Baby Shower Ideas For Placesettings

onesie baby shower place setting

What You’ll Need

• Assorted onesies
• Diaper or safety pins
• Baby Bottle Piña Coladas

Let’s Do It

• Lay out your onesies like placemats
• Fold napkins like diapers and pin with a diaper pin
• Fill baby bottles with our Baby Bottle Piña Coladas recipe and set out for guests

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THIS BLOGGER TRIED THIS. MOST GUEST DIDN'T KEEP THE ONESIE CLEAN.

SO NEXT TIME I WILL HAVE THEM PUT THE ONESIE IN A LARGE GIFT BAG I PROVIDE, BEFORE THEY EAT. MAYBE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE SERVING???? THE ONESIE PLACE SETTING IS A GIFT FOR NEW MOMMY.

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Pina Coladas Recipe

piña coladas

What You’ll Need

Makes 4 servings

• ½ cup rum, optional
• ½ cup* coconut cream (available at most grocery or liquor stores)
• ¼ cup coconut milk, optional* (available at most grocery or liquor stores)
• ¼ cup pineapple chunks
• 6 cups ice
• 4 glass baby bottles HIGHBALL GLASSES
• WIDE straws so drink doesn't get stuck. 

Let’s Do It

• Place all ingredients in a large blender and blend at high speed until completely *if not using coconut milk, add another ¼ cup of coconut cream
• Pour into baby bottles (or tall Highball glasses) and serve with straw
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No Bake Mini Eclairs Recipe

BABY SHOWER IDEA CAN BE A GREAT CROWD PLEASER  anytime !

no bake éclairs in baby food jars recipe

makes 12–15 servings

baby food jar

what you’ll need

• 12–15 baby food jars, washed and dried
• scissors

no bake éclairs & assembly

what you’ll need

• 2 packages Jell-O Instant Sugar Free & Fat Free Vanilla Pudding
• 3 c skim milk
• 1 – 9 oz container Cool Whip Free
• 1 box Honeymaid graham cracker crumbs
• 1 – 16 oz container Duncan Hines Creamy Homestyle Classic Chocolate Frosting
• 2 piping bags or resealable bags

let’s do it

• mix pudding with milk
• mix Cool Whip into pudding
• add pudding mixture to piping bag or resealable bag (and cut corner off)
• line bottom of jars with graham cracker crumbs (about ¼” thick)
• pipe pudding mixture into jars (about 1″ thick)
• continue layering with graham cracker crumbs and pudding mixture until just below top of jar
• put chocolate icing in second piping bag or resealable bag and fill jars to top
• attach lids and refrigerate 3 hours (or overnight) before serving

let’s do it

• print boy or girl lid labels
• cut out labels and adhere to lid
• CherylStyle Baby Jar Lid  (or download this version for a girl!)
• http://www.cherylstyle.com/showcase/no-bake-mini-eclairs/
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• 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of sticker paper (or plain paper and tape)

Gourmet Ice Cream Bar

how to set up a self-serve gourmet ice cream bar

what you’ll need

• ice cream
• gourmet ice cream fixings (think fresh-chopped cherries and peaches, walnuts and honey, and crushed graham crackers, vs. the same old Hershey’s syrup and whipped cream)
• metal cupcake cooking pan
• assorted glass apothecary jars or see-through canisters
• mason jars or other small containers
• food stands or pedestals
• serving trays, serving bowls and spoons
• tablecloth or runner
• cardboard food labels on sticks (optional)

PRE SCOOP IS THE KEY TO SAVING TIME AND MESS

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let’s do it

1. I scream…you scream…

Start by pre-scooping individual-sized servings of ice cream, then refreeze for a minimum of two hours so they won’t melt as your guests line up at the ice cream bar. (The best way to do this is to put the scoops in a metal cupcake pan to help keep them separated.)

