A few of the things that we created for the shower were a big hit so I wanted to share those recipes with you all!  The first was a Strawberry and Feta Salad, it was such a hit there was only a few strawberries left for the last person!

Strawberry & Feta Salad

• 2-3 packages of Spring Green lettuce mix – this will feed about 23-27 people if you have other dishes as well, you can also use Romaine lettuce as well
• 1 1/2 cups of sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 container of feta cheese (can vary depending on your liking of feta cheese!)
• sprinkle in dried cranberries and pine nuts

Toss with Raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing (it only takes a little because the strawberries will act as a dressing as well.  For another fruity variation, you could add some dried apples or fresh pears to the salad as well.

For the drink, we got inspiration from this Delish Green Tea & Mango Splash recipe.  However, I did not have time to make green tea by hand, so I altered the recipe to do this a faster way.  We bought jugs of green tea and mixed with bottles of Mango Nectar.  You need about 2 cups of Mango to 1 cup of green tea.  This tastes great when chilled, so make sure you make this before guests arrive so the ice can do it’s job!   If you’re not serving buffet style, spruce up a glass by adding a mint sprig or a mango slice for each guest.

Lastly, I wanted to do little petit fours for each guest to have as a dessert.  A friend of the family made these, and they were the perfect size after all the regular food we had served.  Doing the mix of Andrea & Jeff’s initials with the flowers was perfect, and we could pass out to everyone during gifts so they could enjoy while watching Andrea open gifts.  I definitely recommend desserts that are more individually sized for showers!