Roger Thomas shares his SPOOKY RECIPES:

Curried pumpkin seeds

4 tablespoons curry powder
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
2 cups hulled pumpkin seeds

Turn oven to 400 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a stainless steel bowl and toss very well. Spray a cookie sheet or small sheet pan with pan spray, pour in seeds and spread into an even layer. Bake for 10 minutes, stirring once, until seeds are crispy. Serve immediately.


Cheesy jack-o-lantern toasts

24 thin slices of baguette
8 ounces grated cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon minced onion
¾ cup mayonnaise
Pinch cayenne pepper
1 16 ounce can colossal black olives, drained

Turn oven to 400 degrees. Lay baguette slices out on a cookie sheet. Mix cheese, onion, mayonnaise and cayenne in a bowl with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined. Spread mixture onto bread slices. Cut some olives across into rings and some from top to bottom to make slivers. Use the rings and slivers to make jack-o-lantern faces on top of the cheese mixture. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until bubbly and slightly toasted. Serve immediately.


Cat’s shadow

½ teaspoon blue Curacao
1 ½ ounces vodka
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Grenadine

Pour all into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, strain into a cocktail glass.