October 16, 2007
Healthy Halloween recipes
For those of you celebrating Halloween or just want some fun recipes here are some healthy Halloween recipes for you and your kids to try.Don't forget to visit our Halloween pages and Pumpkin recipes for more Halloween and seasonal pumpkin recipes not listed here such as pumpkin bars or how to roast your pumpkin seeds.
If you still want a little Halloween treat but more of a healthy Halloween recipe try this tomato soup cake (found on our April Fool's page). It makes a beautiful orange color and tastes great too. I added 1 cup shredded carrots to this recipe below.
Perfect Halloween Healthy Cake
2 eggs
¼ cup water
1 1/3 cup sugar
1 can condensed tomato soup
½ cup vegetable shortening
1 cup shredded carrots
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon cloves
cream cheese frosting
In mixing bowl blend eggs, water, shortening, sugar and tomato soup. Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cloves. Blend together and stir in shredded carrots. Pour into 13 x9 cake pan or a bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes depending on the size of your pan. Allow to cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
Mini pumpkin dessert
Put those cute little mini pumpkins to use by serving dessert inside. Hallow the insides and seeds out and fill with your favorite homemade pudding, mousse or ice cream.
Pumpkin Smoothie
1 tablespoon milk
½ cup pumpkin
½ cup sliced bananas
½ Tablespoon brown sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¾ cup-1 cup vanilla ice cream or vanilla frozen yogurt
Add all your ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Pumpkin soup
You will find another pumpkin soup recipe on our Pumpkin page. The two are very different so compare and decide which one you'd like to try.
1 cup chopped or grated onion
6 tablespoons butter
4 cups pumpkin
6 cups chicken broth
¼ teaspoon salt
pinch black pepper
pinch nutmeg
½ cup whipped cream
In large saucepan saute onion in butter several minutes until translucent. Stir in chicken broth. If you cooked your own pumpkin run through the blender until smooth. If using canned pumpkin use as is. Stir pumpkin into chicken broth. Add seasonings. Turn heat down to low and simmer for 1 hour. Add whipped cream and stir to combined just before serving.
One last fun Halloween dinner idea
Skeleton Meatloaf
Find a meatloaf recipe here or use your favorite meatloaf recipe.
Form your meatloaf into the shape of a body. Think head, arms, legs shapes like a gingerbread man. Now use your imagination to decorate. For eyes try sliced olives, slivered almonds for fingernails, or put a hard boiled egg inside your meatloaf head for a brain.
Look for our newest section of Kids Cooking Activities on Theme dinner ideas to come out in the next few weeks.
Happy Autumntime and Happy Halloween
Debbie Madson
Head chef of http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com