Fun Baby Shower Recipes

Fun Baby Shower Recipes Cooking for a baby shower does not have to be a time-consuming ordeal. After all, few women at the end of their pregnancies want to spend hours in the kitchen. Prepare quick and fun food items in no time with these easy baby shower favorites.

Creative Appetizers

Keep appetizers small and bite-sized to allow for snacking in between shower activities. Vegetable platters are fun to arrange and require little effort other than rinsing.

Aioli Platter
Fresh Fruit Platter
Caribbean Salad Platter

If you want to get creative with presentation, baked appetizers look great placed inside mini-bassinets. Purchase a few elongated baskets and cover with white material that drapes down the sides. Use the basket handle to drape a canopy on one side of the basket. Decorate with colorful ribbons and fill with your favorite munchies. You are likely to get lots of compliments on the arrangement!

Sweet Little Things
Surprise Cheese Puffs
Easy Does It Molasses Cookies

Punch

Punch is a sweet and refreshing way to quench thirst and provide a fruity flavor for your quests. Punch is often used as part of the party décor, and can be prepared to match the color of the party theme design.

Strawberry Punch
Three-Fruit Punch
Old Fashioned Fruit Punch

For a blue party theme, use a blue Kool-Aid mix, lemonade, club soda, boiled sugar, ice and vanilla ice cream. Top with fresh blueberries. For a girly-pink fruit punch, mix strawberry juice, strawberry ice cream, boiled sugar, and club soda. Top with fresh strawberries or cherries. Play around with the proportions to get the taste that you like.

No-Bake Dessert

It is not always necessary to pull out the flour and eggs to make for a memorable dessert. Some of the best and healthiest desserts require throwing together a few ready–to-eat ingredients from the supermarket.

Easy No-Bake Cookies
No-Bake Fudge Clusters
No-Bake Cocoa-Bourbon Balls

Easy Entrée Ideas

If you are serving an entrée, make it buffet style. Set up a large table with breads, deli meats, a few salads and condiments, and you have a meal with minimal effort. For a unique flavor of the Middle East, try a garbanzo bean dip.