I saw the post about shower food below, but what if it's a big shower?? ?We don't want to spend a ton on food, especially since the cake will be a good chunk of change for 50 people. ?
?Need some appetizer type or munchie type foods for 1:00 or 1:30 pm shower. ?I am also afraid that the shower will be LONG because my SIL (whose babyshower it is) takes a LONG time to open gifts- so we need a good variety of food. ?
?Thanks for ideas!! ??
Re: shower food for 50+ guests!!
We're having 50+ people too and we're doing cold cut sandwiches with pasta salad and munchies like chips and pretzels.
I'm thinking we may do cupcakes instead of a cake too to cut the costs, plus save time on someone having to cut the cake and serve (I find that to be a pain, personally lol). I've been to several events where they do this instead of a cake.
We had a shower for my best friend a month ago and had atleast 40 people there. Since we had it at 2pm, a "meal" wasn't expected. We spent a lot of money on a really good cake that had two tiers (and two flavors for variety) and also had mixed nuts and mints. Honestly, that was plenty!
My mom threw a shower the week before (wedding shower though) at 2pm, and they had SO MUCH left over food. All appatizer type things. She advised me to skip the extras, since it was the mdidle of the day.
If you just have a cake though, make sure it is excellent quality, as it is getting all the attention food wise. I got so many compliments on the cake and everyone asked what bakery it was from.
What about pulled pork sandwiches, or a baked penne pasta dish? Taco bar?
Also, if you have a Sam's and/or (I'm assuming) a Costco nearby, they have SUPER cheap cakes! Definitely able to feed 50 people for probably about 25 dollars or so. And they are SUPER good!
My DD had 40 people and they had lasagna (one was veggie), salad, and garlic bread. There were a lot of people who had traveled up to 3 hours so they needed "real" food even though the shower was 1-3.
As for your SIL taking a long time opening gifts...please ask her NOT to do this. It gets sooooooo boring for the guests. She will find that people find excuses to leave...and I'm totally serious!