Even if You're Not Good at Cooking, You Can Imitate This! Cute Halloween Dishes That Are Easy with a Little Creativity＊

I'm not good at cooking, but I want to cherish seasonal events

Hello, this is Haruno Tsuzaki, the editor of marry＊

Suddenly confessing, I’m not good at detailed tasks. I’m also not very skilled at cooking.

I really enjoy looking at character bento and elaborate menu items; it’s exciting and fun to see, but I'm just an observer.

However, I love events like Christmas, New Year, and Valentine's Day, and I want to fully enjoy seasonal celebrations to enrich my life....!

Halloween is just around the corner, and I want to do something festive, but the next thing that comes to mind after costumes is definitely cooking.

I want to make Halloween-themed food, but since I can't do anything too big, I’ve been looking for easy menu ideas on social media.

I’m sure there are many brides-to-be who feel the same way, right?? In this article, I will introduce some Halloween dishes I found on Instagram that seem doable, even for a lazy person like me!＊

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #1: Omurice

First, the dish I thought I might be able to manage is omurice.

Just draw a jack-o'-lantern face with ketchup on the usual omurice, and it’s done!

I also discovered a spider web version.

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #2: Sausage Fingers

This is another version using omurice, where sausages are stood upright to resemble fingers.

It looks scary like Frankenstein rising from the grave, but I think I could try mimicking it just by sticking five sausages upright into something...!

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #3: Whole Pumpkin Gratin

I’ve actually tried this once before!

Whole pumpkin gratin. If I can carve a face into the side of the pumpkin, I can just put white sauce, meat sauce, and ingredients inside, then pop it in the oven♩

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #4: Gratin

I also found a version that doesn’t use a whole pumpkin as a dish but just draws a face on a regular gratin dish.

Even if I'm busy with work or short on time, I might be able to manage something like this....?

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #5: Curry Rice

Making the rice for curry rice Halloween-themed was also a popular idea for Halloween menus.

Saffron rice is yellow, so it’s perfect for resembling pumpkins.

Shaping white rice into a ghost form and floating it in the curry like a night sky seems cute.

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #6: Temari Sushi

There’s also an idea of making temari sushi that looks like jack-o'-lanterns and ghosts using salmon and squid sashimi.

Making sushi from scratch is a bit hard and has a high hurdle, so I thought it might be okay just to take store-bought sushi and add faces with seaweed...

Halloween Dish I Want to Try #7: Decorated Croissants

I found a mummy made by decorating croissants with chocolate pens.

It’s difficult to make it from croissants, but if I just draw on store-bought croissants with a chocolate pen, even someone lazy like me might be able to do it....?

I’m going to try making Halloween food＊

I’ve introduced some easy Halloween dish ideas that even a lazy and clumsy person like me might be able to try making.

This year for Halloween, I plan to have fun and challenge myself to make a cute dinner at home!♡