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Parents' tips: baby shower food

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  • I want a buffet at my baby shower. What should I include?
  • What should I serve at a summer shower?
  • Which themed meals work well?
  • What's good about a baby shower in a restaurant?
  • What are some good finger food ideas for a baby shower?
  • What should I avoid serving at my baby shower?
  • Who should pay for the refreshments?

You won't want to spend hours crafting the perfect menu, when the focus should be on the mum-to-be and her imminent arrival. Simple, easy-to-eat fare always goes down well.

Here are BabyCenter parents' tips for the ideal way to feed guests at a baby shower. Just remember to include foods that are safe for the mum-to-be to eat!

I want a buffet at my baby shower. What should I include?

"I did a pasta-themed, sit-down buffet for my friend's shower and it went down a treat! There were three types of pasta, sauces and toppings, such as grilled chicken, asparagus, cheese and so on. I served the food in disposable dishes that could be reheated. It was easy to prepare, not too expensive and everyone thought I'd gone to a lot of effort."
Adele

"I'm planning a buffet with small snacks, such as cut fruit and veg, dips, and maybe chocolate-covered strawberries. But there'll also be simple salads, and pasta-based and potato salads, for those who want to fill up."
Gemma

"I'm planning to have tasty finger food. So, mild and spicy chicken wings, koftas, trays of fruit, and crackers and cheese. I want soft drinks and strawberry punch to drink. Dessert has to be indulgent chocolate brownies and vanilla cupcakes. Delicious!"
Kerry

"Keep it simple. My guests were happy with chicken and ham-and-salad sandwiches cut into quarters, pasta salad, veg sticks and dips. Then fruit salad, and cake, of course! Don't forget the punch, soft drinks, and tea and coffee."

Abi

What should I serve at a summer shower?

"I'm due in February, so my baby shower will be in December or January. I want colourful fresh-fruit salads, seasonal-veg salads and potato salad. Perfect for summer and my cravings!"
Kelsey

"I plan to serve a variety of finger and fork foods. As it's summer, we'll barbecue sausages and have turkey tortilla wraps. I'll also do chocolate-dipped strawberries. They're simple to make, but look stunning, especially if you make them with dark and white chocolate. My punch will be lime sherbet and lemonade - so refreshing!"
Amy

Which themed meals work well?

"I threw a shower for my friend where everything was mini or baby-sized. We had baby burgers with baby fries (chipsticks in plastic cups), baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, as well as other bite-sized snacks and desserts. Everyone loved the idea!"
Lucie

What's good about a baby shower in a restaurant?

"We've chosen the local pizza restaurant for our baby shower as we don't have enough room at home for all our guests. We'll have a good-sized room, just off the main restaurant. A lovely, casual environment.

"The food will be reasonably priced and it will be easy to satisfy different tastes. We're planning to have the shower in the early afternoon and people will be able to eat as little, or as much, as they want. And no cleaning up afterwards, either!"
Rebekka

"I wanted to have a casual, girly baby shower without making work for myself or my friends. We booked a local hotel that does afternoon high-tea which was delightful. I got to sit down the whole time and we all drank tea and ate tiny cakes and sandwiches from pretty plates."
Denise

What are some good finger food ideas for a baby shower?

"For my first baby shower we didn't have any tables, so I needed finger-food ideas. I really wanted salad so I bought Romaine lettuce. Then I made caesar and chicken salads, and filled a lettuce leaf with each. That way, my guests just picked up the leaf and ate it like a lettuce wrap. They loved them! I also made delicious little hazelnut and chocolate tarts to follow."
Phoebe

"When I had my first baby shower, I wanted lots of finger foods. I found a recipe for cucumber sandwiches that I thought everyone would like. But I was a little short on ingredients that the recipe asked for, so I omitted them. The sandwiches were the hit of the party! Now everyone wants me to make them for each get-together. I don't mind as they're so easy and there are only four ingredients:

  • 1 x 225g tub cream cheese (softened)
  • finely chopped chives or spring onions
  • loaf white bread (crusts removed)
  • large cucumber (peeled and thinly sliced)

Just blend together the cream cheese and chives, then spread the mixture on one side of the bread and cover with cucumber slices. That's all there is to it!"
Rachel

What should I avoid serving at my baby shower?

