Recipe #1: "Thai Peanut Noodles with Shrimp"

Ingredients:

• -1/3 cup light coconut milk
• -1/3 cup no-salt-added tomato juice
• -1/4 cup unsalted, natural peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)
• -2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• -3 tbsp fresh lime juice
• -1 tbsp raw honey
• -1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• -1 lb medium raw shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails on or off
• -8oz brown rice noodles
• -2 cups thinly sliced Napa cabbage (about 1/2 small head)
• -1 green onion, thinly sliced
• -3 tbsp each chopped fresh mint and cilantro
• -3 tbsp unsalted peanuts, crushed

Instructions:
1) In large bowl, whisk coconut milk with tomato juice, peanut butter, fish sauce, lime juice, honey and pepper flakes.
2) Bring a large pot of water to a boil on high heat. Add shrimp and cook until opaque, about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to bowl with coconut milk mixture.
3) In same large pot, cook noodles according to package directions or until tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and rinse well. Add noodles to bowl with shrimp. Add cabbage, onion, mint and cilantro; toss to coat. Top with peanuts.

From "Clean Eating Magazine," July 2011

Recipe #2: "Halloween Apple Bites"

Ingredients:

• -Apples
• -Slivered Almonds

Instructions:
1) Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth.
*TIP If you're not going to serve them right away, baste the apples with orange juice to keep them from browning.

From "FamilyFun Magazine" November 2011