party food for my 18th birthday with an older age-group of guests?

appetizers: maybe spring rolls, mushroom caps, mini veggie wraps, and/or little french bread toasts with olive tapenade or another tasty spread! :]

I'll give you some suggestions...you know your crowd best, so here goes:

Hot Parmesan-Artichoke dip>>http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/hot-parmesan-a...

If you want to do an assortment of Roll-Ups (like Salsa ones, BLT ones, and Pizza ones>>

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/salsa-roll-ups...

Brie Cheese Wheel with Puff Pastry>>http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/brie-cheese-appetize...

Or if you want to do one big thing...and this has a Christmas flair to it: Holiday Appetizer Wreath>>

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/holiday-appetizer...

Always good to add some fruit on short skewers, too....can buy a fruit dip to go with that.

Deviled eggs are always popular--serve on a bed of leafy lettuce.

Or there's simple things like take a deli ham slice (thin), spread cream cheese on it, add a small dill pickle and roll up.

For the meal...are you having a buffet or sit down? You didn't say. Can you make a good lasagna? You'd need to make a few of them--or buy frozen if you had to I guess , tossed salad, fresh green bean bundles-steamed then baked, wrapped in bacon and marinated in a savory sauce (http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/green-bean-bundles/D...

OR...make a 5-cheese Baked Ziti from Olive Garden>>http://www.food.com/recipe/olive-garden-five-chees...

(other green veg choices: peas in lots of butter or brussels sprouts w/ crumbled bacon)

Rolls and butter or garlic bread

If you do another kind of dish (like chicken)...you'll need to add potatoes (or a potato salad or pasta salad) and a couple vegetable dishes.

Be sure to adjust all recipes to the quantity you need for the number of guests you'll be having.

Just remember...do what you can afford, make a nice presentation and have a nice birthday! ;D

the place would be that 18th b-day? Bacause of blended a while the food would desire to variety.... there would desire to be a menu for pork then pork , rooster , fish or seafood and vegeatables and pasta... some wont consume pork yet consume pork, or some basically consume pasta ... so there would desire to be a version of food....

Serve Donuts when they come. With it a coca or a cup of hot coffee is good.

Garlic noodles with chicken chilly is good.