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Please menu critique!

For my DD's 2nd birthday. There will be plenty of adults. It will be outside. I'm trying to keep my costs down. (Who isn't?)

 

This is what I'm thinking, but I really want your suggestions!

bbq pork sandwiches with bbq sauce and pickles on the side

non-mayo based coleslaw

fruit salad

chips/dip

cake

tea/water/juice for kids

 

Re: Please menu critique!

  • I feel like it's missing a little something- baked beans or mac and cheese maybe?  Or even just a veggie tray.

    Baked beans are cheap.  For something a little different get 3-4 cans of your favorite kind, add some partially cooked bacon, a can of whole berry cranberries and bake for at least an hour.

  • agree with pp...definitely another side. I would also add chicken. Chicken legs are cheap and can be bbqed.  Unless you know your guests, we usually have several guests who don't eat pork.
  • I agree with the pp's for an extra side & another main dish.  Maybe hot dogs for the kiddos and pulled pork for the adults?
  • You can do a non-mayo based potato or pasta salad as a side as well.
  • def. can not do hotdogs-these are 2 year olds! that's a huge choking hazard. Might possible do the chicken, doing the baked beans is not a problem.  I'm trying to think of things that will still taste good even if they are luke warm. BBQ pork to me is one of them.

     

    Any suggestions for things for kids that taste good luke warm?

  • Kids can have hot dogs, you just have to cut them up.  My kid would eat the pork, but other thoughts would be peanut butter and jelly. 
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    Any suggestions for things for kids that taste good luke warm?

    Kids will eat almost anything.  I'd concentrate on things that taste good luke warm to adults.  I really like the idea of the pasta salad, baked beans, or even a mayo based dish.  You can put it in a larger bowl of ice and then periodically change out the larger bowl of ice. 

    BabyFruit Ticker
  • I'd do a baked Mac & Cheese.  You can totally do this for cheap, and adults as well as kids love it!
  • I would do mac 'n' cheese...it's super easy and you can prep it the night before and pop it in the oven before guests arrive.  Plus, everyone loves it...you definitely need a starch on that menu!
  • For the adults, maybe something green like a tossed salad or a veggie tray?
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