BABY SHOWER FOOD
 Baby shower ideas are your first step in planning the baby
shower after or during the process of deciding where and when the baby shower will take
place. Below we have listed the essentials of baby shower ideas to help make your baby
shower a success. We cover the ideas of Baby Shower Themes, Decorations, Food and
Beverages to help make the planning of the baby shower a little easier on you:
Baby Shower Finger Foods
The baby shower menu helps make the party memorable. The
assortment of food you choose and its presentation shows how much effort you put into planning the baby shower. If you're hosting the baby
shower at a restaurant or are catering the baby shower, the restaurant or caterer will
help you choose appetizers and entrées appropriate to the baby shower theme and the time
of the day that the shower begins. If you're hosting the baby shower at a home, Baby
Shower 101 has assembled some helpful tips for easy finger foods and beverages.
Click here for finger food recipes.
Fresh Fruit
Fruit is an easy food to serve that everyone likes as an appetizer, with the meal
or even with desert. Buy and cut your favorite fruits up into squares or you can buy fruit
salad from your local grocery store to save you some work. Served cubed in a large bowl or
mix fruits on skewers and serve on a platter.
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fresh fruit salad and dip recipes.
Vegetables
Vegetables are another easy food to serve as appetizers or with the baby shower
meal. As with fruit, you can cut up celery, broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, and other
favorites or you can find vegetable trays at the market. Serve chilled with ranch dressing
or make your own dips to impress your guests.
Finger Sandwiches
Cucumber sandwiches are the baby shower #1 favorite sandwich because they're
frequently served at showers with an Afternoon Tea theme. You have some flexibility with
the type of sandwich you serve; just make sure to cut the sandwiches into dainty portions.
Other easy finger foods include:
- Chips and Dips - Serve spinach dip, salsa, guacamole, onion
dip, or hot artichoke dip with tortilla chips or pita bread cut into small triangles.
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- Cheese and Crackers - Serve a variety of crackers along with
two or more cheeses.
- Chicken (Teriyaki or Sate) - Serve on skewers with teriyaki or
peanut sauce.
- Baby Shrimp - Need we say more? Serve with cocktail sauce.
- Chicken Wings - Especially popular with the men at couples
showers, served with ranch dressing!
- Meat Balls - Another strong performer, especially at couples
showers, make sure to serve the small variety.
- Mini Pizzas - Everyone loves pizza, so when they're small
enough to pop in your mouth, they go fast.
Baby Shower Drinks
Coffee, tea, punch and soda are all great baby shower
beverages. If the mommy-to-be doesn't mind, you may also serve wine or other alcoholic
drinks. Make sure to have cream, sugar and both the pink and blue sweeteners for the
coffee drinkers. You can brew a pot of tea, but hot water and an assortment of tea bags is
a nice touch. If you're serving soda, make sure to have regular and diet choices. As far
as the punch, there are so many recipes. You can go with a more traditional fruit punch or
serve pink lemonade, raspberry-lemonade, or mint julep.
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for wine and food pairings.
Using Baby Bottles
To Drink From - A neat thing that you can do for glasses that
the baby shower guests will drink from is to use baby bottles as
glasses. Take out the nipples of the bottles and put fun colorful straws
and fun cocktail umbrellas . It would be great to give the bottles with
their tops to the mommy to be after the baby shower so she can use them.
Our guest Alejandra gave us this idea and stated, "This was a hit with
everyone and they have done this at other baby shower parties they have
thrown." Baby Shower Desserts
There is nothing like a little baby
shower dessert recipes for accenting the baby shower food. Below we have
listed the top baby shower desserts for you to choose from. Just reading
them will make your mouth water and the mommy-to-be very happy!
Baby Shower
Dessert: Potty Chair Surprise - For an interesting fun baby
shower dessert idea, get a new potty chair, use the bowl part and make
either lemon or pineapple Jell-O, let the Jell-O cool but not set
completely and put a mini babyruth candy bar in the bottom. Continue to
allow to set firm. Present to the mother-to-be during the shower in the
assembled chair and don't forget to give her a spoon. This baby shower
dessert makes for entertainment and the chair can be used in the future.
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more dessert recipes
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