How To Plan A Useful Birthday Party

Birthdays are always something to celebrate, but today we want to suggest something different. We want to help you plan a useful birthday party for your child.

Do you remember how much fun you had at a birthday party when you were little? It is exactly the same for our children today. They want to share the excitement of seeing their friends and family, playing games, playing games, open presents…

However, the food at children’s parties mostly consists of salty snacks, sweets and cake. It’s simply how partying is in our culture.

With that said, there is nothing stopping you from doing things differently and starting a new trend, especially when it comes to food. Below you will find some tips for planning a useful birthday party.

Add some color to the party with fruit and vegetables!

If you are planning to decorate with bright colors, why not make your party food a part of the decorations? In other words, buy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that you can decorate with. These offer energy, fiber, vitamins and minerals … especially if they are in season.

Remember that it is best to serve fruits that are raw and whole, although you can also prepare fruit smoothies or fruit salad. Another option is to prepare fruit skewers or sticks of vegetables that you can dip. You can also make wraps or roast vegetables with spices.

Below we offer even more tips on how to fix a useful birthday party that your children will love.

Useful and festive appetizers

Snacks at birthday parties usually contain a lot of salt, which in turn makes the children very thirsty. We recommend that you choose snacks with a lower sodium content or, even better, make them yourself at home! Here are some examples:

• Homemade french fries seasoned with rosemary, pepper and oregano.
• Oven-roasted sweet potato fries.
• Skewer with cherry tomato and mozzarella cheese.
• Large slices of eggplant and zucchini that you roll up with a mixture of sun-dried tomatoes and cashew butter. Just cut the vegetables into thin slices and brown them on both sides. Then spread the tomato mixture on the slices and roll them up.
• Crispy oven-roasted chickpeas. You can season with peppers, peppers, oregano, rosemary, cumin, etc.
• Skewers with zucchini, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.
• Hummus. You can make a classic chickpea version. To make it a little more festive, you can make a variation with carrots and another with beets. Do not forget to serve them with fresh vegetable sticks to dip. For example, we recommend celery, carrots, peppers and cucumbers. You can also present toasted French bread in sticks.

Sandwiches as a main course for your wholesome birthday party

No party is complete without sandwiches, and the same goes for a wholesome birthday party. A classic party sandwich consists of sliced ​​ham and cheese or perhaps spotted sausage. But we want to suggest some sandwich options that are both useful and delicious:

• Tuna and toasted peppers on toast.
• Cucumber and cream cheese on a sandwich.
• Chicken breast, salad and tomatoes on a sandwich. You can also use plain Greek yogurt as a dressing instead of mayonnaise.
• Chicken fajita in wraps with peppers and onions.
• Hummus, mushrooms and spinach sandwiches.
• Peanut butter topped with apple and banana slices.
• Homemade hazelnut chocolate spread.

Drinks to quench your thirst

We recommend that you try to avoid alcohol in the vicinity. Not only because of how unhealthy it is, but also for being a positive role model for children.

One suggestion is that in addition to serving ice water, you prepare freshly squeezed juice or other unsweetened pure fruit juice. Apples, oranges, pineapples, carrots and beets are fantastic ingredients for juice.

Another option is to make smoothies with milk or yoghurt as a base. You can choose from several good and colorful fruits to flavor them with such as bananas, strawberries or any other berry.

How to bake a cake for a wholesome birthday party

And as at any children’s party, the birthday child will want to blow out the candles on the cake. Therefore, there must be a really yummy birthday cake. Most kids want a chocolate cake, but there are many delicious options to choose from. Carrot cake and lemon cake, for example, are also good choices. In fact, all cakes with fruit usually go home with the little ones.

The best thing is always to bake the birthday cake yourself. This way you can control the amount of sugar you have in and replace the margarine with a healthier alternative. For example, olive oil, apple puree or coconut oil.

Otherwise, you can always order a cake from a bakery. Eating a little birthday cake from time to time does not pose a real health risk.

Now that you have some menu ideas, just plan some fun games to entertain the kids. We are sure that the celebration will be so successful that more parents will want to plan a useful birthday party for their children!