40th Birthday What is a modern buffet.......Please help.

[WingsofanAngel]

Dh is 40 in April having a get together not sure how many people.

What buffet food should I serve.

It's been a long time since I've had to do one.

All ideas greatly appreciated.

If its been sooo long why dont you do a theme? Like a '70/80s' revival....cocktail sausages/cheese and pickle on a cocktail stick/vol-au-vents etc...??

Or alternatively fajitas are always good...yum!

That did cross my mind. Stick to what I know !!

We went to 40th couple of weeks ago - they did canapy type food that came around during the evening - went fo a Thai type theme - it was very nice and worked really well in allowing people to mingle rather than be static with plates and cutlery - also frees a hand for the champagne flute also of course.

That sound good whichwitch.

I have the idea of more champagne flowing than heavy food.

Anyone else got any more ideas please.

Is it a family thing or grown ups only?

Tapas type things?

some nice recipes here

Tapas a good idea.

Or a Middle Eastern theme - hoummus, pitta, taboulleh etc.

Or the easiest thing is just loads of good bread, cheese, grapes, olives etc.

It will be mainly family so there will be children too.

Some nice looking recipes LardyMardyDaisyBoo.

I'll have MIL to help too.

Agree about the champagne- also think Middle East will work just as well as Oriental depending on what you and the guests will prefer. Also our friends had a couple of local 6th form girls assist with passing round food and drink - my DD school has some girls on lower 6th who offer this (she is only 6 though so it wont be her friends!) - it allowed the hosts time to enjoy the company - having a similar party ourselves back end of the year and will definitely employ them or similar (local Au pairs/neighbours children etc.

They hired the plates and glasses - I did this for a christmas school parents party that we hosted - I was surprised how cheap this worked out 10 champagne flutes for about £3(for the basic stuff) and great to put it back into the trays and wave it goodbye on the Monday

Well I like

A good cheese board with some nice crackers & some interesting bread
Pate (3 or 4 nice ones incl fish & veggie)
Cold meats
Samosas
Fajitas
Ham/beef slices (perhaps in rolls or little trumpets)
Really good potato salad or just cold boiled potatoes
Egg mousse (with prawns on)
Salmon mousse
Several salads (rice/pasta/carrot & raisin/waldorf etc)
Some dips (DH has a peanut butter dip - I'm not sure I recommend that tho)
Fruit platter
Mini profiteroles
Mini pavlovas
Mini cheesecakes

Some lovely ideas.

I think a good cheese board.

Meats.

I was thinking of maybe Veg kebabs.

I like the sound of Salmon mousse and Egg mousse.

We will have just moved to our new house a fortnight before so hopefully we will be all unpacked by then