Birthday is everyone’s favorite holiday, especially children. On this day I want all my dreams to come true. But besides this, I also want a holiday that can be remembered throughout the next year. Choosing a suitable menu for a children's birthday is not a difficult task, but you need to take into account some nuances.

The children's birthday menu will be different, depending on the age of the child, but there are still basic principles for choosing dishes and preparing them.

Basic criteria for choosing children's dishes:

Also, when choosing dishes, you need to pay attention to the caloric content norm for a particular age and not violate it.

Daily calorie intake for children:

How to choose dishes for children from 2 to 5 years old

Children prefer original presentation and attractive appearance of food. When choosing a menu, you need to concentrate not on the quantity of dishes, but on their quality. At this age, the child’s stomach is still weak, low-quality products can lead to problems.

A children's birthday menu should include simple, healthy and uncomplicated dishes in an original design, especially if it concerns children under 5 years of age.

• Prepare light meals that are easy for a child’s stomach to digest (soup or broth).
• For the main course, it is preferable to take veal, turkey or chicken.
• Exclude fish and seafood. Allergies are common in young children. Also, a child can choke on even a small fish bone.
• There is no need to choose complex dishes; it is better to cook from products familiar to children.
• You shouldn't put a lot of dishes on the table. A couple of salads, two appetizers, a main course and dessert - no more is needed, since children at an early age do not eat much.
• For dessert, you should choose low-fat dishes with sour cream or yogurt cream.
• Homemade fruit drinks are preferred as a drink.

Menu option:

• Chicken bouillon.
• Puree on the side.
• Chicken kebabs with vegetables on skewers.
• Fruit salad dressed with yogurt.
• Children's canapés.
• Jelly cake.

How to choose dishes for children from 5 to 9 years old

Not every dish is suitable for a child under 9 years of age. At this age, you need to think through a menu that will be useful for children and will not cause difficulties during cooking.

Tips for table planning:

Menu option:

• Country-style homemade potatoes.
• Chicken skewers on skewers.
• Caesar salad".
• Homemade pizza.
• Fruit slices.
• Sour cream cake.

How to choose dishes for children over 10 years old

For older children, you need to select a hearty menu that includes more meat dishes. The menu for children over 10 years of age is practically no different from that of an adult, because the stomach at this age is no longer weak and easily digests heavier foods.

However, children are still children; they still want original and memorable dishes. You can choose any dishes, but you need to decorate them in an interesting way. To add a festive accent, you can hide a note or card in the main dish (cake), following which the child will find the gift.

Menu option:

• Homemade french fries.
• Meat rolls.
• Chicken fillet in cheese.
• Seafood salad.
• Fruit salad.
• Pizza.
• Cake.
• Cakes and sweets.

Menu for the birthday of a boy and a girl

There is no need to put fundamentally different dishes on the table for girls and boys. At an early age, children of both sexes eat approximately the same, so there will be no difference in the preparation of dishes. As the child grows, his body actively develops, which means he needs more nutrients.

Teenage boys eat more than girls because their bodies need more energy. However, this does not mean that there is a big difference in the dishes that should be placed on the festive table.

On the boys' holiday table, you need to put hearty meat dishes that contain a lot of calories and give energy to the growing body. Also, the boy’s table should include a larger volume of dishes. For girls, light meals and snacks are more suitable, but there should be enough of them, because a girl’s body, like a boy’s, needs energy.

The children's menu for the birthday of young boys and girls does not differ in preparation, but may differ in the design of the food. Girls will willingly eat a dish with images of Disney princesses, Barbie, fairies and magical animals.

For boys, you can choose pirates, favorite cartoon characters, or comic book characters as decoration. Boys will also be interested in the original design of sandwiches in the shape of boats.

If your birthday is in the summer: what to prepare for a children's party in nature

Children always look forward to a picnic, because they love spending time in nature. And for parents, a children’s picnic is a reason to think about creating a menu, since what is usually taken for a picnic may not be suitable for the child’s body.

When choosing dishes, you should think about convenience first. The food should not fall apart, the sauce should not leak. This rule is important for children; they do not sit still for long and can get dirty.

You should not choose foods high in fat. You should also avoid fried, spicy and salty foods. It is better to prefer fresh fruits and vegetables, and put berries in a picnic basket.

Shish kebab is a dish without which it is difficult to imagine a picnic. But heavy meat (pork, lamb) is harmful for children. It is also better to exclude sausages and frankfurters on fire. But there is no need to leave a children's party without barbecue. You can make a light version of them using chicken. To marinate such a dish you need to use a small amount of vinegar and some seasonings.

Drinking is the most important thing at a children's picnic. We can’t forget healthy fruit drinks and juices; in the heat, children will want to drink.

Child's birthday party in nature: menu and scenario:

Several dishes that are suitable for a children's picnic

A few examples will help you decide what to serve at a children's holiday table in nature.

Salad on a skewer

• Cherry – 200 g;
• Red and green peppers – 1 pc.;
• Cucumber (small) – 3 pcs.;
• Mozzarella cheese – 250 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Rinse all vegetables thoroughly.
2. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves. Chop the peppers and cucumbers.
3. Place on a skewer in the following order: cucumber, red pepper, tomato, cheese balls, green pepper, tomato.

Children's kebab of chicken drumsticks

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Grate chicken thighs with pepper.
2. Mix water, oil, honey, lemon juice and zest in a bowl. Pour the drumsticks with the mixture.
3. Marinate for at least 2 hours. After fry the chicken on the grill.

Sweet rolls

You will need to prepare the base:

• Pancakes (any recipe) - 8 pcs.;
• Cottage cheese – 200 g;
• Condensed milk - 1/3 can;
• Berries (except strawberries) - 250 g.

You will need to prepare the sauce:

• Strawberries – 300 g;
• Starch – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Sugar – 100 g;
• Butter – 50 g;
• Orange – 1 pc.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Mix condensed milk and cottage cheese. Mash a third of the berries and mix with the curd mass.
2. Spread each pancake with the mixture, pour the remaining berries on top.
3. Roll the pancake into a tube, cut into equal parts.
4. Mash strawberries, add sugar and water. Put on fire for 10 minutes.
5. Mix starch with a few tablespoons of water and pour into the strawberry mixture, stirring while doing so.
6. Boil the mixture, keep on fire until thick.
7. Add orange zest to the prepared sauce and cool, after which the sauce can be used as an addition to rolls.

Features of celebrating a birthday at home

When choosing your apartment or house for a children's party, in addition to the question of decoration, the question of food at the children's party also arises.

