5 Cost-Effective Buffet Dinner Menu Ideas for a Party

To arrange a party, you need a theme, budget, invitation list, decoration list, food list etc. Other than all these lists you will also need catering kitchen equipment for the party so, make a list of everything you will possibly need. And if you are arranging a buffet dinner you can look at the following cost-effective buffet dinner menu ideas for the party:

1. This recipe is cost-effective and the best dish for a vegetarian in your party. Ingredients that you will need are olive oil, finely chopped onions, brown rice, chicken stock, cranberries, chopped and toasted pecans, and parsley. To make this recipe take a saucepan and heat oil. Add onions and cook until soft. Add rice blend in a saucepan, stir for a minute and add the stock. When it boils reduce the heat and cook for 35 minutes. Now drain and cool the rice. Serve it after adding pecan, parsley, and cranberries.

2.  If you are throwing a party, must try flavored packed roast lamb dish. Ingredients for this recipe are toasted and crushed coriander seeds, dried chili flakes, ginger, finely chopped garlic clove, maple syrup, lemon juice and mint, and coriander leaves.

Now take a bowl and place the maple syrup, crushed coriander seeds, dried chili, chopped ginger, and garlic and stir to combine all the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Marinate the lamb and put it at room temperature for half an hour. Then roast the lamb for 20-30 minutes. Serve the pieces of lamb with Tahini sauce.

3. You buffet dinner menu must include Eggplant lasagna topped with mozzarella cheese. Ingredients needed for this recipe are 3 large eggplants, olive oil, dried oregano, crushed garlic cloves, 1/2 cup Chianti, tomatoes, butter, plain flour, and milk. You will also need grated Parmesan, lasagna sheets, and sliced mozzarella.

To make this dish, preheat oven to 200°C and roast slices of eggplant in a single layer for 30-35 minutes. To make sauce take a saucepan and add olive oil. Add basil stalks and garlic in the oil and cook for a minute. Then add Chianti and cook until it boils and add tomatoes. In another pan melt the butter and add plain flour in it and stir to get a paste.

Then add milk and cook for 10 minutes and then add Parmesan. After everything is ready, grease the dish add sauce and cover it with a layer of pasta, a third of Bechamel and cover it with another layer of pasta. Spread the rest of the Bechamel sauce and add Parmesan and mozzarella. Bake it in the oven for 40-45 minutes.

4. To make another dish for your buffet dinner, preheat the oven to 200°C and grease the baking dish. Take a pan and place oil and butter in it. Add Pancetta and chopped onion in it and cook for 4-5 minutes and then add garlic, flour, and stir. After a minute add the wine and cook it until reduce to half. Then add milk, cream, grated Gruyere and Taleggio cheese and stir for 1-2 minutes. Then cook pasta and pour it into the baking dish and bake.

5. Pecan pie bars are also easy to make for your buffet dinner. Combine flour, sugar, and butter and put it in a greased pan and bake it at 350°C for 14-15 minutes to make it. In another bowl mix milk, salt, egg and vanilla and spread it over the baked crust. Bake it for more 20-25 minutes and chill. Before serving cut it into bars and enjoy.