Halloween Party Food for Kids Healthy Choices

Creative Fruits & Veg Recipes Eyeballs Cup, Lumpy Soup, Stone Rolls

© Susan Morris

Sep 30, 2008

Creative family cooks will appreciate that Halloween parties for children can be healthy, fun and adventurous. Three recipes using fruits and vegetables will bring a freshness to celebrating Halloween (or Hallowe'en) with the kids.

Eyeballs Cup Recipe

Ingredients:

• Canned lychees
• White seedless grapes and/ or red seedless grapes
• Cranberry juice

Directions:

1. Each eyeballs cup serving requires two lychees, two grapes and a cup measure of cranberry juice.
2. Drain the canned lychees and select two intact lychees and choice of white or red seedless grapes per pair of eyeballs as shown in the first photograph below.
3. Insert a grape into the lychee to form the 'eyeball' as shown in the second photograph below.
4. Place the 'eyeballs' in a cup and pour over cranberry juice as shown in the third photograph below.
5. Please note that within 20 minutes, the 'eyeballs' will take on some of the cranberry colour and look "bloodshot". if this effect is not desired, then keep the fruit and fruit juice separate until ready to serve.

EyeBalls Cup is an intriguing recipe to offer to adults. Variations on the fruit juice used can include cranberry with an apple juice to give a cloudy red effect, pomegranate, passion fruit and alcoholic cocktails.

Lumpy Red Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 large red peppers or red capsicums
• 1 large onion
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 70g of cooked basmati rice
• 1/4 pint water
• Olive oil for frying

Directions:

1. Roughly chop the onions and red peppers or capsicums and fry together in a saucepan until softened.
2. In the saucepan, add the chopped tomatoes and the water and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add the cooked basmati rice and stir in.
4. Blend in a food processor until the soup has a tapioca-style texture.
5. Lumpy Soup, shown in the fourth photograph below, can be seasoned with black pepper and served warm or cold.

Stone Rolls RecipeMakes 10 'stones'

Ingredients:

• 675g or 1 1/2 lb plain wholemeal flour
• strong white plain flour for dusting
• 25g or 1 oz dark Muscovado sugar
• 25 g or 1 oz fresh yeast
• 450 ml or 3/4 pint lukewarm water
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

Directions:

1. Blend the yeast with some water and set aside to froth.
2. Mix the wholemeal flour and sugar in a glass bowl.
3. Stir in the remaining water to the frothy yeast.
4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together in a bowl to form a bread dough.
5. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
6. Place the dough into a greased bowl, cover and place in a warm place for 1 hour.
7. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
8. Divide the dough into ten rounds.
9. Grease and warm a large baking tray before placing the ten rounds of dough on the tray.
10. Dust the rolls with strong white bread flour or plain white flour for the stone effect.
11. Bake in a preheated hot oven for 15 minutes.
12. Remove the rolls when cooked and cover immediately in clean cloth to trap evaporating water. This will allow the wholemeal rolls to be soft while looking like hard stones as shown in the final photograph below.

'Stone' wholemeal rolls are a visual accompaniment to the 'lumpy' red soup as part of a Halloween or Hallowe'en party feast. A spicy red soup can be served as an alternative to adults.

Lychees, White Seedless Grapes, Red Grapes

Lychees and Grape Eyeballs for Halloween

Eyeballs Cup Recipe for Halloween

Lumpy Red Soup Halloween Recipe

Stone Wholemeal Rolls with Halloween Soups

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