Fiesta Party Menu

[browndog]

I'm considering a fiesta themed party for Julia's first birthday. What would you do for a menu? The party will be at a place where I will have to bring all the food already made. I'm thinking it might not work for that reason and maybe I should just do sandwiches.

[Na]

I feel like laurack did this!

I would do a taco bar and lots of chips and salsa and guacamole.

[katfco]

Taco salad bar?

[steph196]

Totally a taco bar! Easy and delicious!!

[joyhart02]

We did a dora fiesta for l's third birthday. We did tacos and nachos.

[browndog]

Did you guys preheat the shells? We always do this at home, but it might not be possible there. Would that be gross?

[The Foozzler]

Mar 28, 2015 18:29:26 GMT -5 browndog said:

Did you guys preheat the shells? We always do this at home, but it might not be possible there. Would that be gross?

I do at home but I am sure they would be fine without.

You could make do beef and chicken in a tray with sternos and then the toppings could all sit out.

[browndog]

Mar 28, 2015 18:41:22 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Mar 28, 2015 18:29:26 GMT -5 browndog said:

Did you guys preheat the shells? We always do this at home, but it might not be possible there. Would that be gross?

I do at home but I am sure they would be fine without.

You could make do beef and chicken in a tray with sternos and then the toppings could all sit out.

This is a good idea, I should start checking catering too. I don't eat meat, but I'll bet that's what most of my guests would want. I could probably do a tray of cheese enchiladas too if I used sternos.

[Faevantastic]

Taco bar is a great idea!

[Faevantastic]

If you do taco bar, you could keep the meat in a crockpot.

[katfco]

You could also just do tortilla chips, instead of shells

[laurack]

Yes when we did it i did one crockpot of carnitas and one of taco beef. Salads, retried beans, Mexican rice and various tortillas/shells. Guac and salsa. It was simple enough but yummy

I think I made a tres Leche cake for the cake

[browndog]

Mar 28, 2015 18:59:18 GMT -5 laurack said:

Yes when we did it i did one crockpot of carnitas and one of taco beef. Salads, retried beans, Mexican rice and various tortillas/shells. Guac and salsa. It was simple enough but yummy

I think I made a tres Leche cake for the cake

Did you put the rice in a crock pot too?

[The Foozzler]

Mar 28, 2015 18:47:08 GMT -5 katfco said:

You could also just do tortilla chips, instead of shells

Nacho bar!!!

[hairballs]

Taco in a bag are a huge thing here. Not sure how authentic you are going for. Small bags of Doritos crushed & all the toppings go right inside the bag, it would work perfect for a taco bar. You could do regular tortilla chips like katfco suggested.

Flour tortillas wrapped in a damp paper towel after heating & wrapped in foil holds its heat really well too.

[laurack]

Mar 28, 2015 19:00:55 GMT -5 browndog said:

Mar 28, 2015 18:59:18 GMT -5 laurack said:

Yes when we did it i did one crockpot of carnitas and one of taco beef. Salads, retried beans, Mexican rice and various tortillas/shells. Guac and salsa. It was simple enough but yummy

I think I made a tres Leche cake for the cake

Did you put the rice in a crock pot too?

Hmm I dont think so because I only have two crockpots

It would probably be better to though!

But we also had a lot of drinks so nobody probably noticed the rice went cold fast lol

[jnoellee]

Nacho bar!!

[jnoellee]

I did nacho bar for the girls 1st bday, it was the best. Mmm nachos

[dixeedeluxe]

I'd do catering! I bet it'd amount to almost the same cost with zero effort. Then you could do fajitas and nachos, maybe enchiladas or cheese roll ups for kids.

[careyalis]

We have done Mexican catering before for showers that we have thrown and it is soooooo cheap compared to other options. We did a huge quesadilla platter, taquitos, chips with queso/guac/salsa and a couple of other things I can't remember. It was all ready to grab though instead of tacos or something that you have to put together.