The children's birthday menu at home is compiled without problems, because you can put any dish on the table at home, unlike outdoor recreation. The main thing is to stock up on plenty of fluids: children constantly play, which means they want to drink often. You can experiment with drinks by mixing different juices, juice with soda or with tea.

Children at an early age do not eat much, so you should give preference to light meals and snacks.

Children are especially attracted to dishes with original design. Some children love cheese dishes. Not everyone loves pizza.

The scope for choosing dishes for a home celebration is huge, so you need to take what is useful for children at a particular age, what the child loves and eats with pleasure all the time. It is better to prepare a simple dish, but it is interesting to beat it so that children have a desire to try it.

Recipes for hot dishes for children's parties

Children's birthday is an occasion to reflect on the responsible task of choosing an important menu item - a hot dish. It is worth taking the issue seriously and choosing a healthy dish that children will like. Below are a couple of hot recipes for children.

Fish and chips

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into cubes. Boil until half cooked.
2. Cut the fish into thin longitudinal pieces.
3. Chop the onion. Pour 2 tbsp. l oil in a frying pan, add onion and fry until translucent.
4. After reaching the transparency of the onion, add olives and potatoes, salt, wait 2 minutes and you can turn it off.
5. Grease a baking dish with oil. Put the fish on the bottom, add potatoes with olives, add basil, sprinkle grated hard cheese on top. Place in the oven for 20 minutes at 180°C.
6. The finished dish can be decorated with olives, lemon and basil if desired.

Japanese rolls with chicken

You will need for cooking:

• Mayonnaise – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Caviar – 2 tsp;
• Smoked chicken – 50 g;
• Leaf lettuce – 1 leaf;
• Tomato – 20 g;
• Nori – 1 sheet;
• Rice for sushi – 150 g;
• Cream cheese – 20 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. For the sauce, mix mayonnaise and caviar and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the chicken into small pieces, shred the lettuce leaves. Remove the pulp from the tomato and cut into strips.
3. Lay a sheet of nori on the mat, put rice on top, spreading it over the entire sheet.
4. Turn seaweed over rice onto mat. Add cheese to the center, add chicken, lettuce and tomato. The entire filling should weigh less than 80 g.
5. Roll the roll, pressing and compacting them, giving the required shape. Cut into 8 pieces (wet the knife with water for convenience).
6. Place the rolls on a baking sheet and squeeze the sauce from a pastry bag onto each one.
7. Place in the oven for 7 minutes at 180°C. You can serve the finished dish with soy sauce or wasabi.

Meat dishes and side dishes

Meat dishes are important because they provide nutrients, which is especially important in childhood. However, it is difficult to imagine most meat dishes without a side dish. The following is a couple of meat recipes, as well as a simple side dish option.

Nuggets in cracker breading

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Remove film and excess fat from chicken. Wash and dry the meat, cut into small pieces.
2. Beat the eggs in a bowl, adding a little salt.
3. To prepare the breading, place crackers and grated hard cheese in a blender. Grind until smooth, add spices to taste.
4. Dip the chicken pieces into the egg mixture and then roll in breading.
5. Cover a baking sheet with parchment, lay out the meat and put in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 ° C.
6. You can serve ready-made nuggets with homemade sauce or vegetable salad.

Veal baby roll

You will need for cooking:

• Veal tenderloin – 1 kg;
• Carrots – 3 pcs.;
• Pepper – 1 pc.;
• Canned corn – 1 can;
• Egg – 5 pcs.;
• Butter – 50 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Place a pan of salted water on the fire, immerse the eggs in it and cook for 5 minutes. Peel and finely chop.
2. Remove all bones and cartilage from meat.
3. Peel the carrots, cut into small pieces. Chop the pepper, removing the middle.
4. In a deep bowl, mix eggs, corn and vegetables.
5. Place the filling on the meat, wrap tightly and tie with ropes. Send to the oven at 180 ° C and bake until the meat is fully cooked, periodically pouring water in the process.
6. Cut the finished dish into small pieces. Best served with a vegetable side dish.

Pilaf with vegetables

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Wash the carrots and peppers and cut into cubes.
2. Fry vegetables with rice in a frying pan, add spices to taste. Pour in 500 ml of water, stir and bring to a boil.
3. Make a small fire, cover with a lid, cook for 20 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. There is no need to stir during cooking.

Preparation and original design of salads

Salad is an essential attribute of any feast. However, salads for children's parties are a separate issue. They should not only be tasty and healthy, but also original, so that the child immediately wants to taste the food.

Salad "Turtle"

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Boil the eggs hard. Peel and cut into cubes. Leave a quarter of one protein for decoration.
2. Rub the meat with spices (to taste), wrap in foil and place in the oven for 25 minutes at 220°C. Cool the finished chicken and cut into cubes.
3. Peel the apples, remove the core, cut into cubes. Pour boiling water over the onion and chop finely. Cheese cut into small cubes. Wash the lettuce leaves and cut into squares.
4. Leave 4 nut kernels whole, grate the rest.
5. Place all ingredients in a bowl, add sauce, salt and mix.
6. You can serve the dish as follows: put the salad on a dish and give it the shape of a hemisphere, forming a turtle head. Sprinkle the top of the body with grated nuts, and the head with grated protein. Place whole nuts on the sides. Using mayonnaise, draw circles and ray-shaped stripes on the shell.

Salad with homemade fries

You will need for cooking:

• Chicken – 500 g;
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.;
• Cucumber – 2 pcs.;
• Egg – 2 pcs.;
• Green onions – 30 g;
• Dill – 30 g;
• Spices to taste.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Rinse the meat, add cold water and cook. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam, add broth spices and vegetables to taste. Reduce heat, cook for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste and cook until tender.
2. Immerse the eggs in water, bring to a boil and wait another 5 minutes. Cool in ice water.
3. Cut the potatoes into bars, rinse from the remnants of starch, dry. Place in a deep fryer (if you don’t have one, you can take a pan and pour vegetable oil into the bottom). Put the finished potatoes on paper, wait for cooling.
4. Cut the chicken into pieces, cut the cucumber into thin strips. Grate the eggs, chop the onion and herbs. Mix all products, add spices to taste, season with sauce. If desired, you can decorate the dish with herbs or grated egg yolk.

Options for decorating children's salads

Examples:

You can come up with a lot of different decorations using vegetables or fruits.

A good option would also be to decorate the salad in the shape of a child’s favorite character.

