Do you need to serve hot foot if you are having hero's and salads?

I keep going back and forth. I always have too much food. I like to put out a nice spread but I am wondering if I should cut it back for DS's 1st b-day.

I am doing a lot of apps:
pigs in a blanket
spinach dip
taco dip
pepperoni rolls
chicken wings
probably sweet & sour meatballs
plus chips, cheese doodles and pretzels on the tables

I am getting an Italian hero and a chicken cutlet hero. With that I am having macaroni and potato salad, a pasta salad and probably a green salad.

There will be about 50 adults + kids. I thought about getting a tray of wings and serving them with the heros and salads instead of as an appetizer and making a big tray of home made mac and cheese. It's a football theme so I dont want anything fancy...I want the food to match the theme, KWIM? And I'm sick of sausage and peppers and ziti...that's what everyone serves with heros.

what do you think? I am definetely doing a tray of mac and cheese b/c the kids like it (and I do ). Should I keep the wings as apps or put out with the heros?

Message edited 7/26/2010 9:25:11 AM.

Re: Do you need to serve hot foot if you are having hero's and salads?

for DD's christening, we did heroes and hot food. BUT, the heroes went first and we had a ton of hot food leftover.

I think we had 2 full half trays of ziti and 1 full half tray of mac and cheese (or vise versa I can't remember)

the chicken nuggets went though. But we had a lot of kids.

So, if you do hot food, I'd stick to one or two trays.

Re: Do you need to serve hot foot if you are having hero's and salads?

I think you have the right idea. We had SO much leftover food after DS's first birthday party. This year I am doing, like you, hot apps, heros for everyone, and chicken nuggets/mac and cheese for the kids, plus all the cold salads. It's not like it's an all day party - if people are still hungry they can have dinner at home later

Re: Do you need to serve hot foot if you are having hero's and salads?

Maybe I would do 1 or 2 trays of hot food. something easy though. Like baked ziti and sausage and peppers.