A party with a Hawaiian theme is a lot of fun for adults and kids alike, and the food and drink options can be outstanding, even without a freshly roasted pig or fancy drinks served in hollowed out pineapples. If you are planning a party on a budget and want to go with a Hawaiian theme, consider the following budget food and drink ideas. These food and drink ideas are fun and easy and will fit the Hawaiian theme. Best of all they will greatly impress the party guests without breaking a sweat or the household budget.
Make an Impressive Hawaiian Fruit Salad
Ready-made fruit salad displays can be very expensive, especially when feeding a party crowd on a budget. Instead of buying tasteless frozen fruit, overpriced varieties sold in cans, or decorative arrangements on wooden skewers, make budget fruit salad for a crowd.
Begin with a long seedless watermelon, and using a serrated knife, cut off the top third in a lengthwise position while creating triangular points. Scoop out the fruit using a melon ball tool. Place the melon balls back into the melon shell bowl, and add freshly cubed pineapple, cantaloupe, seedless grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and any other fruits that are on sale. To obtain budget prices on food, shop the sales. This impressive fruit salad for a party with a Hawaiian theme is sure to impress without going over a predetermined food budget.
Gelatin Dessert with a Hawaiian Theme
Gelatin is ideal when hosting a party on a budget, and this popular food can be embellished to go with any theme, especially a Hawaiian theme. Make an extra large bowl of blue raspberry gelatin, and add undersea gummies including colorful sharks and fish. Use a large clear bowl, and add the gummies as the gelatin sets to prevent them from sinking to the bottom.
Budget Punch with Hawaiian Kick
Punch can be expensive, especially punch made with fruit juice and sherbet. When hosting a party with a Hawaiian theme and trying to stick to a food and drink budget, opt for flavored drink mix and a blend of real juice. Add large scoops of vanilla ice cream just before serving for budget punch with a Hawaiian kick that everyone will enjoy.
Fancy Hawaiian Pork and Pineapple Kabobs
A party with a Hawaiian theme almost always includes pork, but freshly roasted pig is not ideal when trying to stick to a food budget. Instead of having the usual roasted pig, opt for delicious Hawaiian pork and pineapple kabobs. Cut ham into large chunks along with fresh pineapple, and roast it slowly over a grill. Brush the kabobs with a little smoke flavoring as it slow roasts, and serve them on a bed of brown rice that includes bits of chopped sauteed white onion.
Any party can be scaled back and improvised to fit any budget. When planning and hosting a party with a Hawaiian theme, use these and other budget food ideas that will fit the theme of the celebration. Food does not have to be expensive or extravagant to impress. All it takes is a little ingenuity and creativity to plan budget food ideas for a party with a Hawaiian theme.
