What food for a 10AM bday party???

[babymama]

I was hoping to serve pizza for the easy clean-up and easy serving factor, but we've settled on 10AM as the party time for my DS (turning 3 next month). So what food do you serve at a 10AM party?

It's between meals so DH thinks we can get away with serving just snacks and cake, but I think we should serve something more substantial.

What do you think?

Lydia
Mama to 2 sweet babies

Oh what fun it is to potty train & BF at the same time!

[ctmom]

bagels, cream cheese, lox, munchkin donuts, fruit, coffee, juice...

HTH!

Mary
dd#1 2/01
dd#2 12/03

[deenass]

If the party is from 10 - 11:30, I think you can easily serve pizza at 11 am , that's not too early for 3 year olds to eat lunch. I did that last year for DS 3rd.

That being said, I have had a party (DS 2nd) and been to plenty of parties in that time frame where they just serve cake and snacks. It's nice if there is fruit in addition to cake.

[squimp]

Mini-quiches are a good breakfast-y thing that's not messy. I like the cream cheese and bagel idea, maybe fruit salad too?

[wencit]

My immediate thought was brunch, too. You could also pick up some muffins from Costco to add to your menu. Quick and easy.

[millerpjm]

If the party is for kids, I think just fruit, snacks, and cake are fine. If there are going to be adults also (like a family gathering) then I would do a fruit tray and bagels with flavored cream cheeses and maybe some gourmet coffee...

Oh, I had another thought while typing. How about a Fruit Pizza! Try this recipe:



http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fruit-pizza-ii/detail.aspx

Jen