Planning a Family Movie Night? Make This Snack Board Dinner With Pizza Pinwheels, Raisinets, and (Yes) Vegetables
This family movie night dinner requires very little cooking, and is full of substantial snacks (and a few nostalgic treats!) that make it feel like a real meal. Here’s how to make it.
A Sweet and Salty Snack Board for Family Movie Night
There are many, many reasons to love a family snack board dinner — namely, there’s minimal cooking and cleanup, and, under the guise of snacking, my kids eat more vegetables. But right now I especially love how a snack dinner breaks up our routine and makes family meals fun again. This particular board is designed for eating in front of a movie, but can easily be taken outside for a porch picnic (when the season permits) or eaten while you take on an epic game of Monopoly.
To make a snack board that’s substantial enough for dinner and festive enough for celebrating, I like to plan for one or two more filling snacks that sometimes involve light cooking. Then, I’ll fill the rest of the board with fruits, vegetables, store-bought snacks, and a few treats. (Don’t stress if these get eaten first, as is the case in my house). Here’s what’s on our movie night board.
Easy homemade snacks: Frozen pizza rolls were a staple of my own childhood movie nights, so these cheesy pizza pinwheels are the anchor of this snack board (do yourself a favor and get prepared pizza dough and pre-shredded cheese). And you can’t have a home movie night without popcorn, so this movie theater-style popcorn is the move for this snack board.
Store-bought snacks: The rest of this snack board is filled in with long-lasting fruits and vegetables, namely grapes, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, and cucumbers. Use any fruits and vegetables that need to be eaten up, or add seasonal berries.
Special treats: Red vines are our movie theater treat of choice, but pick your family’s favorite candy. This was my first time serving Raisinets to my kiddos and they were a huge hit.
Building the snack board: Get the pizza rolls in the oven first and then pop the popcorn — both of these are fine at room temperature, and as they cook, you can prep the fruits and vegetables and line your board or pan of choice with parchment paper (his makes cleanup easier).
Get the recipe: Movie Night Dinner Snack Board at The Kitchn
This post was originally published on The Kitchn in 2020. Read it there: Make This Snack Board with Pizza Pinwheels, Raisinets, and, Yes, Vegetables
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