Donna ~ Another item that would be good for your party would be a tossed green salad. I would use head lettuce, leaf lettuce, fresh spinach, etc. Wash the items well and put them thru a salad spinner to remove the moisture (or pat them with paper towels. Break them in bite-sized pieces with your fingers. Do not use a knife, that will cause the greens to wilt.

Or, to save time and work, you can buy prepared bags of salad greens at most all grocery stores these days.

Put the salad greens in a lovely big bowl. Around the bowl, fix a combination of veggies from which guests can pick and choose to make their own salads. This is especially nice if you have guest with special dietary needs.

Some of the items you might have on the side could include the following:

crumbled fried bacon
chopped ham, chicken and/or turkey pieces
chopped scallions
chopped red onion
diced hard-boiled eggs
shredded carrots
chopped cucumber or zucchini
chopped celery or chopped bok choy
sprouts
tomatoes (quartered or more, depending upon size)
shredded or crumbled cheeses cheeses
artichoke heart pieces
mandarine orange bits
sliced nuts
croquettes

Have a variety of salad dressings available for your guests. You could use home-made or store-bought. There are many wonderful home-made salad dressing recipes here on the RecipeLink.