Party food platter for a 5 year old dairy allergic vegetarian boy - HELP!

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This little boy is attending dd's birthday party on Tuesday.

His mum very kindly offered to prepare some food to give to him at the party - and like a fool I say "No, no -won't hear of it. I'm sure I can rustle something suitable up"

But actually I am fairly stumped. Non diary I can do, and vegetarian I can do - but both together is something else!

Have got as far as crudites with dips - houmous etc, and fruit; but it's not very partyish.

I suppose crisps are fine (no dairy in those, surely?)

What interesting filling can I put in sandwiches. Also the bread will have to be special 'free from' bread won't it (because regular bread would contain some diary?)

Any good non diary cakes I can make?

Sorry to be obtuse!

Is Hellmans mayo dairy free? No eggs??

Home made oven chips - slice potatoes into wedges, (skin on) roll in olive oil, sprinkle a little salt, put in oven.

Baby sweetcorns cooked hot.

Veg skewers - baby toms / sliced courgettes / etc on a skewer, roast.

marmite in sandwiches. Vegan margarine.

Chocolate crispies - use dark choc (has no dairy) and make with cornflakes or cereal that has no whey / skimmed milk - i don't think cornflakes or rice crispies do?

Flapjack with vegan margarine?

Mild samosas.

Would he eat things like dolmades?

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vegetarian samosas sound nice. actually this is startign to sound like a good party, and I'm not even vegetarian!

Salad things (tomatoes, cucumber),
Sandwiches with egg, houmous, marmite, jam, but be careful to get a non-dairy spread for the bread, as most margarines contain buttermilk or whey powder. You can get "Pure" spread with either soya or sumflower oil in supermarkets.
I made jam tarts and biscuits using the pure spread instead of butter/marge too. They worked quite well.
Breadsticks
Crisps
Grapes/other bite sized fruit.
Raisins.
Veggie sausages, veg samosas, felafels.

No he isn't egg allergic. He is dairy intolerant and vegetarian (rather than vegan)

I am making rather a meal of this aren't I (ha di ha!)

Will check thread later - now have to have dinner with lo's in the garden (chicken and cannellini bean casserole in case you were wondering)

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cod, eggs aren't strictly a dairy product, are they?

HMC, is he vegan, or can he have eggs?

tell the mum u can't do it and wouldnt want to risk a reaction, no eggs too is really tricky, i'm dairy and gluten intolerant but i'd struggle with a vegetarian dairy and egg inolerant bday food

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If you just did this sort of food everyone could eat it and nobody stand out.

Ah sorry. That makes your life a lot easier I reckon.

Cod if you are saying being vegetarian gives other people the right to bully you then you are really going to fuck me off.

I think the diary intolerant as far as his mum meant was mostly milk products - but really must double check that

Blu - thanks very muchly, got the biscuit garland yesterday

Felafels are delicious. Esp with tahini and pitta bread.

Ooh lots of things.

Eggs are NOT dairy! Chickens aren't cows!

They have mini felafels atm in M+S for 99p. They are quite partyish

mmmm, felafels with houmous and wholemeal pitta and salad and lemon juice....

poor kid to make him vegetarian too thats cruel

Yes it was me getting confused about the dairy / eggs thing. I thought he was, effectively, vegan. I think having eggs gives you a lot more leeway.

"poor kid to make him vegetarian too thats cruel "

that is an ignorant and offensive remark

pasta salad

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Ds does have a friend who is vegan. He has been to ds's party, so I did all the things I have listed, but did alternative sandwich fillings for the non-vegans, and meat sausages. It wasn't that much trouble really, and I don't think most of the kids noticed that one boy was eating some slightly different stuff. We also had a vegetarian egg-free person at the party and a pork-free person, so we tried to be flexible with everything.

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"tell the mum u can't do it and wouldnt want to risk a reaction, no eggs too is really tricky"

and that is bollocks, too

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