I’m joining Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and the return of The Mystery Ingredient Club! Our Mystery Ingredient this month~ Wilton Creepy Sprinkles Lab, timely for planning a Happy Haunting! Thank you Michael Lee! The Creepy Sprinkles include Bones, Black & Green Jimmies, Orange Sugar, and Black, Green & Orange Jimmies. I couldn’t resist adding a…
Category: Halloween
Spooky Lasagna Soup for Halloween
Scare up some spooky fun with the Lasagna Soup for Halloween. I’m counting down to Halloween, preparing for a Happy Haunting! Spooky Lasagna Soup was staring at me from the pages of Celebrate Halloween Magazine. Spooky Lasagna Soup Makes 13 Spooky Servings Ingredients 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 1/4 pounds lean ground beef (I used “meatloaf…
Eat, Drink & Be Scary~ Giveaway!
It’s Friday the 13th and with Halloween on the horizon, I’m giving away two books filled with Spooktacular inspiration to Eat, Drink, & Be Scary! From Matthew Mead’s Halloween Spooktacular: “Frightfully simple ideas for creepy decorations, terrifying sweets and unique costumes will thrill trick-or-treaters of all ages. Holiday style pro Matthew Mead offers endlessly inventive haunted home…
No Tricks, Just Treats
Ghostly Spirits & Halloween Peeps
In anticipation of some Ghostly Peeps Fun, I went in search of Halloween PEEPS® but these apparitions were nowhere to be found. . . I searched my favorite haunts~ Target, the grocery store, Walmart. . .it wasn’t that they had disappeared, rather that they had never made an appearance at all~ I was happily able to scare…
Animal Instincts
I am following my Animal Instincts at the table, inspired by Tiger Stripe Pumpkins and Animal Prints~ My Animal Instincts led me on a mini safari to World Market, where I spied Giraffe-spotted napkins in tan and in black~ And to Hobby Lobby, where I rounded up Zebra chargers to accompany Leopard chargers I already…
Witches’ Brew Stew
Witches’ Brew Stew, aka Chicken Chili, is a recipe that we enjoy and I’ve had bubbling in my cauldron before! Like all witches, I have my own special potion for Witches’ Brew Stew, adapted from Southern Living’s recipe. Fire up your cauldron, or slow cooker! No fussing or worrying about stirring in a clockwise direction until your brew…
Halloween Oreo Brownies
I’m a sucker for seasonal products & packaging. . . the temptation, scary~ their frightening pull too much to resist! Especially when Halloween Oreos come in 5 BOOrific shapes, one a witch :) I’ve seen Oreo Brownies all over Pinterest. I found a recipe from Picky Palate, dipping the Oreos individually in brownie batter and baking them…
Cloche Encounters for All Hallows’ Eve Tablescape
With All Hallows’ Eve approaching, I’m at the table with some spine-chilling Cloche Encounters~ All Hallows’ Eve sounds scarier to me than Halloween~ in contrast this is not the Jolly Halloween table of last week. . . No sweet treats or candy skewers are offered up in my vases as on my Halloween Treats table~ instead they…
A Jolly Halloween
Vintage-inspired pails are filled with assorted Treats~ To make your Halloween Jolly, with their Spooky Sweets! Ravens have flown in, landing on pumpkins at the table, Conjure raven snacks up here, inspired from a Halloween label! Lanterns dress in scrapbook paper, in time for Halloween~ With haunting double images, how-tos here can be seen. Tinsel-woven placemats, add…