What’s On Your Plate?

 now that halloween’s coming, here’s a tasty treat for your trick and treaters…

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

source:  allrecipes.com

and of course, the last three instant party foods you should always have…

Canned fish

• Cans of oil-packed tuna, clams, or smoked oysters can be made into dips for vegetables or spreads for bruschetta.

Have more time?

• Make linguine with clam sauce using canned clams, garlic, leafy greens such as spinach and olive oil.

Nuts

• Serve smoked almonds with cocktails, or honey-roasted peanuts with beer.


• For exceptional flavor, toast them in a skillet before serving.

Have more time?

• Buy an assortment of mixed nuts and toss them with your favorite spice blend, or glaze them in the oven.

Bread

• If your good bread goes stale before you can finish it, slice it, wrap it well in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze it. It can be heated up in the oven, or toasted straight from the freezer for crostini.


• Sliced white bread can also be frozen and used for toast points to serve with a canned-fish dip.

Have more time?

and that completes the 3 installment of having the eight easy to prepare foods to a surprise visit from friends and relatives.

source: food network