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Make Ahead Menu for Your Baby Shower
A make ahead baby shower menu is the way to go if you don’t have much time to prepare on the day of the shower, or if you just want to be relaxed when your guests arrive instead of working up a sweat in the kitchen.
A platter of assorted pinwheels is a great make ahead dish. They can be made the day before and just set out right before the baby shower. The possibilities are endless for the stuffing of these pinwheels. I would make three different varieties and serve them on a three-tiered serving plate, but you could also serve each on its own serving plate, or even mix them on a large platter.
Menu
Turkey Club Pinwheels
Pickle Pinwheels
Mediterranean Pinwheels
Fruit Sampler with Raspberry Dip and Caramel Dip
Baked Olive-Cheese Balls
Baby Shower Cake of your choice
Punch
Coffee or tea as desired
Turkey Club Pinwheels
12 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened at room temperature
1 head lettuce
1 pound sliced deli-style turkey
1 jar of bacon bits
2 cups minced tomato
1. Spread cream cheese evenly over the tortillas.
2. Top the cream cheese with lettuce leaves.
3. Arrange the turkey slices evenly on top of the lettuce.
4. Sprinkle the bacon bits and tomato over the turkey slices.
5. Roll the tortillas into tight logs. Cut the wraps into bite-sized pinwheels and secure with toothpicks, if needed.
6. Place on a baking sheet to store in the refrigerator and wrap the entire pan in plastic wrap. When ready to serve, just place the pinwheels on a serving plate.
Pickle Pinwheels
1 (32 ounce) jar whole dill pickles
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened at room temperature
1 pound sliced ham
10 (6 inch) flour tortillas
1. Spread cream cheese evenly over the tortillas.
2. Arrange the ham slices evenly on top of the cream cheese.
3. Spread another layer of cream cheese over the ham.
4. Place a pickle on each tortilla, roll tightly, then slice the roll into pinwheels and secure with toothpicks, if needed.
5. Place on a baking sheet to store in the refrigerator and wrap the entire pan in plastic wrap. When ready to serve, just place the pinwheels on a serving plate.
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