Care and Feeding of Little Goblins

Handwiches
Cut out a paper tracing of a small hand. Place on top of bread slices and cut out with a serrated knife. Use spreadable fillings like peanut butter, jelly, tuna salad or egg salad. Mix cream cheese with a drop of red food coloring and spread on the tips of the fingers to make fingernails.

Hard Boiled Eyes
Slice peeled hard boiled eggs in half vertically and place flat side down on a plate. Mix a few drops of blue or green food coloring into a tablespoon of cream cheese. Dry the eggs with paper towels. Spread the cream cheese in a small circle in the center of the white. Place a rounded piece of black olive in the center of the cream cheese. Dip a toothpick in red food coloring and draw squiggly lines from the cream cheese to the bottom of the whites. The eggs will look like bloodshot eyes.

Fingers with Bloody Dipping Sauce
Trim a small square away from the tip of Vienna sausages to resemble the shape of a cuticle. Trim thinly sliced Monterey Jack cheese into fingernail shapes. Press the fingernails onto the cuticle to make the fingers. Pack a small container of ketchup for dipping.

Spaghetti with Eyeballs
Time to table: 30-40 minutes
Serves 2 adults and 2 children

1 pound ground turkey
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 green pepper, rinsed
1-2 black olives
1 family size jar of spaghetti sauce
8 ounces dry spaghetti

Mix the ground turkey, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and salt together until well blended. Make the meat balls by rolling about 1 1/2 tablespoons of ground turkey between your hands until rounded. You should have 18-20 meatballs.

With a paring knife, cut the green pepper into 3/4-inch squares. Trim the squares into circles using kitchen scissors or a knife. Donít stress about making the peppers perfectly round. With the tip of a paring knife, trim a hole in the center of the rounds. Cut the black olives into small pieces and insert into the hole. The green pepper is the iris and the black olive is the pupil. This task is rather time consuming. You can make 2-3 eyes for each person or prepare enough for all of the meatballs. Press the green pepper into the top of the meat balls and fold some of the meat around the pepper retaining the circular shape. Place the meatballs, eye side up, in a micro-safe dish, cover with plastic wrap and microwave at full power for about 8 minutes or until cooked through. Pour off any excess fat, add the spaghetti sauce, cover and microwave for another 3-4 minutes until heated through.

While the meatballs are cooking, prepare the spaghetti according to package directions. Serve the spaghetti on individual plates. Spoon the sauce on top of the spaghetti and place the meatballs, eye side up, on top. Garnish

Calories 450; Calories from fat 60; Total fat 6g; Saturated fat 2g; Cholesterol 75mg; Sodium 710mg; Carbohydrate 55g; Dietary fiber 4g; Sugars 3g; Protein 40g