Vanessa’s Baby Shower: The Food

It’s Monday, and the only way to start the week, especially THANKSGIVING week, is with food.

I don’t really have lots of pictures for this post, but I’m going to talk about the shower food anyway.  We could’ve done a taco bar with several meats and all the toppings and the shell of your choosing, but since the shower started at 3:00, I didn’t think a full meal was the way to go.  Instead, we had Mexican food-inspired snacks, sweets, and sips.

The snacks:

• Chips, salsa, and guacamole
• Chicken enchilada roll-ups
• Jalapeno poppers (These were supposed to be cream cheese-stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalapenos.)
• Veggies and dip
• Vegetarian taco cups
• Meatballs (with a little spice thanks to cayenne pepper)

The sips:

• Citrus sangria (recipe: big bottle pinot grigio, big bottle moscato, pineapple rum, peach schnapps, one can pineapple chunks in syrup, plus sliced fruit like oranges, limes, and lemons)
• Classic margaritas (But made with equal parts tequila, simple syrup, and lime juice – sooo good!)
• Sparkling pineapple lemonade
• Soda and water

The sweets:

• Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream (the ones I make all the time)
• Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes
• Peanut Butter Balls (Laura’s sugary contribution)
• Sopapilla Cheesecake (But use about 3 tablespoons melted butter brushed on top.)

Mexican food and margaritas: If those don’t say “baby shower,” I don’t know what does.