You're embarking on weekend getaway with friends or family, and you've been entrusted with menu planning. It's a daunting task to plan, shop, cook, and clean for a crowd, but it's possible to do so without sucking your savings account dry and losing your mind. Recently for my cousin's bachelorette weekend, she entrusted me with feeding a group of ten women for the weekend. I stuck to crowd-pleasing recipes I know like the back of my hand and relied on my Costco membership to buy bulk groceries on the cheap . . . among a few nifty tips I've picked up having worked the line at restaurants. Stick to my plan, and you'll end up having a memorable weekend of meals.