I need inspiration 
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Ours is Sat, 2-4. My family is big snackers and likes to drink. We have 35 adults and 10 kids.
Pork Sliders
Red Pepper Jelly Dip
Meatballs
Cheesy Spinach Rolls
Hummus and Pita Chips
Veggie Tray
Fruit Skewers
Cheese, Salami, & Crackers
Cake
Drinks:
Unsweet Tea
Water
Pink Lemonade
Beer
Wine
Sodas -
Pulled pork I cooked in the crockpot the night before with buns, coleslaw and extra homemade sauce.
Pasta salad
Fruit salad
Dips with pretzels and chips
Licorice, sugar cookes (to go) and cake. -
Yay! Fun topic!
Our celebration will be April 19th and I'm basically making all of LO's fave foods. Suggestions for additions are welcome!
Guacamole
Hummus
(some kind of chips, pita, veggies, etc. to dip in both of the above).
Baked beans.
Mac n cheese
Fruit salad or fruit skewers
Cheese platter (cut into fun shapes hopefully)Desserts:
Funfetti smash cake and cupcakes made with leftover batter.
Cake mix sugar cookies
Chocolate cake (most likely) for the adultsAnything I could add? I'm thinking I need some kind of carb/bread? Maybe mini muffins? It's going to be an early lunch.
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Our 1st birthday is from 1-4pm so the menu is all over the place and nothing is too substantial. Most of the bigger stuff is "Philly-centric".
hoagie trays
tomato pies
veggie tray
soft pretzel tray
cheese/cured meats/olives/hummus/crackers tray
macaroni & cheese
fruitscake
cookies
pretzel trees
candy acorns
birds nestsbeer
wine
soda
juice boxes
milk? -
@cmomma17: If it is lunch time, what about about some kind of meat. I know my DH would need some meat.
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Ours was 4-7
pulled pork
hot dogs for kids
relish tray
2 pasta salads
fruit tray
chips & dips
baked beanscake & ice cream for dessert!
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Appetizers:
Red pepper jelly+cream cheese dip+crackers
Smokies in the crockpot
deviled eggsMain dish:
pork+beef korean tacosDesserts:
chocolate cupcakes with buttercream
pound cake tea cakes
cookie dough ballsDrinks
blue punch (blue hawaiian+lemonade)
pink punch (strawberry soda+ice cream)
beer+waterOurs is 4-7pm
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We had a really small party and didn't feel the need to make it a big thing, so we had pizza, veggie sticks and dip, fruit, popcorn, cookies and cake of course.
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@Smurfette: lol, yeah that's the problem when a vegetarian plans a party
I can't think of anything that would be super easy for me to make (DH the carnivore will be working). Plus LO hasn't had any meat yet. -
@cmomma17: I would do a pulled pork. You can make the day before and then you just can thrown in the crock pot to warm up. Get some slider buns and done!
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LO’s first birthday was 2-4 so we just had snacky items vs. an actual meal.
Mini lobster rolls
Fresh fruit
Fresh veggies and dips
Cheese and crackers
Goldfish crackers
Cupcakes
Cake
CookiesDrinks: Champagne, still water, sparkling mineral water, juice, milk
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We didn't have a "theme" for our food... just had to be good, cheap, and delicious.
Fruit platter from Costco
Veggie platter from Costco
Pepp pizza for the kids
Deli sandwiches from Italian restaurant
Penne w/ meat sauce from Italian restaurant
Fettucine alfredo from Italian restaurant
Cake
Drinks (water, soda, lemonade, booze). -
@Smurfette: @blackbird: what is red pepper jelly? Is it a regional thing?
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@MrsH: Nope, I just shared my recipe. It is mix of cream cheese, cheese, bacon, and hot pepper jelly poured on top!
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We had food catered from Giordanos! So we had pizza, pasta, salad, mozzarella bruschetta, and cheesy garlic bread. I also had a desserts table and hot cocoa bar.
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Ours was just the weekend before last! We had:
Pulled pork sandwiches
Chicken legs
Baked potatoes (with topping of course!)
Chips and dipCupcakes
Sugar cookies
Chocolate chip cookies
Rice crispy treatsBeer
Wine coolers
Soda
Water -
I want to come to all of these parties.
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@mrsH, I used smurfette's recipe but red pepper jelly is like...1 cup of chopped peppers, 6 cups of sugar, and you make it like jam, so it's chunky. I made a strawberry-jalapeno one i'm going to put on top of her dip
like this!
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@blackbird: looks super yummy. I've never heard of it.
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@MrsH: I'm glad you asked because I had never heard of it either!
