I was just telling some colleagues about how I used to do the food for my school's Halloween dances. My funny observance? When it comes to FREE food and teenagers....watch out, you may lose a hand. Chips, cookies, candies for free.....WHOOSH! It's gone in a few minutes. When I did the food and gave it gross names and formed it to resemble things like POOP....SCREECH! For some reason taking raisins stirred melted chocolate forming it into little logs and calling them "Fruit Poops"....I had to talk them INTO coming BACK to the table and eating it. That was hilarious! Anyhow, more of those recipes to come.
Today I'd like to share with you what I made for my fellow FACS teachers at our meeting.
My little Veggie Skeleton. Isn't he CUTE? It was just us Middle School teachers the high school teachers were a no show so they missed out. The four of us 'killed' him easily. Hahaha.
So if you are planning a Halloween party with a lot of junk....make this little guy and you'll be surprised that he may disappear before the high calorie stuff. Make sure you hit my cook's notes at the end for the SHORTCUTS!!!
Veggie Skeleton
2 cups of ranch dip
2 celery stalks cut into 3 parts
1 red pepper cut into strips (see picture)
6-8 mushrooms, sliced
2 cauliflower flowerets, halved
8 baby carrots
1 black olive, pitted and cut in half
10 spinach leaves
10 cucumber slices
This really has no directions other than save the picture and arrange it on your platter as shown. However...
Cook's Notes:
1. Most of these items I took from the salad bar at my grocery.
2. Grabbed a tub of ranch dip and placed in white bowl, stuck in spinach leaf hair and two eyes. Didn't feel the need for a mouth.
3. I only bought a whole red pepper because the salad bar was LOW on the red ones.
4. I purchased a container of the celery stalks because the salad bar always chops up their celery for salads. Same goes for baby carrots. And you are going to need extras to use up all the dip.
5. Very easy to put together and cute as a button!
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