A children's party is always a very important eventevent. But, in addition to positive emotions, a lot of troubles are associated with a children's party. And one of the most important and pressing problems is the menu for a children's party. It is very important to carefully think through all the nuances - both the dishes themselves and their presentation. After all, a children's menu is significantly different from an adult's - Olivier salad will not be the best solution. You should not prepare a large number of heavy fatty dishes for kids. In principle, even hot dishes will definitely be superfluous. Light snacks, salads and dessert - perhaps this is all that should be on the children's table. The menu for a children's party is quite specific. Below you will find some recipes for dishes that your little guests will surely like.
Sandwiches for children
Excellent light snacks can besandwiches. And here it is very important to decorate them correctly - after all, a child's appetite largely depends on the child's perception of the dish. Therefore, mom should show her imagination. And we will help her with this. Sandwich "Clown" To prepare one sandwich, you will need simple ingredients:
- 1 slice of bread for toast
- ½ salted cucumber
- 1 slice of bell pepper
- 1 slice of boiled sausage
- 1 small piece of carrot
- 1 olive and 1 olive
- 1 boiled egg
The bread needs to be slightly dried - either inToaster or oven. Put the sausage on the bread. Cut out smiling lips from red bell peppers and teeth from egg whites. Place them on the bottom of the cooked sausage, imitating a smile. Make eyebrows and eyes from olives. Make hair from yellow bell peppers and a bow from a pickled cucumber. And don't forget about the nose - it should be made from a carrot. A fun sandwich is ready! Sandwich "Cake" If you are celebrating a baby's birthday, you can make sandwiches in the form of a cake. They are easy to prepare and quite quick. You will need the following ingredients:
- 1 slice of bread for toast
- 1 slice of sausage
- 1 slice of any hard cheese
- 1 strip of red and 1 strip of yellow pepper
- ½ salted cucumber
- 1 crab stick
- ½ briquettes of processed cheese
Spread a piece of bread generously with processed cheese.From the remaining ingredients, make bars of the same length and width: one green one from a pickled cucumber, two from hard cheese, two from a sausage. Place them on a piece of spread bread crosswise, in the shape of a cake. Cut a candle out of a red pepper, and a flame of the candle out of a yellow one. Sandwich "House" And another version of holiday sandwiches - "House". To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 1 slice of bread for toast
- 10 grams of butter
- 1 crab stick
- 1 slice of hard cheese
- Strip of yellow bell pepper
- ½ salted cucumber
- 1 slice of boiled sausage
Spread butter on the bread.Make the foundation of the house from a crab stick, and the house itself from boiled sausage. Don't forget to cut out a recess for the window, and the window itself from a pickled cucumber. Cut out the roof from cheese, and the pipe from a yellow pepper. Make a window on the roof from an olive, and the smoke from the pipe from an olive. Your house is ready!
Salads for children
The menu for a children's party should includevarious salads. In principle, many salads can be prepared for both adults and children. But remember that the children's digestive tract works a little differently than that of an adult. First, pay attention to the salad dressing - avoid mayonnaise and other fatty sauces. And it is preferable to use olive oil, not sunflower oil. Also remember that children's food should not only be tasty, but also healthy. Therefore, try to choose only natural ingredients for salads - fruits and vegetables. Below we offer you several salad options for the holiday menu. Experiment and you will prepare the most delicious salad! Beetroot salad To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients (for two servings):
- 2 small beets
- 6 walnuts
- 2 prunes
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
Boil the beets in their skins until fully cooked –about 2 hours. While the beets are cooking, pour boiling water over the prunes and raisins, leave for one hour. After the beets are ready, peel them and grate them on a fine grater. While the beets are cooling, grind the walnuts thoroughly - you can use a coffee grinder. Mix the beets and walnuts, season with sour cream and mix again. In order to interest children, the salad must be served correctly. You can lay it out in the shape of a heart, framing it with raisins. Or - in the shape of a muzzle, where the eyes are made of prunes, and the mouth and nose - of raisins.
Cakes for children's holiday
Festive cake What a children's holidaydo without a cake? And it is not advisable to buy factory-made cakes for children - they can be too fatty, and sometimes even of poor quality. Therefore, it is much wiser to make it yourself. It is not at all difficult to do - even an inexperienced mother can handle this task. For the cake that we suggest you make, you will need the following ingredients:
- 400 grams of any shortbread cookie
- 250 grams of any fat-free cottage cheese
- 150 grams of sour cream
- 0, 5 cups of sugar
- 100 grams of milk
- 1 apple
Beat the cottage cheese and sour cream well, addingsugar in advance. Soak the cookies in milk and place them on a plate in one layer. Grease it with whipped cottage cheese, then cover it with another layer of cookies and grease it with cottage cheese again. Crush one cookie, sprinkle it on the top layer and decorate with finely chopped apple. The cake is ready! Fruit cake There is another very tasty cake that almost all children like. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 250 grams of wheat flour
- 200 grams of granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 shortbread cookie
- 1 peach
Carefully separate the yolks from the whites.Grind the yolks with sugar and add pre-sifted flour. Beat the whites with a mixer, adding a few spoons of sugar. After the whites have acquired the consistency of a stiff foam, they must be mixed with the mixture of yolk and flour. Grease a baking pan with sunflower oil, put the dough in it and place in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees. Bake the sponge cake for about 20 minutes. Do not open the oven during baking - otherwise the cake will settle a lot. While the sponge cake is baking, prepare the cream. For it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 300 grams of sour cream
- 1 cup of sugar
- Confectionery powder
- The fourth part of a teaspoon of gelatin
Using a mixer, beat the sour cream thoroughly.sugar. Pre-soak the gelatin in 100 grams of hot water and leave to cool. After the gelatin has cooled, mix it with sour cream and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Cut the finished sponge cake in half. By the way, it is much more convenient to cut the sponge cake with a nylon thread rather than a knife - the halves are perfectly even. Spread the resulting cream on the cakes. Crush the cookies into crumbs and sprinkle on the sides and top. Cut the peaches into small pieces and decorate on top. It is recommended to cook this cake the day before - the cake should stand in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours. In principle, in this case you can experiment - the cream can be any. You can beat the egg whites with sugar, you can grease it with yogurt or sweet cottage cheese. But remember that you should not use fruit syrups, chocolate and cocoa to make the cake. These components can cause an allergic reaction in many children. By the way, when making a children's menu for a holiday, it would be a good idea to talk to the parents of the little guests in advance. It is important to find out not only the children's taste preferences, but also possible restrictions. After all, small children can have an allergic reaction to almost any product. Therefore, it is very important to completely exclude them. After all, surely an ambulance team is not included in the scenario of your holiday? Of course, we have offered you only a small part of all the dishes that can be prepared for a holiday table for children. The most important thing that a mother will need is time, desire and imagination. Do not forget about the entertainment program and, of course, a camera. And your holiday will be the most unforgettable not only for children, but also for adults! We recommend reading:
