All of my Halloween Goodie Secrets are out of the Bag

A few of you have asked where I find all the idea's for my fun Halloween treats and food. So I am posting some links for you to some of the sites I really like. I have gotten ideas from lots of places, blogs, cooking sites, magazine sites, magazines, cook books, my daughter :)

So here we go-

For some awesome Halloween crafts and other great stuff I am hooking you up with a link to- Lee's I want to make that- Blog

This one has Halloween crafts, food and treats recipes, also games and costumes- Family Fun

And of course Ms. Martha has some wonderful ideas, she even has some that are easy enough for me to make :)

There are some great crafts here at Fave Crafts.

Of course Kraft Foods has some great recipes

Family Corner has a little bit of everything.

Halloween Central is a great place to find TONS of good stuff.

Everyone needs a few good brain recipes-
Igors's pickled brain
pumpkin nook
Fingers and brains
Some creepy food recipes
Great cake and cupcake ideas
Fun decorating ideas
Halloween Online Magazine

And of course there is Halloween.com

There you know all of my Halloween cooking and crafting secrets : ) :) : )

BBQ Worm Sandwiches

We couldn't call these by their name or even mention the word -WORM- while eating them because it grossed Miss K out, K got quite a kick out of until I made him stop teasing her.

They were quick, easy and Worm-a-licious!


BBQ Worm Sandwiches
Ingred;
1 pkg hot dogs
1 pkg hamburger buns
sliced cheese
1c. bbq sauce
1/2c. ketchup

Slice all the hot dogs in half length-wise then cute those pieces in half length-wise so you have 4 strips per hotdog, put them in a pan over med high heat until they start to curl up, pour the ketchup and BBQ sauce over top, stir and heat through.
Serve with a slice of cheese in a bun.
You can use all bbq sauce and no ketchup if you like it spicier, Miss M doesn't do spicy so we always tone stuff down around here :)

Also my sweet friend Nonna crowned me yesterday :) :) :) I am now a-

Coupon Princess

Yay! Thank you Nonna! My girls and I are loving that :) :) :)

Ghostly "Ghoul"losh

The kiddos really got a kick out of this one, Miss B thought her ghost was so cute I almost couldn't get her to eat it. I had to threaten to put him in the garbage disposal before she reluctantly ate her little friend.
Remember when I told you she made me a list of Halloween foods to make?? Well here is a picture of it-


111 things!!!!!
It would take me 3 or 4 months at least! Little stinker :)

Ghostly Ghoulash
Ingred;
1 lb extra lean ground beef
5c. mashed potatoes
1 can each corn, peas and green beans
1 lg can cream of chicken
1t. onions powder
salt and pepper
1c. shredded cheese

Cook the beef, add in the onion powder and salt & pepper. Add in the corn, beans and peas- reserve a few peas for eyes, and the soup. Mix well. Heat oven to 350. Spread a layer of potatoes in the bottom of a 9x13 pan, top with the beef mixture.Sprinkle with the cheese. Using a zip baggie pipe potatoes around the edges and pipe on your Ghosts. Press in their pea eyes. Bake for about 20-25 minutes.

Krafting with Miss K (and the girls)

We found this craft on Martha's website,
Super easy, Super cute. I got all my supplies at the dollar store, a pkg of balloons and a pkg of glow sticks.
Blow up the balloons- white works best- let the air out. Get your glow sticks glowing- we used 2 per balloon but I think that more would be great! Blow up the balloon again and slid in the glow sticks, tie shut, draw a face on your balloon and there you go-

Oh wait, I forgot to turn off the flash, hahahha......... OK-

Excuse the blurriness, it took the camera a long time to process the picture and the girls got antsy.

BOO!!

Black Bean Soup with Mummy Dogs

Another fun Halloween dinner here, did I mention Miss B made me a 2 mile long list of Halloween food she wants us to make??? I need to take a picture of her list, it's 2 pages long and she has teeny tiny handwriting, I would need to make like 4 things a day at least to get through it by Halloween! Any how this was one of her things, the Mummy Dogs, she made them by herself while I made the Black Bean Soup. If you want the instructions for them they are posted on my kid krafting blog.



I am entering this soup in the-

Which has LOTS of yummy soup entries posted every Sunday, I have gotten a LOT of great soup recipes and inspiration over there :)


Fast, Simple Black Bean Soup
Ingred;
2c. chicken broth
1c. drained, rinsed black beans
1/2 c. regular refried beans
1c. nacho cheese sauce
1 pkg microwave steamer corn

Place the broth, beans and cheese in the blender and blend until smooth, pour into a med sauce pan and heat slowly- while soup is heating start your corn cooking in the microwave. Stir soup often until bubbly- place a layer of corn in the bottom of your bowl then ladle the soup on top.
I put a dollop of sour cream on top of mine and I bet some cilantro would have been pretty but I didn't have any :)

Chilly Day Chili with a Halloween twist

We have finally gotten some cooler weather here which has been really nice, I love Fall. It would probably be my favorite Season, the only reason it beats out Spring is because of all the mud then, with all of the cooler weather I have been making soup, almost every night :)
So I decided that for dinner I needed to take a break from soup and make..... CHILI! Lol, big change huh?
My kiddos are Chili fans, and to go with our Chili the girls made some creepy Halloween Spider Bread Sticks, I have directions on how to make those on my other blog.



Chilly Day Chili
Ingred;
1 lb ground burger
1 (29 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (15 oz) can kidney beans
1 (15 oz) can pinto beans
1 can of corn
1-1/2t. chili powder
1-1/2t. cumin
1/2t. oregano powder
1T. onion powder
1t. garlic salt/ or minced garlic

Brown the burger in a large pot, stir in the seasonings. Add in the remaining ingredients, simmer on low for 30-45 minutes stirring occasionally. Serve with cornbread or bread sticks.