What should I make for dinner for 11 teenage girls?!
Answers: I am hosting 11 9th and 10th grade girls at my house and I have to make them dinner. I need ideas on what to make them. Nothing too fancy!
My niece who is this age loves a potato bar. Just a thought.
Ordering pizza?
Or you can make baked ziti and have a side dish, maybe a salad and garlic bread.
I'm sure they wouldn't turn their nose up at pizza, but to me that lacks creativity (unless you let them make their own).
How about a Taco and/or Burrito Bar? Have seasoned ground beef, lettuce, diced tomatoes, guacamole, jalapenos, black olives, salsa, etc. Put out warm flour tortillas and/or warm crispy corn taco shells.
Something easy that everyone likes...pasta! You can have white or red sauce depending on taste buds...make a quick green salad & some garlic bread. Presto! All done!
Some ideas: A huge sub sandwich, chips, some fruit and a veggie tray.
Pizza
Lasagna or spaghetti & Salad.
Sloppy Joes
Finger foods... dips, veggies, fruit, crackers & cheese, lil smokies, chips
Dessert: brownies or cookies
Do a Tex Mex meal
Taco meat –nachos, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, refried beans, salsa, sour cream etc
this way you fry up or heat up the wrap and everyone enjoys building their own that way there is an activity and everyone gets to make it to their tastes.
How about a taco bar?
Have diffrent types of fillings available, beef, chicken , beans, etc.
All the fixings like salsa, lettuce, toamto, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, torilla chips, etc.
You could offer soft torillas, crunchy, or maybe even taco salad shells.
LOL- its looks lot of us have the same idea... it must be a good one!
lasagna, salad, and breadsticks. maybe some cheesecake for dessert!!! IDK!!! Check out allrecipes.com and customize your search!! Best site ever!!!!
hmmmm..that can be a picky age...try making a big batch of pasta (any kind that the majority likes I guess) then set it up like a sauce buffet. Try having a pesto sauce, tomato, alfredo and so on. These could all be store bought. Oh and some garlic bread. yum...simply, quick and filling.
order out and join the fun!
you should make them some hot wings and macaronni and cheese with some ranch dressing on the side and some french fries or order chinese food or pizza somethinglike that
Make a taco bar and they make their own.
or..nachos supreme
something that you can lay out for them to make their own
It is soo much fun to have them make their own pizza's, just be prepared for a little mess. You can either buy ready made pizza pies (Boboli), use refrigerated dough (Pillsbury) or make your own. Then get bottled pizza sauce, pesto sauce, pepperoni, olives, chopped bell pepper, sliced mushrooms, etc. Be sure to have enough variety and veges on hand. Many teenage girls start thinking about becoming vegetarian at this age. Then have plenty of soda available. They'll have fun and you won't have as much work to do.
I have 4 kids and whenever they have a lot of friends over for dinner I like to make dinner an activity for them. Some things that have worked for me:
make your own pizza (get the pre-made pizza crusts and toppings)
make your own stuffed baked potato bar
make your own nacho bar
make your own salad bar
pasta bar - you cook the noodles and have bowls of different toppings such as diced chicken, chesses, diced tomatoes etc.
You could also order pizzas and have a sundae bar for dessert or have them decorate a cake together.
If they would be too busy to help cook, I would stick with pizza or pasta.
Crystal
i know my teenage daughters and their friends:
Pizza, tacos (mexican - tex mex), chicken strips.
Salad, mac and cheese.
Keep it simple. Taco style bar works great have soft and hard shells. Refried beans, shredded cheese, sour cream, salas, shredded lettuce , diced tomatoes, gaumolie (?), and salsas.
The shredded lettuce you can buy done in bags in the produce section of the store. Diced tomatoes you can buy can ones and drain good.
Mashed potato bar, Taco or Taco Salad Bar, make your own pizzas, breakfast for dinner - pancakes or waffles
You can't go wrong with a nice Italian meal. Start off with a salad then move onto the lasagna and bread sticks. For dessert, you can purchase cannoli or Italian ice from your local grocery store. To make them feel a little grown up, serve grape juice in wine glasses and maybe light candles or use a chandelier if you have one in your kitchen to give it that real Italian feel.
