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Roasted Heart
Found this in my files...sounds a little time consuming, but well worth it. Here's what the original poster (?) had to say: "This is probably the recipe that I am most proud of in this collection of 100+ Halloween recipes. It is the piece de resistance. It looks great, tastes heavenly, and can even be gross for the kids. It can be elegant, or it can be kitsch. It works on a lot of levels. The recipe is very simple and quick to make. I have it down to under half an hour from start to finish (we like it so much we make it a lot, except that we use a low fat tomato sauce instead). The glossy slightly moist bright red pepper looks exactly like a heart. The consistancy as you cut into the dish is very realistic as well. The red sauce oozing out is just the frosting on the cake. There really is only one thing to be careful about, and that is making sure that you be very careful when peeling the red pepper to keep it intact. It is essential to the whole effect of the dish that the "heart" looks whole. For a more "bloodlike" sauce, add some red food coloring to deepen the color, maybe with one small drop of black for depth. Enjoy!"
1¼ hours | 15 min prep
SERVES 6
1/3 cup tomato paste 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 teaspoon italian seasoning 2 teaspoons brown sugar 1 small onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, sliced 1 tablespoon italian seasoning salt pepper 6 chicken breast halves 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 3 roasted red peppers, 6 halves Mix together the tomato paste, crushed garlic, 1 teaspoons Italian spices, and brown sugar in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook for at least 20 minutes, stirring frequently. While the tomato sauce is cooking, fill a large pot with enough water to easily cover the chicken breasts by a few inches, but don't add the chicken yet. Add the onion, garlic, 1 tablespoons Italian spices, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Toss the chicken breasts into the pot, cover, and turn off the heat. Leave on the burner, but let sit for about 20 minutes. Do not peek. Remove the thickest piece of chicken, and check to make sure that it is thoroughly cooked. If not replace to the pot, recover, and let sit for a few minutes more. When the chicken is cooked, drain thoroughly, and discard the vegetables and spices along with the water. While the chicken breasts are cooking, melt the butter in a medium saucepan, but don't brown. Add the flour and whisk to form a roux. Cook until lightly browned, then slowly add the heavy cream. Whisk briskly. Continue to cook the sauce over medium heat until thickened. Add the tomato paste mixture and mix well. Lower the heat to keep warm while you assemble the dish. Place a pool of the tomato sauce on an individual serving dish. Top with a chicken breast, and thoroughly cover with more of the tomato sauce. Top with half of a roasted pepper. Serve hot.
This is a post from recipezaar.com
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I support the separation of church and hate!
IMAGINATION - the freest and largest nation in the world!
One can not profess to be of "GOD" and show intolerence and prejudice towards the beliefs of others.
Am fear nach gleidh na h–airm san t–sith, cha bhi iad aige ’n am a’ chogaidh. He that keeps not his arms in time of peace will have none in time of war.
"We're all in this together , in the parking lot between faith and fear" ... O.C.M.S.
“Beasts feed; man eats; only the man of intellect knows how to eat well.”
"Without food we are nothing, without history we are lost." - SHADOWS
Is iomadh duine laghach a mhill an Creideamh. Religion has spoiled many a good man.
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Another from recipezaar:
Halloween Hors D'oeuvres Eyeballs Get your guests in a Halloween frame of mind with these ghoulish nibbles, guaranteed to create a spooky atmosphere!
30 min | 30 min prep
SERVES 6
6 ounces cream cheese 24 green olives, pimento-stuffed 12 radishes 6 eggs, hard-boiled red food coloring, for decorating Peel the hard-boiled eggs and slice each egg in half. Scoop out the yolks and fill the egg cavities with the cream cheese. Press a stuffed olive, pimento side upwards, into the centre of each cream cheese-filled cavity. Dip the tip of a toothpick in red food colouring and trace lines like broken blood vessels on the cream cheese. Peel the radishes leaving thin steaks of red skin on each radish to represent broken blood vessels. Using the tip of a vegetable peeler or a small, sharp knife carefully scoop out an olive-sized hole in each radish. Stuff each radish with a stuffed olive, pimento side facing out. Arrange the egg eyeballs and radish eyeballs in pairs on 6 serving plates and serve.
Halloween is celebrated more and more often over here, too. For your Halloween party you might make these
SCARY SPIDERS
2 oz unsweetened chocolate 1 1/4 c all purpose flour 1 1/2 pck. baking powder 1/4 t salt 1/4 c margarine or butter 1 c sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 pck. vanilla powder or vanilla sugar 1 pck. red candies for decoration
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. In a saucepan melt chocolate over low heat. Let cool. In a small bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, beat margarine/butter on low speed until creamy. Stir in egg, vanilla and chocolate. Add flour mixture and mix well, forming a stiff dough.
To make a spider, shape a 2-inch flat oval for the body. Make the spiders head by flattening a circle about 1/2 inch wide. Shape dough for eight legs, each about 2 inches long and less than 1/4 inch wide. Attach the head and legs to the body. Use 2 red candies for the eyes.
Bake in a 375 degree oven for 5 to 8 minutes. Let spiders cool on baking sheet to avoid breaking when removing. Makes about 20 spiders.
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"Now here's my secret", said the fox, "it is very simple. It is only with ones heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
("The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"The soul would have no rainbow, if the eye had no tears." (Native American Proverb)
I made this one for last year's Halloween Office Potluck:
Eyeball Cupcakes
1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix 1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Cooked Pudding and Pie Filling 1 pkg. (250 g) PHILADELPHIA Brick Cream Cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 tsp. vanilla 4 cups icing sugar, sifted 24 ring-shaped chewy fruit snacks 24 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces Red decorating gel
PREPARE cake batter as directed on package; blend in dry pudding mix. Spoon evenly into 24 paper-lined medium muffin cups. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool completely.
