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Planning a baby shower -- refreshment ideas needed!

Posted: Jun 1, 2010

I've ordered the cake. Back when I was having my babies, baby showers consisted of cake, nuts, mints, and punch. And a couple of games and then of course present time for the mom to be.

Someone had suggested crackers and cheese and spreads, and veggies and dip. Finger foods. Is that all necessary? Will I make a gigantic faux paux if I just serve cake? We having in the church with close family and friends and I just want it to be nice and casual.

I'm not much of a party planner, but my sister is the grandmother-to-be and she was trying to plan it and I felt that just wasn't right, so I told her to stop being a control freak and let me do it and now I'm drawing a blank. It's been too long since I've had kids and too long since my friends had kids. I haven't been to a baby shower in a long while! Help!

Thanks!

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I think that just cake and punch would be fine... - Kendra

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I am not a huge cake person and would appreciate the veggie platter, but I certainly don't think that it is necessary. One really neat thing that was done at my baby shower, though, was that they put together a box with recipe cards and labeled the box "Recipe for Success". Everyone wrote down tips for the baby (as they all already had children). I found much of it to be very useful and sweet. I only wish that everyone had put their names at the bottom of their suggestions because I was looking at it the other day and could not remember who wrote what. Anyway, I just thought it was such a cute personal touch that I wanted to pass it on. :)

How elaborate do you want to get/ - Happy MT Robin

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How elaborate and how much $$ are you looking to spend? A veggie tray or two is definitely a good idea. Deviled eggs would work, too. If you have a membership to Sam's or Costco, they always have things like frozen meatballs that you could put in a crockpot fairly easily, they have little puff pastry things that are savory and sweet, I know I've seen tortilla roll ups or something similar. I know I've seen mini quiches, too, and those heat up pretty easily. If you just want to do simple, I'd go for the nuts and mints and a veggie tray and a fruit tray and then the cake. You could do a fancier punch with soda and lime sherbet, or freeze bits of fruit in a big ice block that floats in the punch.

LOL, You don't want to meet my family! - Never too much food!

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My mother's side of the family is Eastern European. My father's side of the family is Italian. Both are "right off the boat" and everything we do involves days and days of cooking. Every event means there has to be a spread of food with umpteen choices. The most horrible sin in the world would be to run out of food. And people come with empty containers, because everyone expects to take food home with them!

My husband's family is more subdued when it comes to food. They are more of the cake and punch crowd. I always eat before I go to one of their parties. And when they come to my house for a party, their eyes nearly pop out of their heads. Picture the party scene in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when the in-laws meet for the first time. The only thing different is the menu selection.

I think that whatever you offer will be appreciated. The focus is on the mom-to-be, after all. One thing I can tell you, the more food you have, the longer your guests stay! Have fun!

LOL!! We must be related. - FloridaMom

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Loved your post and had to chuckle. I come from a big Italian family too, and food is the center of all our celebrations. With only two kids left at home, my husband cooks (yes,he does) like there are 13 in the house.

Baby shower - sm

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When I did my DIL's baby shower, we did a taco bar. Just made a bunch of taco meat, spanish rice, lettuce, tomatos, cheese, sour cream, salsa, chips...and of course cake and drinks. Everyone loved it, of course in our family parties and showers are always co-ed, so the men really enjoyed not having to eat finger sandwiches. It was simple to prepare too, just keep everything warm in crockpots...have fun!

Baby shower food - BoredMT

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I just threw a baby shower for my niece. I did finger foods like crab dip, deviled eggs, etc. I also made chocolate-covered strawberries and they were a huge hit.

Baby shower - Eurosepsis

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I think a lot would depend on what time of day you are planning the shower. If it's around noonish (11:00-2:00) I would definitely have some type of food around, even it's just a vegetable/fruit tray or maybe some sort of taco dip and chips. If it doesn't start until around 2:00, I think you would be fine with the cake and punch.

I'm from the south (New Orleans) and have a HUGE Italian family so everything revolves around food. It would be a horror if there wasn't a huge spread. However, I'm in Idaho now and gave my step-daughter a baby shower 2 years ago. We live about an hour from her so everything had to be transported. I was embarassed because I had only made finger sandwiches, had a vegetable tray, a fruit tray and cake. When everyone got there, they were amazed that I had so much food (they have no idea). I guess it's a regional thing. If it's for friends and family, if you're truly concerned, I would ask someone who is invited that I was close to what they thought, perhaps someone younger who has been to a shower recently.

I agree that the get together is more important than what is served.

Good luck!

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