"It's important to keep the mum-to-be's dietary restrictions in mind. I have gestational diabetes and the last thing I want is to watch everyone else enjoying smoked salmon, pâté, cake and punch while I go without!"
Natalie

"I think the host should consult the mum-to-be beforehand, because there are some foods I can't eat, and others I don't even want to look at right now. My mother-in-law tried to order all types of food from a local delicatessen. I had to ask her to stop because she has no idea what I can and can't eat. It wasn't the easiest conversation."
Jo

Who should pay for the refreshments?

"You can have a nice baby shower if you ask each guest to bring their favourite finger food or snack. Put them all out together as a kind of buffet. This works well if you're on a tight budget but still want to have a baby shower."
Lindsay

"Ideally, if someone else is organising your shower, then she should have the money to pay for it. If you arrange to hold the shower during a mealtime, a meal is usually expected. It's worth bearing this in mind when you're planning and budgeting.

"If the budget is tight, then arrange to hold the shower at a time when not much food is expected, such as mid-afternoon. I prefer not to ask guests to bring food. After all, they are already 'showering' the mum-to-be with presents!"
Ivana

Have a look at these fabulous baby shower cakes from our BabyCenter members.

20 Catering Food Ideas For Baby Showers

The first thing I think of when someone says “baby shower” is food. And as it’s a time for celebrating, the food is often really good!

As there’s going to be a new person coming into the world, why not make a baby shower a festive event? Most people think about baby shower food as being just desserts or finger foods.

That’s okay because those are two of my favourite types of food too. However, it is true that catering food ideas for baby showers can be tricky.

You are probably looking for something that is not only delicious, but also impressive for your guests.

But with so many different options out there, how do you choose what to serve at your party?

Obviously, if the baby shower is for you, you don’t have to do all the food preparation. Hopefully your friend will step up and treat you. Even so, it’s good to have some suggestions about what you’d like to eat.

So if you’re looking for some really great catering food ideas for baby showers, look no further.

These 20 amazing suggestions will help you plan an awesome menu for any type of baby shower.

Want to have a fabulous party, but not break the bank? See our Cheap Catering Food Ideas

Cake Pops

Ask your caterer to prepare some mini cake pops by using cake balls as the base and then by using frosting or sprinkles to decorate them.

They can be filled with anything from candy to fruit salad, so feel free to ask for whatever you fancy.

Are you a chocoholic? Here are our top Chocolate Dessert Recipes

Cupcakes On Sticks

Instead of having a traditional dessert table at your party, serve cupcakes on sticks. You can use skewers or toothpicks to hold them together and make it more fun.

Are you a coeliac? Maybe our Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Mousse Recipes will have something for you

Cupcake Towers

Create a cute little cupcake tower with cupcakes baked in individual cups. Ask to each cup different by varying the toppings – chocolate chips, nuts, candy are all popular.

If you’re having a girl, bake up some pink cupcakes and add a few drops of red food coloring to the batter.

Then top them off with white frosting and sprinkle with confetti sprinkles.

Is your baby shower taking the form of a mid-morning gathering? Then maybe our Brunch Catering Food Ideas will inspire you.

Cookie Bar

Have a cookie bar instead of a regular dessert table. This will allow you to bring out more than just cookies and cakes.

You can choose from brownies, bars and fudge – even ice cream sandwiches.

Looking for the Best Ice Cream in Sydney? We’ve got you covered.

Cookie Mason Jars

If you like the idea of cookies but the cookie bar sounds too much, get cookies in mason jars.

You can fill them with jam, ice cream, or whipped cream and then decorate them with sprinkles or candies.

Cookies And Jam

If you don’t want to set up a cookie bar, just get a batch of cookies filled with all kinds of jam and serve them on a platter along with a bowl of powdered sugar.

Need to cater for people with gluten intolerance? See our Gluten-Free Ginger Cinnamon Cookie Recipes

Cheese Board

Caterers love bringing diversity to the table and cheese is a fantastic way to do that.

