If you were attending a shower, in someone's home, in June, and they started with this:
Baked clam dip with crackers Veggies and dip
Assorted sandwiches Tomatoes, Mozzerelle over mixed green salad
Would you rather:
Cold sides like- Pasta salad, Potatoe salad
Or fancy hot sides like: Lasagna rolls or Penne a la vodka
??
I can do either - I'm just trying to decide if people would rather things that go well with the sandwiches, or something a little heavier as a "main" dish.
Definitely cold. And you didn't ask this, but I would also replace the hot clam dip with something cold, like spinach artichoke. And I would add a fruit salad.
The hot "sides" sound delicious to me so I'm leaning that way even though I agree they aren't really sides in my circle. Nevertheless, I want creamy penne a la vodka this instant.