Snacks for the children's table

It is impossible to imagine a table without snacks, even if we are talking about a feast for children. Below are a couple of options for simple and healthy children's snacks.

Banana and strawberry salad

You will need for cooking:

• Banana – 2 pcs.;
• Kiwi – 1 pc.;
• Yogurt – 200 ml;
• Orange – 1 pc.;
• Strawberries – 200 g;
• Almonds – 100 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Sort and wash the berries thoroughly and dry.
2. Cut the peel off the kiwi, cut the flesh into cubes
3. Peel bananas, cut into slices.
4. Peel the orange from the peel, divide into slices. Clean the seeds, finely chop the pulp.
5. Finely chop the berries (circles or plates).
6. Mix all the products in a deep bowl, season with yogurt and refrigerate.
7. Pour boiling water over the almonds, wait a bit, then peel the nuts. Fry in a pan for 5 minutes, chop finely.
8. Arrange the finished salad in portions, sprinkle with nuts on top.

Fruit canapés on skewers

You can use various fruits for canapés; it is advisable to choose those without seeds. Fruit for canapés should be cut before serving to ensure they remain fresh.

Before stringing fruit on skewers, you need to do:

1. Rinse fruit under cold water and pat dry.
2. Remove peels and seeds.
3. Cut arbitrarily (you can use special molds).

The most interesting dish options:

Sweet table: cakes and other sweets

A children's birthday menu would not be complete without a sweet table. It is important to prepare delicious dishes for the holiday, while taking into account the age that eating a lot of sugar is harmful to a child’s body. A few simple recipes for sweets will come to the rescue, which can be safely put on the children's table.

Cheesecake without baking

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Pour cool water over gelatin.
2. Grind the cookies, add butter and cinnamon to it, mix again.
3. Cover the form with paper. Make a cheesecake base from the mixture and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
4. Melt dark chocolate in a water bath. Add half of the gelatin mass to half the cream and melt over low heat. Grind half of the cottage cheese, add cooled chocolate, cream with gelatin and powdered sugar to it. Mix everything in a blender. Pour the resulting mixture into the mold and place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
5. Do the same with white chocolate, then pour it over black and put in the freezer until completely solidified.
6. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with grated milk chocolate and garnish with mint.

Children's ice cream

You will need for cooking:

• Milk – 500 ml;
• Butter – 50 g;
• Starch – 0.5 tsp;
• Sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
• Yolk – 2 pcs.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Add butter to milk and heat until it dissolves.
2. Mix sugar and starch separately, add the yolks and beat until foamy.
3. Add milk to the resulting mass (you should get liquid sour cream). Heat the mixture to a boil.
4. Place the hot container with the mixture in ice water and wait until it cools, stirring while doing so. Then pour the mixture into containers with lids and place in the freezer for 4 hours, stirring every 30 minutes to harden evenly.

Beverages

A children's table cannot exist without a large number of drinks. Children play constantly and get tired, which means they need to replenish the percentage of water in their body to have energy. Below are a couple of recipes for healthy drinks for children.

Smoothie

You will need for cooking:

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Wash the berries. Chop if they are large.
2. Peel and cut the banana.
3. Place the ingredients in a blender, add milk and blend.
4. Decorate the finished glass with the drink with strawberries and mint.

Citrus lemonade

You will need for cooking:

• Water – 700 ml;
• Sugar – 50 g;
• Grapefruit – 2 pcs.;
• Orange – 4 pcs.;
• Mint.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. You need to wash the citrus fruits and pour boiling water over them, dry them and remove the zest.
2. Heat a glass of water (do not boil). Add sugar and stir. Remove from heat once the sugar crystals have dissolved.
3. Pour cooled water over the citrus fruits and stir. Add ice to the drink and chop the mint.

Creating a menu for a children's birthday is not as difficult a task as it might seem at first glance. It is important to approach the issue responsibly, think through everything in advance and consult with your child, choosing his favorite recipes as dishes for the holiday.

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Children's menu. How to prepare a festive table for a child's birthday:

Children are very special people. They:

• they want to communicate and play more than they want to eat
• they won't pretend if they don't like it
• they like sweets more
• they like food that looks like a fairy tale.

Based on these criteria, we will create a menu for the child’s birthday.

Well, of course, no adult would feed his child sweets first. Of course, the first thing should be something satisfying and healthy. But there are requirements here too:

1. minimum fried
2. minimum spices and heat
3. only quality products.

Children will not sit at the table for a long time and serve themselves and their neighbor-friend salads. Therefore, the main food that will be served to children before their fun games and activities must be PORTIONED!

Pizza for kids

The 1st and most unbeatable option is pizza. Large and bright pizza can be cut into a variety of pieces. You need to place it in the center of the table and give each of the children the piece that he likes the most. Best Vegetarian Pizza Recipe:

1. with quality cheese;
2. without mayonnaise;
3. bright vegetables.

Plus, if you have the talent of a mass entertainer, you can spend part of the holiday making pizza TOGETHER with your children. It’s okay that they might get dirty... Warn in advance the parents of children who will come to visit your child. This will be an unforgettable master class.

• Prepare the dough in advance and place it on a baking sheet, divide it into sectors (or squares) according to the number of children;
• Place different fillings in containers. The filling should be universal. For example: chopped tomatoes, canned corn, thinly sliced ​​bell peppers, pieces of white cheese, cubes of boiled potatoes, pieces of sausage….. There should be at least 7-8 types so that the child has plenty to choose from;
• invite each child to fill their piece with a filling of their choice;
• bake in the oven and serve.

Children will eat something made with their own hands with great pleasure!

Or you can make mini pizza in the shape of flowers. Very beautiful and due to the fact that they are small - just for kids. The recipe is here at the link ().

“Pizza” from pasta

What else do kids love? Pasta. You can make a mini-pizza from pasta. Of course, this is just a name, but in reality the dish is similar to pizza due to the cheese and vegetables. How to cook:

You need to do this quickly so that you place it on the hot pasta so that the cheese can melt and combine the dish into one.

What ingredients can be used:

• cherry tomatoes and sweet peppers
• sausage circles
• boiled or fried mushrooms
• corn and pickled cucumbers….

Sandwiches - boats

Just a great idea for kids. Cucumbers are cut into 2 halves. We take out the pulp from the half with a teaspoon and fill it with any salad. We cut another cucumber with a special knife into thin boards. Having pricked them onto a skewer or toothpick, we insert our cucumber sail into the “hold” filled with lettuce. Not only very tasty, but also very beautiful and very childish.

