Happy Halloween Treats 2012

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Well, we made it to the last day of October and Halloween finally.  After dealing with the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, I can deal with any ghost and goblins that the day has in-store for me.   My prayers go out to those greatly affected by this devastating storm.  I hope everyone has a Happy and Safe Halloween.  May your day be full of sweet treats and wonderful memories.  

Halloween Witch's Hat Cookies

Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

 

Decorated Pumpkin Cake

 

Bloody Cyclops Cupcakes

Monster Cookies

 

Yummy Mummy Pizzas

 

Pumpkin, Banana and Chocolate Muffin-Cake

Gummy Worm Halloween Cupcakes

Candy Corn Rice Krispies

 



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Bloody Cyclops Cupcakes

Boo! Did I scare you with these Bloody Cyclops Cupcakes?   I made these over the weekend for my kids and they went crazy for them.  I hope you all like them as much as we did.  One more day and it's Halloween! Yay!

Ingredients:
1 box of chocolate cake mix prepared as directed
1 can of chocolate frosting
large marshmallows as needed
1 small tube of red icing jell
chocolate chips as needed


Directions:

Bake cupcakes as directed by box mix.  Cool and frost.  Apply a small dot of jell icing in the center of a marshmallow and adhere chocolate chip.  Place "eye" marshmallow on cupcakes as shown. Ice blood if desired.  Enjoy.

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Yummy Mummy Pizzas

Halloween is on my mind.. can you tell?  I love finding cute ideas to make Halloween fun for my kids.  I found this idea on the internet and I knew I had to make these Mummy Pizzas.  They looked so fun and easy so I knew it would be a great treat to make with my kids.  They loved making their own mummies and it was as much a "krafting" project as it was a recipe/meal.  I don't know if I can wait until next Halloween to make these muffins again.... we may just have to make them throughout the year.

Ingredients:
English Muffins (as needed)
Pizza sauce of your choice
Sliced olives  (as needed)
String cheese  (as needed)

Directions:
Split muffins in half and spread pizza sauce on top.  Place olives for eyes and then place pieces of string cheese to look like bandages.  Bake in oven until cheese melts and muffin gets toasted.  Enjoy.
 

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Curry and Comfort's Weekly Sunday Summary 10/22/12 thru 10/28/12

Hello Everyone!

Halloween week is finally here! We may be in for more of a fright than I wanted with Hurricane Sandy on her way to the East Coast. Let's hope she decides to give us a treat instead and heads out to sea.  I had more sweet treats this week than my normal savory fare.  Of course that's all in honor of the sweetest holiday of the year... Halloween! 

My husband is still talking about the Pumpkin Pie Milkshake that I surprised him with... he's so easily pleased. I'm sure I will make it for him again soon since it was so quick and easy to make.  I'm also glad that pumpkin season gets carried into November so I still have some more pumpkin recipes heading your way. 

I have a few more "spooky" treats planned for you this week as well and then as we enter November.... it's time to give thanks.   I think November is all about gearing up for that wonderful food-coma filled day... Thanksgiving.  As we all know what follows Thanksgiving... Black Friday Store Sales. You thought I was going to say Christmas, right?  Well of course... but I'm very excited to shop and find great deals too.  I hope November does not fly by as fast as October flew by.   Then again... I can't wait for Christmas!

Now onto our weekly review of recipes.... 

    

Monday, October 22, 2012

Decorated Pumpkin Cake

  Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Spicy Broccoli Curry

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Frosted Rice Krispies Treats

 

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

 

Friday, October 26, 2012

Lemon Rice

 

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Halloween Witch's Hat Cookies

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Halloween Witch's Hat Cookies

Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble....Witches are such an iconic symbol of Halloween and things that go bump in the night.  Now that Halloween is soon approaching, my kids and I are getting more and more excited.  So I was browsing the web in search of Halloween goodie ideas when I saw these cute witch's hat cookies.   I knew immediately they would be a fun recipe project to do with the kids.  Actually it's really not a recipe, but more of a gathering of ingredients and assembling them together.  The kids had so much fun making them... I think they also enjoyed taste-testing the Hershey's Kisses.  When we put them out on the cookie plate, they were the disappearing like Casper the ghost.  If you have kids or you are just a big kid at heart, have some fun this Halloween and make these cute cookies.

Ingredients:
1 package of Keebler Fudge Strip Cookies 
1 package of Hershey's Kisses (milk chocolate)
1 can of frosting.  
Note: Since it's Halloween orange colored frosting is available.  If you can't find orange, then buy white frosting and add food coloring (yellow and red) to to make your own orange frosting.


Sprinkles (optional)   They came with the can of frosting so I used them.

Directions:

Turn you fudge strip cookie upside down so the chocolate coated side is facing up.  Then put a dollop of orange frosting in the center.

Then top with your Hershey's Kiss on the top and sprinkles.  Allow to set for a while and Enjoy.

Makes 25-30 Witches Hat Cookies.

