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Easy Kids Recipes

Here are some of our favourite easy kids party food recipes.

Cheesy Chicken Strips

Ingredients

  • 1kg small chicken tenderloids, halved lengthways
  • 1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
  • 1 1/2 cups (240g) cornflake crumbs
  • 1/2 cup (40g) finely grated parmesan cheese
  • Cooking oil spray

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C if fan-forced)
  2. Coat chicken in flour; shake away excess. Dip chicken in combined egg and milk; coat in combined crumbs and cheese
  3. Place chicken, in single layer, on wire rack over tray; spray with oil. Cook for about 25 minutes, or until cooked through
  4. Serve chicken strips with tomato sauce

Chocolate-Dipped Fruit Pieces

Ingredients

  • 2 medium bananas (400g), slicked thickly
  • 250g strawberries
  • 3 apricots (150g), quartered
  • 1 1/4 cups (185g) milk chocolate melts, melted

Method

  1. Line tray with baking paper
  2. Dip fruit, one piece at a time, into chocolate to coat about half of each piece of fruit
  3. Place fruit, in a single layer, on tray and allow to set at room temperature

Tip: For our recipe we have chosen bananas, strawberries and apricots but you can use a variety of different fruits, such as watermelon, peaches etc.

Chicken and Avocado Tortilla Cones

Ingredients (serves 8)

  • Large (about 285g) skinless chicken breasts
  • 4 tbs (1/3 cup) ricotta
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 2 tbs finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 4 tortillas, halved
  • Flesh of 1 avocado, sliced
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into batons
  • A handful of baby spinach

Method

  1. Heat a chargrill to medium, and cook the chicken breast for 6 minutes on each side, or until cooked through
  2. Meanwhile, combine the ricotta, spring onions and parsley, then season with salt and pepper
  3. Spread each tortilla half with recitta mixture
  4. Slice the grilled chicken and divide among tortilla halves with some avocado, cucumber and spinach leaves
  5. Roll each tortilla into a cone shape, tie with string, and serve

Jelly Orange Cups

Ingredients (makes 8)

  • 1 packet of orange jelly
  • 4 oranges

Method

  1. Make up orange jelly according to packet instructions. Set aside for 20 minutes to cool
  2. Slice oranges in half and scoop out the flesh, using a small knife or spoon
  3. Fill the orange cavities with cooled jelly
  4. Place the orange halves, upright, on a tray. Regrigerate for 3 hours, or until set

Heart-Shaped Hamwiches

Ingredients (makes 18)

  • 18 slices of white bread
  • 1/3 cup (80g) spreadable cream cheese
  • 100g shaved ham

Method

  1. Using 7.5cm heart cutter, cut two hearts from each slice of bread. Using 4cm heart cutter, cut out a smaller heart from the centre of half the large hearts
  2. Spread one side of the large uncut hearts with some of the cream cheese; top with ham
  3. Spread the remaining cream cheese on one side of the remaining (cut) hearts; place on top of ham

Baby BLT's

Ingredients (makes 12)

  • 12 bake-at-home dinner rolls
  • 6 rindless bacon rashers (390g)
  • 1/3 cup (100g) mayonnaise
  • 2 small tomatoes (180g), sliced thinly
  • 1 coral lettuce, leaves separated

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C if fan-forced)
  2. Place bread rolls on oven tray, bake for 5 minutes. Split rolls in half almost all the way through
  3. Meanwhile, cut bacon in half cross-ways; cook bacon in large heated frying pan until crisp. Drain on absorbent paper
  4. Just before serving, spread mayonnaise inside rolls. Fill rolls with bacon, lettuce and tomato

Mini-Pizza Torpedos

Ingredients (serves 12)

  • 12 bake-at-home bread rolls
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) tomato pasta sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups (180g) coarsely grated cheddar cheese
  • 5 slices (25g) mild salami, chopped coarsely
  • 10 pitted black olives, chopped finely
  • 3 green onions, chopped finely
  • 100g leg ham, chopped finely
  • 1/3 cup drained canned crushed pineapples

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C if fan-forced)
  2. Cut each roll in half lengthways
  3. Place rolls on oven tray, cut side up
  4. Spread each half with sauce. Top with half the cheese
  5. Sprinkle 6 rolls with salami, olives and half the onion. Sprinkle remaining rolls with ham, pineapple and remaining onion. Top with remaining cheese
  6. Bake for about 10 minutes or until cheese has melted

Strawberry Ice Punch

Ingredients (serves 12)

  • 250g strawberries, sliced
  • 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
  • Pink food colouring
  • 1 egg white, beaten lightly
  • 1 litre (4 cups) chilled apple and strawberry juice
  • 1 litre (4 cups) chilled mineral water
  • 1 litre (4 cups) chilled lemonade
  • 12 plastic glasses

Method

  1. Place on strawberry slice into each hole of a 12-hole ice cube tray. Fill with water; freeze.
  2. Combine sugar and a few drops of colouring in a small plastic bag; Rub together until sugar is coloured pink. Place pink sugar on a saucer
  3. Place egg white on another saucer
  4. Dip rim of each glass into beaten egg white, and then into sugar
  5. Just before serving, combine juice, mineral water and lemonade in a large serving bowl; Tint juice mixture pink with a few drops of colouring.
  6. Add strawberries and strawberry ice cubes; Serve

Tip: If strawberry juice isn't available, normal berry juice will also do the job.