Jun 282 min read

Team Dinner Idea: Italian

Olive Garden Team Dinner Order

Pros: pasta is a filler upper, usually comes in fairly big quantities

Cons: pricier option, dietary restrictions might be less unavoidable (especially gluten free)

🍞🌿🧀 Custom Pasta Dish Entree (comes w/ pasta dish, salad, 2 breadsticks) - $13

🍞 Gluten Free Chicken Parm Entree (pasta dish, grilled chicken parm, salad) - $21

🧀 Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce Family Size Pan - $47

Family Style Lasagna Bundle (lasagna w/ meat sauce, 2 jumbo salads, 2 dozen breadsticks) - $96

🌿🧀 Jumbo House Salad + Dozen Breadsticks (x2) - $50 ($25 each)

TOTAL (including tax, delivery fee, and tip): $317.79 ($15.89 per person)

Pros: cheap, customizable for dietary restrictions, relatively easy prep

Cons: prep is easy but takes time

Prices based on Stop n Shop online, can vary by store or location

Materials:

Cooking Pot

Serving Bowls

Serving Utensils

Ingredients:

🍞🌿🧀 Barilla Gluten Free Spaghetti or Penne (x2) - $8 ($4 each)

🌿🧀 Barilla Spaghetti or Penne (x5) - $11 ($2.19 each)

🍞🌿🧀 Prego Tomato Basil Garlic Marinara Sauce (x2) - $8 ($4 each)

🌿🧀 Prego Alfredo Sauce - $3.69

Cooked Perfect Italian Style Meatballs 26ct. (x2) - $11 ($5.50 each)

Stop n Shop Italian 6-Blend Shredded Cheese (x2) - $4.50 ($2.19 each)

🍞🌿🧀 Daiya Vegan Italian 6-Blend Shredded Cheese - $5.29

🌿🧀 Scali Italian Bread (x3) - $16 ($4 each)

Land O Lakes Butter Spread - $3.29

🍞🌿🧀 Stop n Shop Minced Garlic - $3

TOTAL (including tax): $78.38 ($4 per person)*

*price doesn't include any coupons or deals, based on MA 6.25% sales tax

Instructions:

Boil 1.5c of water for every ounce of pasta being cooked
Cook pasta sauce in a sauce pan. Bring to boil then reduce heat to let it summer.
Meatballs: either add to to sauce pan with pasta sauce or bake at 350 degrees 15-25min
Bread: toast in a toaster or oven, add butter and garlic (or even some cheese?!) while it's still warm