Do you wish you could find more nutritional options for children’s parties? Cedar Falls resident, Pa

Most birthday parties you have probably attended have served candies and a cake saturated with refined sugars. But my daughter’s birthday party was no typical birthday. My main goal was to serve some organic fruits and vegetables so our little ones could get the best nutrition while at a party with friends.

The theme of this party was artificial intelligence so I wanted to simulate as many robots as possible. I took two different-sized watermelons and cut both into cylindrical pieces to make the body of the robot cake. Blueberries made the bolts on the body, thin cylindrical pineapples became the arms, slices of oranges were the ears and I used a half strawberry for the nose. The eyes were also composed of two blueberries.

I was almost unable to make the fruit bouquet because I was missing an ingredient. But I made do of what I had available. The shrubs came from organic kale; strawberries simulated flowers and blueberries, oranges and grapes composed the fruit bouquet itself.

I also served tacos and assorted vegetables, most of which were organic. The vegetables were celery, cucumbers, black olives, radishes, and peppers. For the tacos I served cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and cilantro and onions. I also served orange-infused water.