2nd version of boats: bread (dense) + butter + cheese + red fish (not salted) and sails made of cheese again!

You can also make a children's cheese and sausage plate. I would just take the choice of sausage and cheese for children more seriously, in terms of quality and naturalness. And this is definitely for not very young children.

Sausages with garnish

It is better to put a side dish not ordinary, but either:

• loved by children;
• boiled corn and canned green peas;
• french fries.
• colored spaghetti.

But sausages should be served in an interesting and original way. After all, it's a holiday. You can do it as in the photo! It is important to buy the freshest and highest quality sausages.

Children's sandwiches

There are very, very many variations here. The main thing is to show your imagination and put your hands into it, because everything beautiful requires time and careful execution. I offer you sandwiches that will definitely attract the attention of kids. – a buffet so that children can freely run up and take the food they like when they get hungry from fun competitions and games.

Ladybug sandwich: bread, cherry tomatoes, olives, lettuce and delicious pasta spread spread on bread. The cow's eyes are carved from black olives.

Fresh mini-sandwiches on a cucumber slice are very good. Although such canapes are more likely to be suitable for teenagers, and not for very small children (they will drop)))

But these little ones would be more suitable for a girl’s birthday – hearts are their theme!

Vegetables - paravozki for a buffet table

A very original idea for slicing vegetables into sweet pepper trains. Easy to prepare. Children, of course, will not eat the paravozki themselves, but they can then be safely used for cooking or.

Stuffed quail eggs - fly agarics

Another dish made from tomatoes and quail eggs. If “fly agarics” can be made from ordinary eggs on a regular table, children should be served quail eggs. Firstly, it is healthier, it is a dietary product and it is the right size.

Puree in the form of a hedgehog

This is not to say very tasty - cooked well with milk and good butter - it is always tasty. Presentation is important here. It's interesting, it's funny and of course you want to eat it!

Layered salad with mice

Here's a very good idea for decorating a layered salad. A puff salad is a salad that is laid out in layers)))) You can also lay out the Mimosa salad and the popular Herring under a fur coat (if small children do not have herring and with sour cream). But if you put such beautiful mice in a salad, children will definitely love it!

Vegetables baked in a pot

It's easy to prepare. You can cook it with pieces of chicken, or you can make this dish a dietary one. But again, you can design it in an original way. Form an octopus from the dough and cover the baking trays in the oven. It is better to buy small pot molds, because... Children usually don’t eat a lot (at least not one thing). This design will be a godsend if your holiday is based on the theme of “Pirates” and “Sea”.

Here are the same vegetables baked with creamy cheese sauce, but already decorated with fresh vegetables. Here, of course, you need at least a little bit of artistic talent. A ready-made hot dish is decorated with fresh vegetables and herbs.

“Original cheese plate”

You can make several of these Christmas trees using different cheeses. But since small children do not like to cook cheese very much, it is necessary either on small saucers or for already teenage children.

Tartlets with filling

There are so many delicious fillings for tartlets. You can make sweet and non-sweet ones. The main thing is that the dough in the tartlets is tender and soft, so that it simply melts in your mouth.

Homemade ice cream for a child's birthday

Fruits for the children's table

Well, and of course fruit. I think this is the most important part of the table. After all, children love sweets, but a fresh pear or banana is much healthier than even the most skillfully prepared cake. Fruits are designed for children and will be eaten with great appetite.

Decorated in the form of little pirates.

A red scarf is thin pieces of fabric or paper napkin with a corresponding pattern.

All other pirate attributes are drawn with a regular marker. There is no need to be afraid - after all, children do not eat the peel, but you can definitely put on a whole performance.

The “Pirate” theme is usually the easiest to design and come up with different ideas. Here you can also hold competitions for picking a banana from a rope, imagining that there has been a shipwreck and you need to get food on an island where palm trees grow.

You can also organize a competition:

• look for treasures in a bowl of flour;
• write a message of salvation on scattered semolina with your fingers (children really like this)…

Another gorgeous sweet for children: in the shape of a butterfly. A butterfly is cut out from any sponge cake (you can even buy it), cream is applied on top and a wide variety of fruits are laid out. It looks very bright and attractive!

But also an experienced adult mother of two children. My son is 8, my daughter is 18, and during all this time I have held many, many children’s parties at home.

I always cooked it myself, I share my experience.

Main principles

It's beautiful, but fast

One of the main mistakes of many mothers is choosing beautiful and complex canapés and sandwiches with a bunch of small details (ears, eyes, noses) that cannot be made the day before the holiday, and for which there is almost never enough time before the guests arrive. Everything looks cool in pictures on the Internet, but it’s incredibly difficult to replicate it with an inexperienced hand. For example, make one sandwich and put it on the plate. Children can put the eyes on their own sandwich.

It takes a very long time to make these penguins from olives, carrots and cheese. I checked!

It's common

Don't even argue. I had the opportunity to make sure that children did not like the new experimental salads. They are generally alarmed by a mixture of 3 or more products. Of course, you can cook something original; adult guests will eat it if necessary, but you must have “standard” chicken cutlets, mashed potatoes, baked goods with the usual fillings, etc. You can show your imagination when serving all these dishes.

It's not harmful

The Internet is full of battles in the comments of parents with different opinions. Some people think that it’s not scary to offer pizza, fries and hamburgers once a year, flavored with mayonnaise and ketchup. Others insist that food should not be harmful on any day of the year. Endless argument, I don't interfere. You should definitely avoid foods that are too fatty, salty, fried (in case one of your guests has pancreatic problems), soda, and other drinks with aggressive dyes.

Age appropriate

This, I think, is understandable. Even now, parents of two-year-old and ten-year-old children read the article. Naturally, there are restrictions for every age. If guests from 2 to 10 years old gather for the holiday (this often happens at family events), it is better to prepare several options for dishes.

It can be eaten gently

Yes, this is a problem. Children come to the holiday in lush snow-white lace or simply in expensive fashionable clothes. A drop of red juice or ketchup, smeared blue cream on a cake, berry stains, etc. often spoil all this beauty forever.

Lots of drinking water

Many children can only drink water. The sweet, sweet juice you prepared may make you even more thirsty. Be sure to label small bottles of water with different bright labels so that everyone knows “their water.” After an active gaming program you want to drink a lot, make a sufficient supply.

Three rounds

Children do not like feasts. Most guests eat little and quickly. Let there be 2-3 sets of 5-10 minutes. While the guests were getting ready, we had light snacks, then we played. Hot dish, more fun. Cake, have a nice evening everyone, goodbye. At a home party, you can allow such gastronomic breaks; no animator will rush you.

