Healthy Halloween

Chocolate Gremlins

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sunspire peanut butter chips (only ones on the market trans fat free)
• 1 cup Organic Sunspire Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 2 cups Fiber One cereal
• 48 Sunspire SunDrops® (natural food store m&m alternative)*

Method:

1. In 2-quart saucepan, heat both types of chips over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth.
2. Gently stir in cereal until well coated.
3. Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper to form 24 “gremlins.”
4. Press 2 baking bits onto each to resemble eyes.
5. Refrigerate until set.

Kitchen Tips: To create werewolf gremlins, add two slivered almonds to each cookie for fangs.

* SunDrops®, a natural alternative to M&M's®. These are coated chocolate candies contain no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Their bright candy color comes from beet juice, beta carotene and natural caramel. Their yummy chocolate centers are made with rich milk chocolate, sweetened with evaporated can juice and a touch of unsulphered molasses.

• Organic Dark Chocolate Almonds – great for sugar sensitive kids. The essential fat from the almonds helps the bodies response to the sugar in the chocolate

If you entertain for dinner

Delicious family friendly Pumpkin Chili recipe to be prepared in a slow cooker or crockpot. It is great to start in the morning and have ready by company time.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup yellow onion, chopped
• 1 cup yellow pepper, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons grapeseed or olive oil. If you are a fan of coconut, replace with coconut oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 (15 ounce) cans organic or natural (no food coloring) black or cannellini beans, drained
• 2 1/2 cups cooked ground turkey
• 1 (16 ounce) can organic pumpkin
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 3 cups Pacific or natural chicken broth

Method:

1. Saute onions, pepper and garlic in oil until soft.
2. Stir in oregano, cumin, chili powder cook 1 minute and transfer to slow cooker.
3. Add remaining ingredients.
4. Cook on low for 7-8 hours.

Best served with a simple spinach salad.

Carrot Finger food

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• ½ tsp sea salt
• Dash pepper
• ½ tsp garlic granular
• Dash paprika
• 2 tbsp dehydrated onion bits
• 4 long carrots
• 1 medium carrot.

Method:

1. Mix these all together and get ready to make them into scary finger foods.
2. Fill a serving bowl with the dip.
3. Wash and peel 4 long carrots for fingers and 1 medium carrot for a thumb.
4. With a paring knife (a parent's job), cut a flat, shallow notch in the tip of each carrot.
5. Then use a dab of dip or softened cream cheese to glue a sliced-almond fingernail atop each notch.
6. Stick the fingers in the dip, and serve with plenty of peeled baby carrots for dipping.