Ask them to cut up different types of cheeses into bite-sized pieces and place them on a platter. Add crackers, nuts, fruits, and veggies to complete this yummy appetiser.

Do you prefer to follow a plant-based diet? Our piece on Vegan Cheese may interest you.

Popcorn Party

Our catering food ideas for baby showers aren’t all extragavent.

If you’re on a budget, just serve popcorn at your baby shower.

It’s a simple inexpensive idea that you can upgrade by asking for sweet and salty popcorn, peanut butter-covered popcorn, or popcorn sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

Tasty and cheap!

Are you organising the Christmas party this year? Our post on Catering Food Ideas for Christmas Parties has some pointers.

Pizzas

If you get an Italian caterer or someone who specializes in Italian cuisine, then ask them to make you regular or mini pizzas.

You can also see if they can make pizza dough and fill the crust with cream cheese, or add a variety of toppings like pepperoni, sausage, olives, mushrooms, onions, peppers, etc.

Searching for a great Pizza in Brisbane? Check our guide.

Mac’n’Cheese

If you want to go really fancy, try making individual macaroni and cheese bites or ask for a simple mac ’n’ cheese menu with different types of pasta and even cheese.

And if budget is not a problem, why not go all-out and prepare lobster mac ‘n’ cheese?

What you get more healthy fish and seafood into your diet? Try our Easy Seafood Recipes

Baby Shower Cake

Yes, you read that right. You’re probably craving those sweets and cakes, so go ahead and please yourself.

People usually order big cakes for their wedding, but who said that that is the limit? After all, it’s your party and you deserve that big slice.

Get an Italian wedding cake or a red velvet cake and rename it to ‘baby shower cake’. Get a chocolate one or anything else you desire.

No matter what it tastes like, it is a cake we are talking about so it’s really hard to disappoint!

Pasta Salad

Back to the pasta. If it’s a warm day and you don’t think mac ’n’ cheese will be pleasant to eat, you can ask for a simple pasta salad.

Pasta salads can be served cold and can be made with or without meat. So, if you have friends that are vegetarians or even vegans, this is a great alternative.

On the hunt for an Excellent Vegetarian Restaurant in Melbourne? Take a look at our recommendations

Quiche

Having quiche at your baby shower is another smart idea. You can order big or mini quiches and, regardless of their size, you know that they are simply mouthwatering.

Again, quiches can be suitable for different diets. If you ask for mini quiches request that they have a variety of regular, vegetarian, and vegan ones to make sure that everyone can eat them.

They are also extremely delicious, so you can always ask for some extra to keep in your fridge for those late-night cravings!

Unsure how much food you’ll need? See our post on Calculating Food Portions For Catering

Meatloaf Patties

Mini meatloaf patties, anyone? Well, this is probably not for those vegan friends of yours, but it is an option the rest will very much appreciate.

Your caterer can make fresh beef patties that you can either serve with some sauces or even turn them into burgers with the addition of some buns and sauces.

Chicken Pot Pies

Again, these can either be made in a regular or mini size. Baby chicken pot pies are one of our favourite catering food ideas for baby showers.

Just make sure to add some salad on the side.

Ever find yourself with Leftover Chicken? See our recipes.

Chocolate And Fruit Paradise

One of the best ideas on this list!

Make an edible centerpiece out of strawberries dipped in white chocolate or pick any other fruit you like and accompany it with white, milk, or dark chocolate.

Ideally, choose white chocolate for red-coloured fruits and the milky or dark one for the rest.

Do you adore mango? Check out our Best Mango Desert Recipes

Fruit Skewers

Pot pies and meatloaf patties might call for a lighter dessert, so instead of bringing that Italian wedding cake out, consider a plate of fruit skewers.

Simply have some apples, oranges, bananas, kiwis, grapes, and berries sliced into bite-sized pieces.

Instead of simply putting them on plates and serving them as they are, you can thread them onto toothpicks and dip them into melted white chocolate, and set them on top of a pretty platter covered in fondant icing.

