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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

3780.0. "a party for people on restricted diets?" by GOLLY::CARROLL (something inside so strong) Tue Apr 06 1993 17:46

    I'm looking for suggestions on something to serve for a party...here
    are the constraints:
    
    - I'm feeding people with various eating restrictions: some vegetarian,
    some who don't eat wheat, some who don't eat sugar, some who don't eat
    dairy products, some who are plain old picky
    
    - I'm a healthy low-fat eater, and would like to prepare something
    healthy
    
    - I won't have a lot of time, so something I could make ahead would be
    good
    
    - I'll be providing a main dish to 8-10 people, but it's a potluck so
    there should be other foods there as well.
    
    I was thinking the best way to deal with the eating restrictions
    problem is have a "put it together yourself" sort of meal.  The things
    that came to mind were: tacos/burritos with a variety of fillings
    (beans, meat, cheese, veggies, etc), or shish kabobs with fish, meat,
    veggies, tofu, etc...
    
    I'd appreciate any other ideas.
    
    D!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3780.1		ENABLE::glantz	Mike @TAY 227-4299 TP Eng Littleton	`Tue Apr 06 1993 20:45`	8
	I think your idea for "make your own" is the best and only solution in such a case. You can probably augment the taco idea by providing different "shells", like maybe moo-shi style rice pancakes, crepes, etc. And, of course, the various fillings you mentioned could be added to: seafood, various sauces and dips, etc. Personally, I would never let myself get into such a situation in the first place.
3780.2		WR2FOR::BARTHOLOM_SH		`Tue Apr 06 1993 20:46`	11
	Last potluck we had, it was exactly as you suggested, "put it together yourself", except we did pita bread and baked potatoes and then had anything and everything that we figured anyone would think of. For example: cream cheese, broccoli, salsa, cheese, fresh veggies (so they could make a salad if they so chose), turkey, roast beef, tuna salad, etc. It went over really well and everyone could select as they like. We also have done the salad bar theme with a selection of breads and soups. It seems to go over well with large (somewhat picky) crowds! Shilah
3780.3		VMSMKT::KENAH	There are no mistakes in Love...	`Tue Apr 06 1993 21:05`	7
	I like the soups/salads/breads suggestion. It allows each guest to make choices -- (I suspect that if you drew a Venn diagram that took into account everybody's preferences, you'd wind up with bread and water in the center...) andrew
3780.4		NOVA::FISHER	DEC Rdb/Dinosaur	`Wed Apr 07 1993 07:42`	5
	I don't like bread and WC Fields didn't like water. :-) ed
3780.5		BUSY::DKATZ	Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Thanks for the Grub...	`Wed Apr 07 1993 12:23`	8
	There's a really great variety of recipes in the Moosewood Cookbooks... even some menu planning. I have The Moosewood, Enchanted Broccoli Forest and Sundays at the Moosewood Inn if you'd like to borrow one or more, D! Presuming you don't already own them, of course! 8-) Daniel
3780.6		ENABLE::glantz	Mike @TAY 227-4299 TP Eng Littleton	`Wed Apr 07 1993 12:50`	3
	> everybody's preferences, you'd wind up with bread and water in the No, just water. Remember there was somebody who doesn't eat wheat :-).
3780.7	Tri-color Stuffed Polenta	CALLME::MR_TOPAZ		`Wed Apr 07 1993 14:34`	40
3780.8		VMSMKT::KENAH	There are no mistakes in Love...	`Wed Apr 07 1993 16:58`	8
	>> everybody's preferences, you'd wind up with bread and water in the > >No, just water. Remember there was somebody who doesn't eat wheat :-). Oh yeah! Yup, some sort of "roll you own" deal sounds better and better... andrew