Party Platter Ideas
I love creating fabulous parties. This specific party was for my friend’s 60th Birthday! It was fun because I had carte blanche on the design and ingredients. We were about 25 total guests – a bit scary during Covid times, but we were mostly outside and kept our distance.
The one thing I don’t love about parties that I cater and attend, is that I never have time to eat or enjoy the food… it’s not the same when you make it yourself and have tasted it all throughout the day to make it perfect for the guests, by the time to party hits, I’m tired of looking at the food… so alas, that night I got home and made myself 3-soft boiled eggs with little day old bread toasts!
When planning platters, the main thing is eye appeal, but also don’t just chose food for its color, it has to make sense.
Also variety is super important… make sure you have a variety of cheeses-soft, hard, cut in different shapes and bites. Also make sure you have a variety for all the special diets out there-plant-based, vegan, gluten free and meat friendly guests. I love my featured platter, I played around with whites and greens. You can really make something appealing by creating a visual scene.
Take a look at some of the platters and hope it inspires for your future parties.
Hi I’m Karine. This photo is me goofing off, trying to be the mid-century housewife in our kitchen in California. We now live in Detroit, Michigan –a big change and a bigger kitchen! But no matter where I live food and cooking remains my passion. I hope I can motivate you, give you ideas or share with each other food stories, cooking dreams and goals.