A Mother's Blessing

My friend Kimberley and I hosted a "Mother's Blessing" party for our friend, Monica, who recently adopted two beautiful children, a brother & sister, from Eastern Europe.  Since they are not babies, we thought a traditional 'Baby Shower' would not suffice, but we wanted to bless her in some way, so we decided to do a Book themed shower to fill up their library.  We invited everyone to bring new or gently used children's books as gifts, either their favourites from when they were kids, ones they read to their own kids, or just ones that looked good.  Kimberley took care of the decorations, and I covered the food.  Both Kimberley and Monica have dietary restrictions, so this increased my challenge to make foods they could both enjoy.  I used popular kids books as the inspiration for the menu, and it was a great success.  I had so much fun putting everything together, and the party was a blast!  

I hope this inspires you, if you ever get the privilege of honouring a mother in some way!

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins (gluten-free)

(I also had sliced-up green & red apples, but forgot to snap a picture)

Green Eggs & Ham frittata 

with Garlicky Hummus (sans the yogurt)

this book is from 1968, and is out of print and very hard to find

A few other books for inspiration that didn't make it to this table, mostly because of time constraints:

We did have meatballs,
I just forgot to take a picture!

I don't personally know this one,
but it looks really cute!

very hard to find books about drinks!