Halloween Brain Dip Food

HALLOWEEN BRAIN DIP

Steps:

• Slice the avocados in half. Remove the seeds and set aside. Scoop the avocado out of the skin into a bowl. Mash with a fork or whisk and stir in the salsa. Set aside. Slice off one side of each pit to make it flat and expose the cores of the pits. They will look like eyes.
• Remove all of the leaves from the cauliflower and remove the stem, leaving a nice hollow area with the outer part of the head intact. Use toothpicks to hold it together if it starts to fall apart.
• Place the cauliflower into a small bowl, so that the hollow is facing upwards and most of the cauliflower is up out of the bowl. The bowl is just for stability. Fill with the avocado dip and arrange the pits as eyes. Decorate the white ''brain'' by weaving thin strands of red and blue fruit leather between the florets to make veins and arteries. I wrap the bowl with cheesecloth and decorate with red food coloring to make it even more horrific!

BRAIN DIP

Steps:

• Cut florets from the top of the cauliflower until you have a cauliflower bowl.
• Remove greens from bottom.
• Cut stems from radishes, leaving the roots but removing the skin.
• Using toothpicks and food coloring, draw an eyeball on the flat part of the radish (the roots will look like optic nerves).
• Fill cauliflower with dip, garnish with radish eyes.

HALLOWEEN BRAIN MEXICAN DIP

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl combine cream cheese, sour cream and taco seasoning. Mix by hand or with a mixer until incorporated.
• Add in jalapenos, scallions, cheese(s) and 1 1/2 cans (15 oz) of RO*TEL and stir just until incorporated.
• Spray your mold with Pam, rub the spray into the groves and then lightly spray again.
• Scrape dip into the mold.
• using plastic wrap or parchment paper, use your hands and press dip into the grooves of the mold.
• Place in the freezer for an hour.
• When ready to unmold the dip partially submerge the mold (without getting water INTO the dip) in warm water for 30 seconds. Dip should pop right out onto your platter.
• For a fun presentation, use part or all of reserved RO*TEL to mimic blood & guts coming from the brain. "Stab" a knife into the brain for presentation.
• Serve with chips and or celery, carrots or whatever raw veggies you enjoy.

HALLOWEEN BRAIN DIP

Steps:

• Wash cauliflower.
• Cut florets from the top of the cauliflower until you have a cauliflower 'bowl'.
• Remove greens from bottom. Cut stems from radishes, leave the root which will look like an optic nerve, and remove skin but leave a little to resemble blood shot eyes/veins.
• Hollow out the cut end of the radish with the tip of a knife so to stuff with olive. Use a toothpick to hold everything together.
• Line your "bowl" with aluminum foil or a clear cling wrap so dip doesn't escape.
• Fill cauliflower with dip, garnish with radish 'eyes', pepper nose and onion mouth, and serve with veggies and crackers.

SKELETON AND BRAIN DIP

Steps:

• Line half of small bowl with lettuce for the skeleton's hair; fill with dressing. Place at one end of large tray or baking sheet for the skeleton's head.
• Arrange vegetables on tray to resemble skeleton's body.