Birthday Party Menu Ideas?

Katie Jean · April 2012

Hey Ladies,

I am drawing a total blank on what to serve at A's first birthday... other than cold sandwiches. Anyone have some ideas for me?!? HELP!

THANKS!!!

Telly21182 · April 2012

Where are you having the party?

HEre's my menu, so far, but I'm sure I'll change it!

Appetizers:
Chips, Salsa, Queso
Cheese, Meat and Sausage

Meal:
Hamburgers
Brats
** And all the fixings - buns, cheese, condiments, etc.
Pasta Salad, or Macaroni in the crockpot
Green Salad
Fruit Salad or Tray
Veggie Tray

Dessert:
Cucpakes
Ice Cream
Lollipops (Very Hungry Caterpillar party and I'm incorproating the foods he eats in to the meal!)
Maybe Rice Krispy treats as well

amanda1680 · April 2012

As of now, this is my menu:

Shredded BBQ chicken in the crockpot - I'll bake and shred the chicken ahead of time and put it in the crockpot with BBQ sauce on party day, serve with a good variety of buns/rolls

Some sort of pasta salad - again, can be made the day before

Some sort of green salad - toss together on party day

Fruit salad (or pretty on skewers if I'm extra ambitious)

Maybe a few kinds of chips for good measure

Dessert:
Vanilla Bean Cake
Pink Cupcakes
Various little sweets to look cute on the table and incorporate the pink/aqua/polka dot theme (choc covered marshmallows on skewers, choc covered grahams, choc covered Oreos etc... I haven't quite decided on all that yet)

susieandmarty · April 2012

here is the menu i am thinking of -we are debating the "main" course - calzones or falafel. I am making almost everything except the main course and I figure - mac and cheese is good for adults and babies. We have to go dairy because it is at my mom's house and she keeps kosher - so dairy is easier

Apps:

Hummus
Pita
veggie tray x2
tzatziki
chips
pretzels
spinach and artichoke dip (maybe)

Main:

mac and cheese
tomato and mozzarella salad
spinach, blue cheese salad
veggie wraps
calzone: large - 2 each

egg plant parm
broccoli
spinach
plain

OR

Falafel
Pasta Salad

dessert:
birthday cake
strawberry shortcake
cupcakes
eclair cake
fruit tray

kimbo1216 · April 2012

We're doing a big ol' bbq. We're planning on lots of Korean BBQ and egg rolls too!

Apps:

Chips &: Dip, Queso, salsa

Grill:

Kalbi

Chicken

Hamburgers/Hotdogs

Sides:

Baked Beans

Mac'n'cheese

salad

Dessert:

Cake and ice cream

This is just a rough draft for now. I'm sure we'll have more.

soontobe05 · April 2012

Fruit salad and/or pasta salad, chips, veggie tray. I still haven't figured out ours yet.

justme04 · April 2012

For DS1's first birthday I did meatball subs and with a fruit cup and veggie tray.

For DS2 I was thinking I'd make the fruit salsa with cinnamon chips that I made for Easter...my boys loved it, maybe a cookie dough dip, I'm thinkig about going the shish-kabob route this time with chicken and beef kabobs. I will have more adults and older kids then younger kids at his party so I can't get into all the cutsi mini foods like I wanted to. I was going to do sliders but my mom said adults would think it was ridiculous to have to go back and get 4ths to be full.

Of course I'm sure we'll have a veggie tray, jello salad, egg or potato salad and some other typical picnic fair too. I just knew I didn't want to do burgers and hot dogs and his birthday is May 31 as opposed to DS1's Sept 6 so meatball subs wouldn't go over well.

Edit- Desert is his cake and ice cream. My sister is making his cake. I forget what flavor cake and icing I asked her to make...lol.

egpitt22 · April 2012

Ours is just at our house, so we're grilling. The party starts at 3:30, so I'm thinking 3:30-4, I'll have out some appetizers (chips, dips, fruit salad, sweet & sour meatballs in the crockpot, etc...) then we'll start grilling around 4pm. we'll have burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, pasta salad. And obviously cake for dessert

Telly21182 · April 2012

egpitt22:
Ours is just at our house, so we're grilling. The party starts at 3:30, so I'm thinking 3:30-4, I'll have out some appetizers (chips, dips, fruit salad, sweet & sour meatballs in the crockpot, etc...) then we'll start grilling around 4pm. we'll have burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, pasta salad. And obviously cake for dessert

Yeah, this is our timeline as well! I'm hoping it all works out - this is so stressful for me - I've never had the opportunity to plan a big party like this with "real adults". I don't consider parties with mainly our friends a real adult situation!