Hallowe'en Party

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At 08:13 AM 9/26/2005, you wrote:

>Message: 1

> Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:20:10 -0000

> " junebuggz88 " <junebuggz88

>Need Menu Ideas

>

>i am very new to the vegan lifestyle and have recently

>been " challenged " with the idea of serving both non-vegans and vegans

>at a party. in addition, the party food needs to be kid

>friendly...particularly 2 and 3 year old kid friendly. BUT i also have

>to make sure the adults are satisfied as well. does anyone have a vegan

>menu they could suggest along with recipes?? i'd appreciate so much.

>

>the party is a few days prior to halloween, so a fall menu would be

>great. i'm thinking some type of chili menu...

 

What a fun thing to plan for! We gave Hallowe'en type parties every year

while our daughter was growing up, since her birthday is in late October.

 

I still have the menu printed on a construction paper gravestone, but it's

still packed with the decorations. However, we frequently made stew (or

your chili) that we served inside a hollowed out baked pumpkin or else

vegan stuffing inside one. (Or you can do this with many small pumpkins for

individual servings.) We had a funny name for ants-on-a-log (peanut butter

in celery dotted with raisins). Sandwiches could be made and then the

bread cut into Hallowe'en shapes with cookie cutters. Hot cider is fun as

" witch's brew, " and you can fashion little brooms out of cinnamon sticks

wrapped at the bottom with a strip of thinly sliced orange peel that's been

snipped. A vegan bundt or regular cake can be made with a graveyard scene

on top; alternately you can do this with cupcakes. You can make vegan

gelatin (Emes makes both plain and flavored) with grapes decorated as eyes

suspended in it. You can make a " skull salad " with a half canned pear

placed on green lettuce leaves using raisins for eyes, nose, and

teeth. Spaghetti and marinara sauce can be " blood and guts. "

 

That's all I can think of for now, but I'll post more if I think of them.

 

Sherry