You might have noticed something new here at Mystery Lover's Kitchen
this morning. It's our little Halloween treat for you! We have finally
added a recipe index! Look for this recipe index icon in the sidebar and click on it to go to our index. Hopefully, it will now be easier for all of us to find our favorite recipes. We have divided them into categories that we hope will be easy to scan when you're looking for a dish to make. Some recipes fall into two or more categories, so be sure to cross check. For instance, vegetarian and pasta dishes are also terrific main courses. Blogger only allows a certain number of pages, so we have grouped a number of different categories on the pages. If you select Cookies, for instance, you'll go to the Desserts page where pies, cookies, and cakes are listed as well as other desserts. Just scroll down to the section you want.
There's a lot more news. It's going to be lively around here with the holidays approaching. We have some amazing weeks planned.
Christmas Cookie Contest
Our second annual Christmas Cookie
competition is on starting today! Here's how it will work.You send your favorite Christmas cookie recipe to KristaDavis at KristaDavis dot com. Recipes submitted last year which were not among the winners may be submitted again this year. We're also interested in gluten-free Christmas cookie recipes this year.
Sheila, Wendy, Avery, Jenn, and
Krista will each select two finalists. We will be testing and posting your recipes. Those ten finalists will be listed on a ballot here and our readers will pick the overall winner!
We're still discussing the prize for the winner, so if you have suggestions, we're listening! Start sending your recipes today!
Easy Holiday Dinner
November 12th through 19th, we'll be
featuring an entire menu for an easy holiday dinner. One of our readers suggested this last year, and we think it's a great idea. If someone in your family doesn't eat meat, don't miss Wendy's vegetarian recipe!
Penzey's Week
Since this is the season for baking and cooking with all sorts of wonderful spices, in December we're bringing you recipes made with spices from Penzey's, one of our favorite on-line and retail store sources of seasonings.
Now you didn't think I would let Halloween pass without a little trick, did you? Rumor has it the photo of my Chicken Scary-aki Monster Fingers had grown men running from the room! If you're squeamish, if you prefer the sweeter side of Halloween, or if your name is Christi, you might want to miss this little trick.
Once again, it's Monster Fingers! But these take about four minutes to make and only require three ingredients. They're great for breakfast or an after school snack.
Monster Fingers
Banana
almond halves or slices
any red jam or jelly
Cut the banana in half. Slice lengthwise. Press an almond slice on each pointy end as a fingernail. Dribble a little jam on the finger as blood.
Are you still reading Christi? Cover your eyes!
Since it's Halloween, I thought I'd alsoshare this interesting little story. Last year I visited a haunted mental hospital. No kidding. Some of the paranormal investigators claim it's the most active site they've seen. They claim ghosts have touched them, and that they've heard footsteps. People report all sorts of strange things and the place has even been featured on TV shows that investigate haunted buildings. |
| No ghosts in the bowling alley! |
The building is over 100 years old. A lovely staircase and huge moldings leave no doubt that it was once a grand dame. Today it is in a sad state of disrepair. My friend Amy was a good sport to go with me, but we didn't experience anything spooky. We didn't hear voices or see anything ghostly.
But maybe we weren't alone after all . . .
This is a photograph that I took in the radiology department. Pretty boring, right? Look closer. Just above the middle and to the left.
