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Halloween Deviled Green Goblin Eggs

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PREP: 30 M1N., STAND: 1 HR.

For a festive look, serve in decorative Halloween cupcake liners.
6 cups hot water
1  (0.3-ounce) bottle yellow
liquid food coloring
1/2 (0.3-ounce) bottle blue liquid food coloring
1/2 (0.3-ounce) bottle green liquid food coloring
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
12 large unpeeled hard-cooked
eggs, with shells cracked
1/2 cup instant potato flakes
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup minced fresh chives
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon seasoned pepper

STIR together first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; add eggs, and let stand 1 hour. Remove and drain on paper towels. Peel eggs to re­veal pattern on whites.

CUT eggs in half lengthwise; care­fully remove yolks. Mash yolks; stir in potato flakes and next 5 in­gredients until blended.

SPOON the yolk mixture evenly into egg white halves. Attach 2 halves, gently pressing together stuffed sides.

Halloween Barbeque Stew

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Cranberry-Port Pot Roast

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Cranberry-Port Pot Roast

1   beef eye of the round or rump roast (3 1/2 to 4 Ib.)
1   tablespoon salad oil
1   can (14 1/2 oz.) regular-strength beef broth
1 3/4   cups port
1/3   cup firmly packed brown sugar
2   packages (10 oz. each) frozen petite onions
2   cups fresh or frozen cranberries
6   cups hot cooked egg noodles
2   tablespoons cornstarch
Parsley sprigs
Salt and pepper

Rinse meat, pat dry, and rub with oil. Place in a 10- by 14-inch roasting pan. Bake in a 450° oven until meat is well
browned, about 45 minutes; turn often. Add broth and port. Cover tightly; re­duce oven to 400° and bake l’/2 hours.

Mix sugar and onions into pan; cover and bake 1 hour. Add cranberries; cover and bake until meat is tender when pierced, about 30 minutes longer.

Put meat and noodles on a platter. With a slotted spoon, ladle onions and berries onto noodles; keep warm. Skim fat from pan juices. Mix cornstarch with 3 tablespoons water. Bring pan juices to boiling over high heat. Stirring, add cornstarch mixture until sauce is as thick as you like. Pour sauce into a small bowl; serve with meat and noodles. Garnish with parsley sprigs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serves 10 to 12.

Per serving: 363 cal (20 percent from fat); 33 g protein; 8.0 g fat (2.3 g sat.); 38 g carbo.; 87 mg sodium; 98 rag chol.

Lentil Soup

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Wholesome Lentil Soup

1   package (12 oz. or 2 cups) lentils
2   large (about 1/4 Ib. total) onions, chopped
6   cups regular-strength chicken broth
4  cups water
2  pounds carrots, thinly sliced
2  cups sliced celery
1   can (28 oz.) Italian-style tomatoes
2   teaspoons each dried basil leaves and dried thyme leaves
3   dried bay leaves
1   teaspoon each fennel seed and pepper

Sort lentils for debris; rinse and drain lentils.

In an 8- to 10-quart pan over high heat, boil onions with 1/2 cup broth until liquid evaporates and onions begin to brown. Add remaining broth; stir to free browned bits. Add lentils, water, carrots, celery, tomatoes and their liquid, basil, thyme, bay, fennel seed, and pepper.

Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer until lentils are soft to bite, about 1 hour. Serve, or if making ahead, let soup cool, cover, and chill up to 3 days. Makes about 5 quarts; serves 10 to 12.

Per serving: 185 cal. (6.3 percent from fat); 11 g protein: 1.3 ff fat (0.3 a sat); 34 g carbo.; 279 mg sodium; 0 mg chol.

Fall Pear Salad

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Fall Pear Salad

6   slices (about 14 Ib.) bacon
3   large firm-ripe red pears (about mib. total)
3   tablespoons lemon juice
1   package (10 oz.) washed fresh spinach (or I’/z Ib. spinach, stems and wilted leaves discarded), rinsed and crisped
1/2   pound mushrooms, rinsed and thinly sliced

Ginger dressing (recipe follows) In a  10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium-high   heat,   cook  bacon   until brown and crisp, turning often. Drain on towels. When cool, crumble.

Core pears and cut each into 16 wedges; mix fruit with lemon juice.

On a platter or 8 salad plates, ar­range spinach and mushrooms; top with pear slices and juice. Moisten with dressing; top with bacon. Serves 8.

Ginger dressing. Mix !/2 cup minced crystallized ginger, !4 cup each extra-virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar, and !/2 teaspoon pepper.

Per serving: 201 cal. (43 percent from fat); 3.2gprotein; 9.5 g fat (1.7 g sat); 29 g carbo.; 103 mg sodium; 3.4 mg chol.