Halloween meals

Fun-sized treats have their place, but why not go beyond the candy corn this year with a sweet or savory recipe that won't scare you away?

Apple bites

These toothsome treats are a fun and healthy break from Halloween sweets.
 

What you'll need

·         Apples

·         Slivered almonds

(If you're not going to serve them right away, baste the apples with orange juice to keep them from browning.)

How to make it

1.  Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth.

Pizza Mummies

Disguises aren't just for Halloween. Surprise your family with these dressed-up, spooky-looking snacks any time of year.

What you'll need

·         English muffins

·         Pizza sauce

·         Black olives

·         Scallions

·         Red or green pepper

·         Cheese sticks or slices

How to make it

1. Heat the oven to 180º C. For each mummy, spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce onto half of an English muffin (toast it first, if you like). Set olive slices in place for eyes and add round slices of green onion or bits of red or green pepper for pupils.

2. Lay strips of cheese across the muffin for the mummy's wrappings.

3. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin is toasty.

„Bird Milk”

We all remember this delicious dessert which our grandmothers used to prepare from time to time.

Preparation is not as complicated as it sounds, and no, birds are not involved. I'm telling these because, I remember when I was a child, I always teased my grandmother asking her if there are any birds in milk.  

Actually its name comes from the egg whites foam floating on the vanilla milk custard, giving the suggestion of white birds floating on a milk lake, or floating islands.
Birds Milk is a classic french recipe, very easy to make and is always a favorite for the entire family.

Ingredients:

4 eggs

150 g sugar

1200 ml milk

1 vanilla powder

Preparation:

Separate the egg yolks from egg white.

Using a mixer make a hard foam of egg whites.

Add 50 g of sugar to the foam and mix well.

Put 700 ml milk in a pot and heat it.

When the milk boils, using a spoon, put the egg white foam in the milk (they will look like dumplings).

Leave it for a minute, then boil the other side.

When the egg white foam is boiled, take them out from the milk and place them in a strainer/colander.

Put the egg yolks, 100 g of sugar and vanilla powder in a bowl and stir until they are well blended.

Add 500 ml milk to this content; stir again until is well blended.

Filter the milk in which you boiled the egg white foam.

Put the filtered milk into another pot and boil again at low heat.

Add the egg yolk diluted with milk into the boiling milk and stir continuously.

Boil until you get a creamy content (about 10 minutes).

When it's ready, pour the content in a bowl and let it cool down.

Then place the boiled egg white foam on surface of the cream.

Reap the harvest of your work! :)