Shopping List (serving 25, cost approx $80 or $3.20/serving)

6 pound brown rice pasta

7 jar tomato sauce

4 bag garlic bread (winco pre-made)

3 box mixed greens

3 bag shredded carrot

3 box cherry tomato

1 large bottle olive oil

15 zucchini

10 clove garlic

20 red/orange bell pepper

15 yellow summer squash

7 yellow onion

2 box yellow cake mix

2 20-oz can crushed pineapple in juice

2 20-oz can cherry pie filling

2 7-oz bag shredded coconut

 

Pasta:

Cook pasta according to directions.  Drain and place in serving tray.  Add oil to prevent sticking.

 

Pasta Sauce:

Pour all sauce into crockpot.  Place on high until well heated, then lower setting until time to serve.

 

Salad:

Empty 3 boxes greens into a large serving dish.  Add shredded carrots.  Cut cherry tomatoes in half and add to salad.  Mix well.  Serve with various salad toppings and dressings.

 

Veggies:

Chop onion, squash, garlic and bell peppers.  Saute with olive oil and a dash of salt and pepper until all are soft.  Place in a metal serving tray and adjust seasoning (salt and pepper) as needed.

 

Cobbler:

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease two 9×13 baking pans.  Pour pineapple (with half the juices) into bottom of pans (1 can per pan).  Spread pie filling on top, spreading as evenly as you can.  Put cake mix, remaining pineapple juice and 2c.margarine into bowl, mix until wet, then place on top of cherries (half the mix on each cake pan). Top with coconut and nuts.  Bake 1 hr, cool 30 min, serve.