Menu ideas for a wedding shower

Wedding showers are not only fun to have, but fun to plan. Your menu needs will vary according to what time of day your shower is scheduled for, how many guests you will invite and how formal you want the affair to be. Don't be afraid to be original and make it your own. The following menus are meant to be guides. Feel free to mix and match, or even add your own dishes. The menus below give you a light but filling fair, and give your guests choices.

Most of the dishes in the following menus are well known and easy to get recipes for. You may even have your own secret recipe ideas.

Italian-American Style Menu

Appetizers - Antipasto Platter Parmesan Bread Sticks

Entrees - Lasagna Italian Beef and Pepper sandwhiches

Side Dishes - Italian Pasta Salad Garden Salad w/choice of dressings Baked Potato Wedges w/ Italian Seasoning.

Desserts - Cannoli Italian Ice

Polish-American Style Menu

Appetizers - Relish tray Cheese and Cracker Tray

Entrees - Polish Sausage Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Side Dishes - Sauerkraut

Cheese and Potato Pierogi

Cole Slaw

Potato Salad

Desserts -

Red Velvet Cake

Mini Chocolate Eclairs

American Style Menu

Appetizers -

Vegetable Tray w/ Dip

Cheese and Fruit Tray

Entrees -

Fried Chicken

Roast Beef

Side Dishes -

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Baby Peas and Carrot Coins

Seven Layer Salad

Creamy Macaroni Salad

Desserts -

Apple Pie ala mode

Chocolate Layer Cake

Barbeque Style Menu

Appetizers -

Watermelon Fruit Basket

Smokey Links in Barbeque Sauce

Deviled Eggs

Entrees -

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Medaillons

Barbeque Ribs

Side Dishes -

Corn on the Cob

Grilled Portabella Mushrooms

Creamy Cole Slaw

Sweet Vinegar Cucumber Salad

Desserts -

Lemon Meringue Pie

Chocolate Frosted Brownies

Mexican-American Style Menu

Appetizers -

Layered Taco Dip

Guacomole

Salsa

Tortilla Chips

Entrees -

Chicken Fajitas

Make your own Tacos

Side Dishes-

Spanish Rice

Refried Beans

Tamales

Sliced Tomatoes and Avacados

Desserts -

Caramel Flan

Ice Cream

Soup and Salad Menu

Appetizers -

Cheese Cubes Assorted

Breadsticks Assorted

Salad Bar -

Lettuce, Raw Spinach, Romaine, Tomatoes, Onions, Shredded Cheese, Hard Cooked Eggs, Croutons, Thin strips of Ham, Roast Beef, and Turkey, Thousand Island, French, Garlic, and Oil and Vinigar Dressings.

Cottage Cheese

Fruit Cocktail

Three Bean Salad

Potato Salad

Cole Slaw

Grilled Chicken and Fresh Fruit Salad

Taco Salad

Tuna Salad

Pasta Salad

Soups -

French Onion

Clam Chowder

Chicken

Cream of Broccoli

Desserts -

Jello

Puddings

Sandwich Menu -

Appetizers -

Deviled Eggs

Cream Cheese and Mini Bagels

Assorted Breads and Rolls

Ham, Salami, Roast Beef, Turkey, Chicken Roll, Corned Beef, Bologna.

American, Swiss, Provolone, and Mozzarella Cheeses.

Dill Pickles, Bread and Butter Pickles.

Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Avacado.

Mustard, Ketsup, Mayonaise, Dijon Mustard

Sides -

Macaroni Salad

Potato Salad

Cole Slaw

Potato Chips

Fritos

Desserts -

Strawberry Shortcake

Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Syrup

Kabob Menu -

Appetizers -

Fruit Kabobs with Watermelon, Honeydew, Cantaloupe, Apple, Pear, and Grapes.

Yogurt Dip

Rumaki

Entrees - Mix and Match

Grilled Cubes of Chicken, Pork, Beef and Shrimp.

Cubes of Potatoes, Mushrooms, Onions, Tomatoes.

Plain Rice

Teriyaki Sauce

Soy Sauce

Worcestershire Sauce

Hot Melted Butter

Desserts -

Angel Food Cake with Strawberry Sauce

Brownies