Monster Mash Halloween Saute Purple Potatoes Recipe

Hola Amigos! In a season flooded by all shades of orange and black in preparation for Halloween, you have no idea how happy I was when I discovered these little purple guys! Not only I love potatoes but they were purple, my favorite color!

I've never seeing them before, never heard of them either! Ran into them by accident, looking for their elusive cousins the fingerling potatoes. After I read the back of the bag trying to figure out how they would  taste, brought them home with me. Oh happy happy moment.

I was afraid the color was going to wash out after I cooked them for the time the bag recommended, it didn't! How wonderful! . After I peeled them, the color was still there! Amazing!
How to cook them? well that was the question right? Since it was my first time I went with an old and simple recipe my mom used to make with a few ingredients but so delicious! Sauteing them in butter, lemon and garlic. that simple.

They are very tasty and have a couple of good things on their favor too. They cook fast, they have better texture than some potatoes that tend to get gluey and starchy and they have an amazing color that only intensifies with what you add to them  in the cooking process.

They have a hint of sweetness compared to the regular potato, but just a hint, nothing like the orange sweet potato.
I was happy and thought my guys were going to be as excited and happy as I was...well, surprise surprise, they were not. <----insert sad face here!

The couldn't get pass the color! What? I said!!!But the taste just like your regular potato!!!, They are not bad!!! Try them!!! They did, they ate, but let's say there was enough left over for at least 2 more dinner nights, I guess I would be having Purple Monster Mash as a side for the next couple of nights, lol.
I had to keep it real for you guys in case you have picky eaters, young and old!!! (hubs if you read this, that was for you!)

So don't mind my guys and trust me, they are fun, tasty and the perfect color to sing and do a true Monster Mash! lol, Thank you for your visit today! Lets all sing  keeping  in mind that everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Monster Mash Halloween Saute Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients:
1 (2 lb) bag of Purple Potatoes
1 Small Purple Onion finely chopped
1 Clove Garlic Minced
2 TBSP Lemon Juice
2 TBSP Butter
1 TBSP Olive Oil
1 Bunch Green Onions
Salt
Lemon Pepper 
Directions:
In a large pot boil enough water to cover your potatoes and add plenty of salt.Wash potatoes thoroughly. Add your purple potatoes and cook for about 15-20 minutes. Once they are done cooking,  drain and peel them while they are still warm. Cut them in half or quarters if you have some that would allow you to do this. Place on a bowl.
In a small saucepan on medium heat add olive oil and butter. Once the butter is melted add onions, garlic, most of the green onions but not all of them (saving a handful for garnish), Saute until onion is transparent minding never to burn the garlic. Toss the potatoes into this sauce mixing them gently not to destroy them all. Add the lemon juice, salt and lemon pepper to taste,  toss a little more. Remove from heat, place on your serving bowl and garnish with the rest of the green onions. Serve and Enjoy!

Prep time: 10 minutes                              Cook time: 20 minutes                 Serves 4

Sharing some Purple Root Love at these Fa-BOO-lous parties:

My Turn (for Us), Simply Dream and Create, Craftionary, The Best Blog Recipes, The Girl Creative, My Life in Pencil, Practically Functional, My Personal Accent, Made in a Day, Today's Creative Blog, Sweet Haute, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, 504 Main, The Patriotic Pam, The Answer is Chocolate, Six Sisters Stuff, Cheerios and Lattes, Made from Pinterest, Craft Dictator, Classy Clutter, Will Cook For Smiles, Sew-Licious, Suburbs Mama. Twigg Studios, Lemon Paper Designs, Serenity You, Cooking for the Seven Dwarfs, I Should be Mopping the Floors, Create with Joy, Craft-O-Maniac, Frugal Foodie Mama, SL Under the table and Dreamimg, Huckleberry Love, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Watch Out Martha, Carrie This Home, Boggie Board Cottage, DIY Home Sweet Home, Alderberry Hill, Navy Wifey Peters, The Chicken Chick, Lines Across, Say Not Sweet Anne, The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Jam Hands, Titi Crafty, Suburbs Mama, Flamingo Toes, Between Naps on the Porch, Coastal Charm, Feeding Big, A Southern Fairtytale, Golden Reflections, The Gunny Sack, Pint Sized Baker, Sugar Bee Crafts, Chef in Training, The Blackberry Vine, Hun what's for dinner?, Our Table for Seven, Home Stories A to Z, Kathe with an E, Love Bakes Good Cakes, Lady Behind the Curtain, Cozy Little House, Smart School House, Ginger Snap Crafts, Made to be Momma, My Girlish Whims, The Shady Porch, All She Cooks, Ducks 'n a Row, The Well Crafted Home, A Handful of Everything, Lamberts Lately, The Brambleberry Cottage, Creative Geekery, Live Laugh Rowe, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Saving 4 Six, Pink Recipe Box, The Mandatory Mooch, What's Cooking Love?, 52 Mantels, The 36th Avenue, Diana Rambles, Just Us Four, Townsend House, The Jenny Evolution, Shaken Together

places not things

places not things.......



