Disney Inspired Dinner & A Movie: Fantasia

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Tonight we are featuring Disney's Fantasia!

  Now, Fantasia was one of my favorites when I was little. I have always been a HUGE fan of color and classical music, and this movie beautifully combines the two. My favorites in this film are Sorcerer Mickey, the fish from the "Nutcracker Suite", the "Pastoral Symphony" (I have always loved Greek culture, and everything in this segment reminds me of the retro "My Little Pony", and the hippo and alligator from "Dance of the Hours". Warning for mommies/daddies/guardians of tinys- there is some nudity in this film, (the fairies, centaurettes, and demons), so you may or may not want to forward through those brief segments. Otherwise, the film is a gorgeous display of classical music and artistry.

  I'm so glad that I get to debut this beautiful film the same week as St. Patrick's Day, because there is so much color and beautiful illustrations and music in it. The whole movie is basically one, big rainbow of entertainment. When I was preparing the menu for this meal, I got to thinking about all the color in it, and all the beautiful color in nature, and decided to make it a healthy, vegetarian-friendly meal. *Note for you vegetarians out there- I did use dairy products (cheese and sour cream), but the rest of the meal is egg and meat free! Also I should add that this is by far the EASIEST/QUICKEST meal I have prepared in a long time and would be so much fun to make with kids!

Tonight we are having:

Sorcerer Mickey's Broomsticks (they look just like the food!)

Yensid's Sorcerer's Hat's Stars (yummy and celestial!)

The Nutcracker Suite's Dancing Mushrooms (they look just like the food!)

The Nutcracker Suite's Fairy, Fish, and Flower Salad (different lettuces for the different seasons) 

The Rite of Spring's Quinoa Dinosaur Eggs (like veggie chicken nuggets!)

Pastoral Symphony's Horsey Food (b/c, what horse doesn't love veggies?!)

Baby Cupid's Lovestruck Fruit Dip (matches their hair and you will LOVE it!)

Bacchus' Harvest Grape Juice (he loves harvesting grapes!)

Zesus' Thunderbolt Ranch Dip (and he loves his lightning and thunder!)

Iris' Fruit of the Rainbow (fruit as beautiful as Iris)

Dance of the Hours' Hippo Potatoes & Alligator Green Beans (they look just like the food!)

Chernabog's Black Licorice (as black and twisted as Chernabog)

Enjoy!

Sorcerer Mickey's Broomsticks

Ingredients:

• Cheesesticks
• Chives
• Pretzel Sticks

Yields: How many ever brooms you would like to make.

Directions:

• Take 1 cheesestick, and cut it into thirds.
• Take 1 of those thirds, and begin separating the bottom of it to look like a broom.
• Add a pretzel stick in the top, and tie a piece of chive around the middle.
• Serve immediately. 

Yensid's Sorcerer's Hat's Stars

Ingredients:

• 1 Pineapple
• Star-shaped cookie cutter (optional, but it will make this a lot easier-I just used a knife)

Yields: approx 5-6 stars

Directions:

• Take a pineapple and cut off the stem/leaves, and bottom of it.
• Slice the pineapple into 5-6 slices (you might be able to get more out of it if you slice it thinner).
• Take 1 slice, and a cookie cutter/knife, and cut the star out of the middle of each slice.
• Chill until serving.

The Nutcracker Suite's Dancing Mushrooms

Ingredients:

• 8 cherry tomatoes
• 2 cheesesticks

Yields: approx 16 "mushrooms"

Directions:

• Take 1 cherry tomato, and slice it in half. Clean out the middle of that slice.
• Take 1 cheesestick, and slice a tiny portion of it off.
• Insert cheesestick portion into bottom of tomato slice.
• Chill until serving.

The Nutcracker Suite's Fairy, Fish, and Flower Salad

Ingredients:

• 3 cups iceberg lettuce
• 2 cups spring mix lettuce
• 3 cups romaine lettuce
• 1/2 block of cheddar cheese
• 1/2 can of sliced beets
• a couple handfuls of Goldfish crackers
• small flower-shaped cookie cutters (optional, but it makes it A LOT easier, I used a knife)

Yields: approx 6-8 servings

Directions:

• Combine lettuces into large bowl.
• Slice block of cheddar cheese into several thing slices, take cookie cutter/knife and cut out flower shapes.
• Take sliced beets and take a second cookie cutter/knife and cut out flower shapes.
• Add cheese, beets to bowl and mix into salad.
• Chill until serving. Once you get ready to serve, add crackers.

