We recently designed, catered and handcrafted a baby shower for one of my Mom's good friends, Debbie Boyle and her sweet little daughter, Emma Victoria. In the end, it turned out beautifully and we couldn't have been happier with how it all tasted!
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| Food Table- Veggie Tray, with assorted salads, sandwiches and finger foods in the background |
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| Heart shaped sandwiches, bacon wrapped dates and scallops |
Bacon Wrapped Dates
(Adapted from
Martha Stewart)
This was a real hit! The saltiness of the bacon coupled with the sweetness of the dates was the perfect treat! And really, you would have to be crazy to not love bacon wrapped anything!
24 dried pitted dates
12 full slice of bacon, cut in half crosswise
Toothpicks
Heat broiler with rack 4 inches from heat.*
Wrap each date with a bacon strip.
Place seam side down on a slotted broiler pan. (In a pinch, you can use a bakers cooling rack on a baking sheet)
Broil until crispy on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn; cook until bacon is crispy throughout, 3 to 5 minutes more.
Transfer to paper towels to drain.
*Note: We found the broiler a little too hot, and noticed the edges were burning faster than the rest of the bacon was cooking. We ended up lowering the rack to the middle of the oven and switching to bake at around 400F. It took a little longer but gave a much more even cook to the bacon.
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| Teriyaki Meatballs with Pineapple and Bacon wrapped goodness in the backgroud |
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| Broccoli Salad |
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| Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Skewers |
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| A Sweet Cake for a Sweet Baby Girl! |
Aunt Rose's Special Buttercream Icing
1/2 Cup of Butter
1/2 cup Golden Cristco (* I used all butter because I love butter!)
4 Cups Icing Sugar
4 - 6 Tsp of Milk
Blend together Butter, Crisco (if using) and Icing sugar until smooth.
Add Icing Sugar and Milk and blend forever (I blended for about 10 minutes) until nice and airy!
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| Dessert! White Cake, Macarons, Chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate mints and sweet pink vanilla chocolates |
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| Strawberry Lemonade |
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| Dessert and Beverage Table |
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| Pink Champagne with frozen Raspberries and Peaches |
Our Menu Consisted of:
Bacon Wrapped Dates
Bacon Wrapped Scallops
Heart Shaped Almond Butter and Pommegranate Jam Sandwhiches on Rustic Multigrain Bread
Heart Shaped Cream Cheese, Dill and Cucumber Sandwhiches on Fresh White Bread
Large Veggie platter with homemade dill dip, heirloom rainbow carrots, mini bell peppers, partially cooked asparagus and baby potatoes, mini cucumbers, cauliflower, broccoli, and yellow tomatoes
DIY Caesar Salad (Our guest of honor did not like cheese, so we tried to limit the number of dishes we had with cheese in. We made a do-it-yourself Caesar salad so everyone could add their own croutons, crispy prosciutto, parmesan and croutons)
Broccoli Salad with grapes, almonds, and crispy bacon
Three dips- Hummus, Sundried Tomato with Cream Cheese, and Baked Artichoke served with Long Crackers, Sweet Potato, Blue Potato and Beet Chips.
Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Skewers
Teriyaki Meatballs with Pineapple
BBQ Chicken Skewers with Peanut Sauce
White Cake with Jessica's Aunt Rose's Special Buttercream Icing
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Macarons (Purchased from the Kingsland Farmers Market)
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade with Mint
Pink Champagne with frozen Raspberries and Peaches
3 Pitchers of Still Water filed with Cranberries, Cucumber or Grapefruit slices
