When planning baby shower food, the most important things to consider are what you can make that most people will like and how can you adapt it to meet the theme of your shower.
You can serve traditional foods with traditional ingredients, or you can go for creative and wow the mother-to-be and the guests.
One baby shower food recipe that can easily be altered or expanded is punch.
Most people like punch.
It is cold, sweet and generally very pretty when kept in a beautiful punch bowl and serve with cute cups and a serving ladle.
Punch can also be adapted for the shower but making it pink for a girls shower, green for a boy shower or even yellow as a neutral color if the sex of the baby is not yet known.
Recipe for Baby Shower Punch For pink: Ingredients: 1/2 quart strawberry ice cream, 1 package frozen strawberries, one 2 liter bottle of Strawberry soda, 1 quart of fresh strawberries.
In a large punch bowl add soda, ice cream and frozen strawberries, Blend together.
Slice the fresh strawberries and place them around the edge of punch bowl.
For Green: Ingredients: 2 liters of ginger ale, 1 gallon lime sherbet, I bunch of frozen green grapes In a large punch bowl, mix together sherbet and ginger ale until the desired consistency is obtained.
Float frozen green grapes for an added touch and to help keep the punch cooler longer.
For Yellow: 2 (2 liter) bottles of ginger ale, 1 gallon pineapple sherbet, 1 can crushed pineapple Mix the same as for green only omit grapes and add crushed pineapple for texture and additional flavor.