Haunted Forest Platter
The book, Halloween Fun: 101 Ideas to Get in the Spirit
gives us this really fun and unique recipe for a
vegi-platter alternative at your Halloween get together.
You will need:
3 stalks of broccoli
3 medium beets
Wood toothpicks
3 hard-boiled eggs
Assorted vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, pea pods,
kohlrabies, radishes, sweet red peppers, sweet yellow
peppers, and shredded carrot
Ripe olives, pimiento-stuffed olives, and/or tiny sweet
pickles
1 ounce spaghetti, cooked and drained
Liquid green food coloring
Instructions:
1. To make a haunted forest, first create trees. Cut bottoms
from stalks of broccoli to make 6-inch broccoli trees. Slice
beets about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick to make a base for
broccoli trees. Break wood toothpicks in half. Insert three
to four toothpick pieces into bottom of each broccoli stalk
and then insert into a beet slice. Stand broccoli upright.
Cover to keep moist.
2. To make egg ghosts, use a small knife or 1/2-inch aspic
cutters to hollow out eyes and mouths to form a face. Cut
small pieces of ripe olive to press into hollowed-out areas
for eyes or mouth, if desired. Cover to keep moist.
3. Using your imagination, create creepy creatures with
tomatoes, sweet peppers, pickles, olives, and radishes.
4. Place broccoli trees on serving platter. Cover surface of
platter with shredded carrot. Hide egg ghosts in forest
along with creepy creatures. Scatter piles of vegetables
such as pea pods, beet slices, kohlrabi slices, olives,
pickles, and/or any other desired vegetables. Add strips of
red pepper to the broccoli branches.
5. To make moss, add a few drops of green food coloring to a
small amount of water in a medium bowl. Add cooked spaghetti
and let stand about 5 minutes. Drain and place over broccoli
trees. Keep platter covered until serving time. If
necessary, spritz platter with water to keep it moist.
If YOU have a favorite recipe to share,
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me and let me know!
Till
next time,
Heather
About the Author:
Heather Millott is a
Halloween artist who admits to being shamelessly addicted to
primitive folk and vintage Halloween art. In addition to
scaring up devilishly good recipes, she also writes the "Curious Goods.."
monthly column here on the site. Visit
Heather here on HalloweenArtists.com or on her website at
www.witchhollowprimitives.com.
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