Gifts and fun are the mainstay of a birthday party. But, there is one more thing that excites every guest on the list, and that is food. Second to the cake, it’s the food that everyone has their eyes on. Deciding on the menu can be tough as you want to satiate the taste buds of everyone present, from the little ones to the adults. The kids are hard to please because of their varying demands, tastes, and needs. This list of snacks, meals, and deserts are sure to please everyone present at the birthday party.
Snacks
Snacks are quite appetizing and make for filling meals, especially for the kids. If you are planning not to have an elaborate maincoure menu, sure to have a variety of snacks for keeping the guests full all throughout the party. Some crowd pleasing snack ideas:
- Hamburgers: If your guests are vegetarian, go with potato patty with salad and cheese. Have lots of cheese because kids love it. If you have non-vegetarian invitees, you can go with cooked patties of ground meat–that’s how original hamburgers are made. If you are making at home, use a variety of spreads for taste.
- Loaded Nachos: Nachos are love. You can include this snack if your invitees are young adults and teenage kids. You can make loaded Nachos in a variety of ways. One is to plate nachos, add chopped veggies (capsicum, tomatoes, onions, olives) along with mayonnaise, cheese, and mixed herbs. Another dish is to make nacho salad with white cheese white sauce and nacho chips.
- Mini Sandwiches: Healthy and filling snack item it is! Mini Sandwiches will be relished greatly by the guests invited. You can serve potato chips or fries with sandwiches as they go hand-in-hand. Have light sandwiches like pizza sandwiches or mayo sandwiches. To make this at home, you would need mixed veggies, cheese, mayo spread and mixed herbs with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Lunch and Dinner
If it’s a night birthday party, you would need to serve dinner as well because it won’t be good to let your guests go empty stomach. Lunch and dinner also becomes important when you have adults as snacks won’t be enough to fill their stomach. Some items that you can prepare
- Mac and Cheese: This is a universal food item loved by the people of all ages. Mac and Cheese is a creamy, yummy and scrummy treat in all the seasons. You can have additional toppings for the guests to choose from.
- Pasta: Another one from the Italian family, pasta! Red, white, mix or any other sauce pasta will do. You can have a pasta chef that would make pasta as per the guest request, customizing it in their preferred sauce.
- Pizza: How can we not have pizzas in the birthday party? You can order pizza boxes or bake mini pizzas at home. Home pizza will taste like the store-bought when made using the pizza-pasta sauce
- Fried Rice/Chow Mein and Manchurian: It’s a proper main course meal. You can have fried rice or chow mein with manchurian or you can have both. It is the favourite Chinese dish of many people.
- Quesadillas: A nurturing and tasty food item. Quesadillas can be made with any choice of filling. You can have both vegetarian and non-vegetarian quesadillas as per your preference. Serve it with dips.
Dessert
For the birthday party, you surely would be having a birthday cake. Order birthday cake from a reputable bakery serving you with online cake delivery in Ranchi. Have a theme birthday cake if it’s a theme party or choose one from the recent cake trends that are making everyone go ‘woo woo’! Other than the cake, you can have dessert items like:
- Ice-creams: If it’s a summer birthday party you should have an ice-cream corner. Go with one flavoured ice cream or multiple with a wide variety of toppings, choice is your.
- Mud Cups: For the love of chocolate, have mud cups. You can prepare these at home in advance (Take clear plastic cups, fill halfway with chocolate pudding, add one layer of whipped cream, topped with crushed Oreos.)
- S’mores or Donuts: Have a tower of S’mores or donuts because these sugary treats are a delight to eat.
- You can have a Japanese candy box, macarons, pies, waffles, and other dessert items as well.
Your birthday menu has been created. Choose the items as per your likings, and have a tasty birthday party!
