For our Halloween dinner I put together this baked Mac and Cheese brain ( based after this recipe) with a side of Rest in Peas. Around the brain are buffalo chicken bites...can't think of a spooky name for them. Their scary enough since they are a frozen processed convenience food!
The original recipe's website has very detailed instructions but for posterity I am going to summarize it for myself here:
Recipe:
Zombie Brain Mac and Cheese Mold
2 boxes Mac and Cheese
12 oz fat free evaporated milk
3 eggs
1/2 cup shredded cheese (mozzerella, provolone, parmesan, romano, fontina, asiago = Italian style blend)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a round 2 1/2 quart oven safe bowl by spraying the interior of the bowl with cooking spray, line the bowl with aluminum foil, then spray again with cooking spray. Set aside. Boil noodles til 1/2 done. Drain and set aside. Combine the powder cheese packets, milk, eggs together in a large pot/bowl, whisking together well. Add noodles and shredded cheese to the mixture. Pour into prepared bowl and bake 45 minutes, or until an inserted butter knife doesn't have any unset cheese sauce. After baked, remove from oven and let set for 10 minutes before unmolding onto a serving platter. Remove foil. Garnish with meat balls, chicken wings, cocktail wienies...ect. and zombie hands! I bought these online several years ago. They are cupcake picks.
Helpful tips: Give the unmolded brain a squeeze to make it more of an oblong shape. Press a fissure line down the middle with a butter knife.
We all really liked this recipe even though it was made from box mac and cheese.
Halloween dinner is always a quick fix (well it did take 45 minutes to bake though!) kinda thing since we have to get out the door for Tricks or Treats, but I would like to make this all again but healthy it up.
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