Party food is often looked up as something which is unhealthy as it’s mostly high in calories. But it can be made healthy with few changes here and there. One most important thing is to make sure the food is ‘tasty and healthy’ not ‘healthy and boring’.
Healthy but not boring is my mantra for all the recipes I am sharing this month. Here are some tips to make your party food healthy and to retain the taste.
- Party time means an overload of sweets. So, the first thing you can do is to try and use healthier options like jaggery or honey in place of white sugar in your desserts.
- The second tip is to remove white flour completely from your kitchen. I make all my cakes and cookies form whole wheat flour and believe me they taste equally good.
- Include salads on your menu. Salads can be made in many different ways with vegetables and fruits.
- Remove all colas and sweetened juices. Include drinks with healthy ingredients like aam panna, lemonade with mint, fresh fruit mocktails, flavoured lassi etc.
- Last but not least, keep some treats in there as we don’t want it to be a boring menu but balance it out with healthy foodstuff.
Traditional party foods are all high-calorie foods and with just a few changes, you can make a healthier menu and your guests are surely going to ask for more. People are getting health conscious and I am sure your guests are going to appreciate your efforts.
Read here – 10 easy party food ideas for kids
Party crackers are very easy to make recipe which you can make quickly before guests arrive. The best part is that you can choose any kind of topping for the same. Today I am sharing two topping ideas with you which I commonly use at my home.
Crackers are the biscuits which are easily available in the markets. The one I get is light and low in calories.
The first one is a paneer and vegetable topping and the second one is a pizza topping.
These can be used as starters or as a snack when you want something different to eat. You can choose any kind of crackers or biscuits for this recipe.
- CRACKERS WITH PANEER AND VEGETABLE TOPPING
- 5-10 crackers/biscuits
- ¼ cup finely chopped capsicum
- 1 small onions chopped
- ½ cup crumbled paneer or cottage cheese
- Coriander for garnishing
- Green chilies (optional)
- Salt and black pepper according to taste
- 1 tbsp. tomato ketchup
- CRACKERS WITH PIZZA TOPPING -
- 5 crackers/biscuits
- 5 tsp pizza sauce
- ¼th cup chopped capsicum
- ¼th cup chopped tomato
- ¼th cup chopped onion
- 2 tbsp. pizza cheese (grated)
- Oregano and chili flakes (optional)
- PANEER TOPPING -
- Wash all the vegetables.
- Chop them finely and keep aside.
- Crumple or use grated paneer
- Now take little oil in a pan and stir-fry the veggies.
- Add salt, black pepper, and ketchup. Mix it nicely.
- Add paneer and mix nicely. Let the mixture cool.
- Just before serving, place this mixture of paneer and veggie on each cracker and serve immediately.
- PIZZA TOPPING -
- First of all, mix all the three chopped vegetables and add little oregano. Keep aside.
- Place the cracker or biscuits on a serving plate, and spread pizza sauce on each cracker biscuit.
- Now place the vegetable mixture.
- Top it up with grated cheese.
- You can sprinkle little chili flakes on each cream cracker biscuit.
- Serve immediately.
You can keep it in the oven for 5 minutes before serving to give it a pizza effect.
Assemble the crackers just before serving. Otherwise, they can get soggy and soft.
You can make any toppings using different fruits and vegetables.
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I am sharing 26 healthy recipes under 30 minutes full this month.
See the recipes till now –
A for Apple coconut squares
B for a Bracing burger
C for Carrot walnut muffins
D for Dhokla with a twist
E for Eggless Pancake
F for Fruit chocolate pops
G for Gluten-free Spinach and rice balls
H for Honey strawberry milkshake
I for Instant paneer tikka
J for Jaggery Dates chutney
K for Kale grilled sandwich
L for Lemon cranberry mojito
M for Mango brown rice salad
April 16, 2018 at 10:31 am
this is yummy.. i have tried this before with the crackers.. yet another healthy post.
April 16, 2018 at 10:32 am
Easy and quick. I will try this , have a play date at home as vacations now.
April 16, 2018 at 12:08 pm
I am going to make it right away. I have all the ingredients. Love you for these recipes dear.
April 16, 2018 at 1:33 pm
That’s quick recipe I loved it and I think it’s so easy for my daughter also to make , wud try it soon
April 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm
This is a super easy and healthy one, I would love to try it with some chicken toppings thx for sharing Deepa
April 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Party food does not have to be unhealthy and your recipe just proves it, Deepa. Another awesome recipe!
April 16, 2018 at 3:50 pm
Love the tips to have healthy food. And this is such an easy peasy recipe! 🙂
April 16, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Such a quicky. Going to try this right now.
April 16, 2018 at 9:20 pm
Some great tips yet again Deepa. I also learnt the ideas of toppings on crackers ?
April 16, 2018 at 10:14 pm
With these crackers, the party sure will rock!
April 16, 2018 at 11:04 pm
Fab recipe. I have used Monacco biscuits but never Crackers. Will try it out and love the idea of keeping it in oven for 5 minutes. Thanks for sharing, Deepa!
April 19, 2018 at 1:06 pm
What a lovely twist to unhealthy cheese overloaded party crackers. This will be super hit among kids and adults alike.
April 20, 2018 at 2:13 pm
With part y food like this, I wana to party everyday this is yummy and healthy delight.