Meal ideas for Memorial Day

[Mrs.Beagle]

We're spending Memorial Day weekend down the shore with H's family: 8 adults and 3/4 kids (I don't know if my niece is with us or her mother this weekend). Kids are 10, 6, 5, and 2.

Everyone is supposed to cook dinner for one night. SIL's are already doing chicken parm and enchiladas.

I'm lost at what to make. I make an awesome mac and cheese that is healthy- it has cottage cheese and all FF/low fat incredients. I swear, it's good.

What should I make with it? I was thinking oven fried chicken, but we're already making chicken parm. And it needs to be something I can cook to feed 12+ people (I always over-estimate b/c BIL and H eat a lot).

Help!

[ssmjlm]

What about pulled pork or chicken in the crock pot?

[Mrs.Beagle]

Good idea- BBQ Chicken and meatball sandwiches with mac and cheese and a big salad?

And then I don't have to spend my afternoon cooking!

[gardengal]

ditto crockpot bbq chicken or pork.

another idea that is not particularly seasonal but is easy to feed a crowd: baked ham.

[dexteroni]

:Y:
to pulled pork or chicken. I also have a good bbq beef recipe if you're interested.

But mac and cheese sounds kind of heavy for Memorial Day at the shore. I would do potato salad or pasta salad instead.

[Brie]

This pulled pork recipe is phenomenal and super easy: www.crumblycookie.net/2008/05/30/crockpot-pulled-pork/

[ssmjlm]

May 23, 2012 10:49:37 GMT -5 Mrs.Beagle said:

Good idea- BBQ Chicken and meatball sandwiches with mac and cheese and a big salad?

And then I don't have to spend my afternoon cooking!

Sounds good to me.

[Mrs.Beagle]

Thanks everyone! I'm going with the pulled chicken b/c I don't eat pork.

[dexteroni]

May 23, 2012 10:54:41 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

May 23, 2012 10:51:52 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

But mac and cheese sounds kind of heavy for Memorial Day at the shore. I would do potato salad or pasta salad instead.

Say WHAT?!

No, bbq and mac&cheese BELONG together.

Really? I've never had mac and cheese at a cookout. Maybe it's regional.