Birthday party menu help

jewelsonu

So I can't believe Sophia's birthday is 2 weeks away It went way too fast.  We are having a luau and I need side dishes.  We are going to do pulled pork, hot dogs, sweet potato fries and .....

Kim72508

Definitely some type of fruit...either salad or skewers.

jewelsonu

yes defintely fruit and a pineapple cream cheese dip

I just feel like there needs to be a pasta or macaroni salad or smoething like that

kevinandmonica2011

Some type of salad.  Maybe a fun summer-y salad like the one with strawberries from Panera? 

I recently did "Salad on a stick" for one of my parties.  Skewered a cherry tomato, mozzarella ball and piece of roasted red pepper.  Put them all on a platter and drizzled w/ balsamic syrup and sprinkled basil on top.  They were delicious and looked great!

Corn on the cob is always a great cookout side... notsomuch in keeping with the luau theme, but always a crowd pleaser.

Or maybe a cous cous salad type thing.  I ate one from Wegmans yesterday... just cous cous, diced tomatoes and garlic oil.  It was yummy and the whole time I thought... this would be great for a cookout!!!

kevinandmonica2011

Ooooh... grilled pineapple w/ caramel for dipping.  My favorite thing from Ohana restaurant at Disney!!!  Sounds a little odd, but it's amazing.

sunnygirl05

Coleslaw?

NikCole

I saw these fruit kabobs on Pinterest, and I think they're adorable! I would probably do strawberries instead of raspberries and cantaloupe instead of oranges.

If you're doing pulled pork I would do a coleslaw on the side... I love coleslaw w/ bbq (and especially on my pulled pork sandwich) 

You could make a pasta salad w/ shell shaped pasta... it would be cute w/ the luau theme.

 

mrsoc

Another vote for coleslaw

jnk062602

Her actual bday is the 3rd right?  I think dd and her are bday buddies?

Last yr we had it on Labor Day weekend too bc we did it with a lot of people.  This yr we are doing it smaller and are doing it the Sunday before.  Which I just realized is only 1 week and 1 day away, (and I am going to be on vacation for 4 of those days leading up to it) omg!

I am doing:

Veggie Tray and Fruit Tray from Sams

Cheese-Its (only bc they have letters on them and I have a letter theme!)

Pulled Pork with Sandwich rolls

Mac n Cheese

Baked Beans (my mom is making)

Pasta Salad (my mom is making, but I forget and I am pretty sure when we talked about it she said she would do a mac/pasta salad but now that I am writing it, it might be potato salad)

Desserts:  Cookies from Sams and Cupcakes