Baked Potato Bar, Salad Bar ideas

Do you need to feed a lot of people?  Baked Potato Bar with side salad or Salad Bar,
With food allergies and some picky eaters, this will satisfy them all.
Many of the baked potato bar items can go also on a salad bar.*
You can prep most all the night before.  Put the potatoes in the oven in the AM (be prepared to put in a cardboard box to transport (not plastic - I once melted a big ol' plastic bin - haha)

-potatoes
-butter
-sour cream
-----optional ideas-----
-shredded cheese or cheese sauce
-broccoli
-onions (green, red, white or yellow)*
-chives*
-bacon*
-ham*
-cubed or shredded chicken
-hamburger gravy
-gluten free gravy
-chili
-pico de gallo*
-salsa
-olives*
-tomatoes*
-corn*
-mushrooms*
-asparagus*
-chopped avocado or guacamole*


Salad bar ideas
-lettuce (many different kinds)
-spinach
-cucumbers
-carrots
-tomatoes
-peppers (green, yellow, red)
-celery
-radishes
-beets
-hard boiled eggs
-thawed green peas
-beans (garbanzo, black)
-baby corn
-cottage cheese
-pineapple
-pears
-peaches
-croutons
-sunflower seeds
-raisins
-cheese (cubed or shredded)
-dressings (ranch, thousand island, blue cheese, Italian, poppyseed. oil/vineger)


http://www.theyummylife.com/baked_potato_bar
http://goodcheapeats.com/2012/06/serve-a-salad-bar-for-a-cool-summer-supper-a-salad-bar-checklist/

Best potato soup recipe

Best potato soup recipe ever and so easy. This recipe will serve about 6-8 people:
30 oz. Bag of frozen hash browns
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 onion, chopped
1 can undiluted cream of chicken soup
3-14.5 oz. Cans chicken broth
8 oz. Cream cheese
Put first 5 ingredients in the crockpot and stir. Cook on low for 6 hours. One hour before you want to serve it, add the cream cheese. Garnish with bacon bits and/or grated cheddar cheese. Easy recipe to multiply and inexpensive. Delicious, too!
I would serve with a green salad and sweet cornbread.