That is our family motto.



Picture this. 

A giant dream home filled with only the best of the best furnishings and textiles. 

Fancy cars. 

Dressing right out of the catalogue. (But really, who orders clothing from catalogues these days anyway?) ....so let's just say dressing.... really really nice.
Exotic vacations to foreign lands.



All this is basically

Spiked Black Mamba Halloween Cocktail Recipe

Hola Amigos! Some people don't get scared with skulls, bones, witches, zombies or scary stories told at midnight with only the flickering glow of a candle. The stuff that gives them nightmares and keeps them up at night are all around us any given day. I'm talking spiders, bugs of all kinds and snakes!

This post is dedicated to all those with Ophidiophobia or abnormal fear of snakes and it came about because for the last couple of days I've been obsessed with creating a black cocktail for Halloween. How the two relate? just keep reading...if you dare...lol

Black Mambas are Africa's deadliest snakes, if bitten, without the proper antivenom the consequences are mostly lethal.

They are also the longest African snakes, up to 14 feet, yikes! Although having the reputation of being aggressive and hostile, it is actually shy and rather avoid confrontation. But with an increasing population and threats to their natural habitat, they find themselves in human territory and attacks happen. These are preceded by the snake's head and body raising, hissing and then fast and repeated bites injecting large amount of venom each time.

They are also the fastest in the world! developing speeds up to 12.5 miles per hour, imagine that thing chasing you..wow!
Finally contrary to popular believe, they get their name not from the color of their skin, which is usually olive brown or gray, but from the color inside their mouths, a blueish black, which they display when threatened.

My cocktail here is all that..well I'm not sure about being lethal, but it has a bite for sure! It's served in a long fluted glass, to show the beautiful plays of color in the body of our Mamba. It's prepared in no time and at the very top of the flute you can see the "black mouth" ready to strike it's sweet fangs on you!

As for the taste, well it has a bite as I said before, after all there is alcohol in it, it tastes like a dark chocolate spiked almond joy candy bar.

Thank you so much for coming to visit me today! I hope I didn't scare you too much with my snake tale! Sweet dreams and don't let the bed bugs (or reptiles) bite, buahahahaha!

Besitos,

Lizy

Spiked Black Mamba Halloween Cocktail

Ingredients

3/4  Cup Coconut Cream

1 oz Malibu
1/2 tsps Vanilla extract
1/2 tsps Almond extract

Ice

1/2 cup Chocolate Ice Cream Softened 

1 Cup Strong Coffee Cold

1 oz Creme de Cacao (Kahlua is fine if you don't have Creme de Cacao

Corn syrup

Silver Sugar

Shredded Coconut

Black Food Coloring

Champagne Flutes

Directions:

I started by preparing my flutes adding a little bit of corn syrup, moving it around the bottom of the flute and then sprinkling the inside with silver color sugar. Put aside.

Add to a shaker coconut cream and Malibu, extracts  and ice. Shake well.Using a strainer, pour the mix on the prepared flutes. 

Using a clean shaker add soften chocolate ice cream, coffee, Creme de Cacao and a few drops of black food coloring. Shake well and pour the mix on the flutes containing the cream.

Top the cocktail with some black coconut flakes and enjoy.

Prep time 4 minutes                                                                          Serves 2

Slithering my way to these Fa-BOO-lous parties:

