Children, let's celebrate by eating healthy!

If you want to organize a party for childrenbut you are tired of the usual pizzas and packaged chips, small kitchen appliances come to your aid to prepare at home many tasty and healthy snacks to offer during the celebrations. We at Girmi have nicknamed them “the FUN appliances”, i.e. those that cannot be missing when getting ready to have fun with friends. Here are some original ideas for your DIY buffet that you can prepare even more easily with their help.

Homemade yogurt or gelato, a super colorful idea

We have already talked about how to make yogurt at home and its advantages for health and your wallet this article, but what you may not imagine is how many colorful ideascan be created for a party buffet. Children will love them even more than the omnipresent and definitely less healthy pastries, marshmallows or gummy bears.

Prepare a homemade yogurt base with a yogurt maker and then color it withnatural ingredients: : pureed strawberries for pink, blueberry juice for blue, kiwi puree and mint syrup for green, a pinch of saffron combined with pineapple puree for yellow. The consistency of the yogurt should be adapted to that of the ingredient used for flavoring.

Prepare transparent bowls with different flavors and decorate them with fruit pieces of the same color, chopped dried fruit, cookies or colored sugar sprinkles. Children will have a blast choosing their favorite color.

If the party is in the summer, the ice cream variant will be a huge success. You can easily prepare it with a domestic ice cream maker even using yogurt as a base if you want. If there are children with milk intolerance, it's better to opt for the fruit sorbet version, perhaps using some ready-made syrup to add an extra touch of color.

You can prepare sorbet by melting 150 grams of sugar in 250 ml of water (750 grams of sorbet), then cooling the mixture in the refrigerator. Afterwards, just mix in a puree made from 500 grams of fresh fruit (strawberries or other fruits for different colors) with optional lemon juice or syrup. Just 40 minutes in the ice cream maker and the sorbets are ready, perfect for those who cannot eat eggs or milk.

The sweet or savory crepes, a guaranteed success

Another idea to make the little ones happy is to serve homemade crepes. With an electric crepe maker preparing them will be a super quick operation and afterwards you can fill them with sweet or savory ingredients according to your taste. For sweet crepes you can choose from classic hazelnut cream, jam, chocolate and bananas, whipped cream and strawberries, to be prepared in original shapes like little bundles or rolls, easier and more fun to enjoy.

An original idea for your party? Fill crepes with apricot or strawberry jam, roll them up, and let them rest in the fridge to firm up. Then cut them into small rolls, skewer them with a stick, and dip them in melted chocolate, garnished with chopped hazelnuts or sugar. Once cooled, they will be a fun treat to hold in your hand like a lollipop.

For savory crepes,, you can make the little ones happy with cooked ham and cheese or mortadella and squacquerone or spreadable cheese, cherry tomatoes and oregano, while parents will certainly appreciate smoked salmon and avocado, or cheese, pears and honey, or even shrimp, milk flakes and arugula. And then let your imagination run wild with a thousand other combinations.

Speaking of parents…

To please them as well, do not forget to offer a good cold and colorful cocktail, especially in the summer. If you need ideas on how to prepare a healthy cocktail we talked about it here, but don't forget that if you have an ice crusher, you can also make colorful granitas and non-alcoholic fruit cocktails that are also perfect for children. Garnish them with paper flags and biodegradable colorful straws, and even the children will experience the atmosphere of a real party, enjoying a drink made with natural juice (you can quickly make different varieties with a juicer) much healthier than the usual carbonated drinks.

Sandwiches and paninis for everyone

For a respectable party, you can't miss out on sandwiches and paninis for every taste. To prepare them, you can get creative with various fillings, but if you don't want to resort to sliced bread or pre-packaged sandwiches, you can always choose to make the bread at home. Does it seem a bit challenging to you? Not with a practical bread machine that bakes excellent and fragrant loaf of bread, while you just have to add the ingredients and set the program. The result will be a real success! If there is a need to prepare a menu for people with celiac disease, with the bread machine you can use, a gluten-free bread recipe, remembering however that the appliance must be dedicated exclusively to this preparation to avoid any contamination.

Another idea to make children happy is to prepare tasty toast and American sandwiches, which are always a great passion of the little ones. With a practical toaster you can fill the sandwiches as you like and then heat them on the grills by closing the lid, without the risk of losing any precious ingredient!

Do you feel like organizing your DIY buffet? Here are some Girmi appliances that could be useful to you: