Your Child's birthday party is coming up and you have absolutely no idea what to serve. You want something that'll look impressive and be just as tasty! Well don't worry, it is not too difficult, just remember that children are more interested in having fun and being entertained rather than focusing on your gourmet creations! Often, the simplest foods go down the best.
You want to serve food that children can easily eat with their hands. A good idea is to serve food in bowls, without any paper wrappers so kids don't have to unwrap anything (and less mess for you!). Cut food into manageable bite-size pieces
Although I am sure you'll make tasty goodies, try and make them look nice too. Children are drawn to foods that look interesting, either by colour, shape or a mixture of the two, so try and pay extra attention to presentation! Get creative and place veggies on mini pizzas to make fun faces, serve jelly in scoured out orange halves, stick smarties to marshmallows with icing.
Although it is simple and easy to serve a lot of sweets and high fat food, it is important that you balance things by serving healthy foods as well. Some children may even prefer the savoury foods (especially if they are creatively presented). Avoid serving food that could be a problem for children with allergies, these include foods with nuts in, tartrazine and even dairy.
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Ideas for Savoury / Nutritious Party Food
- Melrose Wedges
- Cheese & Spinach muffins cut in half and buttered
- Savoury Biscuits
- Viennas
- Raw Vegetables and Fruit cut into bite-sized pieces
- Cheese straws
- Finger sandwiches (without the crusts): Peanut butter, marmite, savoury spreads with no bits or lumps, grated cheese
- Fish bites
- Mini pizzas. Keep these simple with tomato paste and grated cheeese. Add a couple of vegetables to each one to make an interesting shape or face.
- Sausage rolls
- Mini chicken wings or cut up pieces of cooked chicken breast
- Rolls of ham or shaved smoked chicken
- Mini hot dogs or hamburgers.
Ideas for Sweet Party Food
- Jelly served in scoured out orange halves
- Beautifully decorated cupcakes
- Marshmallows with smarties stuck on iwth icing sugar
- Marie Biscuits with a Jelly Tot stuck on with melted chocolate or icing
- Boudoir Biscuits - Make cars by slicing marshamllows and sticking them to the sides of the biscuits with icing as well as liquorice allsorts to the top
- Ginger bread men
- Seedless grapes, strawberries, raisins.
- Ice lollies
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