The catering project shopping list

Here’s the final menu for Friday’s film shoot catering project:

Lunch:

wrap sandwiches – turkey,ham, and feta/greek
corn bean salad with cilantro
gazpacho served in cups
vege platter (carrots, celery, cucumbers)
hummus
pita chips

Dinner:

Anti-pasta Pasta salad
(chunks of cheese, salami, pepperoni in pasta)
marinated grilled vegetables served cold
(peppers, zuccini, mushrooms)
White bean salad
fruit salad
(cantelope, honeydew, grapes, berries)
sliced italian bread with herbed dipping oils

lemon bars
brownies
choc chip cookies
sugar cookies

Here’s the shopping list:

qty item

30 slices ham
30 slices turkey
30 very thin slices swiss
30 very thin slices provolone
3 qtrs lb genoa salami
3 qtrs lb pepperoni sausage
1 1/2 lb asiago cheese
1 lb butter
30 very large tortillas
1 container mayonaise
1 gallon olive oil (don’t panic! It’s just that we’re almost out at home.)
1 bottle red wine vinegar
4 large cans garbanzo beans
3 pkgs dry italian salad dressing
2 large bags (or 3 smaller) pita chips
1 can tomato juice
3 15.2 oz corn
3 cans bush’s black beans
4 cans cannellini beans
3 6 oz can black olives chopped
3 lbs shell pasta
2 bags baby carrots
2 stalks celery
5 cucumbers
1 carton grape tomatoes
7 red bell peppers
9 green bell peppers
2 white onions
3 red onions
4 roma tomatoes
4 regular tomatoes
2 head lettuce
4 portobello mushrooms
2 cantaloupe
2 honeydew
grapes
strawberries
parsley

I have never in my life picked up 16 bell peppers in one grocery store trip. Right now I’m ignoring the fact I will soon be dicing 16 bell peppers.

Two things I did to save time: I called in my deli order already this morning, and I delegated the cookies and brownies to a lovely young baker who recently graduated from East.

Today I’ll make the two bean salads, the lemon bars, the gazpacho, the dipping oil, and the hummus. They actually are better after sitting in the fridge for a bit. Tomorrow is everything else except the wrap sandwiches, which I’ll make on Friday. I’ll also pick up some sliced fresh Italian bread then, too.

Wish me luck. I am really going to need it.