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25th Anniversary Party Food
I am throwing my parents a surprise 25th anniversary party. I am having my aunts help me make food and trying to have most of it done ahead of time. It is a casual event, since my parents are super casual. There will be about 50 people there. Do you think this is enough food/enough variety for people? If not what can I add that is easy so we wont have a lot of cooking to do day of?
-BBQ Pork Sliders
-Grape Jelly/Chili Sauce Meatballs
-Make Your Own Nachos
-Italian Style Meat, Pasta, & Cheese Skewers
-Fruit Platter
Re: 25th Anniversary Party Food
Although it's an old "tried and true" item, I think you need to add a veggie platter or some type of vegetable item. If you don't want to have the veggie item be hand dipping into sauce sort of thing, maybe a nice homemade cole slaw? A chopped salad is always nice, it has a lot of prep in chopping all the ingredients, but isn't as messy as a regular salad since the items are chopped smaller. In both cases I'd not put the dressing on until the day of the event.
Not sure what the "Italian style meat, pasta & cheese skewers" are: I've never seen pasta on a skewer, but it sounds fine.
PP, I figure she means tortellini.
OP, when you entertain, even casually, you want to try to build a balanced menu that reads like a meal. Right now, you have 3 meats, fruit, and nachos. Culturally, it's a mix of Italian and county fair. It's pretty random when you see it boiled down that way, right?
If you wanted to do Italian, maybe do something like this.Bruschetta
Veggies and dip
Italian skewers
Goat cheese-sun-dried tomato-pesto cheese torta
Prosciutto crostini
Cream cake
If you wanted to do the more down-home American style, try something like this:
Veggies & dip
BBQ sliders
Meatballs
Potato salad
Cole slaw
Nachos
Fruit
Brownies
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I'll be honest that it seems random and more 30 year old tailgate party than 25th anniversary. It's also a lot of meat, meat, and more meat.
I'd add veggies and dip, some sort of bread/cracker and dip, and a cheese platter. Make your own nachos sounds like a nightmare for 50 so I'd either get rid of it or do a mexican layered dip.
What are you doing for dessert/sweets?
I too noticed that veggies were lacking. My firstthought was cole slaw as some regions put cole slaw in their BBQ sliders.
Are you planning a dessert too?
I agree, veggie platters are always a big hit & easy to make in advance. I would also consider adding cookies and brownies, unless you are doing a cake then you can get away without other sweet items.
Unless there is a known food allergy, bowls with nuts or chex mix are nice to munch on while sitting talking before you serve the main meal.