December Bridal Shower

mem19

I am hosting a bridal shower brunch at the beginning of December.  I've never helped with a bridal shower at this time of the year. We live in the Deep South, so it's not snowy, but still chilly. Do you think my tenative menu is too spring/summery? If so, do you have any suggestions? If it matters, we plan to serve on fine china and use antique silver serving pieces.  Probably 25ish people.

Tenatative Menu:

Mini Chicken salad bites in phyllo cups

Sausage balls

Mini muffins (blueberry, banana nut, ???)

Fruit Salad

Toffee Brownies

Iced Cookies (cute- like a wedding dress or something similar from local bakery)

Cheese Platter

Nuts

Thanks!

Jim&Jaime

This doesn't feel "brunchy" to me. I would add some mini quiches and a salad. 

TarHeels&Rebels

Hiiiii!!  <bouncing in my seat at seeing another "neighbor" on the board...and one who uses silver & china!>

I think it sounds really good.  If you wanted to add a brunchy dish, try a bread-egg casserole that's firm enough that it can be cut into squares like brownies.  (I can get you the recipe of the delicious one from the brunch baby shower I went to last week, but you probably have one similar.)

For muffins, try either Martha White's lemon poppy seed or orange-cranberry.

For a great punch, freeze together OJ & ginger ale until slushy.

Welcome to the board - hope you'll stick around

mem19

TarHeels&Rebels:

Hiiiii!!  <bouncing in my seat at seeing another "neighbor" on the board...and one who uses silver & china!>

I think it sounds really good.  If you wanted to add a brunchy dish, try a bread-egg casserole that's firm enough that it can be cut into squares like brownies.  (I can get you the recipe of the delicious one from the brunch baby shower I went to last week, but you probably have one similar.)

For muffins, try either Martha White's lemon poppy seed or orange-cranberry.

For a great punch, freeze together OJ & ginger ale until slushy.

Welcome to the board - hope you'll stick around

 

I love lemon poppy seed, that is a great addition.  I have egg breakfast casserole-type recipes but I don't think I have any that are firm enough to cut into squares.  I would love your recipe.  How was it served? In a chafing dish or on a platter of some sort?

Also, do you think slushy-punch, water (in a pitcher with lemon slices) and coffee are enough drink options? I love punchy drinks so I always drink those at parties/showers but I never really know if other people like them. 

TarHeels&Rebels

mem19:

TarHeels&Rebels:

Hiiiii!!  <bouncing in my seat at seeing another "neighbor" on the board...and one who uses silver & china!>

I think it sounds really good.  If you wanted to add a brunchy dish, try a bread-egg casserole that's firm enough that it can be cut into squares like brownies.  (I can get you the recipe of the delicious one from the brunch baby shower I went to last week, but you probably have one similar.)

For muffins, try either Martha White's lemon poppy seed or orange-cranberry.

For a great punch, freeze together OJ & ginger ale until slushy.

Welcome to the board - hope you'll stick around

 

I love lemon poppy seed, that is a great addition.  I have egg breakfast casserole-type recipes but I don't think I have any that are firm enough to cut into squares.  I would love your recipe.  How was it served? In a chafing dish or on a platter of some sort?

Also, do you think slushy-punch, water (in a pitcher with lemon slices) and coffee are enough drink options? I love punchy drinks so I always drink those at parties/showers but I never really know if other people like them. 

I'll have to get you the recipe later this weekend.  The pieces were layered on a tray, just like you would brownies.

I think those drinks are fine.  That's all this hostess had out and everyone was congregated by the punch bowl chatting because it was that good.

Oh, and you might enjoy allthingsfarmer.com.  He's a floral/entertainer guy from Atlanta.  When I found his blog, I went back and read every single post lol.

6fsn

I agree to add an egg dish.  I'd also consider a starchy side- pasta salad loaded with veggies comes to mind.

I think your drinks are okay, but I would add some tea.  Tea bags and hot water is easy.

TarHeels&Rebels

Hey, I got the recipe from my friend and it was the recipe I thought it was.  If you have Southern Sideboards, it's on the bottom of page 143.

1 lb. sausage - crumbled, lightly cooked and drained
6 eggs - beaten in 2 cups of milk
1 cup of sharp cheddar cheese
6 slices of bread
1 tbs dry mustard
1/2 tbs salt

- Tear bread into pieces to cover the bottom of a greased 9x13 baking dish
- Scatter cooked sausage over the bread
- Sprinkle cheese over sausage and bread
- Add mustard and salt to egg/milk mixture and stir well
- Pour mixture over layered ingredients
- Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate at least 4-12 hours (overnight's easiest)
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes - 1 hour, until it gels in the center

As it cools, you can slice it into squares.  Since you're already doing sausage balls, I'd use bacon or ham in this recipe instead of sausage.

lsgarver

Ditto the egg dish--you can parse out the mixture into muffin tins instead of cutting into squares--just watch the cooking time because it will be way shorter than cooking a whole casserole.

Love the idea of making the mini muffins more of a fall/winter flavor to stay seasonal.  You say you're having nuts--a sugar and spice coating on those would also help bring in more seasonal flavors.

Good luck!

hanson2B

You could make mini quiches (there are lots of recipes online).  Brunch-y and bite-sized!