Constructor “Assemble canapes”

This is also my personal experience. Once I saw enough of beautiful and tasty canapés, I decided to make 5 types of 20 pieces each for the children. The result was disastrous. My whole idea with a combination of cheeses, berries, grapes, ham with vegetables and fish with lemon failed.

Comments poured in: “I don’t eat bell peppers,” “Ugh, unhook the fish, I just want an olive,” “I’ll have blueberries, but I won’t have cheese,” etc. The adults then finished eating this disassembled “battlefield” with canapés.

I took the experience into account and next time offered empty skewers and small bowls with olives, cheese, slices of cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, lemon, slices of ham, chicken fillet, lettuce leaves and sprigs of herbs. More squares of white and black bread (3x3 cm).

It was a hit! You could make your own canapé and give it an unusual name. Teach children to skewer foods so as not to touch their hands on shared plates.

Main course

It’s difficult to write all the recipes here; I’ll give you a couple of ideas from my own experience.

Chicken skewers (cooked in a frying pan or in the oven)

This is my go-to dish. Many parents complain, but do not have time to try the kebabs themselves, since the children quickly eat everything. They are made first in a frying pan, then 30 minutes before serving - in the oven. It’s convenient for mom, since she doesn’t have to stand at the stove when guests gather, and preparations can be made in advance. The marinade is gentle - sour cream, olive oil, lemon.

Defrost the dough square. Cut the chicken fillet into pieces, beat it thinly, add salt and lightly pepper. We wrap a block of cheese in some pieces (this is for piglets), and put prunes in other chops.

Now we roll up those that with cheese, and a ball - with filling from prunes. If you are worried that not all children will like prunes, make them only with cheese.

Lightly roll out the puff pastry, cut into squares and wrap the meat tubes in it. We sculpt the ears and nose and tail separately and attach them to the “carcass”.

Roll out the other part of the puff pastry and cut into thin strips. We wrap it around the meat balls to form a ball.

Place them together on a baking sheet and brush generously with egg yolk. 45-50 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees (can be reduced to 180 at the end). What sweethearts... :)

Chicken cutlet balls

Previously, I made all sorts of hedgehog mice out of them, using pieces of different products. Then I got tired of it, I started sticking bright pictures on sticks (they are called “cupcake decorations”) based on the holiday theme or ordinary skewers. You can easily find Disney princesses, pirates, and all sorts of different super heroes. I had to print out Sherlock Holmes and attach it to toothpicks myself, but this can be done in advance.

My recipe: fry 2 onions in sunflower oil, combine with 1 kg of chicken fillet, add 100 g of soaked bread to 100 g of milk. Salt and pepper, put the minced meat in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Fry the balls over high heat until a crust forms, then finish in the oven for another 30 minutes.

Build your own hamburger with homemade patty

Holding a children's party on your own is incredibly difficult, so I personally rejoice at every way to entertain restless guests.

A five-minute master class on assembling a hamburger with your homemade round cutlet will definitely appeal. Here again it’s easy to cut off the whims “I don’t like tomatoes, pickles, onions, lettuce, cheese.” Let them do what they love. From buns and cutlets. Or vice versa, only with tomatoes and cheese)).

I buy ready-made (small) sesame buns; I don’t offer sauce and mayonnaise to little ones.

Small pies with different fillings

Also a good idea, but it’s better to make the pies baked, not fried. The size of the pies is “one tooth”. My guests, even the most capricious ones, gladly agree to a pie with potatoes and a pie with meat. Experiments with salted cottage cheese and herbs, cabbage and fish pies are successful with parents, but children do not like them.

Take the time to make pies of different shapes, so that you can tell by their appearance what kind of “flying saucer” or “boomerang” filling they have.

I always make pancakes too. I suggest adults wrap salmon or caviar; kids eat it with sour cream.

Fruits and berries

Cups with berries

This is usually placed on a table with sweets (there is no Russian name, we borrow the English candy bar). Just plastic or cardboard cups with a mixture of washed berries. It is better, of course, not to give to children under 5 years old, they will get dirty.

Just put them out before the start of the holiday, as this is the first thing children grab. Everyone likes small individual portions of beautiful berries, there is no strength to hold on. Let them eat hot first!

Fruit hedgehogs

With this name and this example, I encourage you to organize a simple culinary master class. Everyone always gets a hedgehog, you can even take it home for your mother in a small gift bag. You don’t have to eat right away, just use fun at the moment when you need to pacify overexcited guests.

Sweets

Here, too, there is no consensus. Of course, all the beautiful photos of children's birthdays feature breathtaking cakes with custom fondant. They are not only beautiful, but also tasty, with natural dyes, with low-fat yogurt instead of cream, etc.

My ideas are for ardent opponents of such cakes. And in general, any products with cream at children's parties.

Casserole with sour cream

It is prepared, of course, for very young guests (2-3 years). Instead of cakes - layers of casseroles. Cream - fresh sour cream with sugar. Decorations - fresh berries and colored sprinkles.

Good day everyone! We all love to celebrate holidays. But you always want to make a holiday for a child something special, especially when it comes to the birthday of your unique and adored children.

After all, a child’s birthday is the most important day in every family. Little guests always bring fun, laughter, joyful smiles, funny photos, chores into the house and create such an attractive atmosphere throughout the day.

And therefore, no one will argue with the fact that for all this you will need a children's festive delicious table. On which there will definitely be a big beautiful cake, and definitely something creative from different products. And of course, everyone wants to decorate the table with various decorative items in a special way, with a creative approach.

In this article I will share ideas for children's dishes. A child's birthday is first and foremost a holiday for our bellies. 🙂 therefore, the menu needs to be simple, but at the same time tasty and healthy.

I would like to note that the menu for a child’s birthday has its own characteristics, primarily age-related. The menu for a 1-year-old and the menu for a child aged 3 or 7 years will, of course, be fundamentally different from each other.

1. Under no circumstances should smoked, too fatty, or salty dishes be present on the children's table. Try to exclude fried foods and try to use mayonnaise, pepper and garlic to a minimum.

2. Don't get carried away with experiments. Remember that children love most those dishes that they know and those that taste familiar to them.

3. If the children are still very small, then remove fruits and vegetables that can cause allergies and those that can leave strong stains on clothes.

4. If you are preparing fish dishes for the children's table, carefully remove all the bones.

5. Eliminate soda. Carbonated water is an enemy for a child's body. It is better to prepare berry fruit drinks, compotes, natural juices, and tea.

