Happy Halloween Party Food

Happy Halloween every one. I hope we all had a safe one and got plenty of candy. Today I am going to share with you some of the food my sister and mom and dad fixed for our Halloween celebration.

My sister made a moldy cheese ball. She used the link below for the recipe but rolled hers in dried parsley. She said it mellowed after it set a few hours so the dill is not that strong.

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/appetizers-snacks/dilled-onion-cheese-ball/

 Here are my Mom's Mouths. She took apples cut into wedges and glued them together with peanut butter. The teeth are candy corn.

 Here are snake sandwiches. They are made of crescent rolls and stuffed with ham and Muenster cheese. She finishes them with faces. The pictures are down below of the faces.

 These are little rubber eyeballs in the ice cubes for the drinks.

 This is cemetery dirt. Devils food pudding, Oreos, and gummy bugs.

 Devils Eyeballs. (Deviled egg with an olive in them)

 Here are the faces of the snakes. They have mustard under the olives to hold them on. The tongues are tomatoes. You can use red bell pepper.

 These are fingers. Mozzarella cheese sticks with almond sliver fingernails. They died the almonds red.

 These are mummy. Little Smokies with biscuits wrapped around them in strips.

They also served Buffalo Chicken Bites. They named them Witches Scabs.

 Here is Wesley the Pirate.

Rebekka is Clawdeen Wolf.

Honey Glaced Pears

This is what we call a free food in this house. It is free organic pears and free organic honey. The only thing in this was the pat of butter that was not free.  I sliced the pears and sauteed them in butter until soft. Then I added the honey to the top and let it for a syrup with the water from the pears. I used 1/4 cup of honey for a whole large frying pan of pears. This would be great on ice cream but Hubby and Wesley ate it by its self. (That is one fruit I don't eat!)

Corn Fritters

1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. baking powder
1 can or 10 oz pkg frozen corn- drained

I mixed it together until just combined. I then dropped it by the tablespoon full into hot grease and fried them. Next time I am adding cheese and green chilies. This was just something I tried due to only having one can of corn in the pantry. Wesley decided they were great. You are supposed to dip them into maple syrup but we just ate them plain.

Allen's Allies

http://iloveallens.com/story_AmyB.php   Here is the link to my page that I am doing once a month for Allen's Vegetable company. As you may know I don't endorse many companies at all. I either have to use it or like what they are doing to promote them in any way. I am very excited to be getting the privilege of doing a monthly  post about diabetes and how vegetables help you manage you blood sugar.

I love Allen's Vegetables. I grew up on them and use them in my cooking all the time.  My favorite is the seasoned turnip greens. They take all the work out of them plus I cant grow them as the live stock here always gets out and eats them. The goats, the horse, the pigs, the chickens  and the neighbors cows. I just gave up on having them. lol.

Now the kids are fighting on what vegetable to try next. When I asked Wesley if he would try lima beans he said only if I put them on icecrean and covered them with chocolate. He was watching Scooby Doo at the time. He later said he would eat any thing but beets and brussle sprouts.  I know what ever we try next will be good. I did not know that they had so many different types of vegetables or brand names.

Princella Sweet Potatoes
Royal Prince Sweet Potatoes
Steam Supreme
Sugary Sam
Allen's Sunshine
Trappey's
Veg-All
Wagon Master
Allens
Alma
Allens Butterfield
Crest Top
East Texas Fair
Freshlike
Freshlike Select
Happy Chef
Popeye's Spinach

http://www.allencanning.com/  Here is their home page. You can get to the Allies program thru here or you can go to their great recipe page.

So please take the time and explore their web site and tell me what is your favorite Allen's vegetable. I am interested to know.

Eggs In A Window

Here is one of my sons favorite foods. I had to make it for almost a year every morning. It is an Egg in a Window, Egg in a basket or the million different names it goes by all over the world.  I use Texas toast, free range eggs (our own), butter, salt, and shredded cheese. I cut a hole in the bread. Rebekka uses cookie cutters in different shapes (heart, flowers)

 Here it is in the frying pan. I wait until the white starts to bubble up and set around the yolk before I turn it. When I turn it I add the cheese to the top side. (just enough to melt a little)

I never waste the holes either. I fry them too here is a finished one ready to eat.

This is a super cheap meal. I get eggs for free (from my chickens) I buy the Texas toast at the store when they run their bread for $0.50 a loaf. I stock up on all types of bread. I like the Texas toast better for this as it holds the egg better and is a little heartier than the thin sliced bread.

Learning To Adapt In The Kitchen

We have all been there. We run out of time, don't have an ingredient we need, something doesn't work out like we want, or like me tonight my oven catches fire. (I will explain that one below) We all have learned to adapt in the kitchen. Here is my adaptation.

Corn bread cakes. My oven has been acting up a little (the thermostat is messed up) Well tonight it decided to set the cast iron skillet on fire. Hubby  had to sit there and let the grease burn out before we could do any thing. I had just put a little bacon grease in the skillet and shut the door. I mixed up my corn bread mix and opened the door to pour it into the skillet. That is when it flamed up. So I adapted. After we got the fire out I made the corn bread batter into pancakes. I fried them on top of the stove.  (The oven is now out of order until it can be fixed.)

What is your adaptation story? What did you come up with that was probably better than what you had planned.

Loaded Bake Potato Salad and Caramel Apples

Here is a recipe I made up after eating at a barbecue restaurant. They had a loaded bake potato salad but it needed a little help. This is what I came up with. I left out the pulled pork meat this time as I was taking it to a barbecue. I buy the non sauced variety of meat. I have used smoked ham in it in the past too. The idea is to put what ever you eat on a loaded bake potato into this salad.

 We baked the potatoes that morning. If you do this the night before them put them in the fridge they peel easier.

 Here is Rebekka peeling them.

 After peeling them cut them into bite size chunks.

 Here is the dressing. This made a large amount of salad so you might want to make less for personal use. I used 16 oz of sour cream, 4 to 5 tablespoons of mayo, one package of shredded cheese, one sheet pan of crisp bacon (crumbled fine), Ranch dressing (I would say about 4 to 5 tablespoons) and milk to thin it down to a pourable consistency.

 Here is the finished product. You can make the dressing the night before and let it sit in the fridge. The flavors meld better that way.

Here are my simple Caramel Apples. I used the Kraft Original Caramels and followed the directions on the back. I made 14 of them using 2 packages of caramels. I did not use their sticks I used Bamboo skewers.