Blue food...any ideas?!

**Briannabear** · 22-05-2006 15:31

Hi everyone! Hope Ive posted this in the right spot!

My DD's playgroup is having a 'blue day' on friday and so everything is with that theme including the food we bring.
Ive been racking my brain to think of blue food I can take that doesnt have blue food colouring in it. (and is also not high in sugar)
I was thinking along the lines of a recipe with blueberries in it, but have only found blueberry and banana muffins. That would be ok but the bananas are so expensive at the moment! (I dont mind buying them for us at home, but just not to feed a large playgroup!).

Has anyone got any good blueberry recipies?
Has anyone got any other blue ideas?

Thanks in advance!

**FourAngelKisses** · 22-05-2006 15:32

I was going to suggest putting food colouring in a cake mix.............

**Briannabear** · 22-05-2006 15:37

I thought of that, but Id like to find a natural alternative to the food colouring. Would blueberry juice work to colour it instead? I ask this because you can use strawberry juice or beetroot juice to get pink colouring.

**Mylittleboy** · 22-05-2006 15:39

Blueberry pancakes or pikelets?

**p4purple** · 22-05-2006 15:40

You could make tiny merangues and use blueberry for colour or blue spinkles. The reason I say tiny is that merangues are packed with sugar. Merangues are very easy to make if you have an electric mixer.

Or you could make blue jelly cups with blue berries in them.... though I think jelly cystals have food colour in them.

**razzle** · 22-05-2006 15:51

What's wrong with food colouring? You only need a few drops...

**Briannabear** · 22-05-2006 15:57

No great reason really (its not that Im all against it or anything), its just that there will be a lot of food there with it so I figure I may as well add something healthy in the mix!

**Chickadee** · 22-05-2006 15:58

The juice from blueberries is actually rather purple. I'm not sure it would come out right if you tried to use it for colouring.

I remember reading once that blue foods are generally not appealling. No idea why. But there aren't many natural foods that are blue, if any.

Cupcakes or muffins with a blue candy on top? Can you get blue m&m's? Or just make pikelets with blueberries in them.