Fresh Fruit Dessert

Alternatively, you can ask for a simple dessert bar filled with fresh fruits.

This can be made, for example, with watermelon, peaches, pears, nectarines, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries.

Place them in bowls and serve them to your guests!

Take a peak at our Finger Food Platter Ideas for more fun suggestions

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

This is a food idea that will definitely surprise your friends and even you once you realise how easy yet creative it is to make.

If you ask for an ice cream sandwich cake, what you will get is two regular-sized cakes cut into triangles, like an ice cream cone.

Then, your caterer will place a scoop of ice cream between the layers and frost the outside.

A little drizzle of sprinkles on top and your ice cream sandwich cake is ready.

Fruit Kebab Tray

Another fruity idea that is more than just a simple fruit on a plate.

Having a fruit kebab tray at your baby shower is great as it would save people the trouble of carrying around a plate on one hand and eating with the other.

Sliced apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, strawberries, melon balls, pineapple chunks, and other fresh fruits can turn into a, what someone could call, vegan kebab by simply threading them with a big kebab stick.

The best part? These sticks can be easily dipped in chocolate and honey, so add some big bowls for those dips.

Read our article on Keeping Deli Meats & Fruit Cold At A Party to ensure no one gets sick

Summary

That was it. 20 great ideas to take your baby shower to a next level and please all your guests.

Choosing some of these foods to add to your table and make sure you have a variety of healthy and ‘sinful’ options is probably the best way to please everyone.

However, as we said, it is your day, and the reason everyone is there is to celebrate you and the imminent arrival of your child.

So don’t lose sleep over choosing the right food.

Just ask your caterer for one of these foods and we are sure that they will do the best they can to make it a great palatal experience for all your guests.

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60 ways to decorate baby's meals

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You don't know what to do if your baby won't eat? Of course, lack of appetite may be related to a state of health, but the experience of many mothers suggests otherwise. As a rule, the child does not eat because the food does not seem appetizing to him. And here a variety of ideas for decorating dishes come to the rescue.

We tried to make the selection as diverse as possible, in which you will find ideas for both a regular meal and a festive menu. Porridges, soups, breakfast dishes (that the whole family will love), cakes... 60 options for children's dishes are waiting for you. Well, we will start with the simplest, moving to more complex ideas.

Part One: Basic Kids Menu Ideas

I. How to Decorate Egg Dishes

Eggs are one of the healthiest foods for adults and children alike. Of course, you can’t eat egg dishes every day, but they must be present in the child’s diet at least once a week. How can you turn ordinary eggs into a delicious culinary masterpiece?

1. Scrambled eggs on toast

Sunshine What kid doesn't love crispy toast? To make the dish even more appetizing, cook croutons with scrambled eggs. To do this, we need ordinary bread for toast. With a knife, cut out any figure in the loaves, spread the bread in a pan and brown one side. Then turn the bread over and pour the egg into the cut hole. Do not throw away the cut pieces of bread, but fry and serve with scrambled eggs. Get a delicious meal for the whole family.


2. Perfectly even scrambled eggs

How many times has this happened: I broke the eggs, but I don’t understand how they spread over the pan - damp in one place, burnt in another, and their outline does not cause delight. If you have round egg tins, use them to make perfect, even and beautiful scrambled eggs. Put the finished dish on a loaf, decorate with toasts (making the eyes and ears of a kitten) or draw a smiley face with ketchup.


3. Fried eggs in pepper

No molds? Well, don't worry! You can make edible shapes from other foods, such as the toast bread mentioned above. The same goes for bell peppers. Wash the pepper, cut it into rings (at least a centimeter high, because the pepper shrinks when frying). We put the pepper in a preheated pan with oil and pour an egg into each round.

Children love bright colors, so rounds of colorful peppers: green, red, yellow and orange are a great idea. Leftover peppers can be used in a summer salad. Ready scrambled eggs can be sprinkled with herbs - a beautiful and healthy dish will come out.


4. Kitten fried eggs

Here is another idea for those who love to use molds when cooking. You will need a heat-resistant form with a ready-made muzzle of some animal, for example, a kitten.

