SCARY TAPAS / HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | 8 RECIPES

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WIKI NOTE: Halloween is a celebration on the night of October 31st. It is most practiced in the United States and Canada. Children wear costumes and go to people's homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy and people give it to them. The suggestion is: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you." People often dress up as ghosts, witches, or other scary things for Halloween.

The pagan holiday Samhain, which the All Saints holy day replaced, was also known as the Day of the Dead. Many Wiccans and modern pagans celebrate the Day of the Dead. This is a happy holiday (even though it celebrates death). It is the day that some believe the souls of dead people come back to Earth.

People have worn costumes at Halloween for centuries. Early costumes were usually scary. They were often supernatural beings or from folklore. Wearing a costume may come from the Celtic festivals of Samhain and Calan Gaeaf. It could also be from the Christian Allhallowtide. Scary costumes are still popular.

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• SCARY TAPAS / SAVOURY RECIPES

• 1. Sausage mummies / vegan-friendly

• 2. Pumpkin vomit: guacamole / vegan

• 3. Spides eggs / vegan-friendly

• 4. Bloody carrot fingers / vegan

• 5. Terrifying field of zucchini skulls & carrot pumpkins / vegan

• 6. Cheese witches' brooms / vegan friendly

• SCARY TAPAS / SWEET RECIPES

• Trick or fruit: Banana ghosts & pumpkin mandarins / vegan

• 8. Spooky drinks: monster & vampire veggie smoothies / vegan-friendly

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SCARY TAPAS | 8 RECIPES

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• Sausage mummies / vegan-friendly

• Terrifying field of skulls & pumpkins: zucchini carrot / vegan

• Pumpkin vomit: homemade guacamole / vegan

• Cheesy witches´ brooms / vegan-friendly

• Spooky drinks: fruit veggie smoothies / vegan-friendly

• Trick o fruit: banana ghosts + pumpkin mandarins / vegan 

• Spider eggs / vegan-friendly

• Bloody carrot fingers / vegan

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2 SCARY TAPAS / HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | VEGAN RECIPES

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• BLOODY FINGERS

YOU WILL NEED:
3 or 4 carrots
Almonds, flaked
Ketchup sauce

LET´S COOK!
1. Wash the carrots and cut them in different sizes.
2. Put Ketchup sauce on the plate like bloodstream.
3. Place the carrots on the plate with Ketchup as fingers.
4. Make a cut on the top of each carrot and place the almonds as nails.
5. Put as much Ketchup sauce as you want!!!

• TERRIFYING FIELD OF SKULLS AND PUMPKINS 

YOU WILL NEED:
1 or 2 courgettes/zucchini (medium size)
1 or 2 big carrots

LET´S COOK!
Pumpkins:
1. Peel the carrots. Cut carrots into slices not too thin.
2. Cut the stem shape of the pumpkin in each carrot slice. Here you are the tiny pumpkins ready to plant.
Skulls:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Cover a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Wash well the courgettes. Cut them into slices not too thin.
3. Cut the skull shape and make eyes and mouth holes with a knife.
4. Place the courgette skulls in the tray, and sprinkle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
5. Keep them in the oven until brown. Remove from the oven. Leave to cool.

¡LET'S PLANT A FIELD OF KULLS AND PUMPKINS!
1. Place them on a big plate/tray like a big terrifying field.
2. Cover the plate with pumpkins along the edge and put them in the center of the skulls (photo).
3. Serve as is or with small bowls of hummus and/or soy sauce to dip (optional).

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PUBLICATION: HALLOWEEN FOR LITTLE FOODIES | ARTICLE WHN - ISSUE 86

• Article published in What´s Happening Magazine / Issue 86.

Kids can be very picky when it comes to food, especially when it's good for them. However we have found a solution in blog form. Cosericantar blog makes it a piece of cake when getting your little ones involved in cooking. The blog is based on two main ideas: cooking and playing. A full menu of creative and healthy recipes has been prepared for each month of the year. Elena from Cosericantar blog has created some spooky treats especially WHM for you to try at home. 
Recipes and photography by Elena JR from Cosericantar blog. 

***What´s Happening Magazine (WHN): Brighton-based Fashion and Lifestyle Magazine.

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SPOOKY DRINKS | 2 ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPES INCLUDED | HALLOWEEN MENU

MONSTER - SPINACH SMOOTHIE 

YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
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 

YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
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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TRICK OR FRUIT | 2 VEGAN RECIPES | HALLOWEEN MENU

WIKI NOTE: Trick-or-treating is a Halloween ritual custom for children and adults in many countries. Children in costumes travel from house to house, asking for treats with the phrase "Trick or treat". The "treat" is usually some form of candy, although in some cultures money is used instead. The "trick" refers to a threat, usually idle, to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. Trick-or-treating usually occurs on the evening of October 31. Some homeowners signal that they are willing to hand out treats by putting up Halloween decorations outside their doors; others simply leave treats available on their porches for the children to take freely. Houses may also leave their porch light on as a universal indicator that they have candy.

Traditions similar to the modern custom of trick-or-treating extend all the way back to classical antiquity, although it is extremely unlikely that any of them are directly related to the modern custom. The ancient Greek writer Athenaeus of Naucratis records in his book The Deipnosophists that, in ancient times, the Greek island of Rhodes had a custom in which children would go from door to door dressed as swallows, singing a song, which demanded the owners of the house to give them food and threatened to cause mischief if the owners of the house refused. This tradition was claimed to have been started by the Rhodian lawgiver Cleobulus.

• BANANA GHOSTS | VEGAN RECIPE

YOU WILL NEED:
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 | VEGAN RECIPE

YOU WILL NEED:
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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4 SCARY TAPAS | ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPES INCLUDED | HALLOWEEN MENU

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1. PUMPKIN VOMIT | VEGAN RECIPE

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 chilli, 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.

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.

LET'S MAKE THE PUMPKIN VOMIT!
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 | ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPE INCLUDED

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 centre and put 4 legs on each side. It looks like a scary spider!!!

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3. SAUSAGE MUMMIES | ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPE INCLUDED

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 |  ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPE INCLUDED

     

YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
Box of Italian breadsticks
Cheese slices /*vegan cheese slices
Chives
Strawberry jam (or whatever flavour 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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