Baby shower food often consists of pastries and cookies, but if the mom-to-be is watching what she eats, it's nice to provide a healthy lunch instead. Healthy can still be delicious, and with the resources provided below, planning your shower menu will be easy.Get started by figuring out what sort of shower you're going to throw and what your theme will be. This can help determine your menu and any accents you add in to make it unique. If you are struggling with getting started, review 25 More Fabulous Baby Shower Ideas. This article can help you create a theme and decide on party favors and activities. Once your theme is decided, thinking through your menu will come next. To get some ideas, read Love to Know's primer on Baby Shower Buffets. This resource will help you determine what type of baby shower food to serve based on theme and the time of day of your event. It also offers ideas on how you set up your buffet. Chef Menus' Party Planning will also help get you organized with tips on party planning.
Most recommended menus have a variation of finger food appetizers, a salad, small sandwiches and a beverage. How you choose to implement this combination will depend on your palate and creativity. Donata's Painted Kitchen offers a baby shower menu with arugula salad, fresh fruits, a frittata instead of sandwiches, and cheesecake is one tasty combination. She also suggests creating a "mocktini," using cider and berries. Kimberly Kennedy's Teatime Baby Shower is a menu through Epicurious that suggests deviled crab salad sandwiches, turkey, brie, and chutney sandwiches, baby greens, pear walnut and blue cheese salad and coconut cupcakes. You can find recipes to all this baby shower food on the site as well.
Chef Menus offers a variety of baby shower food options, all offering healthy selections. You can choose depending upon your guest of honor's tastes and the shower's theme. From vegetable kebabs and Mediterranean chicken salad to crab and pea salad in celery ribs and asparagus and parmesan rice salad, you'll find menus and recipes that will delight your guests.
If you have an idea of the combination of baby shower foods you'd like to serve, but need some help on actual menu items and recipes, check out Food Daily's baby shower recipes. They have a variety of healthy items, from Tomato and Basil Finger Sandwiches to a Low-Carb Vegetable Frittata; you should be able to find the finishing touches to your menu here. Kitchen Daily can also help you out with creative "mocktail" ideas, offering recipes for the refreshing Lemon Daisy, Veggie Mary, or Watermelon Milkshakes.
Your guest of honor will enjoy celebrating the arrival of their bundle of joy even more with a well thought out menu and party. Focusing on healthy options will allow her to indulge without feeling guilty!