The yolks of the eggs will form eyes. To make them, you need to break the eggs, separating the yolk from the protein. Personally, I prefer to do it the traditional way, rolling the yolk from one half of the shell to the other until the whites run into the bowl. Well, you use the methods that are comfortable for you.

Next, you need to distribute the yolks and whites inside the mold by placing it on the pan. Pour the yolks into the slots for the eyes, fill the remaining voids of the form with proteins. For greater beauty and taste, you can add any ingredients, such as fried bacon.


5. Eggs in the shell with pictures

Stock up on ready-made stickers, because this is the easiest way to quickly decorate boiled eggs in the shell. It's also an easy way to decorate eggs for Easter. You can also paint the testicles with markers. Be sure to study the composition of the markers. There are special children's models, the paint of which is harmless, even if the child licks it.


6. Chick in the testicle

After poring over a boiled egg with a knife for a couple of minutes, you can make such a charming chicken. Lay the egg in a bowl with greens, forming a kind of nest. True, there is a chick to eat now a little sorry!


7. Colored Stuffed Eggs

Are you preparing a festive dish and want to decorate your stuffed eggs in a special way? To do this, boiled eggs must be peeled and put in food coloring diluted with water. Remove the eggs, dry, cut and stuff with pate or yolk paste. For beauty, the filling can be squeezed out with a confectionery syringe.

Since we are talking about dishes for children, be extremely careful when studying the composition of food colors. Even the most harmless of them should not be given to very young children in order to avoid allergic reactions.


8. Egg figurines

To create such figurines, you will need special molds. Some of them come with additional details, as in the photo (with a stand in the form of paws). After boiling the egg, cool it, put it in the mold, close the mold and press its sides. The egg will take the desired shape.

9. Winking Smiley Omelet

Bake an ordinary omelet, place on a plate and decorate. Sour cream and olive - one eye, cucumber - the second eye, a smile can be made from spinach stewed in sour cream, and a tongue from a piece of salmon. Remember that raw fish is not recommended for children. Use slightly salted or ovtar fish.


10. Omelette in the shape of a heart and a star

Once again, we will need cooking molds. In such as in the photo, you can bake pancakes, vegetable pancakes, fry meatballs, eggs or scrambled eggs. Oh gods, send me lots and lots of money, I want to buy all the molds in the world!


II. How to decorate sandwiches and fast food

Sandwiches or sandwiches are a popular breakfast item. Just let's not forget that you can not feed children like that from morning to night. But on the weekend, you can pamper the kids with a burger or other fast food.

1. Ladybug sandwich

The main filling can be whatever your heart desires: from bacon, sausage or cheese. We put green lettuce leaves on top and decorate it with a funny figure that looks like a ladybug. We make wings from cut tomatoes, dots on the wings and a head from olives.


2. Sandwiches with Forest Animals cheese

And here are cute wild animals: a raccoon, an owl, a hedgehog and a fox. You will have to tinker a little, cutting out curly details from black and white bread, as well as contrasting varieties of cheese. But the kids will love it for sure.

By the way, involve the kids in the cooking process. So you will have little helpers, and besides, you will cultivate independence in children from a very early age. Also, children usually do not refuse food that they have made themselves. So the second option is a win-win on all counts.


3. Vegetable sandwiches

Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, olives, greens - all these healthy ingredients can be used to decorate bread. Bread can be served with any side dish.


4. Bear Burger

To keep the pattern well, choose burger buns without powder. You can attach slices of sausage and sliced ​​\u200b\u200bfrom cheese and olives to the top bun to make a cute face.


5. Sausage in Race Car Dough

Broom Broom! I'll tell you a secret: both boys and girls like toy cars. Surprise your child with a delicious racing car made of ... sausages in dough! Wheels can be made from tmoats, cucumber slices, zucchini or other vegetable. To prevent the wheels from falling off, pierce them with a toothpick, sticking the other end into the bun. Remind your child to take out the toothpick before biting into the bun.


6. Pizza "Heart"

Children love pizza with all their heart, so why not make pizza in the shape of a heart? Raw cake can be pre-cut. You can trim the cake after baking (but then it will not have delicious sides). The third option is to put the raw dough into a heart shape for cakes. What ingredients to add is up to you.


