Baby Shower Food
From LoveToKnow Baby
Planning the menu for your baby shower food doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, the simpler you can keep the preparations for a baby shower, the better.
Fruit and Veggies
Most baby showers offer some type of finger foods, and fruit and vegetable trays are always popular. Want your trays to look extra appealing? It’s all in the way you present them. You don’t have to be an artist or even very creative to display your food. What works best? Try the following:
- Melon bowls-Melon bowls are easy to make. Simply cut a large watermelon in half, and scoop out the fruit. You can use an ice cream scooper to create small balls of fruit. Now add the fruit balls along with a variety of other fruits to your bowl.
- Carriage-shaped bowl-Looking for a whimsical way to display your fruit salad? Cut two-thirds off the top of a long watermelon, leaving the other third for the carriage top. Create wheels by adding orange or grapefruit slices to the side of the melon with toothpicks. Fill the bowl with the fruit of your choice.
- Veggie trays-The trick to creating an eye-appealing vegetable is adding lots of color. Green, red, and yellow peppers, carrots, radishes, celery, broccoli, small tomatoes, cucumbers, and cauliflower look great together. You can arrange rows of vegetables so that they are next to contrasting colors. In the center of your tray, place a large bowl of vegetable dip. If you have room, you can also arrange crackers on the outer edges of the tray.
Appetizers for Baby Shower Food
Appetizers are easy to make, and they’re perfect as baby shower food. Unless you are planning on serving a full-course meal, you’ll want to have at least a couple of appetizers. After all, while guests love seeing all the new baby things, they also love eating! Looking for a few good appetizer recipes? Look no further! We’ve got lots of great appetizer recipe ideas at LoveToKnowRecipes. Check out the following:
- Baked Crackers and Cheese
- Celery Cheese Toast
- Cheese Straws
- Cheese Balls
- Shrimp Cocktail
- Deviled Eggs
- Stuffed Peppers
Desserts
Of course, the main dessert at a baby shower is the cake. However, many hostesses want to serve a few other sweets as well. Brownies, cookies, chocolate-covered nuts, and mints are just some of the desserts that are typically served at baby showers. Check out the following recipes. Yummy!
- Almond Crisps
- Almond Macaroons
- Best Nut Cookies
- Brown Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Drop Cookies
- Coconut Cream Cookies
- Frozen Cookies Recipe
- Ginger Snaps
- Honey Drops
- Tea Biscuits
- Chocolate Fudge
- Divinity
- Chocolate Brownies
- Pound Cake
- Rich Coffee Cake
Drinks
Of course, you’ll need to offer a variety of drinks to go along with the baby shower food, such as the following:
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soft drinks
- Lemonade
- Bottled water
- Punch
For some great punch recipes, check out this site.
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