Polka-dot food ideas
I am having a polka-dot party for my 2 year old next week and I'm looking for creative food to serve. it will have adults an kid aged 0-12 ish. Because we keep kosher this will be a dairy event (so no meat products).
So far I've thought of carrot and cucumber coins and rounds cut from cheese sticks. And snickerdoodles rolled in round sprinkles.
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15 Comments:
what about pizza with vegan sausage cut in circles on it? or round tomato slices?
or you could make different sandwiches and use a cookie cutter to cut them into circles. if you wanted to step it up, use two different colors of bread (white bread and pumpernickel, for example), and cut one piece of bread into a circle, then cut a smaller circle out of that, and fill in the inner circle with a small circle of the other type of bread. that could probably take awhile, but maybe your child could help you with the cookie cutters?
also, you can cut oranges up into circles, maybe make a fruit plate with different circular fruits?
billyburgwife at 9:20PM on 11/02/09
You could fill a truffle bowl with rounded scoops of different types of melon. Sliced olives and some kind of spread on round crackers, stuffed mushroom caps, Dippin' Dots in lieu of regular ice cream, and cupcakes sprinkled with dots.
yankeesgal at 9:56PM on 11/02/09
I second the dippin dots. Also if you are cutting up fruit, kiwis would be fun. Candy dots (do they still have those?) could be good if you want to have candy. Swiss cheese already seems "dotted." Baked ravioli. Salad of cucumber coins, cherry tomatoes, and mini balls of fresh motzarella
MaeMae at 12:10AM on 11/03/09
Eggplant balls (like meat balls but vegetarian) and so yummy! (not my blog but had this recipe at a friend's recently and they were great: http://sowhatareyoumakingfordinner.blogspot.com/2009/09/dinner-at-my-sisters-house.html).
Polenta rounds topped with something yummy
Arancini
Bubble tea with tapioca pearls
Baked falafel balls
Hollow out a round bread and fill with spinach artichoke dip, served with round crackers
stuffed mushroom caps
mini quesadillas
lentils are somewhat dot-like
cream puffs
MaeMae at 12:21AM on 11/03/09
Are eggs considered dairy? If so, deviled eggs cut the short way. You might have to slice a bit off the bottom so they stand up.
A vegetable quiche with sliced cherry tomatoes dotted on the top.
Thumbprint cookies with jam, jelly or frosting.
Cheese dominoes. Rectangles of white cheese with piped dots of black bean hummus or olive paste. The kids probably won't eat them, and they might be labor intensive, but a few might be cute just to carry out your theme.
zucchini at 5:57AM on 11/03/09
peas
CJ McD at 9:03AM on 11/03/09
lentils
chickpeas
olives
pomegranate seeds
cherry tomatoes (mentioned)
falafel (mentioned)
blueberries
capers
couscous
tapioca
seme di melone (dot shaped pasta)
gnocchi (make them rounder, rather than oblong)
CJ McD at 9:07AM on 11/03/09
baby red potatoes
oranges or orange slices (cross-wise)
poppy seeds
brie
cheese wheels
CJ McD at 9:08AM on 11/03/09
scallopes
zucchini or cucumber slices
mushroom caps (round side up)
pearl onions
snowball cookies or truffles
mini tostadas
little scoops of ice cream or sorbet
doughnut holes
CJ McD at 9:12AM on 11/03/09
croquettes
gougeres
cream puffs
pretzel nuggets
salami or pepperoni slices
CJ McD at 9:14AM on 11/03/09
What if you did like an open face grilled cheese sandwich with Swiss cheese on pumpernickel bread. The contrasting colors would make the dots stand out.
annabanannas at 10:58AM on 11/03/09
I really like yankeesgal's suggestion;
(Of course CJ McD's got good ones)
And the egg idea as per zuccini has endless possiblilities!
hungrychristel at 11:07AM on 11/03/09
A couscous salad with chickpeas, dried cranberries, golden raisins, etc. would be very, very "dotty".
Biscuits
CJ McD at 11:48AM on 11/03/09
you all rock! thanks for the great ideas.
rabbiswife at 3:42PM on 11/03/09
The first thing I thought of when I read this title were M&M cookies. Are M&M's kosher?
If you have a waffle iron, mix up some waffle batter and put in rainbow sprinkles. The waffles will come out with rainbow dots!
cycorider at 7:29PM on 11/03/09