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Afternoon (Luncheon) Shower
Menu
Have two
totally different casseroles
- one with chicken and one other
Choose one: Chicken
Tetrazini or Chicken
Del Sol
Choose one: 4
Cheese Sausage Pasta Bake or Swedish
Meat Balls with Rice
Salads - choose two
Southwest
Salad or Overnight
Slaw or Easy
Ambrosia Salad
or Cucumber
& Dill Pasta Salad
Dessert - Choose 2
Angel
Food Strawberry Roll or Mini
Cheesecakes or Chocolate
Mocha Trifle
or Freeze
& Bake coffee cake
Punch -Choose one
Frosty
Punch or Banana
Punch or Golden
Punch
Coffee and Tea
TIP: Set up individual guest tables to hold extra nibbles such as
Cheese and crackers Veggies & dip
or Mixed Nuts
TIP: If you have a special cake for the guest of honor, you may not
want a fancy dessert, perhaps some of
the bars listed in the menu below would be all the extra sweets
that you would need.
Evening Shower Menu
Serve 2 hot and 2 cold appetizers
for a group of 15 or less.
Increase the variety for more
quests.
HOT: Mini
Quiche or Sweet
& Sour Meatballs or Party
Rye Toppers
or Hot
Tuna or Crab Dip ( Serve with Crackers or
Raw Vegetables)
COLD: Fruit with Fruit
Dip or Texas
Caviar serve with Tortilla Chips or
Chicken
Nut Pate or Veggie
Dip
Three or Four (or even more) of the following
Nieman
Chocolate Chip Cookies or Chocolate
Cream Cheese Cookies or
Strawberry
Cheesecake Bars or Marvelous
Lemon Bars or
Nanaimo
bars or Butterscotch
Confetti Bars or Fudge
Cups
Beverages: Frosty
Wedding Punch or Lime
& Rum Punch
Coffee & Tea
TIP: If having a small group 15 or less, choose two hot appetizers
and two cold. The cold could include either the
fruit dip or a veggie dip. If having a larger group I would suggest
at least 3 hot and 3 cold appetizers.
Allow 5 - 6 pieces per person.
TIP: Have some things to nibble on if you are not serving the food
until after the gifts are opened.
Nuts, mints, pretzels etc.
TIP: Use small colored paper cups to hold mints.
TIP: Cookies and small bars will look fabulous if you line your serving
plate or tray with a pretty paper doily.
Space the cookies etc. apart so that they are not piled up and the
presentation will be elegant. You can also place
sliced cake squares or cheesecake squares in paper muffin cups,
slightly squeezing them to make 'boats'. This
makes handling a potentially sticky item much easier for your quests.
TIP: If planning to serve cookies and squares, those can be
made, wrapped well and frozen at least one month
ahead of time.
TIP: Provide coffee and/or tea. Have tea bags
and hot water available. Have large coffee urns or make coffee in
regular pots and use servers on a table along with cream and sugar
and milk (for those that don't want the calories
that are in cream) and possibly having some mints at the same table.
A pot of flavored Decaf. coffee is a good idea
too.
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