If I invited you to dinner and then served breakfast would you think that weird?

[Anonymous]

Breakfast for dinner is going to be ice cold and stressful for you. Just order pizza and make a nice big salad. For after, offer hot chocolate and cider and a bowl of candy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is going to be ice cold and stressful for you. Just order pizza and make a nice big salad. For after, offer hot chocolate and cider and a bowl of candy.

Why would breakfast food be cold? I mean it can be but I didn’t choose cold foods. Also really not sure why someone would serve a bowl of candy immediately before ToT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is going to be ice cold and stressful for you. Just order pizza and make a nice big salad. For after, offer hot chocolate and cider and a bowl of candy.

Why would breakfast food be cold? I mean it can be but I didn’t choose cold foods. Also really not sure why someone would serve a bowl of candy immediately before ToT?

Breakfast is very difficult to keep warm, especially outside. A bowl of candy is festive and easy. Grown-ups sometimes want something a little sweet without having to dig in their child’s treat bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is going to be ice cold and stressful for you. Just order pizza and make a nice big salad. For after, offer hot chocolate and cider and a bowl of candy.

Why would breakfast food be cold? I mean it can be but I didn’t choose cold foods. Also really not sure why someone would serve a bowl of candy immediately before ToT?

Breakfast is very difficult to keep warm, especially outside. A bowl of candy is festive and easy. Grown-ups sometimes want something a little sweet without having to dig in their child’s treat bag.

And unless you regularly make quiche, I feel like it can go wrong easily- watery, underdone crust, etc.. Many kids won’t eat eggs and many quiche recipes rely on broccoli or spinach for flavor- not exactly know for their kid pleasing properties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Breakfast for dinner is going to be ice cold and stressful for you. Just order pizza and make a nice big salad. For after, offer hot chocolate and cider and a bowl of candy.

Why would breakfast food be cold? I mean it can be but I didn’t choose cold foods. Also really not sure why someone would serve a bowl of candy immediately before ToT?

Breakfast is very difficult to keep warm, especially outside. A bowl of candy is festive and easy. Grown-ups sometimes want something a little sweet without having to dig in their child’s treat bag.

And unless you regularly make quiche, I feel like it can go wrong easily- watery, underdone crust, etc.. Many kids won’t eat eggs and many quiche recipes rely on broccoli or spinach for flavor- not exactly know for their kid pleasing properties.

I make mini quiches pretty frequently, because they're such an easy thing to reheat for quick breakfasts or snacks. I made a variety of flavors, including some that were more kid friendly like sausage and cheddar, and some that were more adult like goat cheese and spinach.

I put out a basket of muffins and bread, and a couple people didn't eat my quiche but instead made themselves a bacon sandwich, other people did both. No one seemed hungry after. It was fine.

[Anonymous]

As a guest, I’d be fine with it. Others may not be so flexible. For them, I’d mention it in advance and tell them about the tradition. The salad with strawberries is a good idea. You could serve mimosas, too.

[Anonymous]

OP, what did you end up serving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a number of years, when my kids were younger, I used to host ToT dinner for the neighborhood kids and parents.

My menu was -
- cheese pizza,
- chicken nuggets (costco),
- salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, olive, feta, lemon juice, olive oil),
- mac-n-cheese and
- cut fruits.

Beverages were - OJ, milk, water, coffee, tea. I would make the tea and coffee in the microwave for whoever wanted it. Parents usually went with water. Kids usually went with OJ.

Every single year it was the same and no one thought poorly of me.

Of course they didn’t; that’s normal dinner food on a holiday night and they knew what to expect. In no way similar to OP’s situation, like, at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, what did you end up serving?

I think the post two above yours has what you are looking for.

Excerpted:

I make mini quiches pretty frequently, because they're such an easy thing to reheat for quick breakfasts or snacks. I made a variety of flavors, including some that were more kid friendly like sausage and cheddar, and some that were more adult like goat cheese and spinach.

I put out a basket of muffins and bread, and a couple people didn't eat my quiche but instead made themselves a bacon sandwich, other people did both. No one seemed hungry after. It was fine.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t think it’s weird but if I’m having new to me people I usually tell people what I’m serving in advance in case of allergies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what did you end up serving?

I think the post two above yours has what you are looking for.

Excerpted:

I make mini quiches pretty frequently, because they're such an easy thing to reheat for quick breakfasts or snacks. I made a variety of flavors, including some that were more kid friendly like sausage and cheddar, and some that were more adult like goat cheese and spinach.

I put out a basket of muffins and bread, and a couple people didn't eat my quiche but instead made themselves a bacon sandwich, other people did both. No one seemed hungry after. It was fine.

Crustless quiches, made in muffin tins so they were about 1 egg each, with various flavors. I offered to scramble eggs but no one took me up.

A mix of a couple types of homemade muffins, bakery bread and mini bagels

Butter, cream cheese, jam

Baked bacon

Salad

Fresh fruit

OJ, apple cider, hot chocolate, coffee, water. I would have had tea or milk if people had asked.

No one complained, but who knows if they liked it. Food got eaten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t think it’s weird but if I’m having new to me people I usually tell people what I’m serving in advance in case of allergies.

I asked about food restrictions, allergies, etc . . . Other than a kid in my own family there weren't any.

[Anonymous]

Update Op??

Did your kids get to keep your family tradition of breakfast for dinner?

Did your guests balk at pancakes? Or did they go with the flow?

Separate meals for adults and kids?

[Anonymous]

OP, you probably need to label your posts "this is the OP, and here is my update" very clearly. People seem to be missing them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you probably need to label your posts "this is the OP, and here is my update" very clearly. People seem to be missing them.

Apparently

OK, here we go.

THIS IS OP

We ended up with 17 people. It started when one of my kids went to school, and found out that one of his friends lived in an apartment where there isn't trick or treating, so he said "come to my house". That was on Friday. So, Saturday morning, I spoke to kid's mom, and invited the rest of the family. Then my teen asked if his girlfriend could come since she likes our cooking, and I invited their family too. Plus some of our family came. Total 8 kids, ages 5 to teen, and 9 adults.

We had crustless mini quiches in 4 different varieties. I offered to scramble eggs, but no one took me up on it.

Bacon

Muffins (apple cinnamon and blueberry)

Bread and bagels

Butter, jam, cream cheese (I offered seed butter, but no one took me up on it)

Caesar salad

Some raw veggies

Fruit platter to make your own fruit salad salads

Various beverages

No dessert because we were ToTing immediately after.

Everyone seemed to find enough to eat. Some people had bacon sandwiches or bagel and cream cheese instead of or in addition to quiche Nothing was "icy cold" except some of the beverages, the butter, and the fruit. No one complained. Perhaps they were horrified and wished we had pizza, but if so they were too polite to tell me.