Spooky Halloween Meal

• Serves: 6 - 8 depends on how many fingers are eaten
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• Refrigerated bread sticks - Pillsbury® or other brand
• Whole or Sliced Almonds

Instructions

1. Open can and separate breadsticks.

2. Break breadsticks into 'finger sized' pieces, usually in two.

3. Shape into finger.

4. Add Whole Almond for the fingernail.

5. Cook according to directions.

• Serves: 8 servings
• Prep Time: 2 minutes
• Total Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 block of Cheese any flavor
• 1 bag Stick pretzels

Instructions

1. Cut cheese into cubes. This step may need to be done by an adult

2. Break stick pretzels into smaller pieces.

3. Arrange pretzels spikes around cheese cube, leaving the bottom without pretzels.

4. Place spiked cheese cubes on a tray.

• Serves: 6 - 8
• Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• Pomegranate
• Bunch of Grapes (Green or Purple)

Instructions

1. Wash and slice grapes length-wise so they create little circles (Iguana eyes).

2. Prepare the Pomegranate, separating out the arils (Blood drops).*

3. Combine together and place in a bowl.

• Serves: Four 1/3 cup servings
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour with chilling

Ingredients

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons light caramel apple dip
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract no alcohol
• 4 Green Apples

Instructions

1. Stir plain yogurt with light caramel apple dip.

2. Add in cinnamon and vanilla extract.

3. Chill caramel crud sauce.

4. Chop up Green Apples.

5. Serve chilled caramel dip with chopped apples.

• Serves: 6 - 8
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Package Frozen or Canned French Cut Green Beans
• Baby Carrots or Chopped Pumpkin or Sweet Potato or Squash or other orange vegetable

Instructions

1. Steam Baby Carrots slightly.

2. Mix Baby Carrots with Frozen French Cut Green Beans.

3. Microwave according to package directions.

4. Arrange on a Halloween Plate.

• Serves: 6 - 8
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Ingredients

• Spring Salad Greens
• 1 package of sliced mushrooms
• 1 orange bell pepper
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 bunch green onions chopped
• 1/2 red cabbage
• 1 avocado cut into cubes

Instructions

1. Chop bell peppers into rounds.

2. Chop cherry tomatoes into circles.

3. Chop green onions.

4. Cut red cabbage into thin slices.

5. Combine chopped and cut vegetables with the Spring salad greens.

6. Top with your favorite salad dressing.

• Serves: 6 - 8
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 1 1/2 hours

Ingredients

• 2 cups Whole Peas (Split if whole are not available)
• 8 cups water
• 1 chopped garlic clove
• 1 chopped medium onion
• 1 - 2 chopped stalks celery
• 2 - 3 chopped or grated carrots
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1 package Fat Free Hot Dogs (Turkey Dogs)

Instructions

1. Sort and rinse peas under water.

2. Combine all ingredients except hot dogs. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.

3. While soup is cooking prepare 'octopi' out of hot dogs.


Cut off one end.
Decide how many 'legs' you want to have on your octopus or squid. e.g. 4, 6 or 8
Starting 1 inch from one end slice lengthwise for the rest of the hot dog.
Keep making slits until you have eight "legs" for the hot dog.
If desired cut eyes and a face in the head end
4. Add to octopus or squid to the soup.

5. Boil for the remaining 15 minutes.

6. The hot dog curl as it boils and look like an octopus.

7. Serve, being sure to make the 'octopus' noticable.

• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 package Black Pasta Fettuccine (Tagliatelle) or Linguine
• 1/2 package of Meatballs
• 1 jar Marinara Sauce

Instructions

1. Prepare Black pasta according to directions.

2. Prepare Meatballs according to package directions.

3. Pour sauce into a microwaveable container and heat.

4. Pour Marinara sauce over Black pasta.

• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 10
• Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 package Black (Squid Ink) Pasta
• 1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes
• 1 grated carrot
• 1 celery stalk sliced
• Italian Salad Dressing
• Cheddar Cheese slices

Instructions

1. Prepare Black (ink) Pasta according to the instructions. Drain

2. Add sliced tomatoes, shredded carrots and sliced celery stalk.

3. Mix with your favorite Italian Dressing.

4. Cut cheese using bone or other Halloween shaped cookie cutters.

5. Serve and garnish with cheese.

• Serves: 4
• Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

• 4 green apples
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup rolled or ready to cook oats
• (Optional 1/2 cup raisins and/or dried cranberries)
• 1/3 cup butter melted
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon divided
• 1/2 teaspoon ground gloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground gloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Gummy Worms

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Carefully cut and remove the core from top of the apple, making sure not cut all the way through.

