Halloween is just around the corner and it is not
necessarily just another kid's holiday. In fact, you can
have a sophisticated yet easy to produce Halloween dinner
party for you and some of your friends. And don't worry
you don't have to make all of the menu items. In fact,
many of the food selections can be bought already prepared
by your local market.
Here is the menu. I selected these items to reflect the
"orange" theme as well as appeal to most palettes.
Cocktails and Hors D'Oeuvres
Cucumber Cups filled with Red Pepper Humus
Shrimp Cocktail over a Bed of Shredded Lettuce served in
Martini Glasses
Cheddar Cheese & Rosemary Crisps
Vegetable Crudités with Orange Walnut Dipping Sauce
Drink for the "Hallow" Eve
Orangetini "An Orange Twist on a Vodka Martini"
Dinner
Butternut Squash Soup served with Orange Popovers
Cinnamon and Maple Smoked Cedar Salmon over Wild Rice Salad
with Mandarin Oranges & Dates
Honey and Soy Glazed Carrots
Dessert
Mini Pumpkin Custard and Carrot Cake Squares
Preparation for the Menu
Day Before Party:
Purchase ready-made red pepper humus, butternut squash
soup, ready-to-serve crudités, cooked shrimp and
mini carrots.
Either bake or purchase the carrot cake squares and the
mini-pumpkin custard (carrot cake and pumpkin pie can be
substituted).
Prepare Orange Walnut dipping sauce.
Day Of:
Use English cucumbers to make the cucumber cups.
Prepare Cheddar Cheese Dough early in the day.
Prepare Wild Rice salad early in the day and re-heat at
time of serving.
Prepare Honey Glazed Carrots prior to serving.
Cook popovers just prior to serving.
Prep and cook salmon prior to serving.
Recipes for Red Pepper Humus and the Pumpkin Pie Custard
(Vegan) can be found in the book Budget Bash-Simply
Fabulous Events on a Budget.
Recipe for Cheddar Cheese and Rosemary Crisps
½ lb sharp cheddar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 ½ cups of flour
½ teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon of Tabasco sauce
2 tablespoons of finely chopped Rosemary
Combine all the ingredients but the rosemary in a
Cuisinart. Stir in the Rosemary. Form dough into a ball
and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Divide dough in ½ and roll out to ¼" thick.
Cut crisps and place on parchment paper on cookie sheet and
cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
Next time I will tell you how to create your Halloween
table décor using items from your party planning box.
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Andrea Wyn is a special event planner with over 15 years of
event industry experience. For the past ten years, she has
been the Awards Event Supervisor for the Screen Actors
Guild Awards(R). Her book Budget Bash - Simply Fabulous
Events on a Budget is available now at budgetbashbook.com.
She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA
from UCLA. To learn more about Budget Bash, parties and
events go to http://www.awynningevent.com
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