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Birthday Party Menu?

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stolly
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DD is turning 3 in a few weeks and we're having a small party for immediate family. Although DD is the only one gluten-free in our family, I'd like to make her party gluten free if I can figure out something easy to make for everyone. I'd prefer not to do deli meats, but I am open to any other suggestions....especially easy ideas for dinner. Thank you!

Appetizers:

-Spinach artichoke dip with gluten free corn chips

Any other ideas?

Dessert:

-DD's Minnie Mouse birthday cake

-gluten-free strawberry pretzel salad

-Fresh fruit

Dinner:

Any ideas???

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home-based-mom
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DD is turning 3 in a few weeks and we're having a small party for immediate family. Although DD is the only one gluten-free in our family, I'd like to make her party gluten free if I can figure out something easy to make for everyone. I'd prefer not to do deli meats, but I am open to any other suggestions....especially easy ideas for dinner. Thank you!

Appetizers:

-Spinach artichoke dip with gluten free corn chips

Any other ideas?

Dessert:

-DD's Minnie Mouse birthday cake

-gluten-free strawberry pretzel salad

-Fresh fruit

Dinner:

Any ideas???

When I was growing up the person whose birthday it was got to choose what was for dinner because it was our special day. I don't remember what I picked (my birthday is too close to Thanksgiving) but my brother always chose spaghetti and my dad always chose lutefisk! :ph34r::blink:

So I gotta ask - what does your daughter like? What is her favorite dinner? Is that do-able?

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HAK1031
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quesadillas made with corn tortillas are yummy and kid friendly for appetizers, as are veggies and homemade dip. Dinner ideas: gluten-free lasagna (super easy and yummy), homemade chicke nuggets

stolly Collaborator
stolly
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I actually asked DD what we should have for dinner at her party and she said peaches and pears. She definitely eats more than she used to eat (prior to March when she was diagnosed), but her diet is still pretty limited. Her favorite meals are diced chicken mixed with rice and Velveeta, scrambled eggs, blueberry waffles, and pancakes...not really party food :) Lasagna sounds like a good idea...any good recipes for that, or any other ideas??

sickchick Community Regular
sickchick
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:lol: peaches and pears
Takala Enthusiast
Takala
Posted

Fruit pizza.

Take a gluten free pizza crust, bake it, then top with cream cheese and sliced peaches. And pears. B)

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Juliebove
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What about a make your own taco/tostada bar? You could have beans and rice for sides.

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JennyC
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I too was going to suggest tacos, or you could always do a naturally gluten free meat and potatoes type dinner. Although that may give you less time to enjoy the party.

sickchick Community Regular
sickchick
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How about buying enough Kinnickinnik pizza crusts for everybody and have them make their own pizzas.

Just lay out toppings and shred some cheese. Piece of cake! You can get organic pepperoni...or ham slices

Have each child put their crust on a piece of foil so it saves on mess and makes to put in and out of oven easy.

:P

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RissaRoo
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I second the tacos idea...or a pasta bar, where you could put several types of gluten-free cooked pasta out and several choices of sauce (an alfredo, a marinara, some cheese sauce etc.). They you could put out some cooked chicken, peas, bits of broccoli, bacon bits, chopped onion, chopped olive etc in bowls for toppings. Put out a big green salad for a side. We've done baked potatoes that way too...bake a bunch, put them out with a big pot of chili and different toppings, you can include things like chopped chicken and bacon and sour cream, cheese sauce and grated cheeses, vegetables...

Hope it's a great party!

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RissaRoo
Posted

Forgot to add...

appetizers....if she likes velveeta, you could do a dip where you melt Velveeta and mix in salsa. It's so yummy with chips (but addictive!). For grown-ups, stuffed mushrooms are fun. I get some large mushrooms (15-20 work for this recipe, depending on size and how full you stuff them) and wash and stem them. Then chop the stems finely. Soften a cube of cream cheese in the microwave, add the chopped mushroom stems and about a cup of grated parmisan cheese. Then add a dash of Worchestersire (no hope of spelling that right, hopefully you know what I mean) and a couple of shakes of garlic powder. Mix it up, stuff the mushroom tops with it, and bake at 350 until the cheese is brown and bubbly.

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