Making sheva brachos for 20-30 ppl

I am imyh making sheva brachos for 20-30 ppl on jan 10th and im looking for easy food to make that I can make same day or freeze. milchig or fleishig. help!

Silver Member Joined: Oct 07 2009 Posts: 612

I made a sheva brachot for about 30 people, here is what I made:

Hotdogs in a blanket
Chicken wontons

spinach salad with mango and strawberry
lettuce salad with avocado and hearts of palm and mushrooms
edamame salad

shnitzel
pickled brisket
meatballs
roasted potatoes
grilled vegetables

chocolate mousse
raspberry mousse
chocolate souflee
chocolate truffles

I made the wontons almost a week in advance and froze them
Made the meatballs 3 days before and left them in the fridge
made the shnitzel, potatoes, vegetables and brisket on the day of.
I made the mousses the night before and the truffles like 6 days in advance.

It'll be great if you get someone to help you out the day of so that you're not stressed and all alone.
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Senior Member Joined: Aug 11 2010 Posts: 172

Disclaimer: I've never made a sheva bracha before
But, if you decide to have a soup course, you can make the soup in advance and freeze it, I.e., butternut squash.
Also, you can prep the chicken and freeze it in the pans without baking and then bake it the day of. For shnitzel you egg & bread and freeze the cutlets with parchment between the layers or you can clean pieces of chicken, arrange in a tray and then pour sauce and bake them the day of.
MOst desserts freeze well, ie, brownies, cookies, mousse, cheesecake, especially homemade ice cream!
Good luck!

Gold Member Joined: Mar 31 2010 Posts: 2093

Are you doing a sit-down or a buffet? It makes a bit of a difference in the food.

Either way though, for fleishigs, should should be able to do most of the sides in advance and freeze them. When I host I love to do kugels in individual muffins. You can make almost any kind of kugel that way - broccoli, carrot, squash, apple-cranberry etc. and they all freeze well and can be served on a plate for sit down or on platters for a buffet. For fleishigs, the only things that I don't freeze are potatoes, meat and vegetables, but if everything else is done beforehand, that's not too much to do.

I've never done a milchiegs sheva brachos, but I've hosted many milchieg parties and things like lasagna, baked ziti, eggplant paremsean and various quiches are easy to make in bulk and freeze ahead of time. Add a bunch of salads and you can have a nice spread.

Are you looking for a whole menu? Let us know milchieg or fleishig and sit-down vs. buffet.

Gold Member Joined: Dec 24 2009 Posts: 2433

My last one I made was motsi shabbos.

Cruditee & dip & breadsticks
Garlic bread
Green Salad with feta cheese
Veggie soup with mandel on the side
Lasagnas
Make your own ice cream sundaes

Soup and lasagnas I made in advance.

Everything was parve in milchig kelim except for some of the lasagnas and ice creams.

I made the following lasagnas:
- 2 regular cheese
- 2 spinach cheese
- 1 tofu, spinach
- 1 tofu, spinach, mushroom

Someone else was supposed to do dessert but they got sick so I switched to the ice cream sundaes and which everyone *LOVED*. Who would have thought?

Also the men insisted on beer.
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