need to make brunch for 18 plus children - help!

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We are having a family party next weekend and the day after I have offered to make brunch which will be for 18 adults and 7 children.

I cook a lot and am pretty handy in the kitchen but for some reason I am totally stumped.

Ideally is needs to be something I can make a couple of days in advance as I won't want to do anything that needs a lot of preparation on the day. Needs to be vegetarian or include a veggie alternative. Obviously needs to be suitable for children (they all eat pretty varied stuff though so this isn't too much of a sticking point).

And doesn't need to cost too much please!

HELP!!!!

How about kedgeree then depending on whether the veggies eat fish you can make one without the fish?

Easy to make too.

If they're sitting down, baked potatoes with fillings like mince, chili, baked beans, tuna mayo etc plus grated cheese - salad/garlic bread on the side.
Or anything that can be made in one pot/dish and reheated on stove/in oven - chicken pie with mash on top, cottage pie, stew(more pricey) - need a separate veggy alternative though.
This would be easier than a cold buffet, though you could always buy pork pie, sausage rolls, crisps etc but pretty boring IMP and needs more doing on the day.
Hope this helps

Toast, bacon and/or sausage and egg buns...means you have to do it all on the morning tho.

Liking all those ideas - esp the jacket potatoes and various fillings although might do that for lunch the day before (presume potatoes will stay warm on low in oven without spoiling too much?) - have started another thread about the lunch too!

Kedgeree sounds yummy too - make this a lot for my lot and would be great.

I'd thought about the breakfast buns and had decided against because I thought I'd be spending all my time in the kitchen. WOuld be yummy though and we have a great butchers neary that makes sausages thatare out of this world...

Plenty to think on so thanks!!!

Whoops, sorry - for brunch I read lunch - but as yr doing lunch as well....jacket pots will be fing in the oven for ages - I wrap min individually in foil the day before
So for brunch, just buy a load of mixed pastries -croissants etc and warm in the oven - perhaps too simple but easy - perhaps sausage/vegan butties?