Gabby :)
I am having some friends over to watch a movie and want to provide some snacks. (I am going to the store soon). I love to eat healthy, but they don't necessarily. What is something healthy that doesn't seem overly healthy to them and is tasty? (i.e., carrot sticks are not exactly a great option ;D)
No popcorn please, I am sick of it!
lol @ popcorn and carrots sticks. thanks bud =P
Answer
You could make some mini bite size sandwiches... you can put things like turkey breast, cheese, spinach, cucumber slices, hummus, and/or tuna salad. Then put toothpicks in the top!
Or you can try this delicious creamy spinach dip. Here's the recipe:
Ingredients
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
2 cups fat-free plain yogurt
1 14-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 8-ounce block reduced fat cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves, thinly sliced
1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon mild chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
non-stick cooking spray
1 bag whole grain tortilla chips (about 16 cups)
Directions
Coat a 8Ã12 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
In a large bowl, add half the mozzarella, yogurt, artichokes, cream cheese, spinach, half the Parmesan, garlic, pepper, chili, and salt. Mix with a wooden spoon until the spinach and artichokes are well combined. Transfer to baking dish and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan.
Bake 10-15 minutes uncovered until the cheese begins to brown and the dip is warm. Serve immediately with chips or even cut up veggies
Good luck and hope your party turns out great!!!
You could make some mini bite size sandwiches... you can put things like turkey breast, cheese, spinach, cucumber slices, hummus, and/or tuna salad. Then put toothpicks in the top!
Or you can try this delicious creamy spinach dip. Here's the recipe:
Ingredients
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
2 cups fat-free plain yogurt
1 14-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 8-ounce block reduced fat cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves, thinly sliced
1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon mild chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
non-stick cooking spray
1 bag whole grain tortilla chips (about 16 cups)
Directions
Coat a 8Ã12 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
In a large bowl, add half the mozzarella, yogurt, artichokes, cream cheese, spinach, half the Parmesan, garlic, pepper, chili, and salt. Mix with a wooden spoon until the spinach and artichokes are well combined. Transfer to baking dish and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan.
Bake 10-15 minutes uncovered until the cheese begins to brown and the dip is warm. Serve immediately with chips or even cut up veggies
Good luck and hope your party turns out great!!!
Halloween recipes ????????
Q. Hey I need some easy to make ultra creepy ultra gross looking Halloween treats but great taste also can u make candy corn ur self or do u hav to go to the store and buy it also no animals please and it has to be sweet and delicious and it can't be healthy
Best answer gets 10 points
Thx
Best answer gets 10 points
Thx
Answer
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/
This website has some good ones. I'll post it here for you anyway for convenience. :)
Milk chocolate graveyard cake-
Ingredients
Cake:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing pan
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature for 30 minutes
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups well-shaken buttermilk (or 1 cup milk plus 1 tablespoon lemon juice)
Assembly:
Milk Chocolate Butter cream, recipe follows
1/2 (9-ounce) box chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
1 tube black gel
1 bag chocolate sandwich cookies (recommended: Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies)
Chocolate Tree, recipe follows
Candy pumpkins
Candy Bones, recipe follows
Rock candy
Directions
For the cake: Put a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 (9 by 2-inch) nonstick round cake pans. Line the bottom of each with a round of parchment paper, and then butter the paper.
Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together onto parchment paper. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 4 or 5 minutes. Add your eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until completely incorporated before adding each additional egg. Mix in the chocolate and vanilla, making sure to combine really well. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, in 3 batches, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Make sure to let it mix thoroughly.
Pour half the batter in each pan and spread evenly with a spatula or butter knife. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Remove the pans to racks and allow the cakes to cool for 10 minutes or so. Loosen the edges of the cake from the pan with a knife, then turn them onto the racks. Remove the paper and let the cakes completely cool.
To assemble: Put some Milk Chocolate Buttercream on top of 1 cake layer, pushing out to the sides a bit. Sprinkle some ground up chocolate wafers on top. Place the other cake layer on top and flip it over so the flat surface is up. Ice with the rest of the buttercream. Don't try to make it perfectly smooth, the more bumpy it is the better, we're creating a graveyard!
