A Shepherds Pie for Halloween

I joke you not, but this was our dinner this evening - Jack Skellington - Shepherds Pie, vegetarian of course. 

Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas never looked so happy.  What do you think?!  

Yes, I know there needs to be more slices of black olives for his mouth.  I know...Sometimes you have to laugh at yourself and you can still give me some credit for trying today - Halloween of all days. 

13 Black Food Recipes for Halloween

I have black quinoa, black rice and black garlic in my kitchen to experiment with over the weekend, but with Halloween fast becoming UKs most commercialised event after Christmas , I thought I would shamelessly  jump on the bandwagon and share some vegetarian and vegan black coloured food recipes you could easily make at home for the Halloween party (or maybe not).

This is Sweet Black Butter (vegan) made with black sesame seeds.

Halloween Fruit Leather Bats (vegan)

Black Olive Spider Gratin (vegan) Halloween

Halloween Chili

Chili is so easy to knock up for a crowd.

And here is my Halloween offering for a crowd. 

In the past I have stuffed peppers and cut out silly faces in them.  This time for a bit of fun I thought I would have some bobbing up from the chili.  I added them to the pot with the black beans and they cooked slowly on top mostly from the steam.

These yellow peppers staring out at me like masks brought a childish smile to my face. 

The Chili itself was lovely, of course it was.  We love Chili for its versatility, especially during working weekdays when its easy to serve with some rice.