Bring a Plate
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Topic: Bring a Plate
Posted By: grrrgrrrr
Subject: Bring a Plate
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 1:58pm
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Well I hope someone can help me with this one. I am originally from Sweden and I find brinign a plate really confusing. Trying to brign somehting that everyone will eat a bit of a challenge.
We have a joint birthday party coming up and one of the children is allergic to a lot of things, we cannot bring anythign containing nuts, milk, egg or soy. Any ideas of what I can bring? Others are already bringing crackers, saveloys and rice bubbles. ------------- Mattias 2yo Henrik almost 1 |
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Posted By: grrrgrrrr
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 1:59pm
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Sorry forgot to add that they are turning 1. ------------- Mattias 2yo Henrik almost 1 |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 2:20pm
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Here's a few ideas from what I've seen at 1st birthday parties...
- Little ham sandwiches cut into shapes (eg stars) - Fairy bread (100s and 1000s on bread) - Fresh fruit platter (this is always really popular) - Mini muffins (if you can find a recipe without egg or milk... I've used a yummy chocolate muffin recipe that doesn't have milk in it, will check to see if has egg) ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 3:41pm
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I second the fruit platter. It always goes down well with both the kids and the adults.
If you check out the AllergyNZ website they have some great easy recipes for everything (egg, dairy, soy etc ) free foods - otherwise if you would rather buy something, check out the Orgram range of allergy friendly cookies in the health food isle of the supermarket. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 4:20pm
I've just done a compilation of all the allergy friendly recipes on here, there are lots of ideas in there. http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26698 - Here's the link to the thread  (and now will go and add this thread as Liz & Sterryn have given you some good ideas too!)------------- 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 6:34pm
first off i wouldnt bother trying to please everyone, you will never succeed 
you can either take something for the kids - and a fruit platter is a great idea and then you cant go wrong with allergies and stuff... or take a nice cake and say you brought it for the adults as you werent too sure about the ingredients you were allowed for the kids... i personally think it is a bit unfair to say bring a plate and put restrictions on it cause of allergies etc ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 7:43pm
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I agree with Bizzy. My oldest 3 all had/have allergies and I never expected others to cater for them coz it was too tricky. Maya's birthday was dairy/egg/soy/nut free coz it was her day and coz I knew lots of suitable options as that was her usual diet.
Some of the things we had that were dairy etc. free were Shapes crackers (the chicken crimpy flavour is dairy free), fairy bread (made with Olivani which is dairy free), dairy/egg free muffins, Oreos cookies (yep, dairy free) and fresh fruit. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 8:11pm
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I would take something that you think would be ok you can't please everyone I also find that taking a savoury option is normally quite a good idea as normally people take packs of biscuits etc. What about mince savouries would they be ok? Maybe not with the eggs? I also think its a little bit rude for them to say if its specified in invite that you "can't" take things containing the allergins as that can make it extremly hard for some wouldn't a request be nicer? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 23 May 2009 at 8:37pm
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In fairness to the hosts, it may be that the child has an anaphylactic reaction to nuts (for example) so there are times when it is necessary to put some restrictions on. (But personally, if that was Daniel, then I would cater it myself rather than make everyone else jump through all the hoops).
That said, avoiding nuts, eggs, milk AND soy is a hard ask for people who are not used to cooking with such restrictions. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 May 2009 at 3:03pm
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I wouldn't have made it potluck if I had an allergy kid... I still would have been nervous that someone had misread an important ingredient!!
What about a bag of marshmallows or some rice crackers? There are a lot of good ideas on here, just remember 1yo's are not very hungry so don't overdo it - just a small plate ------------- |
Posted By: grrrgrrrr
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 12:47pm
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Thank you so much for your suggestions! I think I might go with one small plate for the kids and then somethign cakey for the adults.
------------- Mattias 2yo Henrik almost 1 |