Kid's Birthday Party Dishes

[missy'smom]

We have a plan for the cake and snacky stuff is easy to buy-popcorn, chips etc. Fruit, no problem but need ideas for main dishes/sides. Taquitos can be purchased, I suppose I could make chicken fingers easily enough and waffle fries. Any other ideas?

[celiac-mommy]

what's the age group?

[missy'smom]

Good question! 8-11 year old boys. Don't know yet if we'll have/invite some parents or not.

[Darn210]

Well . . . my 9 year old son's favourite food right now is mini corn dogs. I've got a recipe if interested. I make a batch and freeze - so you could make them ahead of time.

. . . and I want to add that the homemade ones have been waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the store bought (not-necessarily gluten free even though it was labeled that way) Wellshire Farms ones and one other hideous brand that we tried that was so bad we've blocked it from our memories.

[celiac-mommy]

I always ask my kids what they want and make that--dd is usually homemade mac&cheese or lasagna

You could do:

a spaghetti feed

or pasta bar-make a bunch of noodles and 2-4 easy sauces

lasagna/garlic bread/salad

burgers (or sliders on rolls-would be easy and fun) and fries

baked potato bar

taco bar

pulled pork done in crockpot w/ gluten-free buns

big pot of hearty soup/chili and cornbread

pizza party-make individual sized crusts ahead of time, let them top their own

paella

hope this gives you a few ideas!

[climbmtwhitney]

Hi.

My 10 year old daughter just had her friends over. We served personal pizzas. We used Kinnikinnick pre-made crusts & Contadina pizza sauce. My dd had Columbus pepperoni & mushroom on hers and loved it--no cheese. My son likes his with Vegan Gourmet soy mozzarella cheese. And her friends used regular mozzarella cheese & pepperoni. And, I made mine all veggie--no cheese. So, everyone was happy. The kids gobbled it all up. You can't tell it's a Gluten-free Casein-free crust.

Good luck!

Cheers!

Jill

[ang1e0251]

I make the pizzas with corn tortillas as a base. Toast them until they're firm in a toaster first or they will be too soft.

My mom makes "Thingees". She takes an extra long toothpick, coctail style, and threads a chunk of pineapple, piece of meat, cheese and an olive. Use your favorite kinds, we've tried them all; summer sausage, chicken, turkey, colby, cheddar, pepper jack, black or green olives. They are all good and surprisingly filling. Present a plate of these at my house and they just disappear!!

[purple]

I agree with the "Thingees", we called them barbells. Just load up a meat and cheese and fruit tray and set out the tooth picks. Smokies if they are gluten-free, I haven't checked, with cheese chunks and pineapple...yum!

A crockpot of beanie wienies or shredded BBQ chicken for gluten-free buns.