Smart School House, Ginger Snap Crafts, Someday Crafts, The Shady Porch, Made to be a Momma, Lady Behind the Curtain, Real Housewives of Riverton, All She Cooks, Polkadots on Parade, Kitchen Meets Girl, SNAP, Ducks'n a Row, Pink Recipe Box, The Well Crafted Home, Live Laugh Rowe, The Crafty Blogstalker, Lamberts Lately, Made in a Day, The Mandatory Mooch, Jennifer Rizzo, Gingerly Made, Sparkles and a Stove, Delish, My Turn (for Us), Simply Dream and Create, The Girl Creative, The Best Blog Recipes, Craftionary, My Life in Pencil, Practically Functional, My Personal Accent, Today's Creative Blog, Sweet Haute, 504 Main, The Answer is Chocolate, Six Sisters Stuff, Cheerios and Lattes, Made from Pinterest, Craft Dictator, Classy Clutter, Sew-Licious, Suburbs Mama, Twigg Studios, Cooking for the Seven Dwarfs, I Should be Mopping the Floors, Create with Joy, Craft-O-Maniac, Frugal Foodie Mama, SL Under the table and Dreaming, Huckleberry Love, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Watch Out Martha, Carrie This Home, Boogie Board Cottage, DIY Home Sweet Home, Alderberry Hill, Navy Wifey Peters, The Chicken Chick, Lines Across, Say Not Sweet Anne, The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Jam Hands, Titi Crafty, Suburbs Mama, Flamingo Toes, Between Naps on the Porch, The Stylist Quo, Feeding Big, A Southern Fairytale, Pint Sized Baker, The Gunny Sack, Sugar Bee Crafts, Chef in Training, The Blackberry Vine, Hun what's for dinner?, Our Table for Seven, Home Stories from A to Z, Love Bakes Good Cakes

in the fall....

in the fall we wake up to frost on the ground.
sun shining bright over golden mountains.
the afternoon heat thaws the earth and we peel off jackets and hats.
in the fall we explore.
tall white aspens reaching for the sky, piled high with yellow on top.
our boots keep our toes toasty in the light snow beneath our feet.

in the fall, we love burgers.
ok ok.
we always love burgers.
I feel like too

Caramel Apple Biscuit Cups Recipe

Hola Amigos! Happy New Week! hope your weekend was fun and uneventful. At the house we tried to take it easy and relax after a few worrisome days  due to a silly  school accident my little one had at his K school. He is fine now but it was a bit stressful with a very lengthy visit to his doctor and right away to the ER. We just had to take it easy and that's how this  treat came to be!

When I'm stressed I crave for little bites of sweet comfort. I had a 3 apples that were not looking to happy and a pint of my favorite vanilla bean ice cream, baked apples with ice cream sounded amazing to me.

I kicked it to another lever baking them on my favorite caramel sauce. Had my dessert and so much left over that the next day for breakfast I decided to stuff our regular Sunday biscuits with the mix!
Oh boy! Now I need to make this every Sunday! They are warm, sweet and juicy. Crispy in the outside and sticky in the inside!

My pictures didn't come out good this time, they really don't do justice to how good and gooey these guys are. Note to self, time to get a light box for the soon to be here cold and dark days!

In light of recent commentaries of a certain public figure about bloggers I'm going to say one more time, I'm no expert. I don't have a degree in culinary arts and I have never been the editor of a glossy magazine.

I am an expert of what my family and friends like. After spending 7 years of my life studying in my country and overseas I do have a University degree and I'm the editor of the weekly grocery list I write in order to know what I need to get to plan for my family's meals. Meals that I've been sharing with you in hopes to inspire you in creating something similar to your family adding your own personal touches. You have and that is why almost a year later I keep writing this blog and enjoying each and every one of my readers!

This particular recipe started as one thing and ended as another...don't we all do that once in a while? My guys liked it, they smiled and some licked their little fingers and that was enough validation to me.
But enough of that lady and back to the biscuits, lol...I'm sure you are going to like them. I even drizzled more caramel sauce over them after they were done...yummm!

Thank you for visiting the blog my friends! Halloween is only 10 days away....(And still no costume, ugh!), Give these apples with or without the biscuits cups a try. As I said they are delicious with just plain ice cream, but if you have left overs...go ahead and stuff your morning biscuits with them and give your usual breakfast a sweet tasty spin!  Remember everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Caramel Apple Biscuit Cups

Ingredients:

3 Green Apples

1 Cup Brown Sugar

4 TBSP Butter

1/2  Cup Cream 

Pinch of salt

1 tsps vanilla 

1 tsps lemon juice

1.2 tsps cinnamon

1/2 tsps nutmeg

1/2 tsps allspice

1 can  (8) Grands Honey Butter Biscuits

Directions:

Heat up oven at 350F

For caramel apples:

Peel and diced apples. Pour 1 tsp of lemon juice on the apples, mix. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice, mix and set aside.

In a saucepan on medium heat add and mix brown sugar, butter cream and a pinch of salt. Cook until bubbly and semi thickened for about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Mix.

Add this sauce to the apples, make sure all the apples are coated by the caramel. Place in the oven, cover with aluminum foil   and cook  until apples are soft but not mushy, about 20 minutes. 

Remove from oven, let it cool a bit before serving over ice cream or just eating right out of a bowl.

