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Food ideas for birthday party

emilykristene2006emilykristene2006 member
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DD's 4th birthday party is coming up. I am tired of the shredded bbq sandwiches I usually do for gatherings. I don't want DH to have to grill and me spend the entire party inside.

Any ideas for big crowds that's easy to make. Maybe Ziti? Crockpot meals?

It's going to be at 330pm so maybe not a huge meal? Would you be disappointed if you came to a party where there is usually a ton of food, but the host only had snack like foods this time?

TIA!

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Re: Food ideas for birthday party

  • j-wj-w
    Besides pulled pork and bbq stuff, which we have done before, ourselves...we have also done a chili bar (red and white chili and toppings) and chicken salad (both regular and curried), pasta salad and fruit kabobs.  We put out pb&j stuff in case the kids didn't want the chicken salad.  But, everyone loved that menu!
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  • amanda&robamanda&rob

    I don't know what you mean by "large crowd" but we had 35 people over for dd's bday Sunday and I made 15 of these.  Cut up to 48 little sandwiches and was plenty. 

    Tortilla Pinwheels

    Ingredients

        * 10 large flour tortillas
        * 1 cup chopped veggies - I like using red and green peppers, red onion, and celery.
        * 1.5 blocks cream cheese, softened
        * 1 package dry ranch dressing mix
        * 1/4 cup salsa
        * 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

    * 2 lbs of ham 2 lbs turkey, 1 lb salami




    Directions

        * Mix cream cheese with ranch mix and salsa
        * Spread mixture onto tortilla; top with chopped veggies and cheddar cheese. Roll and place in a casserole dish and refrigerate for at least 6 hours. I like to keep them in the fridge overnight.
        * Chop off the end of each tortilla and discard (or eat as you go along...); chop tortilla into bite sized pieces and serve. Each tortilla should give you 4-6 pieces.

    Madelyn 3/1/07 image, Lilypie 3rd Birthday Ticker Lilypie Maternity tickers
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  • AnnapolisLariAnnapolisLari member

    We did soup and sandwiches for a birthday party.

    One crockpot full of chili, one of cream of crab soup.

    2 pounds turkey, 1 lb ham and 1 lb roast beef

    Swiss and American cheeses

    2 kinds of bread

    Condiments

    Chips and pickles

    3 apps -- veggie tray, cheese and crackers and smoked salmon on rye with cream cheese

    And we had plenty of leftovers. There were about 20 people there.

    AKA KnittyB*tch
    DS - December 2006
    DD - December 2008

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    How long is the party for?  This is between a meal time so I would not expect anything other than appts and snack stuff - maybe get a variety of easy appts and do cheese and crackers, fruit and of course, cake and ice cream and call it a day.  I am all for simply when it comes to these things.
    Jenni Mom to DD#1 - 6-16-06 DD#2 - 3-13-08 
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  • *Amy**Amy*
    For J 1st birthday we did soup/salad/sandwiches and it was a hit!  I got a huge tray of cold cuts, lots of fresh bread/rolls. we had a garden and caesar salad and we had chili, baked potato, lobster bisque, tomato and one other I can't remember.  I borrowed some extra crockpots from friends so they soups all stayed hot.  Everyone loved it.
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