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STARTER: SCARY TAPAS + 4 RECIPES1. PUMPKIN VOMIT / VEGAN
YOU WILL NEED:
1 little pumpkin
For the guacamole:
1 large ripe tomato
3 very ripe avocados
Juice of 1 large lime
handful of coriander, leaves, and stalks chopped
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 chili, red or green, deseeded and finely chopped
Tortilla chips, to serve
LET´S COOK!
1 large ripe tomato
3 very ripe avocados
Juice of 1 large lime
handful of coriander, leaves, and stalks chopped
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 chili, red or green, deseeded and finely chopped
Tortilla chips, to serve
LET´S COOK!
Guacamole:
1. Remove the skin from the tomato and chop. Halve and stone the avocados and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into a bowl with the tomato.
2. Tip all the other ingredients into the bowl, then season with salt and pepper. Use a fork to combine all of the ingredients.
3. Scatter with coriander. Cover with cling film and chill until needed.
YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
3 or 4 eggs /*silken tofu (yolks substitute) mini bread chips snacks (white)
A tin of pitted black olives
2 tablespoons of chopped spring onions
4 tablespoons of mayonnaise/*vegan mayonnaise
NOTE: homemade mayonnaise + vegan mayonnaise recipe
1 small can of tuna chunks /*soya chunks (optional)
2 tablespoons of sweet corn (optional)
Sprig of parsley (optional)
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste
LET´S COOK!
1. Put the eggs into a small pot. Cover with water and cook for approx. 4-5 minutes. Peel the eggs. Chop in half and remove the yolks.
2. Put the chopped spring onions, chopped yolks, tuna chunks, and sweet corn in a big bowl. Mix everything together with a wooden spoon.
3. Add several tablespoons of mayonnaise, until you achieve a creamy texture. Mix everything with a wooden spoon. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
LET'S MAKE THE SPIDER EGGS!
1. Fill the holes left by the yolk with the mixture. Chop some black olives in half (to make the spider body) and others into thin slices (to make the legs).
2. Decorate the top of the mix with half a black olive in the center and put 4 legs on each side. It looks like a scary spider!!!
YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
One package of hotdog sausages /*vegan sausages
1 sheet of shortcrust pastry /*shortcrust vegan pastry
NOTE: The shortcrust pastry can be either store-bought or homemade: Shortcrust pastry recipe
LET´S COOK!
1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Cover the baking tray with baking parchment.
2. Cut the sheet of pastry lengthwise into thin pieces. Roll the strips of pastry around the sausage. Leave an area without pastry (for the face). Add some pastry on the top of the mummy´s head.
3. Put the mummies on the baking tray. Bake them for around 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden.
4. Remove the baking tray. Serve in a small bowl with tomato sauce, ketchup, or barbecue sauce (or whatever you prefer).
5. Place the mummies around the bowl. Make eyes with mayonnaise or mustard.
YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
Box of Italian breadsticks
Cheese slices /*vegan cheese slices
Chives
Strawberry jam (or whatever flavor you prefer)
LET´S COOK!
1. Roll a cheese slice on the end of a breadstick. Tie it with a chive. Cut the cheese into ribbons with scissors. Repeat the same method with each breadstick.
2. Place the witches´ brooms around the plate. Serve in a little bowl with jam to dip.
2. Tip all the other ingredients into the bowl, then season with salt and pepper. Use a fork to combine all of the ingredients.
3. Scatter with coriander. Cover with cling film and chill until needed.
Pumpkin face:
1. Make a hole in the top of the pumpkin. Cut a six-sided lid, rather than a circle.
2. Use a wooden spoon, to clean out the seeds and stringy bits.
3. Draw the face on the pumpkin. Following the line cut the shapes out with a serrated knife. Use a gentle sawing action to avoid breaking bits off the pumpkin.
2. Use a wooden spoon, to clean out the seeds and stringy bits.
3. Draw the face on the pumpkin. Following the line cut the shapes out with a serrated knife. Use a gentle sawing action to avoid breaking bits off the pumpkin.
LET'S MAKE THE PUMPKIN VOMIT!
1. Put the pumpkin on a plate.
1. Put the pumpkin on a plate.
2. Spread the guacamole from the mouth of the pumpkin around the plate.
3. Serve with a big bowl with tortilla chips to dip into the guacamole.
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2. SPIDER EGGS / VEGAN FRIENDLY
YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
3 or 4 eggs /*silken tofu (yolks substitute) mini bread chips snacks (white)
A tin of pitted black olives
2 tablespoons of chopped spring onions
4 tablespoons of mayonnaise/*vegan mayonnaise
NOTE: homemade mayonnaise + vegan mayonnaise recipe
1 small can of tuna chunks /*soya chunks (optional)
2 tablespoons of sweet corn (optional)
Sprig of parsley (optional)
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste
LET´S COOK!