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2. set the table

Next, line your table with a tablecloth or runner (think outside-the-box here—even a repurposed shower curtain or swath of un-hemmed fabric will do the trick) and use stands to create height variations on your display. Think upside-down bowls, ceramic pots or serving trays from the back of your cabinet here. Use whole versions of your toppings (uncut peaches, cherries, or unshelled nuts are great) to decorate with by placing them in your see-through canisters, allowing their eye-pleasing natural beauty to shine through.

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3. display the toppings

Right before you are ready to serve, pour the sliced fruit and other toppings into clear glass containers such as mason jars and add your labels and spoons, so that guests know which items are fair game for the feast.

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4. serve it up!

Finally, transfer the ice cream scoops to chilled serving bowls and then get out of the way so your guests can dig in.

Fish Tacos Spiced with Lettuce Wraps Recipe

spicy fish tacos with lettuce wraps recipe

makes 4 servings

• 4 fillets mahi
• 4 teaspoons chili powder
• 4 teaspoons cumin
• 4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 2 yellow onions, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, diced
• 4 jalapeños, diced
• 2 limes, halved
• 5 tomatoes, diced
• ¾ cup green olives, diced (save juice from jar)
• 3 tablespoons radishes, julienned
• 1 head leaf lettuce
• pico de gallo

let’s do it

• rinse and pat dry mahi
• mix chili powder, cumin, and cayenne pepper in medium bowl
• rub fish with spices and marinate 3 hours
• preheat oven to 350 degrees
• sauté onions, garlic, and jalapeños
• squeeze lime juice over sauté pan
• pour onion mix into 9″ x 11″ pan, set aside
• dice tomatoes and green olives and add to sauté pan
• cook until soft, then pour over onion mix
• add small amount of liquid from olive can to sauté pan
• sear fish in sauté pan
• place seared fish in 9″ x 11″ pan
• sprinkle radishes over fish
• bake 15 minutes
• slice fish and put 3-4 slices in lettuce leaf
• sprinkle pico de gallo over fish tacos

Grilled Halibut Bites

grilled halibut bites with pesto recipe

what you’ll need

makes 4 dinner servings or about 3 dozen appetizers

• 3 cups fresh basil
• 4 cloves garlic
• ¾ cup parmesan cheese
• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• ¼ cup white wine
• 4 halibut steaks
• salt and pepper, to taste
• resealable plastic bag
• baby spinach leaves (if making appetizer skewers)
• 36 skewers (if making appetizers)

let’s do it

pesto

• combine basil, garlic, parmesan, olive oil, and pine nuts in a food processor and mix until smooth
• reserve ¼ cup of pesto for later use

marinade

• combine white wine and prepared pesto in a sealed bag and carefully shake to mix
• add halibut steaks
• seal and refrigerate for 1 hour

to cook halibut

• preheat grill to medium-high
• remove halibut from marinade and place on hot grill, drizzling fish with remaining marinade in bag
• sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste
• grill 4-5 minutes per side (fish is done when it’s opaque all the way through

if serving as dinner

• brush steaks with reserved pesto sauce and serve

if serving as appetizer

• cut fish into cubes
• slide fish onto skewer then skewer each end with 1 spinach leaf
• brush with reserved pesto sauce

Grilled Pineapple Sundae

grilled pineapple dessert sundae recipe

makes 6 servings

what you'll need

• 1 pineapple (cored and sliced into 6 thick rings)
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• honey
• vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup crushed Nabisco gingersnap cookies
• 6 whole gingersnap cookies for garnish (cut into wedges)

let’s do it

• combine chili powder and cinnamon in a small dish, set aside
• core pineapple
• slice pineapple into 6 rings
• lightly drizzle honey onto each pineapple ring
• sprinkle pineapple rings with mixture of chili powder and cinnamon
• grill pineapple over medium heat on grill or in grill pan for 2-3 minutes per side or until grill marks appear
• place 1 cup of gingersnap cookies into resealable sandwich bag and roll with rolling pin or crush with hands to create small crumbles
• place one grilled pineapple ring onto each plate and add one scoop vanilla ice cream
• top ice cream with gingersnap crumbles and garnish with cookie wedge