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What I Served at My Sister’s Wedding Shower

Published on August 7, 2012 By Emily. Updated on August 7, 2012

On Saturday I had the pleasure of hosting a wedding shower for my sister and her fiancé.  It was a fairly low-key affair (which isn’t to say that the planning didn’t stress me out), held in a church basement on Boston’s North Shore. 

I spent far longer than one should debating what food to bring.  There was a lot of confusion about whether the other bridesmaids were going to bring anything and I didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes.  As the party got closer, I got increasingly frantic about what I’d make.  As usual, I was stressed out about what I could make that would appeal to a wide audience.  There was also the fact that we stayed in a hotel Friday night before the shower, so everything needed to be pre-cooked and either fit in a mini-fridge or not need to be kept cool.

In the end I made a double batch of Lemon Rosemary Chex Mix.  This is funny to me because I didn’t grow up in a home that ate Chex Mix and I’d never made it before.  Somehow in all my recipe searching I ended up on the Chex Mix website and discovered that there’s a ton of really awesome sounding recipes on it.  Unfortunately, most party guests didn’t seem as excited as I was about the Chex mix and I ended up taking most of it home.  That’s okay, more for me.

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I also made Parmesan Black Pepper Biscotti from Epicurious.  I’d never made these before either, but they were simple to do, I love that they made mini-biscotti and they taste great.  I think they’d be a nice party food or gift food for the future, so I’m definitely holding onto the recipe.

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The party was non-alcoholic, but I wanted to have something special to drink.  Just in time, MamaPea posted her Sangria for All recipe.  We made a double batch for the shower and it was delicious.  Definitely worth making again.

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My parents were also incredibly helpful.  They provided all of the paper goods and most of the serving dishes, as well as bruschetta, soda, tomato-cheese-bacon bites and tortellini salad.  As a result, we had more than enough food for everyone.

In an effort to keep from going completely crazy, I bought a supermarket cake.  I opted for the lighter, less sugar version of the frosting and I think it made the cake much more appetizing.  (I’m usually very anti-supermarket cakes).  I was also very glad that they didn’t change my sister’s name to “Ryan”, as sometimes happens.

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In addition to eating, there was game playing and present opening.  I’m pretty sure a good time was had by all.  Now we just have the wedding to look forward to!

ryn and kevin

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