Food & Beverage Party Guide Pure Romance by Sharraine
SIMPLE PARTY FOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOOD Keep your menu light, and simple. A huge spread isn t necessary. Your guests are there for the fun, to shop, laugh, and have a good time. The food and drink is a bonus! Finger foods are perfect! '
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Your Perfect Party Menu Rule 1 Hot | 1 Cold | 1 Salty | 1 Sweet + LIGHT DRINKS Salsa/Dip Station
Fruit Platter
Make or purchase a variety of salsas and tortialla chips!
Make or purchase a fruit platter
Pico de Gallo Mango Black Bean
Cantelope, Honey Dew, Kiwi, Grapes, Oranges, Strawberries, all make great fruit platter items
Wings and Things
Pizza and Possibilites
Puchase some heat and eat wings in different flavors Heat and Eat Appetizers Purchase a variety of heat and and eat appetizers
Make or purchase a few pizza varieties and call it a day!
Wine & Cheese/ Hummus & Veggies Make or purchase a variety pack of hummuscheeses serve with chips, veggies, pita bread and more.
THE GOAL OF YOUR MENU IS TO K.I.S.S. (KEEP IT SIMPLE SISTER) TOTAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUDGET GOAL: $30 OR LESS
SIMPLE & EASY DRINK SUGGESTIONS
DRINKS • Alcohol DO NOT BREAK THE BANK ON ALCOHOL!!! Trader Joe s has a great inexpensive wine, Charles Shaw brand for 2.99 if you want wine. Suggestion: Get one red and one white bottle of wine. Do not open wine until guests arrive. (
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Your Perfect Drink Menu Rule 1 Red Wine | 1 White Wine | 1 Mixed Juice| 1 Juice | Water + LIGHT FOOD Water Mini 8 oz bottles work great (just freeze them and about 1.5 to 2 hours before guests arrive, drop a few in a nice sized bowl. This eliminates the need to keep them on ice Champagne/Wine Punch (Highly Recommended)
Spritzer Juice A juice dole mixed blends A juice dole mixed blends are great for the are great for the non nondrinker or some drinker or some other other (you can create a (you can create a virgin virgin mixed drink with a mixed drink with a dole dole mixed blend drink mixed blend drink and and add club soda, add club soda, sparkling sparkling juice, or sprite juice, or sprite to give it to give it some zing some zing Gin Bucket (Stronger and more expensive)
1 bottle of white wine (you can even to a peach wine or some other light win 1 bottle of champagne (same here..you can switch up the flavor..as long as it's a light or white) 1 bottle of club soda (or fruit flavored sparkling water) 1 can of condensed juice (can be lemonade, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, mixed blend) 1 bag of frozen fruit (can be strawberries, raspberries, mixed bag...anything...) Dump all contents into a punch bowl, stir, or keep everything in frig and serve chilled.
2 Lemons, 2 limes, 2 oranges Cut all citrus fruit into small to midsized pie pieces, 1 Can or jar of merechino cherries 1 Frozen lemonade from concentrate 1 Bottle of sprite 1 Bottle of Gin 1 Bottle of Vodka Gage the amount of alcohol you'd like, but this one drink keeps you from buying a variety of alcohol. Also, you can do one alcohol, but recipe calls for both. Put it in punch bowl and serve!