With your black gel, write out RIP on the chocolate sandwich cookies to make them look like gravestones.
Sprinkle more ground wafers on top of the cake to look like dirt. Pat some more around the sides. Take your chocolate tree and put right through the cake in the back. Add some gravestones and some pumpkins. And the chocolate bones, pressing into the sides like an X. Arrange chunks of rock candy around.
Milk Chocolate Buttercream:
5 sticks butter, cut into pieces, at room temperature
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
5 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
2 1/2 cups milk chocolate, melted and cooled
1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Combine the butter, salt and 2 cups of the confectioners' sugar in a mixer with the whisk attachment. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolates, vanilla and the remaining 3 cups sugar. Whisk on medium-high until smooth and fluffy.
Chocolate Tree:
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Put the chips in a heatproof glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir to melt.
Fill a zip top bag with the melted chocolate and pipe it out on a baking sheet lined with foil in the shape of a tree. Let cool.
Candy Bones:
1 cup white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter, melted
18 pretzel sticks
36 mini-marshmallows
Put the chips in a heatproof glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir to melt. Add the melted butter to the chips to make the mixture more workable.
Take your pretzel stick and push a marshmallow on each side. Coat in the white chocolate, and let dry on parchment paper.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/
This website has some good ones. I'll post it here for you anyway for convenience. :)
Milk chocolate graveyard cake-
Ingredients
Cake:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing pan
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature for 30 minutes
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups well-shaken buttermilk (or 1 cup milk plus 1 tablespoon lemon juice)
Assembly:
Milk Chocolate Butter cream, recipe follows
1/2 (9-ounce) box chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
1 tube black gel
1 bag chocolate sandwich cookies (recommended: Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies)
Chocolate Tree, recipe follows
Candy pumpkins
Candy Bones, recipe follows
Rock candy
Directions
For the cake: Put a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 (9 by 2-inch) nonstick round cake pans. Line the bottom of each with a round of parchment paper, and then butter the paper.
Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together onto parchment paper. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 4 or 5 minutes. Add your eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until completely incorporated before adding each additional egg. Mix in the chocolate and vanilla, making sure to combine really well. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, in 3 batches, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Make sure to let it mix thoroughly.
Pour half the batter in each pan and spread evenly with a spatula or butter knife. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Remove the pans to racks and allow the cakes to cool for 10 minutes or so. Loosen the edges of the cake from the pan with a knife, then turn them onto the racks. Remove the paper and let the cakes completely cool.
To assemble: Put some Milk Chocolate Buttercream on top of 1 cake layer, pushing out to the sides a bit. Sprinkle some ground up chocolate wafers on top. Place the other cake layer on top and flip it over so the flat surface is up. Ice with the rest of the buttercream. Don't try to make it perfectly smooth, the more bumpy it is the better, we're creating a graveyard!
With your black gel, write out RIP on the chocolate sandwich cookies to make them look like gravestones.
Sprinkle more ground wafers on top of the cake to look like dirt. Pat some more around the sides. Take your chocolate tree and put right through the cake in the back. Add some gravestones and some pumpkins. And the chocolate bones, pressing into the sides like an X. Arrange chunks of rock candy around.
Milk Chocolate Buttercream:
5 sticks butter, cut into pieces, at room temperature
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
5 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
2 1/2 cups milk chocolate, melted and cooled
1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Combine the butter, salt and 2 cups of the confectioners' sugar in a mixer with the whisk attachment. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolates, vanilla and the remaining 3 cups sugar. Whisk on medium-high until smooth and fluffy.
Chocolate Tree:
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Put the chips in a heatproof glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir to melt.
Fill a zip top bag with the melted chocolate and pipe it out on a baking sheet lined with foil in the shape of a tree. Let cool.
Candy Bones:
1 cup white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter, melted
18 pretzel sticks
36 mini-marshmallows
Put the chips in a heatproof glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir to melt. Add the melted butter to the chips to make the mixture more workable.
Take your pretzel stick and push a marshmallow on each side. Coat in the white chocolate, and let dry on parchment paper.
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