Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy halloween with great last minute ideas!!!

hello readers, i hope youre having a great halloweenie day, its a celebration of the dead, so im going to a party within several hours from now, i have to help my lovely neighborhood children pass out candy and glow in the dark neckleces at the park before the party and i have to go with my dad to judge some pumpkins, and then the party, so if you need last minute ideas, i got them for you, two are mine and 1 is from the chew's co-host clinton kelly, so these 3 appitezers are going to a hit at my friends party, it can be yours too, so feel free to make it at your party, so let's go to the monster bash! enjoy the recipes! hahahahahaha!!!!!

Garlic gucamole
1 avocado, pitted and scooped out
2-3 cloves garlic, minced and can be made as a paste using a cheese grater.
juice of 1 lemon
1 chopped green onion
1 chopped jalapeno
salt and pepper

mash up avocado with the remaining ingredients, mix until smooth and a bit chunky. refridgerate until partys on and serve with tortilla chips

taco bean dip
1 can refried beans
1 pkt 40 % less sodium taco seasoning mix
1 8 oz sour cream
mix together in a bowl and add:
1 avocado
1 chopped green onion
1 cup shredded cheddar
1 can sliced olives
1 chopped tomato.
make sure its all combined well. refridgerate until partys on and serve with tortilla chips.

Mozzarella Eyeballs
Recipe coutesy Clinton kelly from the chew show on
ABC Channel 7
1 pound Bocconcini (Cherry-sized Mozzarella balls)
1 Jar Pimiento-stuffed Green Olives (cut in half)
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Marinara Sauce

In a small saucepan, warm marinara sauce.
Slice top and bottom off of bocconcini of ball to create flat base and flat top. Slice green olive so that pimiento resembles a pupil. Place it on top of mozzarella, flat side facing down, to create "eyeballs."
Pour marinara into an even layer on a platter. Arrange eyeballs in the sauce.
Optional Step: Whisk together olive oil, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt. Drizzle over the eyeballs and serve

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