Sooo...thank you all for your advice last week. I have decided to increase the food budget, but it is still a low budget, so I have enlisted family to help as some of you suggested. I asked FI's mom to do a pasta dish, my aunt and uncle to do a veggie side dish, and my sister to do a chicken dish.
Everyone is on board except my sister. She says since she is a bridesmaid she won't have time. I told her that, EXACTLY, as a bridesmaid she is supposed to help me. I honestly don't really care if the chicken dish is absent, but I'm really bothered by how thoughtless she is being.
I guess I should ask now, is a pasta bake, seafood bruschetta and probably ratatouille enough food to constitute a dinner? If not, I will ask someone else to do a chicken dish for people who are maybe allergic to seafood or offended by pasta.
You all gave me a lot to think about last week...thanks so much for your brutal but always appreciated advice.