Fun ‘Sea’ Food Ideas

 

BEACH JELLIES

Needs overnight refrigeration

You will need:

85g packet of green or blue jelly crystals, 2 cups of boiling water, 2 tbs. Fine biscuit crumbs, 12 jelly babies, 12 lifesavers or mints with holes in them, 12 paper umbrellas/parasols

·        Line a 12-cup patty tin or muffin tin with two layers of paper patty cases or paper muffin cases.

·        Combine jelly crystals and water in a jug.

·        Stir until all the crystals have dissolved.

·        Set aside to cool.

·        Pour jelly into paper cases to three-quarters full.

·        Refrigerate overnight.

·        Sprinkle biscuit crumbs over half of each jelly.

·        Lay a jelly baby on the crumb side of case.

·        Place a lifesaver or candy with hole on the other half of jelly and put a paper umbrella through the centre.

CINNAMON SEA SNAILS

You will need:

Crescent roll dough or puff pastry, soft butter, cinnamon, and sugar.

·        Separate the dough into triangles.

·        Have the children spread the butter on one side, sprinkle the cinnamon and the sugar over the butter.

·        Start with one end of the triangle and roll into a spiral.

·        Bake as directed, let cool and enjoy!

Sandy Cinnamon Toast

·        Make sandy cinnamon toast by spreading the bread with butter or soft margarine

·        Sprinkle on a mixture of sugar and cinnamon

·        Toast in oven or toaster oven

EDIBLE AQUARIUM

You will need:

Softened cream cheese, blue food colouring, Melba toast, crackers, goldfish (fish-shaped) cheese crackers

·        Add a couple of drops of blue food colouring to the cream cheese

·        Spread the blue cream cheese on to the Melba toast or crackers, put a few goldfish on top.

OCTOPUS BUBBLES

·        Pour half a glass of pineapple juice.

·        Add club soda to fill the glass.

·        Stir and enjoy.

OCTOPUS TREAT

·        You will need 2 round crackers (Ritz) per student, peanut butter, Mini M&M's and liquorice.

·        Spread peanut butter on one cracker,

·        Press 8 liquorice legs into the peanut butter.

·        Add the top cracker, spread more peanut butter on top and add your mini M&M's eyes!

SEA STAR CHEEZIES

·        The children take a star shaped cookie cutter and make sea stars out of bread slices.

·        Spread butter on the sea stars and sprinkle with grated cheese.

·        Then toast in the oven, cool and eat.

SINK AND FLOAT SALAD

·        Take a baggie that zip locks.

·        Put crushed pineapple on the bottom, then jelly, then grated coconut and last mini marshmallows.

HEALTY FRUIT PUNCH

·        In a large serving bowl, combine 125ml can orange juice, 425g can fruit salad, the juice of 1 orange and the juice of 1 lemon.

·        Stir gently to combine

·        Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

·        Just before serving add 750ml of chilled lemonade.

·        Garnish a skewer or fancy party drink stick with fresh fruit (raspberries, blueberries, apples, oranges, strawberries, cantaloupe, etc.

·        Serves around 10.

OCEAN TREAT

·        Crush some Graham crackers or favourite cookies and place them in the bottom of a cup

·        Add blue or green Jell-O/Jelly.

·        Once it starts to set push in gummy sea creatures and allow it to set the rest of the way.

·        This makes a sweet to eat ocean life treat!

Tuna Fish Sandwiches

·        Mix tuna, mayonnaise, and pickle relish together.

·        Students can use a star cookie cutter to cut out ‘starfish’ from the sliced bread.

·        Spread tuna mixture on bread, eat and enjoy!

Have a Sea food taste party

·        Sample mini shrimp, shrimp toast, tuna salad, clam chowder, fish fingers, seafood salad, etc.

·        Vote for your favourite by recording your choice on a class chart.

 

 

From ‘Exploring the Lough: Creative Activities for the Primary School Classroom’

Written & Complied by Molly Freeman, Edited by Adrian Rice