Features of creating a menu for the birthday of a child 1 year old, 2-3 years old, 5-6 years old

Menu for a 1 year old child

Often, many parents do not know what menu to create for a birthday when the child turns 1 year old. Due to the fact that the child is still very small. There is no need to invent something, it’s better to give the child what is useful and what he loves. For example, this could be his favorite cottage cheese and fruit juice with children's cookies. And also make assorted fruits from purees. Well, for dessert you can bake a light sponge cake coated with baby cottage cheese.

Menu for a 2-3 year old child

This menu should also be simple. After all, a child of 2-3 years is still too small to eat any delicacies. Exclude from the menu all kinds of smoked meats, fish, overly fatty and salty dishes, and of course recipes with mayonnaise. You can prepare some kind of vegetable salad, mashed potatoes and meatballs, snacks with cottage cheese and raisins, uzvars or jelly. You can offer your little guests natural juice from fruits or berries.

Menu for a 5-6 year old child

For this age, it is much easier to create a menu, because children of this age are allowed to eat almost all ingredients. But still, it is better to serve chicken or lean beef as a starter. You can use pasta or mashed potatoes as a side dish. A salad would preferably be made from vegetables, such as tomatoes and cucumbers. Drinks can be used in various types of fruit drinks and juices. Well, for dessert there is a sponge cake soaked in cottage cheese and berries.

The best and most delicious recipes for children's birthdays

How can you make sure that all the children are happy and well-fed? The answer is simple, use your ingenuity and imagination and beautifully decorate your holiday dishes. Even the simplest ones, such as mashed potatoes with sausages, simple buckwheat porridge or pasta, can be decorated in an original and fabulous way, here are the options I have selected:

In order to make your birthday bright and unforgettable, I offer this menu for a child's birthday:

Salads for children, recipes with photos, simple and tasty for birthdays

Parents are always ready to feed their children not only tasty food for the holiday, but also to make the dish very bright and original.

I bring to your attention 2 options for children's salads.

Option No. 1 Simple and tasty salad for a child’s birthday

We will need:

• Boiled chicken - 150 g (fillet or breast)
• Boiled potatoes - 200 g.
• Tomato - 1 pc.
• Kiwi - 2 pcs.
• Boiled carrots - 1 pc.
• Boiled eggs - 1 pc.
• Natural yogurt or sour cream - 2 tbsp
• Salt - to taste
• Greens - to taste

Cooking method:

1. Boil potatoes in their skins. Peel it and cut it into cubes.

2. Chicken meat should be boiled and cut into cubes.

3. Cut the kiwi into small pieces.

4. Now all that remains is to cut the tomatoes, chop them into cubes too.

5. Add salt, add natural yogurt and mix well.

6. Well, now you need to decorate the salad in a unique way. Like I did, for example. Quite simple and beautiful at the same time! Grate the carrots and place them over the entire surface of the salad. Make funny bunny parts out of eggs. Well, make some grass from the greens. Bon appetit!

Option No. 2 Simple children's salad for a child's birthday

We will need:

• green apple - 1 pc.
• carrots - 1 pc.
• egg - 1 pc.
• corn - half a can
• sour cream for dressing - 2-3 tbsp

Cooking method:

1. Grate carrots and eggs.

2. Apples need to be cut into small cubes.

3. Mix all products together. Or you can put this beauty on the table unmixed. And when there is a dinner party, mix everything well and add sour cream.

And now, I suggest watching this video “Salads for a children's party. Top 5 recipes for children's salads"

Sandwiches for the holiday table, simple options for children

You can come up with many options for decorating children's sandwiches, just take the usual ingredients and invent some cartoon character or animal using cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cottage cheese, radishes, bread and any other products, for example like this:

Option No. 1 Sandwiches for children “Ladybug”

To keep your little guests happy, please them with cool sandwiches in the shape of ladybugs.

We will need:

• toaster bread - 10 pieces
• cheese - 200 g.
• Cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs.
• garlic - 1 clove
• olives - 6 pcs.
• sour cream - 4-5 tsp
• greens for decoration

Cooking method:

1. Take the cheese and grate it on a fine grater. Add just a little garlic to it. Pass the garlic through a press. Mix the cheese and garlic together, adding sour cream.

2. Coat pieces of bread with this mixture.

3. Cut cherry tomatoes and olives into halves. Cut off a little from the stem. You will need to put half of the olives in this place.

4. In order to create wings, make small cuts in the tomatoes.

5. Now place the tomatoes and olives on the spread bread. Make black dots by chopping the olives into very small pieces. The eyes can be made in the form of dots using sour cream. Use greens instead of grass. And this is what should happen. Beauty! And delicious!

Option No. 2 Sweet quick children's sandwich “Rozhitsa”, step-by-step recipe with photos

This type of sandwich is quite quick and easy to assemble)))

We will need:

• white bread
• orange
• prunes
• butter

Cooking method:

1. Dry the bread. This can be done in a toaster or oven.

2. Take butter and spread it on the bread pieces.

3. Peel the orange and cut it into circles. Place the circle on the butter.

4. Cut out the eyes and mouth from the prunes.

Important! Don't forget to rinse the prunes well!

5. Now decorate our funny sandwich! The sweet and tasty sandwich is ready! Treat your kids to health!

You can offer many options for decorating children's sandwiches, the main thing is to think of who or what you want to decorate the dish as. Here's another sandwich decorating video.

Children's sandwiches "Lion and Bunny"

Chicken kebab in the oven on skewers

Another option is to prepare chicken shish kebab and colored potato balls. If you are celebrating a children's party outdoors, then you can easily prepare pork kebab for older children.

We will need:

• poultry meat - 700 g
• sour cream - 3 tbsp
• olive oil - 2 tbsp
• lemon juice
• onion - 1 pc.
• pepper and salt

Cooking method:

1. Cut boneless chicken pieces into pieces.

2. Prepare the marinade. To do this, mix sour cream, lemon juice, pepper and salt.

3. Pour marinade over chicken pieces. Add onion cut into half rings to the ingredients. Stir. Place in the refrigerator overnight.

4. After the meat has been marinated, place the pieces on skewers. No need to wear a bow! Wrap each skewer in foil. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes. The kebab is ready, remove the foil.

Potato colored balls “Traffic light”

This first hot dish will be completely natural, both girls and boys love it, it can be consumed either at home or in the playroom! You can prepare it in winter and summer.

