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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STARTER: SCARY TAPAS + 4 RECIPES

1. 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!

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 / 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

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.

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DESSERT:  TRICK OR FRUIT + 2 RECIPES / VEGAN

BANANA GHOSTS 

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 

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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DRINKS: SPOOKY DRINKS + 2 RECIPES / VEGAN FRIENDLY

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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COCONUT CAKE | VEGAN RECIPE

WIKI NOTE: The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word. The term is derived from the 16th-century Spanish, they were the ones who gave the name to this peculiar fruit. The word coco means "head" or "skull", which would mean in this case monkey face because the three indentations (eyes) on the hairy nut resemble the head and face of a monkey.

COCONUT VEGAN CAKE

YOU WILL NEED:
DRY INGREDIENTS:
1 cup panela sugar or unrefined cane sugar
1 and  ¾ cups wheat flour (plain or all-purpose)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)
WET INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup sunflower oil (any neutral flavored)
1 cup coconut milk
2  tsp vanilla extract
1  tsp white or apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
NOTE: Put raisins in a glass with a dash of water for a kids' cake or alcohol (to taste, I like with Cachaça) for an adult's cake, and the raisins plump up.

NOTE: Homemade measurement units



LET´S BAKE!

1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Grease a bread pan with margarine or sunflower oil.
NOTE: Standard dimensions for bread and loaf pans start at 8 ½ by 4 ½ inches. It´s the perfect size for that amount of ingredients. If you multiply the amount by the number of times that you want,  you will get a bigger cake. You have tons of different sizes of baking pans depending on the final amount.

2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl: brown sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, shredded coconut, cacao nibs and salt until well mixed. 
NOTE: Sift the flour for cakes. Sifting helps to remove any lumps and/or unwanted debris from the flour and also helps to combine the flour with any dry ingredients. If you don't have a strainer handy, you can also mix flour with a wire whisk or a fork.
3. Combine wet ingredients in a bowl:  apple cider vinegar, vanilla extract, veggie oil, raisins, and coconut milk until well-mixed.

6. Pour the wet mix into the dry bowl. Mix everything slowly with a wooden spoon.

7. Pour the mix into the bread pan. Sprinkle brown sugar on the top.

8. Bake for around 45 minutes, until browned.

NOTE: Don´t open the oven, you can always leave the cake in the oven for a few more minutes.

9.  Remove from the oven. Leave to cool. Sprinkle a little bit of shredded coconut. Serve with a scoop of vegan ice cream, and mango flavor (optional).

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BANANA BREAD WITH WALNUTS AND RAISINS | VEGAN RECIPE

WIKI NOTE: Bananas appeared in the US in the 1870s and it took a while for them to appear as ingredient items for desserts. The modern Banana Bread recipe began being published in cookbooks around the 1930s and its popularity was greatly helped by the introduction of baking powder on the market.

WALNUT RAISIN BANANA VEGAN BREAD

YOU WILL NEED:
DRY INGREDIENTS:
1 and 1/2 cups wheat flour (plain or all-purpose)
1 cup panela sugar or unrefined cane sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped or any dry fruits of your choice (optional)
WET INGREDIENTS:
4 medium to large ripe or over-ripe bananas (approx. 300g)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup  sunflower oil (or veggie oil, any neutral flavored)
1/2 cup raisins
NOTE: Put raisins in a glass with a dash of water for kids' cake or alcohol (to taste, I like with Cachaça) for an adult's cake, and the raisins plump up.
TOPPING
A drizzle of maple syrup
Banana slices
Cinnamon, to taste (optional)

NOTE: Homemade measurement units



LET´S BAKE!

1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Grease a bread pan with margarine or sunflower oil.
NOTE: Standard dimensions for bread and loaf pans start at 8 ½ by 4 ½ inches. It´s the perfect size for that amount of ingredients. If you multiply the amount by the number of times that you want,  you will get a bigger cake. You have tons of different sizes of baking pans depending on the final amount.

2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, chopped walnuts and salt until well mixed. 
NOTE: Sift the flour for cakes. Sifting helps to remove any lumps and/or unwanted debris from the flour and also helps to combine the flour with any dry ingredients. If you don't have a strainer handy, you can also mix flour with a wire whisk or a fork.
4. Add veggie oil and vanilla extract. Combine wet ingredients so that the oil mixes with the banana puree and the sugar dissolves. 

5. Pour the wet mix into the dry bowl. Mix everything slowly with a wooden spoon.

6. Pour the mix into the bread pan. Sprinkle brown sugar on the top. Arrange the banana slices around the cake decoratively. 

7. Bake it for around 40 minutes, until browned.

NOTE: Don´t open the oven, you can always leave the cake in the oven for a few more minutes.

8.  Remove from the oven. Leave to cool. Drizzle some maple syrup over the cake, especially over the banana slices. Sprinkle a little bit of ground cinnamon (optional).

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BLUEBERRY PANCAKES | VEGAN RECIPE

WIKI NOTE: Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies.

BLUEBERRY VEGAN PANCAKES

YOU WILL NEED:
1 cup soy milk
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

1 cup wheat flour (plain or all-purpose) 

1 tablespoon of panela sugar or unrefined cane sugar

2 tablespoons of baking powder

A pinch of salt
A pinch of ground cinnamon (optional) 
A handful of mixed berries (blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry)

LET´S COOK!

1. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients, soymilk, and vegetable oil. Whisk to a smooth batter.
2. Add a splash of vegetable oil, tilting the pan to spread when the pan is hot.
3. Use the soup ladle to fill with the batter from your bowl and then dispense it onto the griddle. Add some berries and cook for 2 to 3 minutes each side.  Make round pancakes with a wooden spoon.
4. Flip it when the pancake's edges are dry and the top of the pancake has bubbles rising up. Set aside.
5. Repeat until use all the batter (4 or 6 units). Stack the pancakes on a plate.
6. Spread whatever you want over the pancake. Maple syrup or strawberry jam is my favorite pancake but up to your taste, definitely, there is no rule here. Bon appetite!

HOW TO MAKE A YUMMY HEART! 
1. Thanks a lot Betty for the heart pancake!
2. Make a round shape with a triangle on the top. It will be a yummy heart!

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