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Hunnybunny 
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:16am |
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Ok so we have ante natal classes on Saturday 9:30-4:30, and the lady rung up and told DH last night that we need to take a plate for a shared lunch.. She even told him it had to be something pregnancy friendly (well duh?! Or does she really think I'm gonna turn up with a plate full of sushi??)
Its just, I'm not THAT fussy with what I eat-mainly cos I eat pretty well, and know whats fresh etc.. DH suggested I do club sandwiches, BUT then my thought was even if I use vacum packed ham etc, someone won't wanna eat it cos they'll be fussier than I am...
So help me with ideas of what I can take!
I'm not too keen on baking, cos, well, my baking isn't that great to share with strangers yet lol...
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:30am |
You could do fresh fruit kebabs
Buy some skewers and cut up some chunky fruit peices and pop them on, you could even add a mashmellow here end there. Nice, easy and tasty 
Or just do tomato and cucumber club sammies ( bit boring tho  )
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:31am |
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Take a plate , with nothing on it , then when you get there, wait til no one is looking and put something from everyones on your plate and tell them you were up all night making so many dishes .....
(kidding )
thats a tough one, plate of biscuits ???
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:39am |
Not too keen on doing the fruit kebabs, I don't wanna have to go down to the shop and spend too much... We only just done grocerys and then found out afterwards!!
Biscuits could be good... But what about something more substantial? Cos it is for lunch  Gosh.. This is hard...
Or, should I just presume other people will do more substantial stuff like this, and only take biscuits?
I don't even know how many people will be doing the course But I don't wanna look like the dumb young one who couldn't even make a effort...
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:41am |
Do they have a microwave or oven to heat stuff? Maybe some sausage rolls or cheese and pickle, chive sandwiches.
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:44am |
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Presumably there will be husbands/partners there so they'd eat the ham sandwiches.... I'd just take those if that is what you have to hand.
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:47am |
I was going to say take sausage rolls and mince savouries. We did a three hour course on Sat morning with part of ours many moons ago now, I got up and chucked the savouries in the oven before we had our showers and then took them, they were still hot when we got there and covered with tinfoil they had an oven to warm them up, also remember that there will be dads there too! I found that the guys ate the savouries more then the preggers chicks.
Make a bacon and egg pie or vege quiche? I'm sure a vege quiche can be eaten cold?
Whenever I take a plate I always like to take savoury because you know without a doubt that there will be more sweet then savoury.
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 11:55am |
Oh poos, idiot! I forgot to mention that "they don't have many heating facilities"
What on earth does that mean?! Lol! So I don't know... My first thought was savouries/sausages rolls and sandwichs, but what if we can't heat the hot stuff??
And good point about the DH's eating the sandwiches! It wouldn't worry me, cos I'd know the salad was fresh and the ham vacum packed, but the other ladies wouldn't! And they might be fussier than me...
I guess I'm a bit aware I'm probably gonna be the youngest one there, and don't wanna make a idiot of myself already sorta freaking out about it all! I hate stuff like this...
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:19pm |
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Everyone at our AN just bought a small cake from the supermarket and tbh almost no one ate... But there was a tonne of choc stuff!
I know what you mean though, I had a tough time deciding what to take, i kept thinking "Omg if I bring this they'll criticise because it's not healthy enough, if I bring this they'll criticise because ..."
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:21pm |
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What about egg and salad samdwiches? Or else a pack of bikkies sounds like a good idea. Or bread and hummus - just buy a cheap french stick from a bakery and hummus on special?
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:21pm |
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Oh and don't worry, I was the youngest at mine too! And felt exactly the same and was freaking out!
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:30pm |
I hate taking plates to something like that. I think I'd just do the club sammies and have some without the ham.
Good luck! 
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:31pm |
What if you made two types of sandwiches (or three), say ham & cheese, tomato and cucumber & cream cheese. Then the blokes can eat the ham ones (and you anyone else "brave" enough lol) and the girls can eat the vege ones.
Another failsafe (and impressive coz they're YUMMY) preggy food is savoury muffins. I know you don't really want to bake but honestly the only rule is DON'T OVERMIX muffins and they will be fab. If you do mini ones then they're even less likely to be yuck I put cheese, grated zucchini, capsicum, sweet corn kernels and sometimes roasted kumara in mine.
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:32pm |
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Nkap9-thats pretty much EXACTLY how I feel! Lol....
Oh no, I hope people will eat! I don't cope very well without eating regularly! Lol...
I could make egg, tomato, cucumber, lettuce sandwichs?? Would it matter if I boiled the eggs the night before, and then made them all up in the morning before we went down?? I may as well just put ham in them aswell then and have proper sandwichs, right?? I don't care if the other pregnant ones don't eat them haha, I will!!!!
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:35pm |
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OH! Kiwisj I didn't think of doing mini muffins! But I don't have any tins... Hhmm might have to go buy one if I decide to do that..
And a couple different types of sandwichs are a good idea!!!! I mean I know that vacum packed meats are fine, and they'd be fine opened in the morning and eaten at lunch- but I keep thinking some people may be fussier than me! Especially when your not making it yourself..
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:35pm |
What about grabbing some celery and carrots (which will be cheap from a fruit shop) chop them up, add a container of some kind of preggy friendly dip.. should be relatively cheap and no need for heating plus it's healthy so no worries there
I always get nervous at these types of things too so I know where you're coming from!
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:40pm |
Can you borrow muffin tins off someone rather than buying them specially? Mind you, mini muffins are awesome AND they're a good size for babies so they're a good investment 
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:50pm |
Picklets with butter and jam are a nice dish to take, or scones - you could make sweet and savoury versions if you want - bit of butter and yum for both Dads and Mums.
Hummus isn't preggy friendly ladies - the tahini in it has been associated with salmonella.
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 12:56pm |
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When eva im coping out on a bring a plate i take a couple of packs of mallowpuffs........they always get eaten too.
That doesnt help if you dont want to go to the shops again......not sure what you cupboards might have but a french stick and salmon mixed with cream cheese is preggie friendly.
The club sandwiches without meat would be fine. you can mix quite a bit of different flavours.........pickle and cheese, lettuce egg and tomato, cheese and tomato, tuna. And you could also just have a couple with the ham for those less fussy.........have one side preggie friendly one side DH friendly
I lived on Egg sandwiches when pregnant
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Posted: 15 April 2010 at 1:14pm |
I don't mind going down to shop to spend a little bit, but wouldn't wanna spend more than $25 on a plate.. Yes I'm a tight wad! But I presume it means we'll have to do this next saturday aswell?! So doing it 2 saturdays in a row, means $50 for 2 lunches!!! Thats like over half our weekly food budget....
Normal edam cheese is fine right? Nobody would turn their nose up at that?
I might do a plate of sandwichs and then a plate of biscuits... Or is that over kill?
ETA: oh, literally a plate? Like a dinner plate size? Or should I use a nice platter which is a bit bigger (depending on what size one I use? I have heaps! Lol)
OMG, I'm so not ready for mother-hood, I can't even do the "bring a plate"!!!! What sorta Mum am I gonna be
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