We will need:

• potatoes - 1 kg
• butter – 50 g;
• cream – 200 ml;
• carrot juice - 3 tbsp. l.;
• beetroot - 3 tbsp. l.;
• spinach juice - 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. Make mashed potatoes from potatoes. Add cream to puree.

2. The potato mass should be homogeneous and airy.

3. Now divide the puree into 3 parts. Add carrot juice to the first, beet juice to the second, and spinach juice to the third.

4. Form each type of puree into balls. Place the balls on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees. These colorful balls will be a very beautiful addition to the holiday table.

You can make puree in the form of flowers. Looks great and simple!

Sweet table for birthday, menu

Fruits, cookies and, of course, cake are suitable for a sweet table for children.

Fruits can be arranged in an original way and with a twist, for example like this:

Tartlets for children's birthday with filling

I suggest making children's sweet tartlets.

We will need:

• shortbread dough baskets - 15 pcs.
• condensed milk - 1 can
• cream - 1 tbsp.
• gelatin - 2 tbsp
• nuts, kiwi, chocolate for decoration

Cooking method:

1. Following the instructions, soak the gelatin with water.

3. Fill the tartlets with the resulting mixture.

4. After that, put the tartlets in the refrigerator so that the cream hardens.

5. Garnish with fruit and chocolate. Chop small nuts on top. It turned out amazingly delicious! Cook with joy!

Children's birthday drinks at home

Among the drinks, you can offer natural compotes brewed at home, juices, uzvars and fruit drinks.

And you can cook milk jelly. This is a very tasty and healthy drink, especially in childhood. There are children who do not like to drink milk, but milk jelly will be a salvation for most, because it can be cooked not only for a birthday, but for example for an afternoon snack.

We will need:

• fresh cow's milk - 600 ml
• sugar – 60 g
• potato starch - 40 g
• cold water - 120 ml

Cooking method:

1. Pour the milk and place it in a cooking pot. Put to cook on the stove.

2. While the milk is cooking, take care of the starch. Pour water into the starch and mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps.

3. As soon as the milk has boiled, add granulated sugar. Mix well until it dissolves and there are no sugar grains.

4. Now carefully, very slowly pour the starch into the milk in a thin stream.

Important! When you pour in starch, you must always stir the milk so that clots do not form.

5. Cook the jelly for about 1-2 minutes after the milk boils again. And then be sure to remove from the stove. Cool. Give it to your child. You can pour it into a sconce and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Or you can decorate with slices of tangerines, which will evoke strong emotions and a desire to quickly eat this delicious dish.

This is the kind of interesting holiday menu you can get for a child. The main thing is to want to please him! and decorate everything nicely.

Make your child's birthday unforgettable! Give him your love, care and attention and then you will see that the child will reciprocate your feelings! What dishes do you usually prepare in your family, and how do you decorate them?

Treat your guests to delicious dishes and, as they say, bon appetit, friends!!!

R.S I think that when a child has such a significant day in his life, and even if he is a preschooler, then you will definitely take the treats to kindergarten. I have an interesting idea on how to beautifully pack treats for kindergarten. This can be made in the form of a cake. More details on how to make one like this may be covered in a separate article on this blog.

The choice of products for a children's birthday menu is very different from those that parents buy for adult parties. The children's menu should, first of all, be light, and the presentation should be original and interesting.

The best thing you can do when preparing a menu for a children's birthday is to involve your child in the cooking process.

Start with the dishes that the birthday person offers, then make your own suggestions.

When choosing recipes, think about how your baby can help you prepare them, and that the dish consists of simple and familiar ingredients.

Rules for choosing dishes

• Don't mix too many different flavors.
• Avoid spicy, salty, fried and overly sweet foods.
• Do not serve fish with bones, peeled fruits, as well as berries and grapes at the holiday table - exclude anything that could cause a child to choke.
• Serve meals in portions.
• The dishes should be placed at a safe distance from the children’s play area. Serve treats in small portions, preferably in unbreakable containers.
• Cut the pieces as much as possible and remove excess so that the eating process does not become complicated.

Products by age

Ages 1 year, 2 years, 3 years:

• exclude everything that can cause allergies in children (honey, citrus fruits, berries);
• do not treat you to heavy food;
• Mushrooms, smoked meats and nuts should not be served.

Children's ages: 4 years, 5 years, 6 years:

• at this age you can already serve boiled sausage and frankfurters, but smoked ones are not advisable;
• no need to serve fish;
• Don't take risks by serving exotic or out-of-season fruits.

After 7 years (8 years, 9 years, 10 years):

• only now is it possible to treat children with bright juices;
• it is possible to serve salads with beets;
• maybe berry desserts.

For the little ones

The most demanding guests and birthday parties are children under 3 years old. There are many factors to keep in mind when preparing treats for these little ones. The most important thing is to remember that all children are different and if your baby is omnivorous and can do everything, this does not mean that his guests can also eat absolutely everything.

Familiar and simple foods can be served in beautiful holiday decorations.

General rules:

• All ingredients should be familiar to children.
• Kids should also know the names of the dishes on the table.
• Methods for eating most foods are best limited to the spoon.
• It's great if you can eat with your hands.

Recipes for a child's birthday

Children's curd and banana pancakes

Ingredients:

• 0.2 kg flour;
• 0.3 kg of cottage cheese;
• 0.2 l of milk;
• 4 eggs;
• 3 bananas;
• juice of half a lemon or apple;
• 1 tsp baking powder;
• 1 pinch of soda;
• sugar, salt, vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. Using a blender, stir the cottage cheese and milk.
2. Separate the whites from the yolks. Add the yolks to the cottage cheese and beat again.
3. Sift the flour, add baking soda, salt and baking powder.
4. Gradually add the remaining ingredients, stir thoroughly until smooth.
5. Mash the bananas and sprinkle with lemon or apple juice.
6. Whisk the whites. Carefully add the protein to the banana-curd mixture and mix with a spatula.
7. Heat a frying pan and grease it with oil.
8. Place the pancakes and bake covered.
9. Turn over and bake without a lid.
10. Place on a towel.

The easiest way to decorate is to sprinkle with powdered sugar.

The pancakes can be made very small, so it will be more convenient for children to eat them so that they do not get dirty.

Children's animal pancakes

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 banana, a little mint (leaves);
• peanut;
• 0.1 l curd Activia without additives;
• a little heavy cream (35%).

Dough:

• 125 ml of milk;
• 50 g flour;
• yolk;
• 5 -7 g of sugar;
• 30 g vegetable oil;
• salt.

