Kitchen

[rustysmom]

Meatballs are a great party food, I have started buying the frozen ones and making my own sauce. Also, if you can find them, mini quiches and deli spirals (made by Nancy's. They are in the frozen section. The quiches are wonderful, they need to be baked but the deli spirals you can serve hot or cold. We just had a St. Patty's party last weekend and had meatballs, deli spirals, cheese ball and crackers, spinach dip with Hawaain bread, cookies and cake, vegies and dip, those sort of things. We are not drinkerr so there was not alcohol, just soda. We had a great time.

[luvdoodles]

I don't think pizza will be boring at all, everyone loves pizza, just pick up a few with different toppings like bbq chicken, meatball, pepperoni ,pepper and onion etc. For a casual stand up party your choices sound perfect. I would skip the hard stuff and offer beer, wine, soda and water. I think everyone will be happy and have a great time. Don't over think it and just have a good time.

[house cat]

I haven't seen one since moving to the west coast, but when I lived back east it was very popular to have those six foot long "hero" sandwiches. You could have half American style and half Italian style, for instance. It feeds a lot of people and could hardly be easier.

[AnneMary]

terrier3: I hope you get a chance to read all these responses below. There are some good suggestions/ideas there! 25-30 people....stand up party........right after work? The wines and sodas, etc. sound practical and smart. Right after work means they will most likely be getting hungry. I also suggest you keep things simple and go for heavy appetizers, not the pizza or bar-b-Q stuff. Think of the slops and messes or spills that might end up on your floor and furniture.

Do you have a friend or co-worker who can help you with set-up, clean-up, re-stocking the wines and foods? Someone below suggested you do as much of it ahead as you can do. And do you have a Costco store nearby? I don't know about yours, but our has really lovely big trays for parties..........shrimp cocktail, the little rolled flour tortilla sandwiches, croissant sandwiches, and I don't know what all. They are so reasonably priced too. I believe you can talk to them in the deli department and place an order ahead. And don't forget a veggie platter also. Keep things easy, do ahead as much as you can, and enjoy yourself!!! It's a lovely thing you are doing. Good Luck!!