Food is sure to be at the top of your list when planning a baby shower. It is typically the most expensive part of the shower so cutting costs in this category will have the most impact on your budget. Here are some cheap baby shower food ideas to help you save money.
Making Your Own Platters
Buying a tray of fruit, vegetables, or cheese and crackers is always more expensive than making a platter yourself. For a fruit or vegetable platter, get items that are in season and on sale. In the winter items like apples, oranges, and bananas are likely to be cheaper. A little lemon juice on the apples can help to keep them from going brown on the tray. There are many simple recipes available to make your own fruit or vegetable dip. For a cheese and crackers tray, it will be more cost effective to make a cheese ball than to buy several different kinds of cheese. Most cheese balls can be made a day or two in advance, this sometimes even helps the flavors set better.
Salads
Salads are another good inexpensive baby shower food idea. A nice garden salad with lettuce and a few other vegetables like small tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage mixed in makes a healthy and simple dish. A pasta salad is another easy idea that doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Making your own chicken or tuna salad and serving it with small buns is a good entree dish for a lunch shower and is less expensive than getting a tray with deli meats.
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