How to prepare a party?!
Answers: This will be the first party I organize. I'm panicing already! What should I prepare? The party will be 10-15 people gathering and they are all 25-35 years old highly educated adults. Any advice would be appreciated! Please be as specific as you can!!! Thank you!!! Bow...
have some good background music going, enough places for everyone to sit, drinks on ice, maybe some martinis and wine along with the regular beer.
for food make it a bit more elegant- deviled eggs, veggies and dip, shrimp cocktail, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, cucumber sandwiches, meatballs, stuffed tomatoes, breshetta, mini egg rolls, crab Rangoon or pot stickers, cheese and fancy meats, cheese ball and crackers
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hope these help!!!
Just relax and think of what you would enjoy if you were attending the party as a guest and make your party the way you want a party to be.
Well you might want to just make sure you have plenty of food drinks etc..., because this isn't a party for like kids where you have to find things to keep them entertained. Since they are educated adults they will probably talk for most of the party. Unless there is a theme like a book you all read together or something like that, then you really could look at it like its a few friends just coming over to have conversation, laughs, food, and some drinks.
Go to Epicurion.com to get finger food ideas. Nothing elaborate or fried. Small sandwich rollups, fresh vegtables and dips, that kind of thing.
Have some wine and cheese parings. No beer.
Several bowls of nuts, crackers, hummus and small baked chips.
Qualtiy plastic plates with dinnerware.
Easy listening music and have all the lights on. Make it easy for everyone to mingle and talk.
If you're looking for finger foods, I make these pinwheels that are hugely popular. Take a roll of crescent rolls and lay them flat; press the seams together. Next, brown a pound of sausage and drain off the grease. While it's still warm mix with a package of cream cheese and spread over the top of the crescent rolls. Starting with the long side roll it up into a long log. Place seam side down on baking sheet and bake until golden brown at temperature listed on crescent roll package. When it has cooled slice into pinwheels.
Cocktail smokies are good too, wrapped in a short piece of bacon and put in a crockpot with a package of brown sugar.
Fruit and veggie trays are always popular.
WELL I CANT HELP YOU WIH A PROFESSIONAL PARTY BUT IF YOU WANT ADVICE ON A PARTY WHERE THERE'S DANCIN AND LOUD MUSIC HIT ME UP
If you're looking to impress them, avoid the 'pillsbury-dough taco pinwheels' and 'condensed-soup' recipes for appetizers.
It depends on the kind of party. If it's a dinner party, serve a nice fish or chicken, simply prepared with a little fresh herbs and olive oil, with a side of veg and potatoes or rice, then a small pastry for dessert and liqueurs.
If it's more of an after-dinner chit-chat party, make some finger foods - cream cheese and smoked salmon on crackers, tomato tartlets, kalamata olives, flavoured hummus (I like edamame hummus or roasted red pepper) or tapenade with veggies like grape tomatoes and cauliflower florets; or some little sweet nibbles like baklava, profiteroles, petit-fours or fruit with chocolate dips.
Put out three or four bottles of wine and buy a few cans or bottles of microbrewery or other good quality beer - I usually get Creemore Springs or Waterloo Dark. Make sure you have a few things like seltzer water, Coca Cola or juice for people who don't drink.
Most of these things you can get pre-made, so it's not too difficult. Good luck with the party!
Stay simple and elegant: cheese display with any good fresh fruit (apples, grapes) and good quality crackers, the proverbial mixed nuts in a pretty bowl. Go to recipe.com for a couple of simple items you can make ahead of time and won't have to fuss with during the party, such as shrimp or chicken salad served on croustini rounds. Don't forget color -- cherry tomatoes, sliced red or orange bell peppers. If it is cold, fondue is great and the frozen you buy at a grocery store is very good. Nice quality plates, napkins and glassware -- no disposables. Lay out the serving pieces, plan what will go where (and make sure there are plenty of napkins wherever you place food/drinks), and buy fresh flowers the day before. A gracious host cannot be harried or fussing over things when guests arrive, so (duh) planning makes the difference. It is really not that hard, so think it out, do as much as possible the day before, and enjoy yourself and your guests.