CREAMY CARROT SOUP
3/8 cup onion (chopped)
1 1/2 Tbls Butter (or EVOO)
1 1/2 cups carrots (chopped)
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 Tbls long grain rice(uncooked)
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 Tbls tomato paste
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
Saute onion in butter, add carrots, broth, and rice.
Cover and simmer 25 minutes (till carrots are tender).
Cool a little.
Process in blender till smooth.
Add rest of ingredients and 1 pat of butter(or butter buds). Add optional seasonings noted below.
Optional garnish: Put some sour cream in a plastic bag, nip the corner and garnish with outline of Halloween figure such as a pumpkin, or spider web etc. for each bowl.
When I make this recipe, I like to add Curry Powder, Ginger, Applesauce, and Sage. I use about a 1/2 cup of applesauce, and several shakes of each spice.
Here are a couple of other fun ideas for Halloween.
Stuff a pimento stuffed olive into your favorite meatball recipe before cooking to make eyeball meatballs. My children loved spaghetti with eyeball meatballs for Halloween dinner.
Make a snake shaped sandwich roll by using puff pastry, a package of crescent rolls rolled out into one sheet, or your own favorite dough rolled into an oblong shape. Top it with your favorite deli sliced meat and cheese and roll up into a log, pinching the ends closed. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. At one end poke a small hole for the snakes forked tongue (I use a piece of a red pepper to make the forked tongue) and push the tongue into place. Use two whole cloves pushed into the roll for the eyes. To give your snake stripes. Beat up an egg or two and divide into small cups or dishes. Put a few drops of food color into each one and beat together. Paint the log with the egg washesin stripes (Children love to do the painting on this one!) Bake in the oven until lightly browned and serve!
For a quick decorated chocolate cake cake or brownies, make a thick glaze using confectioner’s sugar and a drop of water or fruit juice. Fill a zip lock bag or icing bag with the thick glaze. Snip the tip of the ziplock or use a small rount tip with your icing bag so you can pipe three or four circles on top of your cake or brownies. Using a toothpick draw lines from the outside ring to the inside center of all the rings to make a spiderweb shape on top. Use a large black gum drop and black licorice to make a spider to sit on top of the spiderweb.