III. How to decorate salads

Vegetables are extremely important in the diet of a growing organism, and therefore a balanced diet is impossible without them. Let's look at interesting ways to serve vegetable cuts and salads.

1. Vegetables on portrait plates

These plates with ready-made portraits are a great purchase for a family with small children. You can invite your child to participate in cooking. Give him chopped vegetables and let him create a work of art by laying out additional parts of the portrait from food.


2. Santa Winter Salad

This salad serving is ideal for decorating New Year's dishes. However, the salad looks so appetizing that you can cook it on any other day. The basis can be the usual Olivier or crab salad. We create a portrait from grated ingredients and finely chopped vegetables. For the pattern, you will need boiled eggs, grated cheese, tomatoes or red bell pepper salad.


3. Summer salad "Watermelon slice"

Does your baby not like vegetables? We are willing to argue, he will definitely like a watermelon, even if it is made from vegetables. We need only four ingredients: cucumbers, cheese, tomatoes and a couple of olives. Finely chop the tomatoes, removing the skins. Three cucumbers and cheese on a coarse grater. We spread everything in the form of a crescent, creating an imitation of a watermelon peel. To make a semblance of seeds, you just need to cut the olives into thin slices.


4. Sliced ​​vegetables with Whiskers egg

Make eyes out of two cherry tomato halves, make green eyebrows. From young carrots we make shavings for the mustache. Half an egg (hard-boiled or bagged) will be the nose. Half a cucumber - with a mouth, and mayonnaise or sour cream - with a white-toothed smile. Fresh parsley will be our eyelashes.

Hmm... it feels like this face looks like some cartoon character I know. Does she remind you of anyone?


What is considered baby food in different countries: edaruofficial — LiveJournal

Tell a Chinese or a Turk that for you the taste of childhood is beet soup and kvass: they simply won't understand you or even sympathize with the fact that it's not easy for children in Russia. Whether it's rice noodles or merdzhimek-chorbasy!

On the other hand, most Russian children do not perceive noodles with Asian sauces and lentil soup as normal food.

We asked different people who grew up in other countries or live abroad and raise children about what is considered baby food in different countries.

Italy

Italians are sentimental, they care more about traditions than anyone else, so children sit at the table with adults and eat what they are given from birth: pasta, pizza and soups - thick rice cakes stuffed with mozzarella, bacon or something else, usually a couple of these pies are enough to last until the next meal. At 5 p.m. between lunch and dinner, many children receive bread with Nutella and a glass of milk, they even feed this afternoon snack in monastic schools - and this is the first thing that comes to mind for Italian mothers, when it’s still a long time before dinner, and the child is already whining from hunger: Italians believe that lunch and dinner should be eaten at specially designated hours. And in Italy, they calmly give coffee to children, almost two years old, weak cappuccino in the morning is the norm. In addition, many Italian kindergartens practice two types of menus - winter and summer, the difference is small: in winter, pasta sauce is denser, more meat and hot soups, in summer - fresher and brighter vegetables and fruits and eat cold soups.

Israel

Israeli children eat hummus, pasta, schnitzel with french fries (prescribed in almost all restaurant children's menus), a lot of dough, but the most important local children's food is sweets of all kinds. Israeli doctors universally believe that local children are obese. Like it or not, here is the most popular baby food in Israel. A variety of pastries - from spinach buns to chocolate biscuits - are sold on every corner, all playgrounds are littered with bags from neighboring shops. Chocolate butter - spread on a lush bun or eat with cookies, and at worst - scoop with a spoon. Sweet sodas - in Israel you always want to drink and you need to drink so that there is no dehydration, but many people forget that we are talking about plain water. Ready-made breakfasts are gluten-free Apropo corn cones or wild neon corn flakes that tourists take home as souvenirs and are sometimes intercepted by Israeli security at the airport. Dairy desserts "Milki" - a popular local product, again, with chocolate or nuts, a white and lilac jar can be found in any refrigerator. Krembo is a short-lived dessert consisting of whipped cream hidden in a thin chocolate shell. So fragile in all respects is a thing that dessert is allowed to be made only in winter, in summer it is easy for them to get poisoned. And the most insidious thing is "Bamba": peanut sticks made like corn sticks that are given flavors like strawberry. The first "Bamba" was released at 1964, then it was made from cheese, and only two years later peanut sticks began to be produced. Bamba is considered gluten-free, but even if it contained gluten, that wouldn't stop anyone. "Bamba" is eaten in heat and cold, at sea, at school, on the street, "Bamba" sticks to the palms, clogged between the fingers, crumbs from "Bamba" corrode the corners of the mouth, but it does not matter.

