Vampire

My ten year old has been begging for a vampire lunch. She is planning to be a vampire for Halloween (and not the sparkling kind), so wanted a lunch to reflect that. I made them brainstorm to come up with something, and here is the finished product.

Rice, nori for hair, olives, turkey ham and ketchup.

Boo!

Spooky potato ghosts!

Leftover mashed potatoes and I used a cookie cutter to form them, used a hole punch to make nori eyes and mouth.

Bread shapes

Since we had bread in the house, my son wanted to make the sandwiches, so he got out the Halloween cookie cutters and made up some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, with some Halloween toothpicks.

Worm Sandwich

Look, I baked bread! Okay, it was out of the package, but still fairly impressive for me.

Had this idea from a friend and bought some Surf Sweet Gummy Worms - 2.75 oz - Bag for some peanut butter and worm sandwiches!

Sides of grapes, cashews, pears and snap peas.

nom nom nom

Okay I am pretty sure I just grossed myself out.

For these super disgusting fingers, I cut some turkey dogs in half, then sliced some knuckle lines.  I cooked them up in Coconut Aminos (Two 8oz Bottles) and brown sugar for some extra creep. Slivered almonds for the fingernails, placed in some gluten free pasta and added some ketchup. Yum.

Braaaaiins....

Last night I cooked up some Ka-Me Bean Thread, 3.75-Ounce Units (Pack of 12) and mixed them with the arugula/spinach mix to make them green. I really wanted to make brains out of them but didn't have a Brain Gelatin Mold. I made a couple of brain molds out of aluminum foil, poured the noodles in and formed them a bit more. I was half expecting them to be completely flat by the time I got up but they held their shape and turned out looking like brains!

Mummies

Back to feeling a little more creative! This one took a bit more preparation. I am not great with the baking, especially the gluten free baking without eggs or dairy or anything these things are supposed to have. I used a mix and made little pie crusts, and cut them into strips. They were pretty crumbly, but worked. I had to "glue" a few pieces with ketchup. I made the eyes out of the rice cheese, cutting them with straws. I found these little turkey breakfast sausages to roll up as mummies, they were a hit!