"Light Refreshments"

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

My SIL is throwing my other SIL a baby shower. It's at 2:00 and she listed "light refreshments will be served" on the invite. She asked for my help with the menu. How does this sound? Any recommendations?

Veggie Platter
Fruit tray
Hummus and pita
Caprese kabobs
Cheese and crackers
Animal crackers and dip (it's an animal themed shower)
Cupcakes or cake
Cookies
Coffee
Seltzer
Soda
Tea

[isabel]

Seems perfect to me.

[sarahbear]

Sounds good to me. There are so many things you could pick, but what you have sounds fine to me.

ETA- only suggestion would be to possibly add salami to the cheese and cracker tray. But not necessary.

[dizzydee]

Yep sounds good.

[sapphireblue]

I think it looks good!

If you want to go with highbythebeach's suggestion of something warm, I have a great artichoke dip recipe that gets baked for about 20 minutes.

[BicycleBride]

I think your menu looks good, but you could drop the caprese skewers and still be fine.
Light refreshments at a shower or similar event near me always means mints, nuts, cake, and punch. Always. If I were a guest I would be excited to see real snacks!

[lolo]

The menu as is looks fine to me.

Couple thoughts:
- you could drop cookies as a third dessert as you already have animal cookies and cupcakes
- another easy, lighter item is falafel. You could just skewer it and serve it that way. It pairs well with the hummus also.

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Jan 4, 2017 20:16:21 GMT -5 highbythebeach said:

I would ditch the caprese kabobs for something more hearty/winter-y. Maybe a cheesy dip of some sort served warm w/ crostini or crackers?

I'd add wine or a cocktail unless there is a reason not to serve alcohol, but that's just me.

That's a great idea! Thanks! Is it bad that the wine was just a given in my mind? Lol

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Jan 4, 2017 20:20:47 GMT -5 sapphireblue said:

I think it looks good!

If you want to go with highbythebeach's suggestion of something warm, I have a great artichoke dip recipe that gets baked for about 20 minutes.

I'd love the recipe if you don't mind sharing! It can be my contribution.

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Jan 4, 2017 20:17:58 GMT -5 sarahbear said:

Sounds good to me. There are so many things you could pick, but what you have sounds fine to me.

ETA- only suggestion would be to possibly add salami to the cheese and cracker tray. But not necessary.

Yes! Meat! Thank you

[sapphireblue]

Here you go!

Artichoke dip:

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup grated parmesan cheese (with some romano, optional)
2 cans (drained) artichoke hearts in water
5 cloves garlic, crushed
Dash of lemon juice

Put in blender. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 before serving. Paprika on top.

Serve with thin sliced French bread.

*I usually bake it a bit longer.

I don't even really like artichokes but this is really good.

[whiskeytails]

Jan 4, 2017 21:10:33 GMT -5 sapphireblue said:

Here you go!

Artichoke dip:

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup grated parmesan cheese (with some romano, optional)
2 cans (drained) artichoke hearts in water
5 cloves garlic, crushed
Dash of lemon juice

Put in blender. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 before serving. Paprika on top.

Serve with thin sliced French bread.

*I usually bake it a bit longer.

I don't even really like artichokes but this is really good.

Costco always has one in the fridge section that I just throw into a crockpot.

[orval]

I would do something more than dip/cheese. Maybe a chicken salad on a mini croissant? Or those hot ham and cheese sandwiches on Hawaiian rolls?

[livinitup]

I would be tempted to add a tray of tea sandwich. Nothing hard or fancy, just something delicate like egg salad on white bread cut in triangles, or cucumber cream cheese, etc.