cinco de mayo menu

No detail shall be overlooked as I prepare and plan a barbeque for 300 to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The flyers vibrantly let the guests know it's a Mexican themed event that celebrates a good cause, The San Diego Center for Children & The Rose McGill Fund. As always, I want this party to be spectacular, memorable, and show stopping. The pressure is on because I have to create exactly what my sister envisions and make her barbeque go down in history as one of the best Kappa Kappa Gamma events. In order for me to feel like it's a success, the food has to be tasty and the atmosphere fun. The menu features chips and dip, fajitas and quesadillas, and a decadent Mexican inspired cupcake. Cupcakes are a divine dessert for a large fiesta because they are easily transportable, well loved by everyone, and too cute not to be eaten. Since making homemade cupcakes for 300 is an insane idea, I'm jazzing up a chocolate cake from a box with pumpkin and a homemade cinnamon-chocolate cream cheese frosting. Several of my sister's sorority sisters have signed up to make desserts and to keep everything uniform, everyone will be using this recipe. You can find it if you read more

Cinco de Mayo is this Saturday and I'm excitedly gearing up to celebrate in true style: with a huge barbeque for 300 of my sister's closest friends. I'm hosting this event for my sister and the lovely ladies of the UCSD chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. It's going to be a fabulous day-long fiesta that involves a charity soccer tournament and some delicious grilled Mexican food. Guests can munch on chips, guacamole, and salsa while they watch the games and wait for the main course. There are a lot of people coming, so food that can be prepped at least a day in advance is what will complete the menu. The invite displays a vibrant, colorful, Mexican fiesta theme that I hope to carry over into the menu. To see what delicious options (one meat and one veggie) I'll be masterfully grilling, read more

This week I am helping my sister and her sorority plan a charity soccer tournament and barbeque. My little sister volunteered to host the barbeque knowing that her personal party planner (moi) would fly down to San Diego for the weekend of the event. It's this Saturday and to be honest, I'm pretty nervous. Over 300 college kids have been invited and I'm in charge of feeding them all! I've been taking a lot of deep breaths and making thousands of lists. Yesterday I forwarded the flyer invitation to Trish and today I've turned my attention to the most important part of the BBQ: the food! It's Cinco de Mayo this weekend so naturally the menu will be inspired by simple, classic Mexican dishes. The recipes also have to be easy to mass produce which could prove to be nerve racking. Luckily my sister has informed me that a gang of girls will be at my beck and call to aid in the cooking. To see how I'll be getting the party started, read more