Suggested Menus and Recipes for
Georgetown Presbyterian Church Lunch/Punch Bunch
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Suggestions from Katy McBride
5/10/2006
Overview
Feeding 50 – 80 people lunch is a daunting task! It is also a wonderful GPC tradition,
and a fun and rewarding way to meet folks and foster fellowship. We hope you will
enjoy this chance to serve God through serving others.
Hosting lunch/punch bunch involves recruiting help, planning the menu, assigning tasks,
buying the food, and assembling the meal. Try to recruit as many people as you need to
help on Sunday morning. In case you want a little creative jolt here are some suggested
menus and recipes.
Suggested Menus
Midwestern Lunch
Chicken noodle soup
Cheese sandwiches on white bread (kids)
Swiss cheese and salami sandwiches on rye/wheat bread (adults)
Macaroni or potato salad, grapes, apples, or other fruit
Chocolate pudding cups
Soup and Salads
Tortilla soup
Corn bread
Pigs in a blanket (kids and adults love them!)
3 salads for $2 (we gave a choice of 4 -5 salads such as a pasta salad, green salad, fruit
salad, Chinese chicken salad, etc.)
Cookies
Soup and Sandwiches
Vegetable soup
Ham and swiss cheese sandwiches on rye/pumpernickel bread (with lettuce and spicy
brown mustard)
Cream cheese and chutney on raisin bread (kids and adults like this)
Fruit salad
Bar cookies
Soup and Pita Pockets
Cream of tomato soup
Chicken salad in pita pockets
Cream cheese and jelly or olive sandwiches (for kids)
Cut up melon or grapes
Cupcakes
Suggested Menus and Recipes for
Georgetown Presbyterian Church Lunch/Punch Bunch
Page 2 of 4
Suggestions from Katy McBride
5/10/2006
Recipes
Tortilla Soup
The large double boiler soup pot will hold up to 4 packages of Safeway’s dry tortilla soup
mix with water, plus tomatoes, corn, and black beans. This makes a delicious and hearty
soup. We started with four packages of dry soup mix, and added 8 cups of water/pkg.
We added 2 large cans of diced tomatoes, drained to elimin