Need Some help / Ideas for A baby Shower

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:00 pm

Cos I keep changing my Mind .....

my self and Anissas Mum In Law are throwing a baby shower for Anissa next saturday at noon (its at that crazy time cos most of us work in restaurants and have to work later that day ) there will be approx 40 people.....we already have the cake sorted and we dont plan on doing any games.....

Marge (MIL) is doing the philly thing ... Hot roast beef ... 2 different types of Pasta (cold) prolly cheese plates that kind of stuff..... I was going to do tacos and fahitas but i realized that would be a pain .....

to keep warm etc etc ....

I am Deffo going with a Cucumber tom salad .... and a turkey cranberry pecan cold salad stuffed in to a huge loaf (with the bread taken out ) so u can just slice that and eat that....

a big spring mix salad ..... and maybe a chicken and a tuna salad .....I was thinking all that would be easy to scoop on a plate and eat .....and some pumperknickel bread .....

Any other ideas peeps ......Please.......

...... I am running out of time ........

oh and a mango red onion and black bean salsa.....

SpursFan1902 · Post by **SpursFan1902** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:24 pm

Some sort of fruit salad might be nice...We really like blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and kiwi together...maybe some cherries?

fritz · Post by **fritz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:02 pm

Maybe a nice chef salad for the meat eaters if any? That's always nice. Ziti can be nice too. :-)

Forgot to change names again.....Gee! This is from Pirtybirdy. ;-)

6ULDV8 · Post by **6ULDV8** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:46 pm

At the house in Maine (when we had a hoard of peeps there) I made a mayo free coleslaw, it was a big hit with all who ate it (over 20 peeps tried it).
The base is pretty easy to make & I'd be more than willing to share the recipe.

Of course nibbles are a must at such gatherings...

Home made Hummus & pita bread triangles, shrimp / prawns, a cheese plate with assorted crackers...

Various olives always go down well too...

I myself tend to decorate the plates of nibbles with items such as strawb's, grapes, blueberries, melon balls & such...
(those who want fruit eat the decorations & saves on entire fruit plates)

Post by **eefanincan** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:34 am

Sounds like quite a good spread already, Aja.... I think the only thing I could suggest is maybe, ice cream and pickles

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:10 am

Aja, I agree that it sounds like you've got it covered already:
Hot Roast Beef
That kick ass turkey cranberry pecan cold salad loaf..please post the recipe when it's all over?
2 different pastas (cold)
Cucumber tomoato salad
Pumpernickle bread
cheese plate
Mango Red onion salsa
cake

That's quite a bit of food already so I would just round it out with a couple of pounds each of chicken salad and tuna salad and ham salad. Seriously, one hot item is enough for a summer lunch.

For a summer luncheon add fruit, store bought and already cut up, it'll be popular because it's the dead of summer and for a group of 40 you know some of them are probably dieting anyway. Buy the stuff already cut up, pineapple, watermelon, strawberry, seedless grapesi, and buy the wooden skewers people use for shishkabab. Skewer the cut up fruit with some cubes of cheddar cheese and people will lurve it. I've heard you can buy champagne flavored jelly belly candy. That would be cute. Or maybe put out a dish of the bride's favorite candy.

maycm · Post by **maycm** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:40 am

Of course no party which involved anyone with British connections would be complete without cheese and pineapple on sticks.

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:18 am

maycm wrote:Of course no party which involved anyone with British connections would be complete without cheese and pineapple on sticks.

LOL ...theres 4 of us that are going to be there that are brits ... me and my daughter and our friends .... if we could get away with vol au vonts.... sausage rolls ...cheese and pineapple sticks ... and mini chipalatas we would

I always make tons of saus rolls at xmas ....they are a fave of everyones ......

Thanks for the fruit Idea ....I had forgotton about fruit

and i had forgoton about dips .....Thank U all ...

And yes i will post the turkey salad recipe after the Shower

..

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:31 am

ps joker I will take that slaw recipe

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:23 am

Where is the turkey salad recipe then? Eh? EH?

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:15 pm

Skylace wrote:Where is the turkey salad recipe then? Eh? EH?

Hellloooooooo...we're still waiting. Oh, and tell us how it went BTW ?

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:53 am

11antoniacourt wrote:
Skylace wrote:Where is the turkey salad recipe then? Eh? EH?
Hellloooooooo...we're still waiting. Oh, and tell us how it went BTW ?

OK U lot i just got in from work.....I will post the very simple Recipe tomorrow or Monday .....The Shower went great I will also post a couple of pics of that when i do the Recipe

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:48 pm

yeah!

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:46 am

ok these are not the best of pics ..... but they are of the day ...which was real fun......

first of all the cake....made by a friend the baseball glove is the first glove ever worn by the cake maker when little....and is being given to Luke when he is born

some of the food ......

more food......

present opening the ...pregnant one

more preggers

the pool where i was ......but no pics of me ;)

was a long day for man and beast ........

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:31 am

ps ......I am making the Turkey salad again tomorrow to take too the beach in the icebox......

i will give u ladies the recipe right now ....as u are bugging me ......

this is for about 6 peeps ........I am lucky enuff to live near a Trader joes .....I really do not know if U can get this stuff in regular stores .......

https://traderjoes.com/

2 cans of Turkey
1 pack of dried cranberrys
1 pack of either candied walnuts or pecans
mayo

mix together

and eat

friccking delish