Snack Tray that won’t SPOOK your sugar levels.
Healthy doesn’t have to be boring with these creative ways to incorporate fruits and veggies that won't scare away the ghouls and goblins. Monster hummus dip made with micro greens, spinach, basil, chick peas, olive oil, lemon juice and special potion of LadyRen Chef's Blend seasoning. This display is sure to be the foundation for many memorable Halloween Bash.
INGREDIENTS:
5 celery sticks
4 clementines/mandarines, peeled
2 bananas, cut in half
2 green apples, halved then quartered
fresh strawberries, sliced
peanut butter, almond butter and or strawberry preserves
candy eyes
chocolate chip
slivered almonds or pumpkin seeds
INSTRUCTIONS:
Celery Green Eyed Monster Sticks - spread peanut butter over the celery stalks then decorate with edible candy eyeballs.
Mandarin Pumpkins & Jack-O-Lanterns : cut small pieces of celery stalk and place on the top of the mandarins. To create jack-o-lanterns, place a small amount of peanut butter to act as glue on chocolate chips then place on the mandarins.
Banana the Friendly Ghosts: cut bananas in half, insert chocolate chips for eyes and mouth.
Apple Monsters: cut apples in half, then quarters. Remove seeds. In each quarter, cut out a slit (like a birds beak) to create a mouth. Fill the middle with peanut butter or preserves, insert slivered almonds or pumpkin seeds to create teeth, insert a piece of strawberry to create a tongue. Add a small dot of peanut butter to candy eyeballs then stick on the apples to create a monster face.
Add to a platter and decorate with black/green heirloom tomatoes. Enjoy.
Follow along in my video here:
Green Monster Hummus
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup micro greens, rinsed and drained well
2 cups fresh spinach, rinsed and drained well
1/4 cup basil, rinsed and drained well
2 medium garlic cloves, peeled
1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil, more as needed
1, 15-ounce can low sodium or unsalted chickpeas, rinsed and drained
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 - 2 teaspoons LadyRen Chef’s Blend Seasoning
INSTRUCTIONS:
To a food processor combine the microgreens, spinach, basil, garlic, and chick peas. Pulse to combine. Slowly pour in the olive oil and process to a smooth texture. Add the lemon juice, salt, pepper, and LadyRen Chef’s Blend. Pulse to mix. Taste for flavor. Add more oil, and seasonings as desired.
Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with crackers, pita bread slices, pretzel sticks.
Seymour & Audrey 2
Little Shop of Horrors Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Jam filling.
INGREDIENTS:
1 batch of your favorite chocolate cake recipe
Seedless raspberry jam
ButterCream Frosting
Green natural food coloring (not necessary, but a better option)
Fresh Strawberries
Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
Slivered Almonds or Pumpkin Seeds
Green licorice
INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare cupcake batter and line muffins pans with baking cups. Add 2 tablespoons of the batter in each cup. Add the filling by placing 1 teaspoon raspberry jam then cover with 2 more tablespoons batter.
Bake according to recipe directions.
Cool completely then frost free-hand style with green frosting. Decorate with green licorice to form stems.
Cut strawberries in half.
Place on top of cupcake to shape a mouth.
Fill middle with peanut butter or almond butter or even a piece of dark chocolate.
Stick slivered almonds or pumpkin seeds to form teeth.
Enjoy!