Halloween Italian Style Butter Cookie Cut Out Recipe with Nutella Filling or Ganache Frosting

2 cups flour
1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons milk
assorted cookie cutters
parchment paper
cookie sheet

Mix all together in a heavy duty mixer until this forms a ball, add more milk by drops if too dry.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.


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If your kids would rather play with their food than eat it, well, you're not alone! We've put together some ideas to bring creativity to the table using an all time kid favorite food: the hot dog! These funny creations are simple (in fact, most of them only require a hot dog, knife, and mustard or ketchup) and will inspire your kids to actually play with their food for once without being on the receiving end of a stern reprimanded.

The Caterpillar
Let's start with this fun caterpillar creation. First cut the dog in half length-wise and then into slices. Arrange the bits into a curvy line, add eyes and legs with your kids favorite sauces like ketchup or mustard, and ta-da, you've got a caterpillar hot dog!

hot dog catepillar

The Rabbit
All you'll need is two dogs and a knife for these funny bunnies. Your kids will love how their hot dog resembles a rabbit.

hotdog rabbits

The Jellyfish
A special thanks to Dabbled who provided step by step instructions (and photos) to

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Technology has been making life easier for home cooks for centuries; refrigerators allowed us to keep food cool without relying on blocks of ice, home kitchens have evolved and streamlined, making cooking easier and more of a pleasure. The internet is no different. Now home cooks can access millions of recipes, videos, and tutorials with a few clicks - and are provided with more visuals and interaction than any book. Here's a peek at some of the best food apps out there, a collection of free and inexpensive resources that help you discover and organize recipes, learn new techniques, or fix culinary disasters when they happen. Let's cook! - By Julie Van Rosendaal

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AllYou That little bottled bear in your pantry can be used for a lot more than flavoring your morning cup of tea. In addition to these nifty uses for honey, we have three new recipes that will make your family say, "Sweet!"

Related: Cook With Apples This Fall: Easy and Delicious Dinner Ideas

Honey Cashew Chicken

Prep: 25 min., Cook: 10 min., Serves: 4

Cost per serving: $3.37

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp. cornstarch • 1½ tsp. honey

• 2 Tbsp. soy sauce • 6 Tbsp. low-sodium chicken broth

• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil • 1 medium onion, thinly sliced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced • 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger

• ½ tsp. crushed red pepper • 1¼ lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into ¾-inch dice

• 6 oz. snow peas, trimmed (about 2cups) • 1 large red bell pepper, seeded, cut into strips

• ½ cup unsalted cashews • 2 tsp. sesame oil, optional

Related: You Should Eat Pumpkin Now (Trust Us, It's For Your Health)

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, whisk

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To the never-ending question of what's for dinner, allow us to offer three easy answers--in the form of one favorite ingredient--from the cookbook Weeknight Fresh + Fast: pasta. It's already one of our weekly go-to's (and the theme for this month's Shine Supper Club) but author Kristine Kidd ups the ante by smartly adding the flavors of fall to each of these recipes, making them just right for right now.

Penne with Mushrooms and Turkey SausageRecipe: Penne with Mushrooms and Turkey Sausage

"Woodsy mushrooms and fragrant rosemary say fall to me," Kristine told us, "and this is one of the first recipes I make each year when the weather starts to turn cool."

3/4 oz dried porcini mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3/4 pound hot Italian turkey sausage, casings removed
10-12 oz button mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
coarse kosher salt and freshly-ground pepper
1/3 cup dry white wine
1 bay leaf
3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
12 oz penne pasta, preferably

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By Bryn Mooth, for SparkPeople

During the hot summer months, we automatically add salads to our menu plans. A big bowl of crisp lettuce, cool cucumbers and sun-ripened tomatoes tossed lightly with an oil-and-vinegar dressing is always refreshing during the warmest time of the year. When salad-variety produce is at its peak, it's easy to get creative with fresh veggie side dishes that go beyond the simple tossed green salad. The best salads are simple, with just a few ingredients, like sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and slivered basil, or cucumbers, red onion and dill.

As fall gives way to winter, many of us lose access to quality warm-weather produce. Sure, we can still find red, "vine-ripened" tomatoes at the grocery in January, but they're likely to be firm and flavorless compared to those just-picked beauties we can get in August. The best summer salads simply don't translate to winter.

But just because the colder season is starting, that doesn't mean we have

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) You scoffed at that super-fancy chi-chi boutique that sells artisan fruits and vegetables alongside some readymade foods, but you stopped in only to discover that (gulp) you really like what they're doing. Looks like you can eat your words along with a tasty snack! Today's Aries Reading: Free Sample Astro Identity Reading

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Food serendipity comes your way. Perhaps you were hankering for some Mobay cheese and the fancy sandwich shop next to your work just happens to offer it in a special sandwich. Take this as a sign that when it comes to food, asking and receiving is a good thing! Today's Taurus Reading: Free Sample Karma Reading

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) You're on the hunt for the perfect vegan-friendly, gluten-free restaurant, or trying to figure out how to cook

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You know what I love about these two recipes? They are as different as different can be, but both inspired by the same Shine Supper Club theme: pasta. That's one of the beauties of cooking, and what a blogging collective like the Supper Club can showcase: cooking is a springboard for creativity, and an opportunity for us to bring our ideas, personal preferences, and whatever we are hungry for at that moment to bear at every meal. Join us this month for a chance to win a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast. Here's how it works:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @yahooshine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links and send them out to all

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