I didn't manage to
make a range of spooky foods this year even though I was determined
to manage it. I won't be having a Halloween party either, but I've
been eating some nice Halloween-themed party foods lately
nevertheless. I wanted to collect them to a post and share with you.
All of these dishes are vegetarian and one of them is vegan.
I made these
loaded vegetable nachos, as I think that nachos are always
great party food whatever the occassion. These nachos were topped
with char-grilled and roasted crown prince squash and red bell
pepper, tomato-pepper-chilli sauce, black lentils and cheese. The
best thing however will have to be these cheerful ghost plates.
I got the
inspiration for this black garlic mac'n'cheese from my
blogging friend Shaheen from Allotment 2 Kitchen blog,
who posted a Black Garlic Macaroni Cheese Bake a few days ago.
I showed Shaheen's recipe to my partner, and he wanted me to make
this dish, so I did. I made mine slightly differently than Shaheen,
as I didn't use any milk, but the pasta cooking water instead, and I
didn't bake my mac'n'cheese either. I really loved the flavour and
richness that the black garlic added to a regular mac'n'cheese. I
might be adding some always into my future macaroni and cheeses, as
it was such a good combination. I served some homemade black garlic
breads on the side, and I also think that the wormy looking pasta
worked well for a spooky result. Thank you so much Shaheen for this
brilliant idea, my partner is also very grateful!
This is just an
orange pizza that I made the other day, but I think it would
fit well to some Halloween festivities. It's a cheddar, onion and red
bell pepper pizza on a spelt thin crust. I pre-fried the onions and
bell peppers for this pizza. I don't always do this with toppings,
but these ones definitely benefited from it. Here are photos pre- and post baking.
These vegan
mini hot dogs were surprisingly filling. I really liked the
smaller veggie sausages from Aldi. They are incredibly cheap, and I
have made a couple of vegan English breakfasts with them too. I only
added some grated carrot and fried onions on the top of these hot
dogs, as I didn't happen to have any suitable sauces at the time.
I'm going to write
an own post about this crown prince squash soup and caramelised
onion bread later, but also wanted to include it here, as it fits
the theme. The soup was made from the same crown prince squash as the
nacho toppings. I got a third dish out of the squash as well, that's
how huge it was, and it was also very cheap.
I hope that some
of these ideas could inspire you for Halloween-themed veggie cooking.
Now I would just like to wish everyone a happy Halloween!
Your VegHog
cute plates and your food is looking delicious - I am impressed by how orange your pizza is
ReplyDeleteThe orange pizza was more of a coincidence, but it was nice.
DeleteSo much comfort food. Love the Halloween themed plates and I am so pleased you enjoyed the black garlic macncheese, love that you served them with bat wings :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a great mac'n'cheese, thanks again for the idea!
DeleteHi there - the #EatYourGreens Round up is up.
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