Island Parent Magazine Oct-Nov 2021

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Healthy Halloween Fare
Halloween celebrations are often synonymous with candy. But they don’t have to be. Leave the candy for the trick-or-treats
and serve some ghoulishly healthy food instead! These recipes are perfect whether you’re throwing a Halloween party or
wanting to fill your kids up with something a bit healthier before they head out with their treat bags.
Monster Pizza Faces
(Prep time: 5 to 10 minutes,
Bake time: 10 minutes)
Mini pizzas are fun for kids to make and decorate
themselves! Offer a bunch of different
ingredients and a choice of orange or white
cheese. You may even find them choosing to
try something new, just because it was the
right colour for their monster face.
Tiny pizzas can be made using small portions
of pizza dough. However, this recipe is
for English muffins, because they’re so much
easier. Perfect when you need a quick meal.
If you want to use pizza dough, form pizzas
using about 1 ⁄2 cup of dough per pizza. Then
bake for 20 minutes instead.
Orange Pumpkin Hummus
(Total time: 10 minutes)
Everyone loves to dip vegetables, pitas and
corn chips. This pumpkin hummus is great
way to fuel your little ghosts and goblins.
1 can of chickpeas
2 ⁄3 cup of pumpkin puree
2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp tahini
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp garlic powder
1 ⁄2 tsp salt, to taste
2 Tbsp toasted pumpkin seeds
1. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Place
them in a food processor or blender with
the pumpkin puree, water, olive oil, tahini,
lemon juice, garlic powder and salt. Pulse
until smooth and well blended. It might take
a bit more water to get the chickpeas to fully
blend.
2. Taste and adjust the salt as needed.
Spoon into a bowl for serving and top with
the pumpkin seeds.
Ghoulish Guacamole
(Total time: 5 minutes)
This ghoulish guacamole is packed with
healthy fats, vitamin and minerals. To turn it
into a meal, serve it with simple quesadillas
made from flour tortillas stuffed with refried
beans and cheese.
4 avocados
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 ⁄2 tsp salt
1⁄4 tsp garlic powder
1⁄4 cup of sour cream
2 Roma tomatoes
1. Remove the pit and scoop the avocado
out into a medium sized serving bowl. Use a
fork to mash the avocado.
2. Add the lime juice, salt and garlic powder.
Stir to mix all of the ingredients.
3. Spread the sour cream around the edge
of the guacamole dip.
4. Finely chop the tomato. Drain any liquid
from the tomatoes. Spread the tomatoes out
on top of the sour cream.
5. Serve with corn chips.
4 English muffins
1 small can of pizza sauce
1 cup of grated cheese
Other toppings
1. Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
2. Prepare your pizzas while the oven
preheats. Slice the English muffins in half,
so each English muffin makes two monster
faces.
3. Spread the cut side of the English muffin
with pizza sauce. Then encourage your kids
to make monster faces from whatever you
happen to have in the kitchen. If they are old
enough, they can slice and dice everything
to exactly the shape they need. Younger
children may need a bit more help with their
monster creations. Offer ingredients like
mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes. Get creative
with frozen peas or corn, sliced olives, or
pickles. Even sliced fruit can make fun and
delicious pizza toppings.
4. Place the pizza faces on a cookie sheet
and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cheese
is melted.
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