For Caramel Apples Biscuit Cups:

Heat up oven to 375F

Take 2 biscuits from the can, put them together between 2 sheets of wax paper and using a rolling pin,  roll them flat until you get a circle approximately 5 -5 1/2 inches each. You will get 4 circles out of a can.

Using a jumbo nonstick muffin pan, place each circle on the muffin cup. Make sure the biscuit dough is covering the bottom and sides of the muffin cup. Spoon the apple mixture on each dough cup  almost all the way to the top. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and cool before serving. 

Prep Time 20 minutes                        Bake Time 20 minutes                               Serves 4

Sharing my Fall Apple Stuffed Biscuits at these Fa-Boo-lous Parties:

Ms enPlace, DIY Home Sweet Home, A Southern Fairtytale, Mad in Crafts, Jam Hands, The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Watch Out, Martha!, A Pinch of Joy, Feeding Big, The Gunny Sack, Hun What's for Dinner?, Our Table for Seven, Chef in Training, Memories by the Mile, Love Bakes Good Cakes, Not Just a Housewife, Between Naps on the Porch, A peek into my Paradise, Lady Behind the Curtain, Smart School House, Ginger Snap Crafts, Someday Crafts, The Shady Porch, Made to be a Momma, Real Housewives of Riverton, All She Cooks, Polkadots on Parade, Kitchen Meets Girl, SNAP, Ducks' n a Row, Pink Recipe Box, The Well Crafted Home, Live Laugh Rowe, The Crafty Blogstalker, Lamberts Lately, Made in a Day, The Mandatory Mooch, Jennifer Rizzo, Gingerly Made, Sparkles and a Stove, Delish, My Turn (for Us), Simply Dream and Create, Craftionary, The Best Blog Recipes, The Girl Creative, My Life in Pencil, Practically Functional, Today's Creative Blog, Sweet Haute, The Patriotic Pam, 504 Main, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, The Answer is Chocolate, Six Sisters Stuff, Cheerios and Lattes, Made From Pinterest, Craft Dictator, Classy Clutter, Will Cook For Smiles, Sew-Licious, Suburbs Mama, Twigg Studios, Lemon Paper Designs, Serenity You, Cooking for the Seven Dwarfs, I Should be Mopping the Floors, Create with Joy, Craft-O-Maniac, Frugal Foodie Mama, SL Under the table and Dreaming, Huckleberry Love, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Carrie This Home, Boogie Board Cottage, Alderberry Hill, Navy Wifey Peters, The Chicken Chick, Lines Across, Say Not Sweet Anne, The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Titi Crafty, Suburbs Mama, Flamingo Toes, Between Naps on the Porch, Coastal Charm, Golden Reflections, Pint Sized Baker, Sugar Bee Crafts, The Blackberry Vine, Nap Time Creations, Home Stories A to Z, Kathe with an E, Cozy Little House, The Brambleberry Cottage, Creative Geekery, Saving 4 Six, What's Cooking Love?, 52 Mantels

DIY Candy Corn Halloween Paper Napkin Wreath

Hola Amigos! Just a quick craft for the weekend if you want to give your house a festive touch for Halloween! You guys already know the drill with this wreath since we have made quite a few already (here and also here), but that is the thing, it's so easy, cheap and you get instant gratification is hard to just stop at just one!

If you have a small apartment, a dorm, or a big house but you are really not into the whole Halloween thing but a touch of magic in your home, this is the craft for you! Other than the napkins from your Dollar Store, you just need a few Halloween elements and you are set!

Nothing says Fall and Halloween like Candy Corns! These little bites of sugar now come in all flavors and textures, even gummies, so why not a wreath, it doesn't have to be perfect,the real ones aren't, and we are just representing them on this wreath with their characteristic colors.

As always this is a quick accent for indoors or outdoors, just keep in mind is paper and lately it has been raining and we are expecting the "S" word (snow) soon, so if you don't have a covered porch or the wind brings water to your door, use it inside only.

Happy weekend my friends! Only 11 days left for candy palooza! I still need to get or make a costume for my little one but...and by the looks of it, I'll be putting it together on the 30th since my little monster can't decide what he wants to be! In the meantime I will make more wreaths and dream about candy.

