| Halloween is a great time to host a kid's party. After all, | | | | few ghoul hands. To make these hands, fill |
| what child doesn't like Halloween? One of the most | | | | non-powdered rubber gloves with cranberry or other |
| enjoyable aspects of Halloween is the food. There are | | | | red juice. (Don't overfill, the fingers of the glove should |
| hundreds of recipes that have been specifically | | | | still move easily.) |
| created for this spooky holiday. The following ideas will | | | | Close gloves tightly with rubber bands and freeze flat |
| help you plan the yummiest menu possible. | | | | on cookie sheets, which have been lined with paper |
| Serve a minimum of sweet treats. You don't want | | | | towels. When ready to serve, open gloves with |
| your guests suffering from 'sugar overload' during the | | | | scissors and add to punch. You may want to break |
| party. To celebrate the occasion, serve chicken fingers | | | | off one or two fingers and add them separately. |
| with a blood (any red dipping sauce.) If you prepare | | | | A fun punch can be with one quart of lime drink, one |
| them from scratch, it's not hard to make them | | | | quart of lemon lime soda and one cup of lime sherbet. |
| resembling the more human variety. Add a sliced | | | | The sherbet should be added right before serving. Stir |
| almond for the finger nail for a realistic approach. | | | | so the sherbet foams up a bit with the soda. Dust the |
| Another dish to try is to add equal parts red, blue, and | | | | foam lightly with cocoa powder to resemble dirt. |
| yellow food color to spaghetti after it's been cooked | | | | It's not a good idea to use dry ice in your punch to |
| so it turns an ugly brownish color. Serve with a green | | | | make it smoke. Curious hands may try to touch the |
| pesto sauce and call it snakes in the swamp. | | | | dry ice resulting in freezer burn. Instead place the dry |
| Make goofy eyeball meatballs. Shape seasoned | | | | ice in containers out of reach, such as the back of a |
| ground meat into an oval with a flat top and bottom, | | | | table and you'll still have the atmosphere of the smoky |
| bake until done. Cut a round circle out of mozzarella | | | | fog without the worry of accidents. |
| cheese about the size of a half dollar or one inch in | | | | Keep the food simple and familiar but with a twist. |
| diameter. Cut grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes into | | | | Rename favorites in the Halloween theme. Use food |
| three slices. Cut black olives in half. Assemble the | | | | coloring in blues, greens, and browns to alter the way a |
| goofy eyeballs by placing a slice of cheese on the | | | | dish looks. Or use familiar food in unfamiliar ways. For |
| meatball, then a slice of tomato on the cheese and top | | | | example blanch a cauliflower head, break apart and |
| with a black olive half. Vary the placement of the | | | | then reassemble (this makes the cauliflower easier to |
| toppings so the eyeballs are looking in different | | | | serve) cover the cauliflower with ranch dressing then |
| directions. | | | | using ketchup in a squeeze bottle outline each floret |
| If you will be serving punch, why not serve the ghoulish | | | | with the ketchup so it looks like a brain. |
| variety? Simply make your favorite punch and add a | | | | Have fun with your food at Halloween. |