Find It , Buy It, Blend It, Enjoy…..

If your baby shower is being designed as a surprise, the host should talk about the menu with the guest of honor when they initially meet to work out the points for the shower and, if it is agreed that the host will cater the food, then this should be bought in roughly a week before and the initial planning done a day or two ahead of time, leaving the finishing touches for the day of the party. You should not forget that your guests will also want something to drink and, as a standard rule, the host should prepare on serving only non alcoholic beverages. The pregnant mother will not be able to indulge anyway and there is forever a chance that if you do dish out alcohol some of the guests will indulge a little bit more than they should. For this reason, it is a good idea to leave alcoholic beverages out totally. Serving non alcoholic drinks is also a lot less expensive but, at the end of the day, the choice is decided by the host. Befitting beverage choices for a baby shower should include a mixture of fruit juices, an variety of soda, a robust fruit punch served in a punch bowl and coffee and tea. Also, since drinks will not spoil, they can of course be purchased well in advance of the occasion. Now, while the guest of honor will quite justifiedly be the heart of attention for the bulk of the proceeding, she will need to step out of the limelight in short to make way for the baby shower cake. A simple cake decorated with baby supplements and piped with the word ‘congratulations’ will do the trick nicely but, if the budget permits, a more elaborate cake can be transformed into a genuinely eye-catching center piece for your baby shower table.If you are planning to order a cake from your local bakery then they will probably need about a weeks notice for a reasonably uncomplicated cake, but something more flamboyant could take a lot longer and so this is one item that needs to be ordered well in advance. Of course you can invariably make your own personal baby shower cake, but this will reckon very much on how good you are at baking and your level of skill as a cake decorator. Whatever your choice in terms of drink, cake and the food remember that simple food and good presentation is often the key to a successful party.Fresh fruit and cheese and cracker tray work wonders on a baby shower food table. Add in some pretzels, sweets and a few chips, such as mints, candies and cookies, and the baby shower food practically handles itself. Take care in the presentation to use some matching plates or colors to ensure the baby shower food table looks spectacular and it should be just perfect. Baby shower food preparation can be one of the greatest challenges for a hostesses to master. If a large budget is not available, there are some tremendous ways to pull off a brilliant spread without breaking the bank.Baby shower food like tea sandwiches and scones are kind of old fashioned and girly, but the old ladies will love them and honestly virtually most other people will too. Use really thinly chopped white sandwich bread, pepperidge farm makes a thin sliced type that they sell in all the stores, numerous good fillings are cucumber with watercress mayo. Just thinly slice the stripped cakes and make watercress mayo in a food processor, 1 bunch watercress and 1/2 cup mayo mixed until smooth.? Spread 1 slice bread with watercress mayo and a small layer of cucumbers. Also like brie butter and thinly sliced ham or fig jam or thinly chopped radishes. Your baby shower food is to set up a buffet style spread or place plates of starters around the room. Many shower organisers intentionally locate plates of food around the room to get individuals up and walking about. This often promotes everyone to circulate and mingle with people they are seeing for the first time. Whatever you decide, do not forget to loosen up and enjoy yourself at the shower. Bear in mind all the invitees are there to pass time with and show support to the soon to be mom (and dad). The food is just icing on the cake.

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