Food for a Large Birthday Party at Our Home.

If you have a large crockpot you can warm up hot dogs for the kids in that. For the adults I make a Large crockpot of sloppy joes,
for every one pound of cooked ground beef you add one cup of mild salsa and i can of tomato soup.

let it simmer until warm.

It is sooooo good.

K.

I catered fajitas and did cupcakes. It was great.

COSTCo great huge sheet cake for @ $17 each-- they are delicious too!
cater la hacienda fajitas chicken/beef and fixings...
chips hot sauce queso in cockpot
or PIZZA is great too

I did a taco bar for my son's last birthday which was a big hit. I was able to do most of the prep work the day before. The day before, I made the guacamole, chopped all the toppings for the tacos, even browned the taco meat. The next day, I all I had to do was put the cooked meat in a crock pot to heat up, put velveeta and rotel in a small crock pot to melt, another small crock pot with refried beans (which is just opening a can :), then heat the tortillas and shells. All that took maybe 30 minutes before the guests arrived. I'm sure the same could be done with fajitas as well, but I find taco meat to be MUCH cheaper!

We also did hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill one year when the weather was nice and everyone was out back anyway. All that prep work was done the day before too, and the cooking that day was done by my husband!

If you decide to go with pizza, Little Ceasar's has super cheap pizza. We got 10 pepperoni and cheese pizzas for my son's birthday in February and the total bill was only $60.10.

Hello S.,

Congratulations on your daughter's birthday! well, my first suggestion will be in terms of drinks. don't serve any red drinks if you have carpets. I hope I'm not repeating what others already mentioned. You can have pizza along with other things like potato salad (can be purchased/prepared ahead of time) how about chicken wings? or chick fillet nuggets, party trays from sam's club, costco, etc. Taquitos sound good. I'm getting hungry.... Have fun! ~C.~

A good pulled pork or beef that is made the day before would be perfect. You can make (or buy) some potato salad, cole slaw etc..and all of that can be done the day before too. Keep the meat heated in the crock pot, and place all of the sides buffet style. I would also do chips, a simple veggie and dip tray,some deviled eggs, and maybe some fruit..either salad, or a fruit tray. We love grapes and strawberries with a cream cheese/marhmallow fruit dip! Literally everything can be done the day before and set out for people to serve themselves. Clearly it is dinner time...Im with Carmen..getting a bit hungry here:) I hope you have a great first birthday, you deserve to be able to enjoy it with the whole family!! ~A.~

I made Chicken Kiev for my daughter's first bday and everyone loved it.

If you don't want to be in the kitchen all the time...either hire someone to maintain the kitchen and food for you..OR make several heavy appetizers. Be creative with the appetizers....maybe, chicken or beef skewers, veggies, fruits, Costco does have a lot of good food to use for appetizers.

Have fun and Happy Birthday!