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Lemon Rice

 I made this dish almost a month ago when I had a surplus of lemons in my life.  It's a bright and fragrant dish that makes a wonderful side dish for any meal or can be eaten with a rice and curry meal.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups uncooked basmati rice (I used brown basmati)
4-5 cups water or chicken broth (as needed)
1 heaping tsp turmeric powder
2-3 Tbs of butter or margarine
1 medium onion chopped
10-12 curry leaves
2-3 pandan leaves
1 stalk lemon grass bruised and sliced into 1 inch pieces 
4 cloves
4 green cardamom pods
2-3 cloves garlic grated
1 inch ginger grated
1 Tbs black mustard seeds
1 tsp lemon rind
Juice one lemon(about 3 Tbs juice)
salt to taste


Directions:

First wash rice well and allow to drain dry. Then heat a large pan and melt butter.  Next add curry leaves, pandan leaves, lemongrass, mustard seeds, cardamoms and cloves and fry for 1 minute.  Then add chopped onion, salt and turmeric powder and fry until until they become softened.   Add washed rice and lemon rind into pan and saute with all ingredients for 2-3 minutes.

Transfer to a rice cooker and add lemon juice and water or chicken broth.  Taste water for salt and lemon flavor. Adjust to taste.  Cook in rice cooker until rice is tender.  Fluff with a fork and serve.

Note:  If  you do not have a rice cooker, cook in a pot with a lid.  Bring rice and liquid to a boil on high heat.  Then lower the heat to a low setting on your stove and simmer rice for about 20 minutes with lid on.  Then turn stove off and leave cover for 5-10 minutes undisturbed.  Fluff and serve.   

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Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

 My husband came home yesterday and said he had a slice of pumpkin pie at work that was disappointing. I felt bad for him so I wanted to fix him a treat that would make him excited about pumpkin pie again.  I didn't have time to make a pumpkin pie from scratch, but I made him a fun pumpkin pie milkshake instead and he loved it.  This milkshake takes only a few minutes to make and you have the flavor of a pumpkin pie all in a refreshing creamy dreamy milkshake. 

Ingredients:
1/3 cup pumpkin puree (from a can- I used Libby's)
2/3 cup milk
1 cup vanilla ice cream
3-4 nilla wafer cookies
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
5-7 scrapes of freshly grated nutmeg
whipped cream (optional)

Makes 2 cups worth of milkshake. Serving 1-2 people

Directions:
Place all ingredients (with the exception of the whipped cream) and blend until smooth.  Top with whipped cream and serve chilled.  Enjoy.

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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Frosted Rice Krispies Treats

I am starting to enjoy experimenting with Rice Krispies Treats.  I bought a box of Reese's Chocolate and Peanut Butter Puffs cereal and thought they would be fun to try in a rice krispies treat.  I also wanted to try frosting the treats this time and it turned a regular treat into a very decadent dessert.  My son had one after school with a glass of milk and he gushed how good it was with every bite.  Even my daughter who can be hot and cold when it comes to sweets loved this one.  If you cannot find the Reese's Puff, just substitute all rice cereal instead and it will be just as good.

Ingredients:
4 cups Reese's Puff Cereal
4 cups rice cereal
4-5Tbs Tbs butter
1 (10oz) bag of mini marshmallows (divided)
1/3 cup peanut butter

Frosting:
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup peanut butter
pinch of salt
chopped roasted and salted peanuts (optional)

Directions:

On medium low heat, melt butter, peanut butter and  marshmallows (reserve 1 cup mini marshmallows).  Once fully melted add the rice cereal and Reeses' cereal and mix well.  Then add the remaining cup of mini marshmallows and mix together with the rice krispies. Pour mixture into a buttered baking dish and press down. Top with frosting and allow rice krispies to set for 2 hours. Cut into squares and serve. Enjoy.

Tip:  I used wax paper over the mixture so I could press down the with my hands.

Frosting:  In microwave (or double boiler) melt chocolate with milk and peanut butter until smooth. 

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Spicy Broccoli Curry

 My kids both agree they love broccoli.  I always buy a big 3lb bag of broccoli crowns from Costco every week.  So we do eat a lot of broccoli and this is one of my favorite ways to cook it.  It cooks pretty fast and goes great with rice and lentils.  You can make it as spicy as you like.  I made it pretty spicy because my kids are requesting me to cook spicier since they are old enough to develop their palette for spicy food.  Of course we always have a glass of milk waiting for them in case they have to put any fires out.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs of broccoli florets (sliced small)
1 medium onion sliced or chopped
1 bell pepper or mild chilies sliced or chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fennugreek seeds
1 small piece of cinnamon stick
10-12 curry leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
red chili powder to taste (or cayenne powder)
red chili flakes to taste
salt to taste

 Directions:

Heat 2Tbs of canola oil on medium heat in a large frying pan (preferably with a lid).  Once the oil is heated add cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, mustard seeds, fennugreek seeds and curry leaves and fry for 30 seconds. Then add the onion and peppers and fry for another minute.

 Then add chopped broccoli and some salt and fry with the onions and spices.  Next add the turmeric, red chili flakes and powder.  Lower heat to medium-low and put lid on pan so broccoli can steam to soften.  If your ingredients are too dry sprinkle 1-2 Tbs of water over the broccoli.  Once broccoli is cooked to your desired tenderness, taste for salt and seasoning an serve with rice and other curries. Enjoy.

 
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