Preparation:

1. For the dough: mix flour with salt, add sugar, yolk and butter. Then add milk and beat.
2. Grease a frying pan with oil and heat.
3. Place or pour the batter onto the griddle like pancakes.
4. Fry for about 2 minutes. Turn the pancake over with a spatula and fry for another 1-2 minutes.
5. Cut 4 circles from pancakes.
6. Coat 2 mugs with cottage cheese. Place on top.
7. Decorate the serving with banana
8. Using cream and a pastry bag, draw the faces.

Pancakes can be supplemented with fruits and sauces to create fancy beasts.

Children's potato zrazy with filling

Ingredients:

• 0.1 kg flour;
• 0.6 kg potatoes;
• 0.05 kg semolina.

Filling:

• 0.05 kg of zucchini;
• 0.05 kg cauliflower;
• 0.05 kg carrots;
• 0.03 kg of onion;
• dill, parsley, salt, pepper;
• vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. Wash, peel, and boil potatoes.
2. Chop vegetables (cabbage, carrots, zucchini, onions). Fry and cool, add herbs. This is the filling.
3. Grate potatoes, add semolina, flour, salt, pepper, water and grind in a blender.
4. Form into flat cakes about 0.1 kg. Place the filling in the center and carefully form a cutlet.
5. Fry in a hot frying pan, pre-greased with oil. Remove the zrazy from the heat as soon as a crust has formed. And you can serve it on the table.

If you avoid fried foods, you can bake zrazy in the oven.

For the filling you can use fried minced meat or minced chicken. Good cheese with vegetables and pieces of meat will also go well with the filling.

Chicken soufflé with zucchini and broccoli

Ingredients (about 6 servings):

• 2 pieces of chicken fillet;
• 1 medium sized zucchini;
• 150 g broccoli;
• 1 medium sized onion;
• 1 tbsp milk;
• eggs – 2 pcs;
• pistachios – 1 tbsp;
• vegetable oil – 3 tbsp;
• salt, a couple of sprigs of parsley.

Preparation:

1. Separate the whites from the yolks.
2. Cut the zucchini and broccoli into cubes.
3. Combine chicken fillet, onion and pistachios.
4. Add warm milk, butter, yolks, salt and parsley. Mix.
5. Beat the whites with a pinch of salt and add them to the minced meat. Then add vegetables.
6. Place in greased muffin tins.
7. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Soufflé can be made with a variety of vegetables and meats. Serve in muffin tins or on a plate with garnishes.

The simplest dessert

For the simplest dessert, you can always serve chopped fruit.

Sweets are the most important part of a children's party! Fruits, cookies, sweets, cakes and cake with candles are a must! Sweet treats are best served in small pieces, preparing a portion for each guest.

Waffle cone with sliced ​​fruits and berries

Many more such recipes, for every day or for a holiday, you will find in cookbooks with recipes specifically for children.

• A book with beautiful photographs and detailed recipes from Tatyana Sotnikova - "Cooking for Children." Many people like it: for a lot of recipes for natural and healthy homemade food that can be prepared by the whole family, for its high-quality design.
• Choose your own children's cookbook to have on hand for a children's party, birthday, or when inspiration is needed.

For older children

Snacks for the holiday table

Canapes are ideal as a snack. Many children like small sandwiches on skewers, they are easy to prepare and easy to eat.

Ingredients:

• Cherry tomato;
• small sausages or ham, cut into pieces;
• Cheese or feta cheese.

You can make canapés without bread by simply combining vegetables with meat and cheese.

Almost any product is suitable for canapés. Even sweets and fruits.

Hot

Soups should not be served on the table on a children's holiday, but none of the guests will refuse chicken skewers on skewers or nuggets with sauces.

You can make only meat skewers or equally with vegetables.

Many children love fast food, but often the food is questionable. It is much easier to prepare similar dishes for children yourself. You can guarantee the quality of such fast food.

Nuggets

Ingredients:

• 0.25 l cream, up to 15% fat;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• crackers (for breading);
• 0.5 kg chicken fillet;
• frying oil;

Preparation:

1. Marinate the meat in advance. Beat the fillet pieces, pour them with cream, add salt and pepper - all this in the cold for 4 hours.
2. Then roll the marinated pieces in breadcrumbs and fry on each side.
3. Ready! Can be served.

Pizza

Almost all children love this dish. At the same time, there are recipes that are suitable even for small guests.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour;
• half a glass of warm milk;
• two chicken eggs;
• a teaspoon of salt;
• two tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• tomatoes, bell peppers;
• hard cheese (parmesan);
• if desired, you can add olives or black olives (choose the highest quality, pickled ones);
• tomato paste, which is better to make yourself - grate the tomatoes and cook them by adding basil and salt.

This is a very simple dough recipe that even a child can handle.

Preparation:

1. Pour in flour and salt.
2. Stir the eggs, milk and vegetable oil, add this mixture to the flour, stirring.
3. Knead the dough.
4. Wrap in a towel and leave for 20 minutes at room temperature.
5. Meanwhile, grate the cheese and chop the vegetables.
6. Roll out the finished dough onto a baking sheet.
7. Grease with tomato paste and add the filling, sprinkling with grated cheese.
8. Place the dish in the oven for 17 minutes at 170 degrees.

Pizza can be of completely different shapes, depending on the theme of a children's party.

It’s time to teach older children to be independent, including preparing their own food, albeit not so often, and even the simplest ones, but on their own. And if it’s also for your own celebration, it will be something to be proud of.

1. Teaching a child to cook is very simple when there are such wonderful publications as: “Mom, give me an apron!” Recipes for independent children" from Katerina Dronova. The book is of excellent quality with beautiful illustrations and step-by-step recipes - both children and adults will like it. The recipes from the book are suitable for any occasion.
2. The book “French Children Eat Everything” by Billon Le became a bestseller. And it should appeal to many parents who are still unfamiliar with it, those who want to unite their family around a common table, and teach their children to the dishes that adults themselves eat. A wonderful and correct philosophy, realizing which parents will no longer wonder what to cook for a child on a birthday or on a normal day. In addition, the book contains recipes for delicious, healthy and varied dishes loved by French kids.

Children's birthday table

You can decorate a children's birthday table with napkins, bright disposable tableware with your favorite cartoon characters, hang balloons and garlands around, prepare carnival costumes, decorations for games. This design will make the holiday much more interesting. All this can be ordered in the online store.

Prepare competitions and games - a children's party should be active to make it fun. For example,

It would be better to make a children's buffet, then every child will be able to eat when they are hungry. All children together can only eat cake.