The making of the spooky very creepy dish

First, I dyed the regular spaghetti noodles with black food coloring.

It worked really well.
Just 2 tsp of the food coloring to the pot of water, dyed the noodles black.

Just right for the "spooky very creepy" dish.

Secondly, I made the eyeballs.
I used a regular pork meatball recipe, then pushed the olive slice into the center. After I baked them, I cut pieces of chedder cheese to insert into the center of the olive. Looks like a bunch of eyeballs ...sorta.

The last thing to do is put it all together with the red sauce.
I am using just a plain tomato sauce, no lumps of veg or whatever. I want it as smooth as it can be, so it looks like blood...the "Spooky, very creepy dish is just about ready!!
Well, not to scary, but definitely "spooky very creepy"!

Something creepy is about to happen

It's getting closer and closer, I can feel it.

I've got candy hidden away, hope I remember where soon, but not to soon or I'll end up eating it first :), the costumes are all made and ready to wear, my youngest son has finally settled on Wolverine, not my 1st choice, but it makes him happy, so ok. Arrangments have been set with friends for the joint trick or treating , and the yard art is on full display, so now I'm feeling pretty good, maybe even excited, about Halloween being just 8 days away.

We have a girl scout party tomorrow night, and everyone has been asked to prepare a "spooky very creepy food" to share with the other scouters and their families. So on that note, I've been scanning the halloween recipes on the web and asking my friends about their ideas. My friend Cami came up with a few good ones today and that really spurred my creative juices, so here I am writing away about it. I've decided on our "spooky very creepy food"...
I'm going to do some kind of pasta,probably spaghetti, dyed black with food grade dye and top it off with red sauce and some turkey meatballs with an olive slice pushed into it, to make it look like eyeballs.
Now, I've seen some pictures online that are sorta what I'm talking about, so I'll attach them, but I will change it out after I make up the "spooky very creepy food".

So, mix these 2 pictures for a visual of what I'm planning to cook up. This is going to be fun and hopefully yummy and maybe a little "spooky very creepy"!

poodle skirts

These are the costumes my mom worked on for us. They are so awesome! My sister also worked on a costume, but I don't have any pix of that one. I'll have to let her pass those out.

It's gonna be Halloween soon!

Ok. So I've really been lazy when it comes to my family blog, but please remember this was to be a family activity and truley the only folks who have taken time to do so are mom and the oldest daughter. She is so busy now that school is in, that it's only me and well, I stink at it. But here we go at a new post. :)
I found that the weather here in florida isn't changing, but the yard art is. This means fall and best of all, Halloween! I love Halloween. It's fun to be spooked and to dress up and eat sugary yum yums. I'm gonna get my hubby to climb up into the attic and get my yard stuff too. I want to do a graveyard in my front grass this year. Wow the kids will love that.
My mom was down visiting a couple of weeks ago and she is so crafty and fun. We started working on our costumes and really just plain old crafting it up. :) My family is going for the 50's look this year, well, most of us. The youngest boy may still be fluctuating on his dream of a costume, I've heard a Super Mario brother, Spiderman, and a alligater. Still not 100 % sure. But there is still time.
For some family fun I've been looking up other spooky fun stuff, here are some of the neatest, I think.
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/halloween_ms_crafts/
http://www.makeandtakes.com/weekend-make-and-takes-halloween

Well enjoy your crafting and your spooking :)