One Week of Halloween…

This week we are kicking it off of course, by CARVING OUR own PUMPKINS…

find your own patterns HERE.

and tradition is to roast our pumpkin seed! YUM!  Get my recipe HERE.

We are going to have a Homemade Pizza Night & we will each build our own little pizza’s. I am going to make these cute little cupcakes for dessert.

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  And also have these on hand for any family or friends that we happen to invite.

 

I  have a “Halloween To-do List” that hopefully we get through this week! So if you want to join in our fun here are a few ideas.

 

We will be making THESE cute spiders.

{Image & idea from Rebecca Cooper’s Blog}

 THESE cute hand skeletons

these candy corn rice krispy treats are pretty fun too!

we are going to try  BOO at the ZOO this year, if you come make sure to stop by the Families Supporting Adoption’s booth to get a spooky treat!

Since Halloween is on Sunday, I want to do something fun! Going to try this Dinner in a Pumpkin Recipe!

Dinner in a Pumpkin

INGREDIENTS

• 1 small sugar pumpkin
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cups diced celery
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 5 pounds lean ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 (20 ounce) bottle ketchup
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 5 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
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• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
• 2 cups cooked white rice

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 Degrees C). Cut off top of pumpkin, scrape out seeds and pith.

2. In a large deep skillet, sauté vegetables in 1/4 cup shortening until soft. Add beef; cook and crumble until evenly brown. Add the pepper, ketchup, garlic, salt, Worcestershire sauce and tomato sauce. Simmer 15-20 minutes.

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of the beef mixture, soy sauce, mushrooms, brown sugar, soup and rice. Mix well, pour into pumpkin and replace lid. Cover and freeze remaining beef mixture.

4. Place filled pumpkin on a baking sheet and bake for one hour or until pumpkin is tender. As you serve dinner, be sure to scoop out a little of the cooked pumpkin too.

INGREDIENTS

1

can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet

2 1/2

slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)

10

large hot dogs

Cooking spray

Mustard or ketchup, if desired

DIRECTIONS

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Also these cute little mummy hot dogs for the kids.

• 1Heat oven to 375°F.
• 2If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.
• 3With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).
• 4Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like "bandages," stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for "face." On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.
• 5Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on "face."

 

 

I  have a “Halloween To-do List” that hopefully we get through this week! So if you want to join in our fun here are a few ideas.

 

We will be making THESE cute spiders.

{Image & idea from Rebecca Cooper’s Blog}

 THESE cute hand skeletons

these candy corn rice krispy treats are pretty fun too!

we are going to try  BOO at the ZOO this year, if you come make sure to stop by the Families Supporting Adoption’s booth to get a spooky treat!

 

Mystical, Magical, Scary or Frightful hope your Halloween is just Delightful!