Ok, here is my next baby shower question.
Does it matter what kind of food you serve?
I’m sure the answers vary greatly, but I’d love to hear what people eat at baby showers.
Does it have to be cute and frilly and all fancy? Or can it be like a tailgate party?
What do you think?
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For my baby shower and my sisters we did a bunch of hordourves/appetizers (snacky type of foods). We held it in the afternoon after lunch. Very casual.
I’m all about tailgate appetizers (THAT would be a dream shower!), but some of my favorite showers have served chicken salad on croissants, fruit/veggie/meat/cheese trays. I don’t like punch, but peach or orange iced tea is perfect!!
i am having a shower for my friend on the 21st and I am going to have sandwiches, veggie tray, and fruit tray!
and of course cake and puch!! quick and easy!!
It depends. I loved my baby shower it was at a friend’s home and very low key. She served appetizer portions of an array of food. And honestly I can’t really remember what all was served but my favorite was the mini crabcakes. Delish.
Now, this past weekend a friend attended a shower that was held at a banquet hall and was basically like a wedding – with full dias and everything.
So, it all depends on how you approach it.
We had my shower at a hall, but that is because my husbands family is so insanely large. We had salad, chicken breast, and some veggies, along with a yummy cake.
Anything delicious can be served, but a cutesy cake is always nice.
People like to eat though. I’ve been o a shower with all appetizers and people were waiting for food.
A ziti and salad or one of those big sandwiches from the deli with salad always goes over well.
We actually had my baby shower (7 years ago) at Pizza Hut. We just let someone else do the cooking and who doesn’t like pizza?
I think it depends on time of day, guest list, etc. This spring a friend and I were trying to coordinate every busy schedules (including me moving away) to host a baby shower for another friend (who also had a busy schedule). We finally decided a Fri evening would work best, but we consider that family time, and it would be over supper time, so we had a family picnic supper on my friend’s back porch & yard, w/ baked potatoes and all the works. Our original plan had been to have a girls only tea party mid-day on Sunday, in that case we’d have had a very different menu, it’s just a matter of when, who, theme IMO.
I say tailgate. When I was pregnant, I wanted to EAT!
My wonderful baby shower was hosted by my mother-in-law in March, and with the exception of the cake and some sugar cubes, she made everything herself. I had a rubber ducky theme, so she had a picture cake made with the same rubber ducky that was on my invites, and then she found some really cute sugar cubes with ducks on them. The other foods were just little lunch-time snacks…it only took her 2 hours or so to prepare it and we had over 30 guests.
The food was utterly delish, and everyone thought the cake was so adorable, but it certainly wasn’t the center of the baby shower. If we had KFC or pizza or something, I’m sure no one would have really minded. It just depends on how much work you want to put in, but there are actually plenty of recipes that take less than 10 minutes to put together (i.e. a HUGE bowl of salad).