Here's what I am serving up on Halloween night!
Getting the kids to eat meat sometimes isn't easy and who would have thought fun scary character food would do the trick!
This is a fun way to prepare meatloaf, especially around Halloween.
Try the recipe in individual cupcake tins also for individual servings at parties!
Fun to make and delicious to eat. Italian style of course!
If you want SCARY!
First of all, if you want spooky-looking faces or funny faces you will have to decide.
Every year, I make a different face and no two are alike.
It depends on what I have on hand in the refrigerator.
The colors of the vegetables you choose or olives change the whole face.
Tips:
- Decorate the meatloaf after it's baked and transfer to a clean pie plate
- Always grease the tin to bake it in or pie plate generously for easy removal
- Use green, black olives sliced
- Cut up carrots work great for teeth and stems
- Green bell pepper sliced work perfectly for the teeth and other decorations on the pumpkin face
Fun Foods
I love to make creative foods at Halloween, the kids gobble it up with no problem!
I also like to get the kids involved in the kitchen preparing a great Halloween spooktacular meal!
This is a simple and creative way to celebrate Halloween when you're a fan of this spooky holiday.
Decorate With Foods
You will need to get creative on foods you want to use.
I liked the green olives better for the pumpkin meatloaf eyes, than the black olives for color.
You can use even the kalamata olives which are a little purple in color.
When you bake this, you also want to make sure it doesn't burn away the features, it takes an hour for a thick meatloaf.
Halloween Ghoulish Meatloaf Italian Style Pin for later
More Recipe Ideas
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Basic Recipe:
This is our favorite basic meatloaf recipe.
The ingredients can be adapted to whatever meatloaf you like, our family meatloaf is still Italian style.
If you prefer to use ketchup instead of tomato sauce, it's great no matter how you matter.
The recipe here is just our basic meatloaf recipe.
meatloaf, Halloween, pumpkin food art
meat, beef, Halloween
American
Halloween Ghoulish Meatloaf Italian Style
prep time: 15 minscook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 hours and 15 mins
This is a pumpkin face made out of meat loaf for a fun Halloween Dinner
ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup dry Italian style flavored bread crumbs
2 pieces of Italian bread moistened with water then squeezed out also remove the crust
1/4 cup tomato sauce in a can and 1/4 cup more for the top
1/4 grated parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves of minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 bell peppers sliced in rings and use a sharp knife to cut the teeth
Store-bought or homemade tomato sauce
Black or Green olives for garnish
instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large bowl, mix together ground beef or turkey, eggs, bread crumbs, grating cheese, and sauce. Add garlic powder, half the diced peppers. Press into a large pie plate to form a round ball or use a cupcake tin for individual ghouls.
Bake at 350 until the meatloaf is browned and crispy on top around 45 minutes.
You don't have to cool it, just decorate it and set in the refrigerator or serve it immediately.
Bake at 350 until the meatloaf is browned and crispy on top around 45 minutes.
You don't have to cool it, just decorate it and set in the refrigerator or serve it immediately.
For Decorating:
Pour sauce over the top. Decorate with pepper rings and use olives for the eyeballs.
Note: I think black olives with red pepper centers would have looked better, I didn't have them.
calories
325
325
fat (grams)
11
11
sat. fat (grams)
2
2
carbs (grams)
12
12
net carbs
1
1
protein (grams)
22
22
sugar (grams)
1
1
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Halloween Ghoulish Meatloaf Italian Style Pin for later
Maybe you Remember My Pumpkin Head Meatball recipe instead?