BEAT cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition. Spread evenly onto cupcakes.
PLACE 1 fruit snack on top of each cupcake. Add 1 candy-coated chocolate piece to centre of each to resemble an eyeball. Draw squiggly lines with decorating gel around the eyes to resemble veins.
1 (6-ounce) package blueberry gelatin dessert mix 1 (16-ounce) container small-curd cottage cheese 1 (16 1/2-ounce) can blueberries in syrup (or 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, thawed) blue food coloring
Prepare gelatin according to the directions on the package. Chill for four to five hours, or until firm.
Scoop cottage cheese into bowl. Drain and set aside the syrup from the blueberries. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well. Add three drops food coloring to turn the cottage cheese a nice qrayish color when blended.
To serve salad, place a few spoonfuls of firm gelatin (congealed brain fluids) onto individual plates. Top with a scoop of cottage cheese (brain tissue) mixture and serve.
1 (6-ounce) package blueberry gelatin dessert mix 1 (16-ounce) container small-curd cottage cheese 1 (16 1/2-ounce) can blueberries in syrup (or 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, thawed) blue food coloring
Prepare gelatin according to the directions on the package. Chill for four to five hours, or until firm.
Scoop cottage cheese into bowl. Drain and set aside the syrup from the blueberries. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well. Add three drops food coloring to turn the cottage cheese a nice qrayish color when blended.
To serve salad, place a few spoonfuls of firm gelatin (congealed brain fluids) onto individual plates. Top with a scoop of cottage cheese (brain tissue) mixture and serve.
EWWWW!!!!
That's just delightfully gross. If you could find an old mannikin's head or wig head and saw the top off, then put a nicely chilled serving bowl in the top of the head and serve it that way?
If you could find an old mannikin's head or wig head and saw the top off, then put a nicely chilled serving bowl in the top of the head and serve it that way?
That would be absolutely, chillingly disgusting Awesome suggestion
Mini-Pizza Jack-O'-Lanterns 6 English muffins,split 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 1/2 cup light mayonaise 2 green onions,minced (whits and green parts) 1 (15-ounce)can piited ripe black olives,drained
1. Preheat broiler. Arrange muffin halfs,cut side up,in single layer on large baking sheet.
2. Combine Cheddar cheese,mayonnaise and onions in a medium bowl,mix well. Spread equal amounts on each muffin half.
3. Broil 4 inches from heat source for 2 minutes,or until bubbly. Remove from oven.
4. Cut olives into shapes for eyes, noses and mouths,and arrange on each muffin half.
Recipe from my daughter Gretchen Cropsey
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Hopes are towers in the skies Dreams are wings taking flight
The Boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best Shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends and the other begins
4 Squares Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate 3/4 Cup (1-1/2 Sticks) Butter or Margarine 2 Cups Sugar 3 Eggs 1 tsp. Vanilla 1 Cup Flour 1 Cup Coarsely Chopped Pecans (optional) 1 Jar (7 oz.) Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme 1 Square Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan to form handles. Grease foil.
Microwave unsweetened chocolate and butter in large microwavable bowl on high 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add sugar; mix well. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and nuts; mix well. Spread into prepared pan.
Baked at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Immediately drop marshmallow creme by spoonfuls over hot brownies; spread evenly over top of brownies. Cool in pan. Lift out of pan onto cutting board using foil handles. Remove foil. Place on serving tray. Drizzle melted chocolate over marshmallow creme to create a spider web design. Cut into 32 brownies just before serving.
2-1/2 Cups Boiling Water 4 Pkgs. (4-Serving Size Each) Jell-o Gelatin, any flavor
Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in medium bowl at least 2 minutes or until completely dissolved. Refrigerate 10 minutes to cool.
Meanwhile, soak two clean disposable gloves in warm water; rinse well. Squeeze gloves dry. Spray insides of gloves with cooking spray. Gloves will be very difficult to remove later if they are not sprayed. Slowly pour gelatin into each glove; tightly tie top of each glove closed with twist-tie or rubber band. Place on baking sheet. Refrigerate 4 hours or until gelatin is set.
Cut gloves away from gelatin "hands" with scissors. Add to large punch bowl of chilled prepared Kool-aid Drink Mix, Country Time Lemonade Drink Mix or clear carbonated beverage. Or, place hands on plate and use as a decoration for your Halloween table.
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I snagged this from recipezaar.com:
Halloween Worms Recipe #3092 Notes: Use a cleaned 1-quart milk or orange juice carton to hold straws by Linda Johansen 20 min | 15 min prep
100 worms
1 (6 ounce) package raspberry gelatin powder or grape flavor gelatin 3 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin 3 cups boiling water 100 flexible plastic straws 1 tall slender 4 cup container (same height as extended straws) 3/4 cup whipping cream 12-15 drops green food coloring In a bowl, combine gelatins. Add boiling water; stir until gelatins completely dissolve. Chill until lukewarm, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, gently pull straws to extend to full length; place in tall container. Blend cream and food coloring with the lukewarm gelatin mixture. Pour into container, filling straws. Chill until gelatin is firm, at least 8 hours, or cover and chill up to 2 days. Pull straws from container (if using a carton, tear carton away from straws). Pull straws apart; run hot tap water for about 2 seconds over 3 to 4 straws at a time. Starting at the empty ends, push worms from straws with rolling pin, or use your fingers; lay worms on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Cover and chill until ready to use, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days. Worms will hold at room temperature up to 2 hours.