1. Put the eggs into a small pot. Cover with water and cook for approx. 4-5 minutes. Peel the eggs. Chop in half and remove the yolks.
2. Put the chopped spring onions, chopped yolks, tuna chunks, and sweet corn in a big bowl. Mix everything together with a wooden spoon.
3. Add several tablespoons of mayonnaise, until you achieve a creamy texture. Mix everything with a wooden spoon. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
LET'S MAKE THE SPIDER EGGS!
1. Fill the holes left by the yolk with the mixture. Chop some black olives in half (to make the spider body) and others into thin slices (to make the legs).
2. Decorate the top of the mix with half a black olive in the center and put 4 legs on each side. It looks like a scary spider!!!
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3. SAUSAGE MUMMIES / VEGAN FRIENDLY
YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
One package of hotdog sausages /*vegan sausages
1 sheet of shortcrust pastry /*shortcrust vegan pastry
NOTE: The shortcrust pastry can be either store-bought or homemade: Shortcrust pastry recipe
LET´S COOK!
1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Cover the baking tray with baking parchment.
2. Cut the sheet of pastry lengthwise into thin pieces. Roll the strips of pastry around the sausage. Leave an area without pastry (for the face). Add some pastry on the top of the mummy´s head.
3. Put the mummies on the baking tray. Bake them for around 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden.
4. Remove the baking tray. Serve in a small bowl with tomato sauce, ketchup, or barbecue sauce (or whatever you prefer).
5. Place the mummies around the bowl. Make eyes with mayonnaise or mustard.
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4. CHEESY WITCHES' BROOMS / VEGAN FRIENDLY
Box of Italian breadsticks
Cheese slices /*vegan cheese slices
Chives
Strawberry jam (or whatever flavor you prefer)
LET´S COOK!
1. Roll a cheese slice on the end of a breadstick. Tie it with a chive. Cut the cheese into ribbons with scissors. Repeat the same method with each breadstick.
2. Place the witches´ brooms around the plate. Serve in a little bowl with jam to dip.
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DESSERT: TRICK OR FRUIT + 2 RECIPES / VEGAN
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BANANA GHOSTS
Bananas
Raisins
LET´S COOK!
1. Peel the bananas and cut them in half.
2. Make the ghost face with the raisins.
3. Place the banana ghosts on a plate. Such a scary gang of ghosts! Boo!!!
- PUMPKIN MANDARINS
Mandarins
Kiwis
LET´S COOK!
1. Peel the mandarins and the kiwis.
2. Cut the kiwis into small triangular pieces.
3. Put one kiwi piece in the center of each mandarin. It looks like pumpkin stalks.
4. Place the pumpkins on a plate. It is so easy to plant a terrifying field of pumpkins.
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DRINKS: SPOOKY DRINKS + 2 RECIPES / VEGAN FRIENDLY
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MONSTER - SPINACH SMOOTHIE
A handful of spinach
1 or 2 bananas
1 natural yogurt or soy yogurt (125g - small size)
A scoop of vanilla flavor ice cream /*vegan ice cream
2 tablespoons of honey /*agave nectar, to taste
NOTE: The recipe is for one glass. If you want more than one glass, multiply the ingredients accordingly.
LET´S COOK!
1. Wash the spinach chop the bananas and add to the blender.
2. Add the ice cream, honey and yogurt. Mix everything with the blender until foaming. Taste the smoothie and add more honey to sweeten if you wish.
3. Serve in a glass with straw. Put some white chocolate (for eyes) on the top of the glass.
NOTE: Put the glasses in the freezer for a while, the monster smoothie should be cold.
- VAMPIRE - BEETROOT SMOOTHIE
A handful of mixed berries (blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry)
A small cooked beetroot
1 forest berry yogurt /*forest berry soy yogurt (125g - small size)
A scoop of vanilla flavor ice cream /*vegan ice cream
2 tablespoons of honey /*agave nectar, to taste
NOTE: The recipe is for one glass. If you want more than one glass, multiply the ingredients accordingly
LET´S COOK!
1. Wash the berries, cut the beetroot, and add to the blender.
2. Add the ice cream, honey and yogurt. Mix everything with the blender until foaming. Taste the smoothie and add more honey to sweeten if you wish.
3. Serve in a glass with straw. Put some white chocolate (for eyes) on the top of the glass.
NOTE: Put the glasses in the freezer for a while, the vampire smoothie should be cold.
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