Graduation party help needed (food related)

[Disneylover79]

My parents are hosting a graduation party for me in August, mom and I started planning today and we were throwing around some ideas for foods to have.... so I wanted to see what my friends here on the DIS could come up with...

We want to have finger or simple foods, would like mostly food that doesn't need to be keep cool or warm...but if I see a good food that needs one of these (cold or heat) I will go for it.... so this is where I need your help... what do you serve for finger/simple foods?

Also any other thing you have to have when you are at a party would be great to hear....

Thanks...

 

[ugadog99]

I just did a graduation party for my daughter. We did chicken strips from Wal Mart (really good and quite affordable). I wanted everything cold, so I would suggest picking the tray up the evening before and chillling it all. We also had a sub ring (again from Wal Mart and very affordable). I made a pasta salad and tortilla roll ups plus had fruit and small desserts (petit fours, cookies, brownies). The drinks we kept in a galvanized iced tub. From the drinks I learned to have PLENTY of bottled water. The party was easy and fun. I opted to keep all the food cold because it is already so hot here. Good luck and congratulations!

 

[golfgal]

We just went to a grad party where they just served desserts. They had many kinds of bars, cookies, mini-cheese cakes from Sam's Club, etc. They had a cheese tray and a fruit tray as well. The party was from 7-9PM and the food was great!

One party we went to just served cheesecakes. The mom and daughters baked about 12 varieties of cheesecakes. We had about 12 parties to attend that day and it was a welcome break from all of the ham sandwhiches everyone else served.

Another friend just had her DD's grad party and they served root beer floats. They were a HUGE it since it was warm and there were 50 other parties going on that weekend and most people were attending at least 1/2 of those.

I know of people that have done baked potato bars, taco bars, etc. Those were popular.

 

[powellrj]

We had our graduation open house last weekend. When all was said and done we had around 300. For our menu we had: pulled pork, chicken salad on croissants, ham salad on rolls, hot roast beef on buns, turkey and ham trays, cheese trays, relish trays, veggie trays, chips and dip, bean dip and tortilla chips. We also had cake, cookies and popcorn on the tables and a candy buffet.

Pulled pork was a HUGE hit. We only had about 20 pounds and could have used double that amount. The other things were eaten, but not as fast as the pulled pork.

In our area there were lots of graduation open houses the same day as ours, so most of the people at ours were going to several that day which helped in the food amounts.

For drinks we had soft drinks, propel and snapple and lots of bottled water. We went with cans and bottled drinks so we didn't have the mess of dealing with ice and cups. If you are having a small group ice and cups would be fine.

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

We did tacos, fruit tray and all kinds of cookies. NO CAKE! (None of us like it!)

People raved.... mostly because it was something different!

 

[Disneylover79]

Keep the good ideas coming....

 

[Disneylover79]

We had our graduation open house last weekend. When all was said and done we had around 300. For our menu we had: pulled pork, chicken salad on croissants, ham salad on rolls, hot roast beef on buns, turkey and ham trays, cheese trays, relish trays, veggie trays, chips and dip, bean dip and tortilla chips. We also had cake, cookies and popcorn on the tables and a candy buffet.

Pulled pork was a HUGE hit. We only had about 20 pounds and could have used double that amount. The other things were eaten, but not as fast as the pulled pork.

In our area there were lots of graduation open houses the same day as ours, so most of the people at ours were going to several that day which helped in the food amounts.

For drinks we had soft drinks, propel and snapple and lots of bottled water. We went with cans and bottled drinks so we didn't have the mess of dealing with ice and cups. If you are having a small group ice and cups would be fine.

You wouldn't happen to have that great recipe would ya?

 

[The Princess]

Ya I would like that recipe too. Hope she posts it.