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blustar214
So in love with my little girl
Member since 1/10 2471 total posts
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FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
Everyone always asks how much food to order, so here's my FYI ---- I had WAY too much food at DD's 1st birthday party - like 4x the amount I needed.
We had 50 people and we had the following food items:
2 Costco Veggie Platters (I could have just put out carrots, hardly anything was eaten)
Some bowls of chips (these were eaten)
6 feet of Heroes (veggie, chicken, and italian)
Full Trays of:
- Chicken Fingers
- Mozz Sticks
- Baked Ziti
- Chicken with Spinach and Cheese
- Poached Salmon
- Meatballs
- Sausage & Peppers
- Sauteed Veggies
- Salad
For dessert we had:
- 30 regular cupcakes
- 15 mini cupcakes
- 75 cake pops
- 75 cookie favors
- 3/4 sheet cake
What I should have gotten was:
- Carrots/Chips
- Salad
- 6 feet of Heroes
- 1/2 tray of sauteed veggies
- 1/2 tray ziti
- 15 mini cupcakes (I wanted to use cupcake toppers that I made)
- SMALL cake
- 75 cake pops
- 30 cookie favors (people didn't taken them!!!)
Again, just an FYI so that some of you can save some money! The food and desserts cost me a FORTUNE and DH wound up bringing the leftovers to work on Monday.
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Posted 7/12/12 10:32 AM  |
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FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
Sing it.....there is a difference between having enough or more then enough food and being almost wasteful. It's a very fine line and on here you can get carried away easily looking at what others do. My advice, if I may, is to know your guests. If they are big snackers do more snacks, if they dig dessert do a big dessert table, if they are more salads and stuff do more of that. You don't need to have a huge spread of 3-5 main dishes if your people eat hotdogs and hamburgs.
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| Posted 7/12/12 11:12 AM |
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alli3131
Peanut is here!!!!!!
Member since 5/09 18388 total posts
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Allison
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
WOW thats a ton of food. I just had DS baptism and had a 40 people
I had
Chips and dips (salsa and a creamy dip)
Deli tray
rolls bread
Garden salad
Potato
Mac
cole slaw
Tray of
ziti
sausage& peppers
hawaiian chicken
Cake
I still had a bunch left over. People will eat what is there so if there is only a few choices they will be ok with it.
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| Posted 7/12/12 11:24 AM |
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LoveMyHubby605
Our April Baby is here!
Member since 4/11 2418 total posts
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A
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
wow that is a ton a food and I always, always over order/prepare when having guests because I worry about picky eaters lol.
sounds delicious though 
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| Posted 7/12/12 2:20 PM |
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sarahbelle
Little drummer boy
Member since 5/05 2377 total posts
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Sarah
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
I've been buying tupperware so I can send people home with leftovers. I hate wasting food!
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| Posted 7/12/12 3:22 PM |
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nbc188
Best friends!
Member since 12/06 23090 total posts
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C
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
I always have way too much too...it's just the fear of running out of something that makes me overbuy/cook.
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| Posted 7/13/12 3:01 PM |
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Champ
2 little ladies
Member since 1/11 2918 total posts
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Rose
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
thanks for this. we are planning the twins first b day for the end of aug and will read this over b4 ordering!!!
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| Posted 7/13/12 3:48 PM |
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KennysMommy
Never knew LOVE like it before
Member since 3/10 2640 total posts
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Danielle
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Re: FYI re: ordering food for a backyard party!
I've always asked the deli/restaurant or caterer what they recommend and for the most part, it's been spot on!
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| Posted 7/13/12 6:44 PM |
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