brunch menu idea please

I have a party every June, this year I am having a life celebration. I was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, doing well and will be celebrating life.

At first I didn't want to cook, but this year I decided to try a brunch buffet instead of dinner.

I need some very simple foods, some I can prep or make the day before.

Can you serve rids and chicken or only breakfast foods??

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brunch menu idea please

French toast
Pancakes
Eggs, maybe make a frittata or quiche ahead of time
Bagels
Egg salad, tuna salad
Pasta primavera
Salad

You can def serve a meat. Most brunch buffets have chicken, Steak, etc.

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You can do fruit and yogurt parfaits in martini glasses. They look fantastic set up on a silver platter


Mini quiche, croissants, baked goods


I would look at a ton of catered brunch menus to get ideas and prices and see if its even worth the labor to do it yourself. Fairway is my go-to place. Great fresh food and inexpensive

brunch menu idea please

French Toast Bake (I found that recipe on Pinterest and made it on Thanksgiving...so good!)
Apple Bacon Cheddar Bake (Have that recipe at home, let me know if you're interested!)
Fresh Fruit
Mini bagels, croissants

Chicken Francese
Baked Ziti or Cold Tortellini Salad

All can be prepared ahead of time and just heated that morning. The tortellini salad is one of my favorites and so simple, I just made it again for mother's day.

I just use cheese tortellini, one red and one green pepper, a jar of green olives, shredded cheddar cheese and broccoli mixed together in a bowl with Italian dressing. It's delicious!

Message edited 5/12/2014 8:27:59 AM.

brunch menu idea please

French toast bake and egg casserole bake - both can (should) be prepared the day before and are easy to make and delicious.

Caesar salad; chicken francaise; bagel and pastry platter; fruit salad; pasta salad and/or baked ziti

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For Mother's Day I did a brunch for the family and did it so easy. Just ordered a fish platter from Wegmans. In addition I got...
Egg salad, Tuna salad, different cream cheese flavor/choices, munster cheese, sliced tomatoes, fruit salad, cinnamon buns, and tons of different bagels and some bialys.
We had fresh OJ and mimosas, lemon water and bloody marys.

brunch menu idea please

My friend does frittatas and quiches, as well as other wrap style egg dishes.

and.. WEGMANS!!! We need one on Long Island!

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You can definitely serve ribs and chicken. Brunch is one of those things where you can pretty much serve anything. Some ideas:

-Mini bagels with cream cheese/butter
-Caprese salad
-Cold macaroni salad
-Croissants
-Cold cut platter
-Chicken fingers
-Roasted potatoes
-Quiche
-Fruit salad
-Muffins

brunch menu idea please

We do brunch for mothers day & we did:
Sweet Potato Latkas with pineapple salsa
Spiral Ham
Bacon & Cheese Quiche
Broccoli & Cheese Quiche
French Toast
BLT wraps (my dad made them, they had cream cheese and mayo on them...delicious!)
Brie and apples

In the past we've done:
Waffles with Fruit
Waffles with chicken
Pillsbury pizza crust with artichokes and prosciutto
prosciutto wrapped melon


We were going to do eggs in a cup, where I would take either a thin sweet potato latka (cooked) or bacon (already cooked) line a cakecup sheet (kinda like a basket) with them and crack a egg in each one and bake it. But we had a lot of egg items already lol.

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Went to brunch yesterday at SILs.

I don't eat eggs, but she made like 5 different quiches that everyone else raved about.

A huge tower of bacon and some maple sausage links.

Bagels with an assortment of cream cheeses, fresh cut fruit platters and homemade baked goods galore.

DHs aunt made homemade sugar donuts and some Nutella pastries that I am still dreaming about....

Also mimosas and chilled sangria.

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I just did brunch yesterday for Mother's Day:

French toast casserole
Scrambled eggs
Bacon
Sausage
Tator Tots
Mini blueberry muffins
Mini banana muffins
Bagels
Mimosas

I was going to add fruit salad but got sidetracked and forgot about it.

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Thanks ladies for the helpful suggestions!!

where is Wegmans??

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I just did this for my friends daughters communion.

French Toast Casserole - made the day before, served with sliced strawberries soaked in 2 tbs sugar and 2 tbs amaretto, powdered sugar and syrup on the side
Swiss & Spinach Quiche - made the day before
Cheddar & Bacon Quiche - made the day before
Italian Sweet Sausage & Peppers - made the day before, served with small rolls
Spiral Ham, cooked day of
Cold Cut Platter: Turkey, Salami, American Cheese, Swiss, Provolone
Bagels, served with 2 different cream cheeses, butter, 2 different jellies, peanut butter
Fruit Platter - grapes, melons, berries

Drinks:
Champagne, served with orange juice & peach nectar
Bloody Mary Mix, served with Vodka
White Wine
Red Wine
Cranberry Juice
Coffee
Tea Tray (with 4 different teas)

Message edited 5/13/2014 12:21:41 PM.

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everything sounds sooo good....