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Healthy(ish) kids party food for a picnic?

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FreudianSlippery · 30/01/2011 21:07

DD has requested her birthday party (in June) to be at the park, so we will be catering ourselves. So obviously it'll be cold food only, buffet-style.

Would like to keep it reasonably healthy - not in a worthy way, there will be plenty of chocolate about :o - but I figured it may as well be. Adults will be eating too.

Also, it is a sports day theme, with races etc, so any cute gimmicky ideas would be welcome! So far I have:

Sandwiches hopefully in interesting shapes, if I can find decent cutters
Jam sandwich spirals
Mini sausages
Crudités
Mini rice cakes
Fruit pieces
Biscuits decorated to look like footballs etc

So any other thoughts? DD really likes cooking so anything we can make ourselves would be good - maybe something (readyroll) pastry related? And somehow sports themed Hmm

TIA :)

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FreudianSlippery · 30/01/2011 22:13

Anyone?

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HarrietSchulenberg · 30/01/2011 22:19

All sounds good to me. How about biscuits in the shape of medals with ribbons on?
Have an egg and spoon race then eat the eggs afterwards (hard boiled, obviously).

snice · 30/01/2011 22:20

this is taking planning ahead to whole new levels............

FortiesCromarty · 30/01/2011 22:26

mini pizzas
cheese + veg puffs made with ready roll

FreudianSlippery · 30/01/2011 23:05

Lol yeah crazily advanced I know. Got a hell of a lot going on before June so I figured we may as well start gathering ideas now in a casual way! And what better way than MNing :o

Good ideas so far thanks all!

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 31/01/2011 11:05

My DD has done this quite a few times, without the sports theme.
One thing that works really well is a round loaf which you hollow out and fill with tuna, mayo, toms, capers, spring onions etc. Put the lid back on and press it under a chopping board with weights on it. You can then slice it in the same way you would a cake.

FreudianSlippery · 31/01/2011 11:28

Ooh that sounds tasty! I'd definitely like a few interesting things as well as the 'safe bet' foods. We will try that soon :)

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thereistheball · 31/01/2011 15:06

Falafel with humous for dunking? Obviously you can also have crudites for dunking, and breadsticks.

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