It seems like everyone I know is having a baby these days, including my good friend JL who is due on the 4th of July (ironic, I know). When friends wanted to throw her a baby shower, her only request was, “Please, no baby games.” Such as: “Guess the baby food flavor!” Or “Smell the diaper with a melted chocolate bar in it that looks like poo!”
R and J, the expecting parents.
This constraints forced the hostesses M, R, and E to think of more creative ideas. Luckily, these talented ladies were up for the challenge. They focused on JL’s love of food and centered the shower around cooking and eating. They hired Emily Dellas, of First Class Cooking, to provide a cooking demonstration. Under Emily’s watchful eye, we made enough food to feed all 13 ladies: cold Vietnamese spring rolls, Mediterranean orzo salad, chicken and chanterelle phyllo triangles, red pepper and walnut dip, and roasted corn soup. Every guest took turns chopping and shredding, and we all picked up cooking tips from Emily.
Me and J, looking just the same as we did when we met 14 years ago (haha).
Needless to say, I absolutely loved this! It’s definitely the most fun I’ve ever had at any shower. Sure, we did some typical baby shower things like open gifts and make onesies, but it never felt forced. For favors, M typed up the recipes into a cute little book, and we also received boxes of cupcake mix.
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- Emily Dellas and her busy guest prep chefs, working hard in the kitchen!
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- Ingredients for the roasted red pepper and walnut dip.
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- Fresh chanterelles, for the chicken and chanterelle phyllo triangles.
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- The lovely hostesses M and R (E not pictured).
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- Vegetarian cold spring rolls.
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- Filling for the spring rolls.
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- Plating the spring rolls was fun and easy.
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- Mushrooms on the skillet. Yum.
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- Roasted corn with onions and garlic, pre-soup.
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- M, a creative tour de force, typed up Emily’s recipes in these cute and useful recipe books.
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- Shredded chicken for the phyllo triangles.
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- The spread, prepared mostly by the guests!
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- The cutest mini red velvet cupcakes, made by M.
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- Chocolate covered strawberries, also made by M!
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- JL really likes brushing the butter on the phyllo dough!
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- The Mediterranean Orzo Salad — my second favorite.
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- The roasted corn soup — my favorite dish. SO good.
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- The hand decorated onesies!
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- R and J, the expecting parents.
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- Me and J, looking just the same as we did when we met 14 years ago (haha).
3 responses so far ↓
Su // June 18, 2009 at 9:36 pm |
Nice Picture. OMG it looks super yummy.
Skinny Bone Jones // June 18, 2009 at 11:45 pm |
1. Y’all look gorgeous.
2. What an awesome baby shower idea!
3. A friend of mine just wrote to say she’s having TWINS in October! SKWEE!
4. I adore your photo gallery w/ text formatting. JAYWORDS.
XO!
Jan // July 5, 2009 at 7:14 am |
This is a great entry, Jen. Love the way you edited your photos to be smaller and yet have the photo captions underneath. I’ll have to get some blog layout tips from you. The shower looked fantastic. So nice to see pics of it to go with the stories you shared!