Little Einsteins Halloween Recipes

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Annie s Yummy Mummy Wraps Your mission: Add Rocket Power to partygoers' lunches while keeping the veggies "under wraps" with melty cheese, warm bread, and succulent turkey bacon.

1 Annie s Yummy Mummy Wraps Your mission: Add Rocket Power to partygoers' lunches while keeping the veggies "under wraps" with melty cheese, warm bread, and succulent turkey bacon. 1 medium carrot, peeled 1 medium zucchini 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced 1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced 6 ounces fat-free cheese (any kind), cut into 12 sticks 6 ounces prepared whole-wheat pizza dough, cut into thin strips 6 slices turkey bacon, cut into thin strips lengthwise 1. Preheat oven to 425 F. 2. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. 3. Using a vegetable peeler, cut long, thin strips of carrot and zucchini. 4. Make a bundle from a few strips of carrot, zucchini, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and a stick of cheese. Repeat until you have 12 bundles. 5. Wrap strips of pizza dough and turkey bacon around bundles. Place on prepared baking sheet and bake until wraps are golden and cheese is oozing from bundles, about 12 minutes. 6. Let cool a few minutes before serving. Makes 12 servings.

Quincy s Monster Mask Pizzas Little ones use pita bread, veggies, mozzarella cheese, and turkey bacon to create monstrous masterpieces that wow even our most discerning art critics -- Little

2 Quincy s Monster Mask Pizzas Little ones use pita bread, veggies, mozzarella cheese, and turkey bacon to create monstrous masterpieces that wow even our most discerning art critics -- Little Einsteins themselves! 6 whole-wheat pita bread rounds 3 4 cup prepared pizza sauce 6 ounces non-fat mozzarella cheese, shredded 6 jumbo pitted black olives, sliced, for eyes or noses 12 small white or brown mushrooms, sliced horizontally into rounds, for eyes 4 slices low-fat turkey bacon, thinly sliced, for hair 1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into triangles, for fangs 1 4 cup corn kernels, drained, for teeth 6 green onions, sliced into long, thin strips, for hair 1 medium carrot, shredded, for hair 1 small zucchini, sliced, for eyes 6 cherry tomatoes, cut into wedges, for noses 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. 2. Line two baking sheets with foil. 3. Spread pizza sauce on top of pita bread and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. 4. Place remaining ingredients on a platter and let party guests decorate their own scary mask pizzas. 5. Place on prepared baking sheets and bake until cheese is bubbly, about 10 minutes. 6. Let cool slightly before serving. Makes 6 servings.

3 Leo s Chilled Slime Soup Ewwww! Oohhh! Ughh! Kids' eyes will pop out when they spy Leo's green, cold, slimy soup. 7 kiwis, peeled 6 cups honeydew melon, cut into chunks 1 4 cup water, more or less as needed 1 green onion, cut into 1 4-inch slices 2 medium seedless cucumbers, peeled 1. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place kiwis and honeydew melon and blend until smooth. Add water if necessary to adjust consistency. Mixture should be gloppy. 2. Refrigerate mixture for at least 30 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, using a melon baller, cut out cucumber into eyeball shapes. 4. Using the end of a drinking straw, poke a shallow hole on the top of each eyeball. Insert a piece of green onion into hole to make the pupil. 5. Pour slime soup into bowls. Float eyeballs on top of soup to make silly faces. Makes 6 servings.

June s Candy Corn Smoothie June is sweet on her candy corn smoothies, which use vitamin-packed peaches, pineapples, and apples to give them their fruity "zing.

4 June s Candy Corn Smoothie June is sweet on her candy corn smoothies, which use vitamin-packed peaches, pineapples, and apples to give them their fruity "zing." 3 red apples, peeled and cored 1 tablespoon lemon juice 6 cups low-fat plain yogurt 3 tablespoons sugar substitute 2 cups frozen peaches or mango 2 cups frozen pineapple Red and yellow food coloring 1. Chop apples into chunks and toss with lemon juice. Place in a shallow dish in the freezer until frozen, about 45 minutes. 2. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place 2 cups of yogurt along with the frozen apples and sugar substitute and blend until smooth. 3. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place frozen peaches or mango and 2 cups of yogurt and process until smooth. Add 4 drops of red food coloring and 8 drops of yellow food coloring for a strong orange color. 4. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place frozen pineapple and remaining 2 cups of yogurt and process until smooth. Add 6 drops of yellow food coloring for a bright yellow color. 5. If not serving smoothies right away, store all three layers separately in three separate airtight containers in the freezer. Thaw slightly before serving. 6. Spoon a layer of the apple yogurt mixture into bottom of glasses. 7. Carefully spoon a layer of peach or mango mixture on top. 8. Top with a layer of pineapple mixture. Makes 6-12 servings, depending upon size.

