Did everyone have a great Halloween?!
Ryan and I went to the big Halloween Party downtown at Union Station, but we threw a pre-party a couple hours before the official party. Not only were my decorations superb (see jack-o-lanterns below), but I had fun with food as well. The party was a big hit!
The biggest hit were the mini hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls. They are really easy to make and were all gone by the end of the night:
Ingredients:
- package of mini hot dogs
- Tube of crescent rolls
- shredded cheddar cheese
- Unravel crescent roll, cut each roll into 4 or 5 triangle shaped pieces.
- Sprinkle some cheese on a cut out of dough
- Place mini hot dog on piece of dough and cheese, wrap dough around mini hot dog, as you would a crescent roll.
- Bake according to crescent roll directions (375 for about 12 minutes)
Ingredients:
- tablespoon of diced onions
- tablespoon of diced green peppers
- 1 package of 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 jar of Kraft pimento spread
- 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
- dice onions and peppers in food processor.
- Add cream cheese and pimento cheese spread to food processor and blend.
- Slowly add shredded cheese to food processor while it continuously blends.
- Place cheese mixture in bowl, cover, put in fridge to chill overnight (at least 8 hours)
- While cheese is chilling, put pecans in food processor and blend into small pieces.
- Roll chilled cheese into a giant ball.
- Place crushed pecans on a plate and roll cheese ball in pecans, coating the entire ball
- Push in broccoli stalk on top to mimic a pumpkin stem.
I also make a simple chicken fingers recipe, with buffalo sauce and honey mustard for dipping.
Ingredients:
- Chicken Breasts
- 2 cups Flour
- teaspoon of Salt
- teaspoon of Pepper
- table spoon of Olive Oil
- table spoon of butter
Directions:
- Slice chicken breasts into bite size strips
- Mix flour, salt and pepper into bowl and mix
- coat pieces of chicken in flour mix
- In frying pan, heat olive oil and butter
- Place flour coated chicken in pan and fry on both sides until fully cooked (light brown on both sides)
- Place fried pieces of chicken on paper towel, pat with paper towel to remove grease
And for dessert I made pumpkin shaped pumpkin bread muffins with cream cheese icing!
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin bread mix (in a box)
- Cream Cheese Icing
- Green food coloring
Directions:
- Make Pumpkin bread mixture according to box's directions
- Place mixture into pumpkin shaped muffin pans
- Bake according to box's directions
- Allow to cool
- Mix green food coloring with cream cheese icing
- Ice halves of pumpkin halves and put halves together to make whole pumpkins
- Decorate top of pumpkins with icing to look like pumpkin leaves
Overall a great pre-party and party!!! And what a great night to celebrate the Cardinals winning the World Series!!!
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| Rally Squirrel!!! |
