RECIPES
Brain Dip INGREDIENTS
2 avocado ½ cup prepared salsa 1 head cauliflower 6 thin slices red and blue fruit leather
DIRECTIONS 1. Slice the avocados in half. Remove the seeds and set aside. Scoop the avocado out of the skin into a bowl. Mash with a fork or whisk and stir in the salsa. Set aside. Slice off one side of each pit to make it flat and expose the cores of the pits. They will look like eyes. 2. Remove all of the leaves from the cauliflower and remove the stem, leaving a nice hollow area with the outer part of the head intact. Use toothpicks to hold it together if it starts to fall apart. 3. Place the cauliflower into a small bowl, so that the hollow is facing upwards and most of the cauliflower is up out of the bowl. The bowl is just for stability. Fill with the avocado dip and arrange the pits as eyes. Decorate the white ‘’brain’’ by weaving thin strands of red and blue fruit leather between the florets to make veins and arteries. Wrap the bowl with cheesecloth and decorate with red food coloring to make it even more horrific! 16 | October 2020
Bloody Baked Rats INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef ½ onion, chopped 1 egg, beaten 1 cup dry bread crumbs 1 (1.25 ounce) packet meatloaf seasoning mix 1 cup cubed Cheddar cheese 3 (10 ounce) cans tomato sauce 1 cup white sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 ounce uncooked spaghetti, broken into fourths ½ carrot, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices 1 tablespoon frozen green peas
Eyeball Sandwich INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons peanut butter 2 slices bread 8 eaches green olives, sliced
DIRECTIONS 1. Spread peanut butter on one slice of bread; top with green olives. 2. Place second piece of bread atop the filling to make a sandwich.
DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, onion, egg, bread crumbs, and meatloaf seasoning. Use your hands to mix until well blended. Measure out 1/3 cupfuls of the meat mixture and mold around a cube of cheese like a meatball. Shape into a point at one end and lengthen the body a bit by rolling between your hands. Place your ‘’rat’’ into a shallow baking dish, and continue with the remaining meat. Insert pieces of uncooked spaghetti into the rounded end of the rats to make tails.
3. In a medium bowl, stir together the tomato sauce, sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the rats in the dish and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil. 4. Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover the dish and continue to bake for another 20 to 30 minutes, basting occasionally with the sauce to glaze the rats. 5. While the rats finish baking, heat the peas and carrots in a small bowl in the microwave for about 15 seconds. 6. Carefully transfer the rats to a serving platter so that their delicate tails don’t fall off. Press peas into the pointy end to make eyes, and insert carrot slices to make ears. Spoon some of the tomato sauce around them and serve.
