If you include children in your dinner invitations, you don't necessarily have to modify your menu to please younger, finicky palates.
Make a simple kids' meal in addition to your menu, and everyone's happy!
Menu
English Muffin Pizzas
Chicken Fingers
Peanut Butter Banana Roll-ups
Carrot sticks
Puppy Chow
Cherry Dessert
Chicken Fingers
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup Dijon mustard
- 1 ½ cups seasoned bread crumbs
Cut chicken into strips. Brush with mustard. Roll in bread crumbs. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until cooked through and brown.
English Muffin Pizzas
- 6 English muffins
- 1 can pizza sauce
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
Break muffins in half and place on a cookie sheet. Spoon sauce onto each muffin half and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes, or until cheese melts.
Peanut Butter Banana Roll-ups
- 4 flour tortillas
- 4 bananas
- Peanut butter
Spread peanut butter evenly onto tortillas. Lay peeled banana on one end and roll up tightly. Slice into rounds.
Puppy Chow
- 1 6-ounce bag chocolate chips
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 6 cups Crispix cereal
- 1 cup powdered sugar
In a large glass, microwavable bowl, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir and continue cooking until melted. Stir in peanut butter. Gently stir in the cereal until well coated. Place powdered sugar in a brown paper shopping bag. Add the coated cereal. Go outside and shake until well coated. Store in refrigerator.
Cherry Dessert
- 1 large box cherry Jello gelatin
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 small can crushed pineapple with juice.
Put Jello into large bowl and add half the water called for in the directions. Stir in cherry pie filling and pineapple, with juice. Refrigerate overnight. To serve, spoon into bowls and top with whipped cream and a cherry.
Tips:
- Food for children should be kept simple. Give a group of children too many choices and soon you’ll be serving custom-made meals! Before serving this menu, be sure you don’t have any peanut allergies, especially with the Puppy Chow, where the peanut butter is barely noticeable.
- Set out some dipping sauces for the chicken fingers, but don't get too carried away. Many young children pass on sauces of any kind. To keep it simple, set out some bottled ranch dressing and bottled honey mustard for those who prefer a dip.
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