USA

American kids love to eat fast food, which is great at the local market. From birth, they eat cereal breakfasts, in which America has excelled like no other. For example, Teddy Grahams - invented at 19'88 teddy bear cornflakes flavored with honey, nuts or chocolate, making breakfast an endless joy. Some American mothers struggle with the poor appetite of their children with the help of bears - they persuade them to save the cubs drowning in milk, and few can refuse this (and no one is embarrassed that the rescued animals go straight into their mouths). Pirate Booty popcorn is on the heels of the bears! with the taste of cheddar and a lot of other varieties that are usually eaten with milk. Corn flakes are eaten for breakfast, bags of popcorn are eaten at school, on a walk and at the movies. In addition, a lot of unhealthy foods are common among children and teenagers: quesadillas with various toppings, burgers, chicken nuggets of all shapes and sizes, grilled hot cheese sandwich, chocolate shakes and chocolate milk, peanut butter spread on bread and decorated with sweets M&M's, maple syrup pancakes, Goldfish crackers and orange juice that lives in every refrigerator.

Switzerland

On the one hand, Swiss mothers follow a carefully calibrated pediatric diet for children, which includes cereals with fruits, complex carbohydrates (yes, the Swiss recommend giving children quinoa and bulgur) and a variety of vegetables. On the other side of the scale are children's menus in restaurants, all as one paying tribute to globalization: chicken nuggets and french fries, as well as including more traditional schnitzels of the region and potato salad with onions and mayonnaise. Another tradition is Bircher Muesli for breakfast. This invention of a Swiss nutritionist is muesli (usually oatmeal) with nuts or berries, which are poured with yogurt in the evening and infused overnight.

Turkey

Every self-respecting Turkish grandmother feeds her grandchildren with tarhana soup from the mixture of the same name. The usual tarkhana is tomatoes, green and red peppers, flour, yogurt or milk and yeast, but in the arsenal of every housewife there are secret ingredients - spices or aromatic herbs. The resulting dough is divided into small portions and dried until it begins to crumble, then it is ground into grits. The soup of the same name, which children love to cook so much, is tomato paste fried in butter, tarkhana and water. Competing soup is thick lentil merdzhimek-chorbasy with tomato paste, butter, mint, cumin and thyme. Everything is very satisfying and high in calories. The consistency is on the conscience of every grandmother. It’s not a fact that grandchildren enjoy soups just like their grandmothers, because lahmacun (a Turkish variation of pizza) is much tastier than some kind of soup. A healthy component of the children's table is ayran or natural yogurt.

Australia

On the smallest continent, muffins, thick pancakes with sweet sauces, sandwiches, sausage rolls (sausages in puff pastry or pies with meat filling), icy pols (ice made from lemon water with sugar) are considered children's food . In general, everything that can be called finger food is food that is convenient to eat with your hands. A set with a completely global character. A distinctive Australian feature is fairy bread (fairy bread is toast covered with small multi-colored dragees, which Easter cakes are usually decorated with in Russia) and Anzac cookies - oatmeal with coconut and molasses or honey. During the First World War, it was sent to relatives serving far from their homeland, because it tolerated transportation well, ANZAC proper stands for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. " Now, Australian schoolchildren are eating cookies with pleasure.

