The baby shower was a success!
Before the guests started to arrive, I had a very thick green monster for lunch, and to prevent myself from snacking the afternoon away.
- ½ avocado
- ½ mango
- Baby carrots
- Spinach
- cucumber
- Applesauce
- Vanilla soy milk
- Water
It was super filling, and I actually didn’t eat any of the yummy food I prepared (I know it was yummy because I had it later for dinner). I have to thank Jessica for ALL the recipes for the baby shower. I actually started planning the food at 11pm the night before, and I just browsed her recipe page for ideas.
That’s the easy cheeseball there in front: cream cheese, green olives, walnuts
I also made kiwi mango salsa and cinnamon sugar pita ships to go along with it.
2 kiwis, ½ mango, orange bell pepper, red onion, ½ avocado, salt/pepper
4 sliced pitas, sprayed with non-stick spray, sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar and broiled for 4 minutes on each side
Plus White Bean Dip with Bacon
can canellini beans, evoo, paprika (I added so much that it turned orange!), salt/pepper, garlic powder, bacon crumbles
I also had lots of veggies and crackers for dipping
To be honest, I was a little nervous. I’ve never had a baby shower before, and all but one of my guests is already a mother, and so I felt a little under-qualified – but I think it was a hit. I’m not really into silly games (mostly because I’m self conscious and I don’t want to embarrass myself) – but I did have a baby themed word scramble that kept everyone busy for a while. The guests were all teachers, and it was fun to see everyone outside of school. Plus, holding a sweet sleeping baby all afternoon wasn’t a bad gig. All in all, it was a very fun afternoon!
This morning, we ran out the door to church without time for breakfast, and surprisingly I wasn’t that hungry afterwards. I figured I should eat something, so I went with a sweet potato.
I microwaved a sweet ‘tater for about 6 minutes, then sautéed it with cinnamon, sugar and peanut butter for about 2 minutes.
I’m still eating with chop sticks to slow myself down. It’s working beautifully.
Have a great last bit of your weekend! I’m off to do some laundry and relax…
I am so glad it all worked out for you!
your party looks like an amazing
success!!
Beautiful food for the baby shower!!! I would copy your menu in a minute and I’ve given many showers! Glad it was fun…… Enjoy your Sunday. Snow day tomorrow???
I love the quilt on the table…. one from Berne??
All your food for the shower looked fantastic!! I hate playing hostess for some reason. Maybe because my mom is SO GOOD at it that I feel like I can never live up to her…I don’t know. It just makes me nervous.
I roasted a sweet potato for the first time in the oven for 45 minutes for dinner – it smells so sweet & caramel-ly. I can’t wait to dig in…
Have a good night!
Awwww – I´m sure you´ve had a blast at the baby shower!
Wonderful pics
Have a great week, girl!
Brazilian XOXO´s,
Gabriela
What a fantastic spread at the baby shower! Everything looks delicious! I always use small silverware to slow myself down while eating.. it works like a charm
Looks like a terrific baby shower and that white bean dip with bacon sounds TDF!
I eat fast as well; I need to start using your chopstick trick!
Your breakfast amuses me highly
And my mom is always the one to sign up to bring her cheeseball. She adds crushed pineapple and maybe some garlic to it
Thanks to you, I am a new fan of sweet potatoes and peanut butter.
The shower looks as though it were perfect!
Great job no the shower- I am sure you did an incredible job (it looks like it) and everyone was super appreciative! What a good friend
~Christie (http://rollerkoesterrun.wordpress.com/)
Congrats on the party success! That sweet potato picture looks gorgeously delicious!
I need to try your chopsticks trick, it’s a great idea! Your party eats look like a hit. The cheese balls are always the first to go at my family gatherings! Have a great night!
That GM looks so good! I still need to try putting an avocado in mine. I bet it’s awesome!!
Your spread of food looks divine!! Jess is definitely the girl to go to for amazing, crowd pleasing food!!
hey girl!!
avocado in smoothies i bet are awesome!
what a BEAUTIFUL shower! the spread looks amazing!!! love your chopstix-so classy
don’t hate me – i just caught up on SIX posts. i don’t know how i got so behind. anyways…
did you get a new camera? your pictures are looking FABULOUSLY DELICIOUS lately.
yay for baby shower! your spread of food looks perfect, and i love that you ate sweet potato with chopsticks. i am impressed and have no idea how you managed that.
love the tales from the 3rd grade world as always – they always just give me a lil’ warm fuzzy
i hope you have a wondrous week dear, and let’s PLEASE gchat soon. a catch-up sesh is totally in order! love ya!!!
No, not a new camera…I have just been spending more time doctoring them up before publishing…playing with the color and whatnot. Thanks for noticing!
Your baby shower pictures are awesome!!! and the food looks amazing! Did you do the mystery food in a diaper? sounds so gross but in a way I think it would be silly fun!
Hope you have a relaxing night!
Have a good Monday
Hah, NO WAY…I’ve played that game before and I always gag. Even though I know it’s just chocolate.
what an awesome party! i’ve never seen/had a cheeseball, but they’re such an american tradition i feel like i’m missing out. that stuffed animal is so cute! i love eating with chopsticks too
Mmmm, all that food for the baby shower looks great!
And very interesting smoothie … I have never had some of those ingredients in a smoothie. It sounds good!
Kiwi and mangoes in a Salsa? That would be gone in about 4 seconds flat if it was within a few feet of me… I wouldn’t even need any dippers! Is it just me or are you taking professional photography classes as well now? As if your food wasn’t perfect enough, now your pics are too? Your making us all look bad…
awwww, I love baby showers! provided Im not the one preggers LOL! I love the salsa, the cheeseball, just everything is perfecto!!
Awww…the shower looks like it was a major success!
I’m a huge fan of chopsticks. They really slow me down, and they’re just plain fun to eat with.
Your spread looks great! I wish I could use chop sticks, it’s a great tool for eating slowly.
Baby shower success! That one pic of the cheese ball is funny… it looks huge! But, when I look at the other picture, it’s normal-sized.
I would be intimidated, too, but it looks like you did a really good job!
What a fun party! I am also so impressed that you are still using chopsticks! It would take me 2 hours to eat once bite if I were using chopsticks! I am hopeless. My mom actually bought me some cheater chopsicks (the ones that are already attached at the bottom) and I love those!!
What a beautiful spread you have there! I am excited to report that my lunch is very chopstick-friendly!
I’m glad the shower wen’t well for you.
Glad your shower went well. I think all people need is good food and they’ll be happy and yours definitely looks like it had good food.
You do make me chuckle with your chopsticks!! Your blog never fails to make me smile – thank you
ummmm, can you host my baby shower?? (no im not preggo or REMOTELY close, but it looks like it was TASTAYYYY…). just sayin’
ps i second holly, nice camera skillz!
The baby shower looks super cute! I am missing so many showers back in Portland this year! So many friends/teachers from my old school are expecting. I LOVE planning and having showers…so much fun!
I wanted to comment on today’s post but I saw something about the Bachelor and quickly closed the page because I have not watched it yet. We are 9 hours ahead of West Coast (where our tivo records) so it aired at like 5 am our time. My friends are coming over after school to watch and I am so excited! I will definitely post about my reactions later today. Can’t wait.
PS I really wish I had a blender to make a green monster. Well I have one, but not with a European plug so I can’t use it here and we didn’t want to get duplicates of all of our appliances. I am excited to go back to the US and try out some of your recipes and different nut butters I hear about on blogs all of the time!
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