For snacks, ask DD to invite her friends to bring their own snacks. They probably will bring up bags of chips and popcorn and candy.
Since they’re all older teens (I’m assuming this is high school graduation), rope them into making their own breakfasts. They’re old enough to mix pancake batter and flip pancakes, or make waffles. They can wash and cut up fruit for a fruit salad. You just need to supervise but they can be your assistants. They can also cut up the veggies for veggie platter.
We fed ten people at our lake cottage last summer. We served:
- baked chicken wings/thighs/drumsticks.
- a giant salad for every meal, with lots of deli meat/nuts/fruit/cheese/boiled eggs. We kept the toppings separate and everyone assembled their own salad
- hot dogs and sausages
- assemble-your-own pita wraps
- assemble-your-own gourmet sandwiches
- pasta
- Lots of fruit that you could grab as needed
- Veggies and dip (hummus, ranch, etc.)
- Granola bars
- Muffins and cookies
- plain sliced bread so people could make their own toast in the morning
- instant oatmeal (people added honey and/or fresh fruit)
- Yogurt
- Water, Orange juice, milk, soya milk, coffee, tea
Because everyone has different tastes and food restrictions, we found that it was easiest to do meals where people could pick and choose what they wanted to eat, rather than serving one dish (e.g. lasagne) where you had to eat that one thing or starve. We had guests who were kosher, and guests who were lactose intolerant, and vegetarian, and gluten-free, and allergic to this or that. It was too hard to try to find one meal that fit all requirements.