Super Bowl snack stadium

I built the stadium with a big cardboard box and cut out pieces to make sections. Then I put a Pyrex dish in the center and separated sections inside of it with pieces cut from an aluminum foil pan. I filled all of the sections not in the Pyrex dish with wax tissue paper. Then I filled it all up.

Sections included:
The field: Guacamole
End zone: French onion dip
End zone: Salsa
Field stands: Assorted crackers
Field stands: Tortilla chips
End zone stands: Grapes
End zone stands: Pigs in a blanket
Corner: Assorted julienned bell peppers
Corner: Italian meat and mozzarella wraps
Corner: Celery stalks and baby carrots
Corner: Assorted cheese slices

Favorite Halloween dishes

One of my favorite dishes to make for Halloween is The Screamin' Cheese Man, and it's always a hit. I use cream cheese for the body, crushed cashews for the shirt, chopped parsley for the pants, red bell pepper for the mouth, button mushrooms for the eyes, and broccoli for the hair. Then a mix of cheese cubes for the sky, pimento cheese for the sun (optional), and smoked sausage and pepperoni for the ground. Here are two different versions I've made.




My masterpiece last year was the Melon Brain. I peeled a watermelon with a vegetable peeler until it was white, cut a flat surface on the bottom of the watermelon to steady it, then cut swirls into it.