This week we share two ghoulish recipes and one out-of-this-word delight.
Our Brains on the Half-Skull recipe is not only scarily delicious, but it’s also super good for you. The halved grape tomatoes filled with cottage cheese make a great snack or boo-tiful halloween party hors d’oeuvres.
Our beverages are good for halloween parties too, with the frozen floating grapes adding that ‘there’s an eyeball in my drink’ affect. Just some soda and flavored cordial mixes make tasty kiddie cocktails.
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Every good meal needs a good beverage for which to wash it down. These two thirst-quenching, kid-friendly, drinks are the perfect addition to any Halloween meal. One is sweet and one is sour, both are just what any costume-clad child would want with their candy-filled pillowcase, trick-or-treating haul.
Vampire Cocktail:
Green and/or Red Grapes
Grenadine or Strawberry Cordial Mixer
7-up or Tonic Water
Alien Potion:
Green and/or Red Grapes
Lime Cordial Mixer
7-up or Tonic Water
Green Food Coloring
For both beverages, the steps are the same. First, freeze the grapes overnight (or for a few hours at the minimum). Add 7 or so frozen grapes of your preferred color to a glass. Next, add two cap-fulls of cordial mixer to the glass. If you’re making the Alien Potion, add a few drops of food coloring at this point. Next Add 7-up or Tonic Water to fill the glass. Stir the beverage (and mix the food coloring in), and serve.
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So, I’ve been surfing the web for Halloween-o-rama, because, and I know you know this by now, we LOVE Halloween. I’ve found a few more cute ideas that we’d like to share. (NOTE: I’m hiding some of them from Sophia or we’ll be making Halloween treats ’til Christmas )
As I find more, I’ll add ‘em to this post, and if you have any you’d like to share, post them to the comments section.
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Also stop back on Saturday for our 2nd Halloween show–Zombie Fingers with Blood Sauce (see the recipe of the week).
Happy Halloween! And, welcome to the first of our four Halloween episodes. Halloween is our favorite holiday (well, mine anyway), and we had tons of fun filming each show to share some of our scariest recipes with you.
The Marshmallow bats were invented because my kids are more than fond of chocolate covered marshmallows. This recipe is fun and spook-alicious!
The Forked-Eyeball recipe is not ours, we found it in Disney Family Fun Magazine’s October 2009 issue. We thought we test it out and share. Our thoughts:
-Delicious!
-Doesn’t look as good as the magazine, BUT, it was our first time.
-Fun and easy to make.
-Overall—> we say try it!
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NOTE: For tips on melting chocolate so it’s easier to work with, check out this recipe from The Global Gourmet.
Here’s another one of our gory sounding snacks that’s actually super tasty. With our wiener ‘fingers’ and homemade barbecue sauce ‘blood’, even the most faint of heart will be unable to resist.
Zombie Fingers with Blood Sauce:
1 package of cocktail wieners
1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce
1 6 oz. can of tomato paste
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 cloves garlic, crushed
4 tablespoons onion, minced
1/2 to 1 teaspoon Natural Hickory Seasoning
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons Stone Ground Dijon Mustard
Salt and Pepper to taste
Heat the oil in a sauce pan. Add the garlic and onion, cooking until they’re soft. Next add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer on low for 15 to 25 minutes. Keep stirring it often so it doesn’t burn. Transfer the sauce to a serving bowl. You can make the sauce days in advance and then just warm in in the microwave before serving too.
For the Zombie Fingers, transfer the wieners to a microwavable bowl. Heat for 3 to 5 minutes, until hot. Transfer them to a platter and serve with blood sauce.
Little vampires everywhere will be waiting in line to taste these drippingly delicious delicacies (yes, I just said that… )
Because I love Halloween, as I’ve stated on several occasions already, I cannot stop myself from clicking from one adorable Halloween recipe idea to the other. Or, when I’m offline, all of those magazine covers jump at me from the racks.
Honestly, it’s only Halloween that does this to me. I like all holidays, but there’s just something about the autumn leaves, cooling temperatures and grinning, carved pumpkins smiling in the dark that warms my heart.
I could go on and on, but instead, I’m just gonna share some of my finds:
And, I can’t leave out Disney Family Fun’s October 2009 issue, which features a Haunted Graveyard, Snack-o-Lantern and Forked Eyeballs (which Soph and Alex will demonstrate in one of the upcoming Halloween episodes).
If I find any other spookalicious ideas, I’ll make sure and share, but in the mean time, we’ll be sharing some of our own over the next few weeks. This Wednesday will feature our recipe for Zombie Fingers with Blood Sauce, and you won’t want to miss the next Two Kids Cooking TV on Saturday when Soph and Alex demonstrate our Marshmellow Bats and the Forked Eyeball recipe we tested.
Just so you know, we LOVE Halloween. It is one of our favorite holidays. Throughout the month of October, we’ll be sharing some of our spooky recipes. And, starting on Saturday, October 10 and every Saturday ’til the big day, 2 Kids TV will be dedicated to our best Halloween treats.
Don’t let the name of this deliciously healthy snack scare you. It’s really just tomatoes and cottage cheese–but it fits in perfectly on the Halloween buffet. Sophia absolutely loves this savory snack and we hope you will too!
Brains on the Half-Skull:
1 dozen or so Grape Tomatoes
1 Cup Cottage Cheese
1/2 T. Fresh Basil, finely chopped (optional)
Salt
Pepper
Cut the Grape Tomatoes in half lengthwise. Next, take a spoon and scoop out the inside of the tomato, putting into a bowl. Add the Cottage Cheese to the tomato insides and mix together. If you choose to add Fresh Basil, mix it in with the cottage cheese at this point and the Salt and Pepper to taste. Arrange all of the emptied tomato halves onto the serving plate and then spoon the cottage cheese into each half. For final touches add a bit more salt and pepper and Whaaa Haa Haaa Haaa…you have Cottage Cheese Brains on the Tomato Half-Skulls
Every good meal needs a good beverage for which to wash it down. These two thirst-quenching, kid-friendly, drinks are the perfect addition to any Halloween meal. One is sweet and one is sour, both are just what any costume-clad child would want with their candy-filled pillowcase, trick-or-treating haul.
Happy Halloween! And, welcome to the first of our four Halloween episodes. Halloween is our favorite holiday (well, mine anyway), and we had tons of fun filming each show to share some of our scariest recipes with you.
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