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Save the Children week this year coincides with the royal wedding - and children's chef Annabel Karmel has provided three mouth-watering and fun recipes to help celebrations for both go with a bang.
Visit savethechildren.org.uk/borntoparty to download a party pack from Save The Children with more celebrity party food, music and games ideas.
Fun and healthy: Annabel Karmel's melon pig is always a hit with children
BAGEL SNAKE
This is a fun way of serving bagels and you can make the snake as long as you like depending on how many bagels you use. It's really quick and easy to make and is great for a special tea party or a children’s birthday party.
Healthy lunch: The bagel snake is a nice twist on the regular party sandwich
TRY THESE EGG TIPS...
How do you know your eggs are fresh?
Place the egg in a glass or a small bowl of water. If it stays at the bottom it is very fresh. If it tilts up slightly it is up to a week old. If it floats, throw it away.
How can you tell if an egg is hard-boiled?
Spin the egg on a flat surface. Place your finger on top of the egg to stop it moving and then take it away immediately. If the egg is raw, it continues to spin.
INGREDIENTS
2 bagels
Tuna salad topping:
1x 200g can of tuna in oil (drained)
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp crème fraiche or Greek yoghurt
2 spring onions, finely sliced
Egg salad:
2 to 3 hard boiled eggs (10 minutes)
3 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp snipped fresh chives
3 tbsp salad cress
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Decoration:
Chives
Cherry tomatoes, halved
1stuffed olive, sliced
a strip of sweet pepper
METHOD
Slice the bagels in half and then cut each half down the centre to form a semi circle. Cut out the head of the snake from one of the pieces of bagel and the tail from another. Mix the ingredients for the tuna salad topping and mix the ingredients for the egg salad topping. Spread the bagel pieces with tuna and egg.
Arrange the bagels to form the body of a snake. Attach the head to the snake’s body and arrange two slices of stuffed olive to form the eyes and cut out a forked tongue from the strip of sweet pepper. Add the tail
Decorate the tuna topping with halved cherry tomatoes and the egg topping with strips of chives arranged in a criss cross pattern.
WATERMELON PIG
This is a fun way to serve fruit for a party and it’s always greeted with squeals of delight.
Juicy fruit: The melon pig is always met with squeals of delight
INGREDIENTS
1 watermelon
1 cantaloupe melon
1 ogen or honeydew melon
Round black and white grapes
2 limes
2 glace cherries
4 raisins
METHOD
First mark out the spiral tail of the pig on the watermelon using a pen. Cut out a large, round hole from the top of the melon, then cut around the marked out spiral tail.
Use the cut off top to make a 5 cm (2 in) diameter circle for the pig’s snout and two triangles for the ears, which you will use to decorate the pig. Set aside.
Using a melon ball scoop, scoop out watermelon balls until the shell is empty. Discard the seeds as you go. Scrape out any remaining melon and drain the shell of juice. Mop up any remaining juices inside the shell with absorbent kitchen paper. Cut the other two melons in half, remove the seeds and scoop out balls of melon. Add to the watermelon balls in a large bowl.
To decorate the watermelon, halve the limes and attach with toothpicks to make the pigs trotters. Stick two melon seeds into the centre of the snout for nostrils. Push toothpicks into the melon where you want the ears and nose to go, then attach the melon pieces to them.
Slice the end off the cherries, push a raisin into the centre of each and attach with toothpicks to create the eyes. Drain any liquid from the melon balls. Fill the watermelon with the melon balls and grapes.
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