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Recipe of the Week
Exerted from this week's family friendly menu plan
and convenient grocery shopping list.
Have you tried our
sample menu?
Peanut
Butter Pie Recipe
Makes
8 servings
1
6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips
6
tablespoons butter or margarine
3
tablespoons milk
1
graham cracker pie crust ready-made
1
envelope unflavored jello
3/4 cup water cold
1
8-ounce package cream cheese softened
1
cup sugar
1
cup sour cream
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2
teaspoons vanilla extract
1
cup frozen whipped topping thawed
In a
small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips and butter. Remove from heat.
Stir in milk. Set 1/4 cup of the mixture aside. Pour remaining mixture into
graham cracker crust. Refrigerate.
In
small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water; let stand 1 minute. Stir over low
heat until gelatine dissolves. Remove from heat; set aside.
In a
large mixer bowl at medium-high speed, beat cream cheese, sugar, sour cream,
peanut butter, and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually beat in gelatin mixture.
Place bowl of peanut butter mixture in a larger bowl which contains cold water
and ice. Stir until mixture mounds on a spoon. Remove bowl from ice water.
Fold in whipped
topping. Mound into chocolate-coated crust, making a swirl in the center.
Drizzle with reserved chocolate mixture. Refrigerate overnight to develop
flavor.
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Kitchen and Cooking Tips, Articles, And Product Reviews
Kid Party Food Ideas - Without the Stress!
By:
Mila Sidman
Another kid party coming up? You've probably planned and organized everything
from party games to favors to who you’ll invite… but what about the kid party
food?
Birthday party food doesn't have to take hours to prepare or completely blow
your budget. When it comes to kids and party food, variety and presentation are
the answer.
Rather than cooking a few specialty dishes, aim for serving lots of small dishes
of fun and kid-friendly finger foods.
Try to serve mainly savory foods and only a few sweet treats. This will help
avoid the dreaded sugar highs.
Here are a few easy kid party food ideas
Presenting Kid Party Food - Make it fun, fun, fun! Honestly, it really doesn't
matter what you serve as long as you wow them with the presentation. You want
the kids to see the table, light up and rush to their seats. Okay… so how do you
do that?
1. Plenty of color - Use colorful kid tableware, balloons, serving bowls, etc.
2. Plenty of variety - Serve lots of small bowls or plates containing a
selection of different finger foods such as cut fruit, bread sticks, mini
muffins, mini wraps, crackers, cheese, etc.
3. Serve Fun Foods - You can easily turn the most normal foods into fun kid
foods. Cut sandwiches with fun cookie cutter shapes to make them more
interesting or roll them into pinwheels, cup up a selection of veggies and fruit
and serve with a colorful dip. Also make all foods kid size. Cut everything from
pizzas to hotdogs into small bite size pieces. This will make it easier to eat
and be more fun.
4. Personalize - I've found that using table setting tags with individual names
doesn’t work as kids will just rush to find the first seat available. Instead
tie a plain balloon to each chair and using a black marker write each child's
name on a balloon in large letters. Make a game out of each child finding their
seat.
5. Keep it interesting - Play a calm game at the table. For older kids have each
one take turns in telling their favorite foods or a funny joke. Sing or play
songs for younger kids.
So what do you serve?
Here are some top favorite kid party food ideas:
Fun mini sandwiches and wraps.
Cut up fruit and veggies with dip.
Breadsticks and chocolate sprinkle dip.
Pizza fingers, chicken finger, fish fingers… anything fingers!
Potato wedges or mini baked potatoes.
A selection of small savory crackers, dried fruit, and a few chocolate chips
will make a fun trail mix.
Mini muffins.
Classic cheese and crackers with cherry tomatoes in the center of plate .
Small meatballs (chicken, pork or beef all work well).
With a little imagination you can turn most foods in your kitchen cupboards into
kid party food.
Also, don’t go overboard in the amount of food you provide. Most kids are so
excited by the actual party they will only lightly pick at their party food… no
matter how yummy it is.
So take it easy, prepare lots of quick finger foods, present it nicely and most
of all enjoy the day!
Article by:
For
lots of easy kid friendly recipes, nutrition information, meal planning tips and
fun kid cooking projects, visit
www.easy-kid-recipes.com.
