It is often a big challenge to convince childrento eat vegetables. And especially at parties like birthdays, for example, the little ones prefer “cooler” food such as pizza, hamburgers, fries and the like. There's nothing wrong with that in itself, because after all, the children should have fun and be completely satisfied. You can make an exception sometimes. But if you still value healthy food on the buffet and want to serve vegetables as well as fruit, a vegetable platter with dip is a great idea.
As we know, the eye eats with us and so you can't just eat the vegetablesMake it attractive for children. The right sauce makes the healthy snack really tasty, so that even the biggest enemies of vegetables will enjoy it. That's why we've put together some great ideas and recipes for a kid-friendly vegetable platter with dip that you can try. Try them out on your children before the party!
Vegetable platter with dip – recipe designed with hummus as a lion
If you are looking for quick dips, then this is a good option because you can use ready-made hummus from the supermarket. Of course you can do that tooMake your own hummusand create the complete vegetable platter with dip for children. The shape of the lion will particularly appeal to the little bullies.
- 6 large carrots
- 2 yellow peppers
- 1 root Paprika
- 1 small yam bean
- 280 g Hummus
- 3 large black olives
- 8 fresh leaves of chives
Wash and peel the carrots and cut them into thin sticks with a pointed end. Repeat the same with the yellow pepper and the yam bean, but set aside a larger piece for the lion's face. Place a bowl in the middle of a large plate and fill it with the hummus (or place the hummus and packaging on the plate).
Distribute the vegetable sticks around it in about three layers, starting with the longer ones and arranging the short yam bean sticks last. Cut a triangular or heart-shaped piece out of the red pepper for the nose. First cut two slices from the remaining piece of yambean and then use a cookie cutter to cut two circles of the same size and two rings for the eyes from the olives. You also need two thin strips from an olive for the snapdragon.
You then arrange all of these elements on the vegetable dip for children and finally add the chives for the whiskers. You can also shorten these slightly if necessary. You can also prepare the vegetable platter with dip for children in advance and store it in the refrigerator covered with cling film.
Rainbow vegetable platter with dips
Instead of serving vegetable sticks with dip for children, you can also make skewers like this. The interesting thing here is the color order. Because the colors gradually merge into one another, the vegetable skewers are reminiscent of rainbows and are therefore pleasing to children's eyes. You can use any vegetables. Only the colors should be correct and look like this:
- Blue, violet or indigo, such as olives, purple carrots, purple cauliflower, purple peppers
- Green, such as broccoli, green peppers, zucchini, cucumber, snow peas
- Gelb, such as yellow peppers, yellow cherry tomatoes, yellow pumpkin, yellow carrots
- Orange, like orange cherry tomatoes, orange peppers, carrots
- Rot, like any red tomatoes, peppers
Arrange the vegetables in the same order and try to use different vegetables for each color. For example, if you took yellow peppers, combine them as much as possiblenotwith orange and yellow peppers, but also with carrots and red tomatoes, for example.
Also serve the skewers with a suitable dip for children. Hummus like the example above or one of the variants below is suitable.
Vegetable platter with dips recipes for young and old
We have a few delicious ideas and dip recipes for you below that are quick and easy to make. If you make one of these dips yourself, the healthy snacks will become even more aromatic.
Greek yogurt dip
- 250g Greek yogurt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp dried dill
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp dried chives
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/8 TL Pfeffer
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 60 ml milk
Mix all ingredients except the milk in a bowl. Then add the milk little by little until you get the desired consistency. Orange and yellow peppers, as well as cucumber and tomatoes go well with this. Serve the vegetable dips on the vegetable platter with dip, for example in colorful muffin cups.
Vegetable platter with avocado dip
- 1 ripe avocado, pureed
- 3 tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Olive oil as desired
Mix all ingredients together and serve with any vegetables for dipping. Keep itAvocado Dipno longer than half a day.
Recipes for dips – spinach dip for vegetables “Shrek”
Admittedly, spinach isn't something most kids like to eat. But if you use it to make healthy dips for kids, you might be able to trick them.
- 250g Greek yogurt
- 115 g fresh spinach, chopped finely
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Mix the ingredients for theDip for vegetable sticksin a blender or by hand in a bowl. You can serve both raw and steamed vegetables. Arrange the vegetable platter with dip in a colorful way.
Quark dip for children
A vegetable platter with curd dips is also a hit with children:
- 250 g Quark
- 1 bunch of chives
- 1 clove of garlic
- 70g cucumber
- 1 Prise Pfeffer
- 1 pinch of salt
- any fresh herbs
- 1 pinch of sugar
Cut the vegetables and herbs as finely as possible (it's best to crush the garlic) and mix everything with the quark. Season to taste with the spices. If you want, you can also add a medium onion. However, keep in mind that not every child likes the spiciness.
For a vegetable platter, prepare children's dip with cream cheese
You can prepare cream cheese dips recipes with a little less calories by replacing half of the cream cheese in the recipe with low-fat quark.
- 300 g cream cheese (or 150 g cream cheese and 150 g low-fat quark)
- 1/2 bunch of chives
- 1/2 bunch of parsley
- Salt and pepper
- optional: 1/2 bunch of chervil
Wash and finely chop the herbs (set the chervil aside), stir the cream cheese in a bowl until smooth and mix with the herbs. Season with pepper and salt and garnish with chervil if desired.
Pumpkin dip recipe
- 1 butternut squash, seeded and diced
- 60 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 ml olive oil
Steam the pumpkin cubes until they are soft and cooked through. Then process all the ingredients into a puree and store the dip in the fridge until serving.
Vegetable platter with dip – ideas for child-friendly arrangements
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Beautiful rainbow of vegetables and snacks
