Posted by admin on Oct 17, 2016 in |

This was supposed to be a berry martini mocktail with a scary floating eyeball. Instead it looked kind of comical, like a frog. And nothing like the original picture at http://www.annies-eats.com/2014/10/30/spooky-eyeballtini-mocktail/, Basically it’s a purple drink with eyeballs made out of honeydew melon and blueberries. Not having any blueberry sauce on hand, I tried muddling blueberries and sugar syrup, but the effect was a lumpy mess. I’ve finally worked...

Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2016 in |

There are some eggcellent (ha) recipes for halloween in their free Fresh magazine this week at Woolworths. This is the lazy version – hard-boiled eggs with olives on top, cut into spiders. Their version had the egg yolk removed, blended with avocado/lemon/chilli. Or you could do the old curried eggs, as per http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/simple-curried-eggs-L6988.html I bought a handful of kalamata olives around the corner. Cut them in half, removed the seed,...

Posted by admin on Sep 7, 2016 in |

Grab an apple. Cut out a grin, with a sharp knife. Push slivered almonds into top and/or bottom of apple, to represent teeth. If it will be a while before serving, paint orange or lemon juice over the apple flesh, to stop it going brown. Tip: the bigger the mouth, the easier to push the teeth in. You can go for the buck toothed look, with wide slivers of almonds. Make lots of smaller mouths, by cutting apple into quarters, and turning each quarter into a gruesome...

Posted by admin on Sep 7, 2016 in |

Make a coffin-shaped box. Or if you’re lazy, just a rectangular white bowl. Place skeleton box/bowl, sitting up so that he is holding a clear glass bowl of salsa. Fill coffin with corn chips. Tip: Plastic skeletons will work better than rubber ones. Mine was so floppy, his head fell into the salsa and his arms wouldn’t hold the bowl.

Posted by admin on Sep 7, 2016 in |

These were really easy. I used frozen sheets of butter puff pastry, from the supermarket. While the pastry is still frozen, cut with a knife and ruler into 8 rectangles. I used scissors to free-form cut out bone shapes. It is easiest while the pastry is still frozen, otherwise it gets sticky. Sprinkle with sugar (or grated cheese if you like savoury), and bake in oven as per directions on the packet. Great – both kids and dogs loved these skeleton...