Birthday Spread

We weren't sure if the weather was going to hold off...either too hot or a rain storm...plus our house is too small for 16 people to sit comfortably, so we set up the garage for the party. We have a lot of stuff stored in the garage, but it's not too dirty or smelly and it has good ventilation (plus we set up 3 fans).

Since "monkey" was our theme we wanted to have all finger food...especially things that Camden loves. Another of Camden's favorite eating options is dip, so we wanted to have lots of dips.

Our main dish was grilled chicken tenders. To go with it, I made homemade honey mustard, barbeque, blue cheese, thai peanut butter, and balsalmic apricot dips.

We also had corn on the cob from our garden with butter and various spices to sprinkle on top.

The potato chips, tortilla chips, and pretzels were served with homemade french onion and pico de gallo dips as well as store bought hummus (a last minute addition to meet a milk-free diet requirement of one of the guests). The pico was made with tomatoes and jalapenos from our garden, too.

We had cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini sticks from our garden, as well as carrots, celery, and snap peas on the veggie tray. I made ranch and spinach dips to accompany it.

Finally on the fruit tray of grapes, canteloupe, kiwi, strawberrys, and fresh pineapple, we had cream cheese-marshmellow fluff and brown sugar sour cream dips.

Gaga and Haliana enjoyed watching everyone fill their plates.

It was a yummy spread...with lots of options for everyone. It also was great because I could prep everything on Saturday and all we had to do before the party was put everything on trays and grill the chicken and boil the corn.