"When you are looking at making food for the next baby shower you host, make sure the word baby appears in all the recipes. When the baby shower party recipes all have the word baby in them, you are making the menu thematic. Your guests will love it!

Here are some baby shower recipes you can consider the next time you are hosting this type of party:

*Baby Shrimp
*Baby Meatballs
- Both of these only need to be purchased and heated. You can serve them as appetizers with decorative toothpicks.

*Baby Carrots
*Baby Snap Peas
*Baby Swiss Cheese
- Wash and eat the vegetables. Cut into cubes and eat the cheese. These can be used as sides along with your main course or as appetizers throughout your baby shower.

*Baby Bagel Sandwiches
Ingredients:
Various cooked meats ham, turkey, roast beef
Various fillings chicken and tuna salad
Various cheeses American, Swiss and mozzarella
Baby bagels white and wheat varieties
Sliced vegetables lettuce, tomato, cucumber
Condiments
- Slice bagels and place on large serving tray.
- Create a large display of the cooked meats and cheeses on a separate large serving tray.
- Have the various fillings in matching serving bowls on either side of the cooked meats tray.
- Create a large display of the sliced veggies on a separate large serving tray.
- Allow your guests to create their own baby bagel sandwich on the spot, so it will be fresh and to their liking.

*Baby Back Ribs
Ingredients:
2 lbs pork baby back ribs
1 bottle of barbeque sauce 18 ounces of your favorite variety
- Brush each rib with plenty of barbeque sauce. Wrap tightly in a piece of tin foil sprayed with cooking spray. Place in the refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Bake the foil covered ribs for 2 hours.
- Remove from the foil and add additional sauce to taste.

Makes 4 servings

*Baby Blue Punch
Ingredients:
1 package of blue drink mix, unsweetened any flavor that is blue
1 bottle lemon lime soda
1 bottle white cranberry juice
Vanilla ice cream
White sugar
- In a large punch bowl, mix the flavored drink mix, lemon lime soda and cranberry juice.
- Add the sugar to taste, up to 1 cup.
- Scoop the ice cream on top and serve.

Makes up to 24 servings

All of these baby shower party recipes are fresh, yummy, and will allow everyone to eat something they enjoy.