The Rite of Spring's Quinoa Dinosaur Eggs

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups quinoa (dry, and rinsed)
• 3 cups water (to boil quinoa)
• 2 cups fresh, cut broccoli 
• water to steam broccoli
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Yields: depends on the size of "eggs" you make, but either way will yield several servings

Directions:

• Bring 3 cups water to boil on stove top, and add quinoa. Lower heat, cover, and simmer for 15 mins. 
• While quinoa is cooking, in a separate pot- put a few inches of water in bottom of the pot and insert a steamer basket over top, but make sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the basket. Over medium-high heat, bring water to a simmer, add broccoli, and cover. Steam for 4-5 minutes or until tender.
• Once quinoa is done cooking, remove from heat, let sit for 5 mins, and fluff with fork. Add broccoli and cheeses, flour garlic powder, salt and pepper, and stir until ingredients are well combined.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two cookie sheets. On each cookie sheet, scoop either a tablespoon or a few tablespoons of the mixture (depends on how big you want your "eggs", you can do them in any size), into hand and roll/shape into an "egg" shape. Place "egg" onto cookie sheets and repeat with the rest of the batter.
• Cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Let rest for 5 mins after baking.
• Serve warm with ketchup, BBQ sauce, ranch, or whatever sauce you prefer.

Pastoral Symphony's Horsey Food

Ingredients:

• cherry tomatoes
• small bell peppers- (red, orange, and yellow)
• baby carrots
• celery stalks
• broccoli (cut, fresh)

Yields: however big you want your veggie platter to be.

Directions:

• Rinse all veggies in cold water, and cut bell peppers and celery stalks into slices.
• On a serving tray/platter, arrange veggies in a rainbow color scheme (cherry tomatoes, red bell pepper, baby carrots, orange and then yellow bell pepper, celery, and broccoli).
• Chill until serving and serve with Zesus' Thunderbolt Ranch.

Baby Cupid's Lovestruck Fruit Dip

Ingredients:

• 1 small container of Cool Whip (softened)
• 1 box of pistachio pudding mix

Yields: 1 bowl of dip

Directions:

• Combine ingredients into medium-sized bowl.
• Chill until serving, and serve with Iris' Fruit of the Rainbow.

Bacchus' Harvest Grape Juice

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle of concord grape juice (I obviously chose Welch's)
• crushed ice

Yields: approx 4-6 servings

Directions:

• Combine ingredients and chill until serving.

Zesus' Thunderbolt Ranch Dip

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of ranch mix (I used Hidden Valley's Buttermilk Recipe mix)
• 1 cup sour cream

Yields: 1 bowl of dip

Directions:

• Combine ingredients into medium-sized bowl.
• Chill until serving, and serve with Pastoral Symphony's Horsey Food.

Iris' Fruit of the Rainbow

Ingredients:

• Strawberries
• Oranges
• Bananas
• Green Grapes
• Blueberries
• Red/Purple Grapes

Yields: however big you want your platter to be.

Directions:

• Rinse all fruit in cold water, and cut strawberries, oranges, and bananas into slices.
• On a serving tray/platter, arrange fruit in a rainbow color scheme (strawberries, oranges, bananas, green grapes, blueberries, red/purple grapes).
• Chill until serving and serve with Baby Cupid's Lovestruck Fruit Dip.

Dance of the Hours' Hippo Potatoes & Alligator Green Beans

Ingredients:

• 4-6 potatoes
• 1 can of cut green beans
• salt and pepper to taste (optional)
• butter to taste (optional)

Yields: 4-6 servings

Directions:

• In large pot of water, bring to boil and add potatoes. Boil for approx 30-45 mins, or until tender). Drain pot.
• In separate pot, heat green beans for a couple mins.
• In large bowl, add green beans and potatoes together.
• Potatoes can be sliced or served whole, with butter, salt, and pepper (optional).
• Serve warm.

Chernabog's Black Licorice

Ingredients:

• Twizzlers Black Licorice Twists

Directions:

• My last, and LAZIEST recipe (because it's not technically a recipe)-
• take Twizzlers out of packaging and serve.
• So easy, the kids can help!
• If you want to make your own black licorice (I have a sick baby, so I didn't have time), you can go here.