips to add protein too.

Shells with tuna and mix with miracle whip, red onion and celery.

All are easy to make in advance and store in ziploc bags in a cooler until you are ready put in serving bowls if no kitchen is available.