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Monday, April 11, 2011

Random Thoughts on Party Food

Some lessons learned at the Third Birthday Fiesta: If you are serving both lemonade and margaritas, it would behoove you to label them as such, especially at a children's party. Luckily my mother was the first to mistakenly drink too much margarita thinking it was juice, and not a child (sorry mom).

Bacon wrapped anything is a good idea.

More fiesta party food after the jump...

Make your desserts do double duty as decor. Learn all about how to package cookies, make cookie boards, and hang cookie bunting here.

Kids love hot dogs.

And ketchup, kids LOVE ketchup so much, don't they?

Buy enough buns, even though 75% of the kids won't eat em.

Tacos are always a good idea. We hired a local caterer with the best URL of all time: tacosandhotdogs.com. Highly recommend.

Nachos and guac are always winners.

Oscar and his team did a great job.

The kids were happy.

oh no - look! a jumpsuit!

Now I want a taco.

Labels: fiesta, Party, Recipes

11 Comments:

Robyn said...: I love bacon so much, I wrote a haiku about it. And turned into a whole blog of really bad haikus. Which I kind of forgot about until now. Oops.; April 11, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Jessica said...: I am very pro tacos and margaritas at a kids party.

I am VERY anti-jumpsuits. Unless you are under three. That is the rule, written in stone.; April 11, 2011 at 7:27 PM
Mr. Fischer said...: Nothing like inadvertently getting Grandma tipsy at the kid party. :) Love the ideas for dessert double duty! Thanks for sharing, spring is birthday season at this house.; April 11, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Littlemissmom said...: My baby turns one on May 15, your tips and DIY's make it so much easier to plan!; April 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Lil Mama Stuart said...: my tummy is rumbling for that bacon wrapped grilled hot dog!!; April 12, 2011 at 9:08 AM
AnnaPK said...: I can't believe you put bacon on your hot dogs. I must not EVER let my husband know that is possible!! :); April 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Jaime said...: anna it is a los angeles street food specialty, at carts throughout downtown. the onions and peppers (and tums) are also a must!; April 12, 2011 at 12:03 PM
The Queen said...: Wow. What a party! That looks like so much fun! Thanks for inviting us blog style. I love getting all these great ideas.; April 13, 2011 at 3:56 AM
Julia said...: My mom would have probably pretended that she thought it was juice, but would have known all along she was downing margaritas.; April 13, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Kate S. said...: Your margarita story reminds me of the time someone brought bourbon-soaked watermelon to a (mostly adults) BBQ at our house and I put it out without a label... And then later a friend couldn't figure out why his 2 yo said it tasted bad and refused to eat it. Luckily she really hadn't eaten any but I felt awful!! Lesson learned...; April 14, 2011 at 5:48 AM
Mohka.co.uk said...: Looks like you had a great time and them sausages looked lovely.
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