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Our party's in late April and will be from 12-3, so lunchtime. So far, this is what we're planning to serve:
Fruit tray
Cheese tray
Veggies and dip
Maybe meatballs in the crockpotAssorted gourmet sandwiches
Broccoli salad
Coleslaw
Quinoa saladSugar free smash cake for dd
Chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting
Custom decorated cookies
Banana cream pie -
@heartonastring: oooh, care to share either your broccoli salad or quinoa salad recipes?
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Bulgogi, Tempura Ckn Tenders, Steamed Garlic Aspargus, Jap Chae, Rice, BBQ/Jelly Meatballs
Chips/Salsa, Chocolate, Chocolate Cake, Carrot, Cake, Chocolate Cheesecake, Pumpkin Spice fluffy cookies, fruit tray, veggie tray
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@blackbird: @MrsH: Way to show me up...making your own jelly. When you do you sleep?
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We had:
Fruit Salad
Veggies & Dip
Crackers & Cheese
Mini Sandwiches
Chips
Cupcakes
Mini Hersheys
Water & Fruit Boxes
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@cmomma17: The broccoli salad is an old recipe of my mum's and she's going to bring it for the party. It's basically raw broccoli, cubed cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and red onion in a mayo-based dressing. I'm sure if you google broccoli salad you'll find a lot of similar ones
I don't have an actual recipe for the quinoa salad either (sorry, I'm the worst!). It's a cup of quinoa (I'll probably double it for the party) cooked in chicken stock, then you add in diced cucumber and tomatoes, crumbled feta and chopped scallions. The dressing is the juice of one lemon mixed with about 1/3 c. of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.
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We did sloppy joes, chips, macaroni salad.
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@smurfette, it's way easier than you would think! I do it when DH takes E to his mom's. I can get a whole batch of 24 jars done in about 1.5 hours
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@heartonastring: I want to come to your party please. Yum!
And I did google broccoli salad and now I'm really hungry!I'm thinking about adding biscuits to my menu! Mmmmmm
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LO has a Cinco de Mayo birthday so we're doing a fiesta theme. This is what I've planned so far:
Taco bar with ground beef, salsa chicken, carnitas and all the toppings.
Grilled veggies
Black beans
Mexican rice
Chips with salsa and guacamole
Veggie trays
Some other main that isn't Mexican for those who are picky
Fresh fruit skewers
Birthday cake -
We had been planning:
Pulled (slow cooker) pork sandwiches
Potato chips
Potato salad
Pasta salad
Coleslaw
Cornbread muffins
Fresh watermelon
Cupcakes/Cake
Water/soda/beer -
@rahlyrah: Reading this thread title and seeing it was written by you makes me panic.
At least I have some good ideas for whenever I want to come out of denial and start planning!
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@mrsbookworm: okay now I want to come to YOUR party! Yummy!
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@Mrs. Taco: Craziness. Absolute craziness.
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We are having a dinosaur themed party on the 22nd, so we will have food for carnivores and herbivores...
BBQ Ribs
Meat and Cheese tray with rolls
Meatballs
Veggie Tray
Fruit Tray
Potato Salad
Macaroni Salad
Chips
Bugles
Dinosaur Cake -
El Pollo Loco:
- Chicken
- Black Beans
- Pinto Beans
- Fresh Corn
- Mac & Cheese
- Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
- Tortillas
- Salsa (3 types)Snacks:
Chips, Boom Chicka Pop popcorn, and Goldfish
Dessert Bar:
- Cake
- Cake Pops
- Candy Apples
- Rice Krispie Treats
- Marshmallow Pops
- LollipopsDrinks:
- Sodas, Water, Beer, "Adult Punch" -
We did an Italian feast. I was crazy and made all of the food but I don't think I would have done it any other way! The party started at 3 and we did dinner at 5:30
We had:
Apps
- Spinach and artichoke dip
- Spicy feta and marinara dip with bread
- Hummus and veggies
- I know there were more apps but can't remember Dinner
- Big salad with 3 kinds of dressings
- One giant veggie lasanga
- My mom made a buffalo chicken lasagna
- Baked ziti with sausage
- Just pasta and sauce for any picky kids
- GF pasta and sauce for me and my FIL's GF
- Tons of garlic breadDessert
- Mainly birthday cake
- Cookies and browniesWe also had a full bar
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Costco Pinwheel sandwiches
Fruit Platter
Vanilla and chocolate cupcakes
fruit squeezable pouches
citrus flavored pellegrino
variety of soda
honest juices
bottled water.we had our party at a park if that matters.
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@shopaholic: Green salsa!
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