Leo s Spider Snacks Little Einsteins Halloween Recipes The Little Einsteins have a healthy respect for arachnids -- your little guests can have a healthy snack with protein-packed tuna fish "spider

5 Leo s Spider Snacks Little Einsteins Halloween Recipes The Little Einsteins have a healthy respect for arachnids -- your little guests can have a healthy snack with protein-packed tuna fish "spider snacks." 1 12-ounce package chunk white tuna in water, drained 1 4 cup fat-free mayonnaise 3 green onions, finely chopped 1 stalk celery, finely diced Salt and pepper to taste 12 slices whole-wheat bread, crusts cut off 48 mini pretzel sticks, broken in half 24 raisins, flattened 2 baby carrots, thinly sliced and cut into triangular fangs, optional 1. Place tuna in a small bowl and mash with a fork until no large chunks are left. 2. Add mayonnaise, green onions, celery, salt and pepper, mixing well to combine. 3. Cut bread slices in half. 4. Press a piece of bread into an ice-cream scooper to make the rounded body of the spider. 5. Fill with tuna mixture. 6. Place another piece of bread over the tuna to cover, and press around the edge of the ice cream scooper to cut away excess bread to make spider body bottom. Unmold and set aside. Repeat using all bread and tuna. 7. Place spiders on a plate and decorate with pretzel stick legs, raisin eyes, and carrot fangs. Makes 12 sandwiches.

Quincy s Finger Food Quincy uses his fingers to tickle piano keys and pluck out a guitar tune, but the sole purpose of his Finger Food is creepy, crunchy fun.

6 Quincy s Finger Food Quincy uses his fingers to tickle piano keys and pluck out a guitar tune, but the sole purpose of his Finger Food is creepy, crunchy fun. 3 tablespoons sliced almonds 2 medium zucchini 12 small carrots, peeled 6 thin stalks celery 1. Cut zucchini into 3- or 4-inch sticks. 2. Cut carrots into 3- or 4-inch lengths. 3. Cut celery into 3- or 4-inch lengths. 4. Using a small knife, cut one end of veggie sticks so they are rounded, like the tip of a finger. 5. Cut into the tip of each finger about 3 4 inch. 6. Starting 1 2-inch from tip of finger, cut straight into finger and remove a wedge of the vegetable to make space for the fingernail. 7. Insert a sliced almond into the tip of each finger. Makes 12 fingers.

7 Rocket s Ghostly Cupcakes Your party's "curtain call dessert" might make guests shiver in fear, but no worries -- these moaning ghosts are all fluff! 1 box yellow cake mix, batter prepared according to package directions 12 cupcake liners, preferably orange-colored 1 16-ounce can cream cheese frosting Red and yellow food coloring 6 chocolate cookies, crushed 1 12-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed 15 marshmallows, regular size 6 pieces chewy chocolate candy, thinly sliced 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. 2. Place cupcake liners into muffin tin and pour in cake batter to fill 2 3 of the way up. 3. Bake until cooked through, about 20 minutes. Let cool before decorating. 4. Stir drops of yellow and red food coloring into cream cheese frosting until it is a bright orange. 5. Spread frosting on top of cupcakes. 6. Sprinkle crushed cookies on top of frosting. 7. Place a marshmallow on top of each cupcake, pressing lightly into the frosting so that it sticks. 8. Cut the remaining 3 marshmallows into quarters. Place marshmallow quarters on top of each whole marshmallow, gooey side down so that it will stick. 9. Spread whipped topping up and over marshmallows to make ghost shapes. 10. Shape and flatten pieces of chewy chocolate candy with your fingers to make eyes and mouths. 11. Just before serving, place eyes and mouths on ghosts. Makes 12 cupcakes.

PANCAKES. Oso pitches in to help his friend Olivia make pancake batter; encourage your kids to be just as helpful!

PANCAKES. Oso pitches in to help his friend Olivia make pancake batter; encourage your kids to be just as helpful! PANCAKES Oso pitches in to help his friend Olivia make pancake batter; encourage your kids to be just as helpful! 1 1 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 2 cup sugar free sweetener 2 teaspoons