Baby shower foods and recipes to tickle your palate at showers

Some people say eating great baby shower foods are the main reason they go to these events! It's true that well chosen recipes do contribute a lot to the success of any celebration. Most people do enjoy eating. Therefore, this is one party planning area you want to pay particular attention to. You'll find a few tasty baby shower foods and recipes listed below, to serve as a start. And I'll show you links to more resources. So get ready to tickle those taste buds and have fun!

Here are a select few baby shower foods and recipes you may want to consider having at your event.

Perhaps you can start with tasty puffs for appetizers. Here are the ingredients.

Flour - one and half cups
Sour cream - half cup
Margarine - one cup
Chopped mushrooms - two tablespoons
Green onions, chopped - two tablespoons
Salt - one teaspoon

Thoroughly mix together the flour and salt. Put in bits of margarine and form into a spherical ball. Add sour cream and blend it into the mix.

Divide this flour mixture into four parts. Chill for a few hours, after wrapping each part. Heat up your oven to about 350 degrees.

Flour your rolling board. Roll each section into an approximately 10" X 5" rectangular shape. Top one half of each rectangle with mushroom and onions. Next, fold the other half of the rectangle onto this half. You now have a 5" X 5" square. Press together the edges. Cut this square up into smaller squares; again press together the edges of each to seal them.

To complete this baby shower foods recipe, bake in your oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, on a greaseless cookie sheet. You delicious puffs are ready!

Here's another baby shower foods idea. Try out recipes like this one especially if you want to have dishes that are very nutritious, apart from being delectable. This one's a special salsa.

Black-eyed peas, soaked and rinsed - 16 oz
Finely chopped green onions - 4
Seeded, chopped plum tomatoes - 4
Chopped, fresh cilantro - 2 tablespoons
Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
Fresh lime juice - 3 tablespoons
Chili powder - half teaspoon
Minced garlic - 2 cloves

Take all the above items and mix them together well. Put in salt and pepper to your taste. Tastes best when chilled. It's one of those delicious and nutrition-high baby shower foods.

Among all baby shower foods, a hot favorite continues to be punch. There are many recipes for wonderful punches; here's a simple and tasty one.

Frozen tangerine juice concentrate - six oz (thaw it out)
Club soda, chilled - one cup
Sparkling wine - twenty-five oz
Brandy - quarter cup
Unsweetened white grape juice, chilled - forty-eight oz
Fresh lemon juice, strained - quarter cup

Mix the tangerine concentrate, lemon juice, grape juice, club soda and brandy in a punch bowl. Chill the mixture in your fridge. Add the sparkling wine slowly, before serving. This combination will serve about 12 people. One of the best baby shower foods around. However, if mom-to-be is off anything containing alcohol, then you might want to consider some other recipes for punches.

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