3. Place apples on a pan.

4. Mix all of remaining ingredients together reserving 1 teaspoon of Cinnamon and the gummy worms.

5. Fill each apple with the mixture.

6. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

7. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until apples are tender.

• Serves: 8
• Total Time: 1 1/2 hours

Ingredients

• 1 Package Chocolate Cake Mix
• 1 Package Chocolate Pudding (if you want it green use pistachio flavored)
• 1 - 2 cups Milk
• 1/2 Small Tub of Cool Whip Topping
• Milano Cookies
• Black Gel Frosting
• Gummy worms or insects or body parts
• 1 - 2 qt Halloween container or bowl or cauldron

Instructions

1. Prepare the Chocolate Cake according to the directions.

2. Prepare the Chocolate Pudding according to the directions on the box.

3. While cake is cooking, decorate Milano 'tombstones' with gel frosting.

4. Once Chocolate pudding is set, mix with Cool Whip.

5. When the cake is finished and cooled, start breaking up the cake into pieces as 'dirt' filling the bottom of the Halloween container.

6. Add a layer of pudding.

7. Add more cake.

8. Add more pudding.

9. Make sure to finish with a layer of cake.

10. Decorate the top with 'tombstones' and gummy worms. Be sure to stick them into the 'dirt' part of the cake.

• Serves: 4 - 6
• Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Package Lady Fingers
• 1 Package Berries Strawberries or Raspberries or Blackberries
• 1 Tsp Sugar
• 1 Tbls Water

Instructions

1. Wash and Cut Berries. For Darkest effect use the blackberries.

2. Add sugar and mix. Let stand for 5 minutes or until syrup starts forming.

3. Arrange 2 or 3 Lady Fingers on a serving plate.

4. Pour berry mix with syrup over one end of lady fingers to appear 'severed.'

• Serves: 2 - 3 Dozen Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) reduced-fat or trans-fat free margarine
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg white

Instructions

1. Mix flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together and set aside in a bowl.

2. Beat the margarine and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. On low speed, gradually mix in the dry ingredients into a soft dough.

3. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.

4. Preheat an oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or coat with non-stick spray.

5. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes. Transfer to the prepared baking sheets, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart.

6. Decorate with sprinkles if using and bake until just golden around the edges, 8-10 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies.

7. Transfer the pans to wire racks and let cool for 5 minutes, then remove the cookies from the pans and let cool completely.

8. Decorate as desired or just eat.

To turn the Sugar cookies dark, add 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder with the dry ingredients.

• Serves: 8
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: Overnight if adding frozen hand

Ingredients

• 1 Package of Frozen Blueberries Thawed
• 1 Bottle of Sprite or Fresca 7-up or Lemonade
• 1 Frozen Lime Sherbet Hand (optional)

Instructions

1. Pour Sprite, Fresca, 7-up or Lemonade into punchbowl.

2. Carefully add a small amount of the thawed frozen blueberry juice to tint the punch.

3. Add Frozen Lime Sherbet hand. This will get the punch bubbling.

• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups fresh or frozen and thawed blueberries
• 1 1/4 cups apple juice
• 1 cup vanilla ice cream
• 1/4 cup nonfat milk
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Combine blueberries, apple juice, ice cream and milk in a blender.

2. Blend ingredients until smooth.

3. Add cinnamon and blend.

4. Pour into chilled mugs and serve immediately.

5. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon if desired.

• Serves: 8
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: Freeze Overnight

Ingredients

• Plastic Glove
• Water
• Lemonade tinted Green or Lime Sherbet
• Ginger ale or Sprite or Punch

Instructions

1. Take a plastic glove, wash it out.

2. Fill the washed glove with water green tinted lemonade, or lime sherbet.

3. Freeze until hard. Overnight usually works

4. When ready to use cut the glove off.

5. Add to punch, ginger ale or sprite.

• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 15 - 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Ground Coffee
• Fresh Water

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil.

2. Add a generous handful of fresh ground coffee.

3. Simmer at just below a boil until the grounds settle.

4. Pour the coffee slowly into your cup to keep the grounds at the bottom.

5. Beware the last sip.