I want to take a quick poll here...for some reason, I trust you people.  (In spite of my towering TBR pile which you all had a part in making grow!)

Anyway.  I am the host library for a meeting on Tuesday.  We'll have between 15 and 20 librarians coming for a day-long meeting, and the host library is supposed to feed everyone lunch.  We're having the meeting in our new branch, which has a minimal kitchen.  There is a fridge, and a small microwave, but no stove.  So I need a fast, easy menu that requires little heat.

I've decided to go Mexican, and serve Tortilla soup (I can keep it warm in my slow cooker), some jacked-up cornbread muffins, a bean dip (completely awesome and which I can zap in the microwave) with chips, and then I found a sinful sounding recipe for Mexican Chocolate Brownies for dessert.  My question is: does this sound like enough of a meal to satisfy?  I can make a meal out of brownies alone, so I'm having a bit of a hard time deciding if I should, say, throw a salad in there too, or add sandwiches.

Thoughts?  Would you be happy?  WWMSD?  (What Would Martha Stewart Do?)

It sounds good to me. As a vegetarian, you may want to make a bit of veggie tortilla soup for those who are veggie.

Yum!

I might have one small plate of sandwiches in case you have someone who doesn't like or can't eat Mexican. 

Mimi...I planned on making the soup vegetarian.  Some make it with shredded chicken, but you can make it without too.

Christa...that might be a good idea.  Maybe I should substitute the sandwiches for the bean dip.  But now that I've been thinking about it, I'm really hungry for it!

Vicky -- it all sounds yummy to me, especially the Mexican brownies...and the tortilla soup...and the cornbread...and the bean dip. I was thinking of crashing the party, but just looked up on Mapquest to discover that it would be a 5-hour drive each way -- so don't bother setting that extra place. However, feel free to post (or PM me) the recipes.  Hope both the meeting and lunch are wildly successful!

Deb...c'mon, what's five hours?  You would fit right in with librarians that love to be fed!    But, if you still think it's too far, I will send you the recipes.

Sounds good to me, although the veggie suggestion is a good one. Whenever we have an open house kind of thing at the office they always go to Costco and get those lovely sandwich trays. No muss, no fuss.

Deb...c'mon, what's five hours?

Yeah -- but it's five hours EACH WAY. So, I'll settle for the recipes (unless you want to send me a care package, though unfortunately I suspect the food wouldn't sustain its shape, form, texture, or taste through the mail).

I'd also love  a veggie tortilla soup recipe!

We're all drooling through the computer screen!

Cheryl, that would be a good idea...but it's too late now.  I went shopping yesterday (I'm an hour away from a grocery store) so it's a veggie soup.   But I did buy sandwich fixings, just in case.  Plus I have to make the bean dip.  Leftovers are okay...

Today is Cooking Day; I'll post the recipes later, I promise!

Yum!  Love the comments, too.

I'm totally inept at entertaining or planning menus.  I'm not a great cook either.  However, I did want to pop in and ask, you actually TRUST us?  LOL!

However, I did want to pop in and ask, you actually TRUST us?  LOL!    Crazy, eh? 

Well, some of us are more trustworthy than others (but I'm not naming any names).

Good thinkin' Deb!

Good thinkin' Deb!

 Well, gotta be careful in this forum. I sure don't want to get black-listed...or wet-noodled.