India

All the best for children, but the best, according to the average Indian, what? Beautiful and sweet. Indian children eat almost the same as adults, except that rice and cereals and dairy products are often shaded with sugar, and in large quantities, and desserts are intensively painted as in the midst of Holi. Sweet milk noodles, similar to those given to children in the USSR, are in use, however, in India they are used as a dense dessert. In cities, an adapted version of American fast food is held in high esteem - vegetarian spicy burgers, french fries. More traditional foods are ice cream (kulfi), semolina (shira), and sweet lassi and bananas—raw, dried, sweet, and baked. And also ice cream on vegetable fat with impossible color dyes, multi-colored ice in acid-colored syrup and international pizza and chicken nuggets, but seasoned with curry. Everything together is like the India that we see in Bollywood films: festive, sweet, bright and energetic.

Greece

Greek children probably eat one of the healthiest diets: muesli with goat's milk and Greek yogurt in the morning, pasta and souvlaki at lunch and dinner, small kebabs on wooden sticks. Firstly, they are portioned, the meat in souvlaki is finely chopped, and it is convenient for children, and secondly, it is baked on the grill. Those whose teeth have not yet come out are given moussaka, a Greek vegetable casserole with meat and spices. Since Greek cuisine is impossible without olive oil and oregano, children know these two tastes from birth, and oil and oregano are boldly poured and poured into even the most sparing children's dishes. For sweets, there are a lot of pastries made from puff pastry filo, puddings and semolina pies soaked in orange syrup, Merenda chocolate-nut paste and local Lakta chocolate. Of the international joys - french fries, which the Greeks put in gyros (a kind of shawarma).

UK

The approach couldn't be easier. Children's food is chips and everything that you can eat with your hands, and everything that children generally want to eat. The set is predictable: battered fish fingers with fries (that is, fish and chips), cheese and ham sandwiches, chicken breast burgers, as well as sausages with mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and spaghetti bolognese. The real battlefield is still rice pudding. In the first half of the 20th century, creamy rice with milk and nutmeg (at best) or rice porridge (at worst) were an indispensable element of children's food both at home and in schools. It was believed that rice is satisfying, healthy and cheap. Those who are lucky enough to eat pudding, and not rice boiled in milk, promote the food of their childhood, those who are not lucky hate it just as passionately.

France

Haven't you forgotten the processed cheeses in the package with the laughing red cow? So, Vache qui rit is the number one French baby food, although in fairness it should be noted that in France a cheerful cow advertises not only cheap processed cheeses, but also quite healthy fresh curds. Only the snow-white man from the package of P'tit Louis cream cheese competes with the cow. These curds are sold immediately with gressen (aka grissini), and, perhaps, this is one of the most useful children's snacks that you can think of. The food is not for every day, but this makes it even more desirable - pancakes with nuttella. Traces of globalization - chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese and breaded fish fingers - are also popular here, but not as much as slices of bread with an egg in a bag - mouyette. The bread is cut into long strips, the top is removed from the egg and the bread is dipped into the liquid yolk. And fun, and tasty, and useful.

Armenia

In terms of baby food, Armenian children are very mature: from an early age they eat the same as everyone else, without being capricious: cheeses, herbs, barbecue. If grandmothers want to pamper their grandchildren, they cook porridge for them! Katnov - milky rice with vanilla (and Armenian children, unlike English children, eat it on both cheeks, apparently, the point is not in rice, but in the ability to cook it). And havits porridge is cooked on water with fried flour and butter. Despite the boring composition, this is a very tasty and satisfying porridge, because sugar, cinnamon, and cloves are added to it.

Sweden

Swedish children are probably the most disciplined and gastronomically erudite children in the world. From childhood, they know about fredags mues - delicious things on Fridays. Adults buy wine for themselves, while children buy traditional cinnamon and cardamom rolls and open pies with berries and vanilla cream. The rest of the time, their menu is a little different from the Russian one: potato casseroles with meat, chicken noodles, pancakes, meatballs, nettle soup. And no whims: on ordinary days, meatballs with lingonberry sauces, on Friday - sweets. By the way, sweet drinks and desserts are prohibited in Swedish kindergartens and schools, but here they pay a lot of attention to getting to know the traditions of different countries, believing that children should be familiar with a wide variety of products and their combinations.

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