5th b'day party - what I want them to eat or what they want?

[PennyLess]

Have got 12 girls for party this Friday. Hate junk. Want to do all homemade and also eat cake as part of birthday tea.
Will any of them touch it? Should I just give them want they want ie crisps and fairy cakes?

if you're penniless, pennyless, you need lots of imagination & be prepared to roll up sleeves & get cooking & freezing.

Hey, do it if you want but don't say we didn't tell you so good name btw!

www - than you for doing all my research for me - could you post me a little list of popular items which do not have the dreaded hydrogenated fats?

Blu, there isn't much! Iced gems are fine, as is most shortbread and Sainsbury's own viennese whirls (Mr Kipling ones are BAD though!) and poncey old tarte au citron. And er, that's pretty much it for Sainsbo's bakery section. Terrible innit?

Who can't eat hydrogenated fats - I mean why?

shortbread's dead easy to make but v. rich! in this heat, they won't even touch it. how about veggies & a yogurt dip? no junk there

here you go PennyLess

Most McVites biscuits are made w/out hydrog. fat, nowadays (they use butter oil instead). Jaffa cakes are w/out hydrog. fat, too.

Pizza slices with smiley faces, homemade cupcakes and, crisps and homemade biscuits in animal shapes. Not completely healthy but soulful.

how about homemade milkshakes? i make them for dd with some good icecream, organic milk and a banana.

Speaking from experience, keep it simple, agree with giving them food they recognise. You can make healthy food and make it interesting. At my DD's party last year (she was 6) I served egg mayo sandwiches, cheese sandwiches (all got eaten), a few crisps each, a homemade cake each, sparkling flavoured water and lemonade. I also made cheese straws and pizzas which also disappeared in no time. Homemake milkshakes is a great idea too.

cheese straws are nice too.
agree with nice homemade cheee and toms pizza. Wouldn't bother with sandwiches.

dd was 6 last saturday and wanted my home made raspberry pavlova (I checked many times but yes that's waht she wanted) as her birthday cake. All 10 friends said when they saw the raspberries :"oh no, I don't like cherries!!" About half of them tried it and liked it, and I had also made a simple Nigella choc cake which they all had too.

Milkshakes are a great idea.

Or home made raspberry lemonade

hot dogs and ice cream cones!!! a few crisps on tables easy peasy!!!

it is a Birthday party and it isnt like they eat rubbish every day

Stand your ground. Don't give them the choice to eat poison - why should you?

Keep the buffet small because they never eat it all.

Keep all sweet stuff off the table to begin with.

If you eat meat how about organic chicken drumsticks. Also you can get organic sausages and twist them in the middle before cooking to make them smaller.

I was amazed to note kids loved my Mexican stuff (refried beans with grated cheese on top in taco shells or nachos)

Pasta salad or rice salad.

For drinks: Real fruit juice with fizzy water in it.

Then fruit and cake.

you have to remember all mums are not alike. so alot of children are brought up on certain foods and wont touch anything else! This is one meal/snack in a year. Ask what the other children would like! make it simple for you too as you need to enjoy it!

Mandy that's their problem. No-one's forcing them to eat it. I think it's manifestly wrong to provide nasty nutrition-free foods for certain kids just because they're not used to real foods.

Maybe you'd advocate (for kids who have a smoking parent) that someone come and smoke near them to make them feel more at home?

Give them a bit more credit. Maybe 5 healthy-ish parties down the line, they might be aquainted with avacado.

Sorry once again!!!
Think I might retire from mums net!!!

grapes and cherry tomatoes and strawberries!!! When mine were this age most of the kids would actually eat these.

a litte crap - its a special occasion

Marmite sandwiches?

No egg???

I'm not coming then.

I do what sobernow does

or hot dogs and potato wedges

I do what sobernow does

or hot dogs and potato wedges