by Riti Kaunteya
‘This birthday we must do something different.’ I said with a high expectation that the children would jump with joy. No such luck. The chances of going with what we usually do, meaning fast food and juices seemed to be high until they had the ‘Save Our Earth’ campaign in their school. Not one to not strike the iron when hot, I raised the topic again. ‘Let us make it an Earth-friendly party.’ I said excitedly. ‘We will not use disposables or paper napkins. We will use stainless steel tumblers for juice and water and likewise use our small plates for serving yummy, healthy snacks. If needed, we can buy some and keep them safely for the next party.’

‘And no napkins,’ piped in my son, ‘Let us use hand towels like the ones we take to school.’
‘Oh and no plastic spoons and forks Mamma,’ the second son advised sagely.
‘Today Mam reminded us to not eat junk food but our party food is always junk food Mamma. Why can’t junk food be healthy? Then no one will stop us from eating them.’
I sighed. There was a time when my children had come back from a party without eating a thing because they were all junk food. School lessons that year had worked their way into their minds but in due course, all was forgotten. I could see the influence of the teacher was beginning to work its magic on them yet again.
Perhaps, I must find a few easy party ideas that use healthy recipes to wean the children off junk food. And if I am lucky, perhaps the children would help me perfect the recipe as well.
I looked online and chanced upon the site of Slurrp Farm which sells healthy snack food, made of millets and other grains. Perhaps I could work on some recipes based on their products and that would be easy to make party snacks.
We spent a few happy afternoons perfecting them through multiple tasting sessions with the resident guinea pig- Dad until we were satisfied with the results.
Here are the 5 easy party food ideas for anyone to adapt:
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1. Fruit-Cake Bites (without egg)Slurrp Farm has a millet pancake mix which comes in banana and chocolate flavors which can easily be made into waffles and muffins. The mix already contains baking powder hence you do not need to add anything else except for the garnish. Ingredients: 1. One cup of Slurrp Farm Millet Chocolate Pancake mix 2. ½ Cup of toned-milk 3. One cup of choco chips 4. One cup walnut kernels 5. One cup finely-chopped cashew nuts 6. One cup raisins 7. One cup cranberries 8. One cup blueberries Method: 1. Take 1 cup of Slurrp Farm Millet Chocolate Pancake mix. Add all or any two of the ingredients mentioned above 2. Pour the batter in a greased mini-muffin tray for baking in the oven. Put it into the pre-heated 350 F. degrees (or 180C., Gas mark 4) oven. Bake for 45-50 minutes 3. Once the cakes cool, you may want to use the refrigerator to cool them further, take toothpicks and use them to make combinations of two fruits and a muffin and serve them on trays 4. You could use grapes, pineapple, watermelon, apples to pair with the muffins |
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If you have tasty and healthy kids’ birthday party food recipes, feel free to share with us: mail@slurrpfarm.in and get a chance to be featured on our website!