Besitos, 

Lizy

Sharing some paper candy corn at these Fa-BOO-lous parties:

Sewlicious Home Decor, Classy Clutter, Suburbs Mama, Twigg Studios, Life on Lakeshore Drive, The Tablescaper, Frugal Foodie Mama, Navy Wifey Peters, Titi Crafty, The Velvet Moon Baker, Your Home Based Mom, Flamingo Toes, Nifty Thrifty Things, DIY Show Off, VMG206, Huckleberry Love, Craft-O-Maniac, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Under The Table and Dreaming, The Chicken Chick, I Should Be Mopping the Floors, This Gal Cooks, Carrie This Home, DIY Home Sweet Home, The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Mad in Crafts, Watch Out, Martha!, A Pinch of Joy, Feeding Big, The Gunny Sack, Our Table for Seven, Chef in Training, Memories by the Mile, Love Bakes Good Cakes, Not Just a Housewife, Between Naps on the Porch, Lady Behind the Curtain, Smart School House, Ginger Snap Crafts, Someday Crafts, The Shady Porch, Made to be a Momma, Real Housewives of Riverton, Polkadots on Parade, Kitchen Meets Girl, SNAP, Ducks' n a Row, Pink Recipe Box, The Well Crafted Home, Live Laugh Rowe, The Crafty Blogstalker, Lamberts Lately, Made in a Day, The Mandatory Mooch, Jennifer Rizzo, Gingerly Made, Sparkles and a Stove, My Turn (for Us), Simply Dream and Create, The Girl Creative, The Best Blog Recipes, Craftionary, My Life in Pencil, Practically Functional, My Personal Accent, Today's Creative Blog, Sweet Haute, The Patriotic Pam, 504 Main, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, The Answer is Chocolate, Six Sisters Stuff, Cheerios and Lattes, Made From Pinterest, Craft Dictator, Will Cook For Smiles, Bowdabra, Sew-Licious, Lemon Paper Designs, SerenityYou, Nap Time Creations, Home Stories A to Z, Kathe with an E, Cozy Little House, 52 Mantels

7 Frightful and Delightful Halloween Desserts Recipes

Hola Amigos! Here is the blog's first  round up of  Seven Frightful and Delightful Halloween Desserts! Why 7? well 7 is a mysterious and mystic number, 7 days of the week, 7 colors on the rainbow, 7 Seas. Lucky 7, 7up, lol and many other meanings to mention here. Some of them might look spooky and some might look sweet...what do they have in common?...they are all good and easy to make! Enjoy

Maple and Toffee Autumn Muddy Buddies

Eye of Newt Halloween Bundt Cake

Toe of Frog Halloween Lemon Cupcakes

Death by Candy Corn Halloween Carrot Cake

Pumpkin Brownies

Zombie Skin Halloween Muddy Buddies

Pot of Bones Halloween Chocolate Covered Cherries Mini Bundts

Besitos,
Lizy

Sharing my desserts at these Fa-BOO-lous Parties:

Practically Functional, Townsend House, Craft Dictator, Today's Creative Blog, Sarah Howe, Six Sister's Stuff, The Answer is Chocolate, Cheerios and Lattes, Cassidy's Cooking Collection, Sewlicious Home Decor, Classy Clutter, Suburbs Mama, Twigg Studios, Life on Lakeshore Drive, The Tablescaper, Frugal Foodie Mama, Navy Wifey Peters, Titi Crafty, The Velvet Moon Baker, Your Home Based Mom, Flamingo Toes, Nifty Thrifty Things, My Mixing Spoon, VMG206, Huckleberry Love, Craft-O-Maniac, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Under The Table and Dreaming, The Chicken Chick, I Should be Mopping the Floors, This Gal Cooks, Carry This Home, Ms enPlace, DIY Home Sweet Home, A Southern Fairytale, Mad in Crafts,The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen, Jam Hands, Watch Out, Martha!, A Pinch of Joy, Feeding Big, The Gunny Sack, Our Table for Seven, Chef in Training, Memories by the Mile, Love Bakes Good Cakes, Not Just a Housewife, Between Naps on the Porch, A Peek into my Paradise, Lady Behind the Curtain, Smart School House, Ginger Snaps Crafts, The Shady Porch, Made to be a Momma, Real Housewives of Riverton, All She Cooks, Polkadots on Parade, Kitchen Meets Girl, SNAP, Ducks 'n a Row, Pink Recipe Box, The Well Crafted Home, Live Laugh Rowe, The Crafty Blogstalker, Made in a Day, The Mandatory Mooch, Jennifer Rizzo, Gingerly Made, Delish, My Tun (for Us), Simply Dream and Create, Craftionary, The Best Blog Recipes, The Girl Creative, Someday Crafts, Foodie Friends Friday, Today's Creative Blog, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, 504 Main, The Patriotic Pam, Will Cook for Smiles, Bowdabra, Sew-Licious, Lemon Paper Designs, Serenity You, Pint Sized Baker, Kathe with an E