Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Kelley of  Simply Inspired Meals  is hosting this month's Food'N'Flix; she has asked us to watch Halloween movies - anything Halloween related - and be inspired into the kitchen. Read her invitation  here . On the Screen Kelley was gracious enough to give us a starting point on movies to watch, including... Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Goosebumps ,Goosebumps 2, Corpse Bride, Poltergeist, The Goonies, ET, Halloween, Ghostbusters, Haunted Mansion, Hotel Transylvania, Halloweentown, Sleepy Hollow, Casper, Harry Potter, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Monster House, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Gremlins. We had watched a few that never inspired posts before. And I had already watched and blogged about several of them.  Spooky Juice for Beetlejuice (October 2016 #FoodNFlix); Tentacles and a Bewitching Sip  for Hocus Pocus (October 2015 #FoodNFlix); Slimer Sippers for Ghostbusters (October 2017 #FoodNFlix); Monster ...

Inspired by girlichef 's Shrunken Heads in Spiced Cider , I asked my resident artist if he would be willing to carve some apples for me. He agreed. No questions asked. Then I discovered that the hostess for our annual Halloween dinner and festivities planned to serve hot cider when the kids came back from trick-or-treating. So, I asked her if I could float some shrunken heads in her cider. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd utter. She agreed. No questions asked. I suppose my friends and family are all accustomed to my constant motion and themed madness. Ingredients large apples water  juice from 1 or 2 lemons Procedure Fill a large mixing bowl with water and stir in the lemon juice. Place it near your carving station. Peel and carve into your apple. Once you're happy with your heads, place them the lemon water to keep them from oxidizing. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. When you're ready to bake and shrink, place the...