You don't have to be a chef at a five-star restaurant to impress your family and guests with food. You can just go for interesting garnishes and decorations. A piece of vegetable can be transformed into a flower, butterfly or anything else in no time and with just a few simple tools. With some creative ideas and tricks, you would even convince your kids to eat vegetables on their birthday! Read on and find out how you can decorate it beautifully for a child's birthday party.
Children can be very picky about food and often refusevegetables and fruitsto eat. Motivate your picky children to eat healthily by making it interesting, for example like a character from their favorite movie. The ideas and possibilities are numerous. This cold record, arranged like a lion's head, is particularly creative. Cucumbers, yellow peppers and carrots were cut into strips and arranged around the dip in the center like a lion's mane. You can make the eyes, nose and whiskers from olives, parsley and peppers. Be creative and prepare these healthy snacks for your kids!
You can use any type of vegetablesa funny faceon the plate and are rewarded with at least a smile from the children. Let your imagination run wild for this idea.
Prepare an onion cake and decorate it with homemade roses made from zucchini, carrots and whatever else you can think of, which you prepare in advance or during the baking time. To make the florets, you first have to cut the vegetables into thin strips and cook them briefly so that the strips are easier to form. Then roll the cooked vegetables tightly and arrange the creative flowers close together.
Prepare a salad with potatoes and serve it to the children as snacks. Are you wondering how? Simply add a small amount to crackers or other snacks and make the children happy without neglecting a healthy diet. The appetizers look very appetizing and are the perfect finger food. The children can devote themselves entirely to exciting games and grab them whenever they get hungry. After this party snack, the adolescents will certainly crave other healthy foods without having to be persuaded.
Do not use soft or overly ripe fruits or vegetables for garnish to prevent them from rotting and to keep their shape longer. Red peppers, for example, are perfect for this project and these little sailboats are quick to prepare. Halve the peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds. Cut the bottom so that the boats can lie flat. Fill with dip. Stick a toothpick decorated with cucumber or cheese strips into the center of the pepper.
For the salad crocodile you need a cucumber, radishes, cherry tomatoes, cheese cubes and a lot of toothpicks. First, cut the wider end of the cucumber with a knife and make serrations for the teeth. Attach two radishes or cherry tomatoes to the top using toothpicks as eyes. Now you can attach the small skewers with cheese to the back of the crocodile. You can also make feet out of cucumber. A thin slice of carrot or a slice of salami works well as a tongue for the edible crocodile.
The tomato ladybugs are perfect not only for a children's birthday buffet, but also for a meal with adults. You can use bread or crackers as a base. Halve the cherry tomatoes, then cut each half into two equal pieces and place on a savory cookie. These will be the wings. Place half a black olive as a head and attach two tips of chives to it as feelers. Make small white dots on the wings with cream cheese mayonnaise.
You can also fill the cocktail tomatoes with quark or tuna. To do this, first cut off a tomato lid and put it aside. Then the lower half of the tomato is hollowed out and filled to the brim with the dip. For the mushrooms you need hard-boiled eggs and a few cherry tomatoes. Cut off the bottom of the egg a little so that it stays standing. Halve a cocktail tomato, hollow it out and place one half on each egg. Make white dots on the mushrooms with mayo.
If you want to serve up delicious, filling party snacks at your child's birthday party, you can quickly and easily prepare this healthy and nutritious snack at home. Wash the zucchini and cut thin strips using the vegetable peeler. Now you can prepare a delicious spread from a can of tuna, cream cheese, garlic, herbs and a little lemon juice. Spread the cucumber strips with it and spread the cheese on top. Finally, add fresh or pickled pepper pieces and carefully roll the cucumber. Serve with toothpicks.
The cute little mice are a real eye-catcher on the party table. Wash the radishes and pat them dry. Cut off some of the radishes so that the mice can stand firmly. Use a sharp knife to make small slits for the ears and insert the cut radish parts into the slits. Peppercorns are very suitable for eyes and snout. Press them into the mouse and decorate the buffet or place them directly on the plate. The healthy decoration will look great if you place a piece of cheese in the middle and position the mice all around it. A bowl of cheese sauce orYoghurt dip makes for a creative decorationarise.
The birthday child and his guests of honor will undoubtedly want to enjoy this creation straight away. Get date tomatoes, wash them and cut them lengthwise in a cross shape. Now you can core the tomatoes and cut a small hole on the opposite side for the onion or chive stalks. These will be the stems of the edible tulips. For the filling, mix cream cheese with a little garlic and herbs to taste. Season with salt and pepper and fill the cream cheese into the tomatoes. Finally, stick a stalk of onion or chives into each tomato and arrange the tulips on the plate like a bouquet of flowers.
If you want to create a great decoration for the party food, then these cows are another great idea. For this you need a bit of sensitivity and imagination. You can even design the tomato cows three-dimensionally. Once you get the hang of it, it's really easy. Olive rings are ideal for the eyes and nostrils. Fresh, green herbs in the cow's mouth create a realistic image and make this idea even more appealing to little ones. For the cow's body, you can use a lettuce leaf, and make the feet from herb stalks. If you also want to create teeth, you can arrange corn kernels.
If you want to serve up an appetizing appetizer, you can prepare these sailboats from avocado halves. For the filling, you can make guacamole or make an avocado and cream cheese mixture. You are welcome to make a pate with the avocado flesh and tuna and fill up the halves. For the sail you will need pretzel sticks and crackers to put in the filling. Party guests can simply pick up a sail bond whenever they get hungry and enjoy the healthy party snack.
