Susan Gray - Dracula: Vampire-Inspired Recipes

Everyone knows how a crucifix can put vampires in a fix; it turns out that you can also crucifix a meal for vampires. This recipe is a sesame seed recipe. Sesame seeds can help maintain strong bones and improve blood formation so we can say this is a recipe for staying young.

Ingredients

• cup sesame seeds
• cup canola oil
• cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tbsp. mayonnaise
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. chocolate chips
• 2 medium-sized eggs

Serving size

• 4 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 380

In a bowl, combine baking powder and flour

Mix oil, sugar, chocolate chips and mayonnaise in another bowl to form cream

Whisk eggs into cream and allow to stand for 5 minutes

Stir-in flower mixture into cream gradually until completely mixed and dough is formed

Cut dough into desired shape and place in coated baking pan

Place baking pan in oven and bake for 10 minutes

Remove from oven, allow to stand then serve

Preparation time

• 30 minutes

How about vampires stopped drinking peoples blood and drink this watermelon juice instead? Because if they drank everyones blood, no one would survive to write the rest of their story and bam! Vampires stop existing.

Ingredients

• 1 watermelon, diced
• 8 tomatoes, diced
• tsp. salt
• 6 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• tsp. ginger powder

Serving size

• 4 6 servings

Directions

Puree tomatoes, watermelon; salt, sugar and lemon juice in a blender for 5 8 minutes until smooth.

Strain to remove residues

Add ginger powder and allow to stand for 7 minutes

Strain to remove ginger residues if any

Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Then serve

Preparation time

• 25 minutes

You may be invisible to a mirror Dracula, but your recipe book is not invisible to us. We know about your pineapple recipe: the one that keeps you young. Another recipe for staying young.

Ingredients

• 1 cup crushed pineapple
• cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tbsp. butter
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 medium-sized eggs
• cup milk
• tsp. almond extract

Serving size

• 4 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 350

Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl

Mix sugar, butter, pineapples, eggs and milk in another bowl to form cream. Add almond extract

Stir-in flower mixture into cream gradually until completely mixed and dough is formed

Cut dough into desired shape and place in coated baking pan

Place baking pan in oven and bake for 15 minutes

Remove from oven, allow to stand then serve.

Preparation time

• 30 minutes

If you ever come across a vampire bathing in the sun, it is definitely because of this orange recipe.

Ingredients

• 8 peeled oranges
• 1 cup pawpaw, diced
• 2 tsp. lime juice
• 4 tbsp. honey
• tsp. vanilla extract

Serving size

• 4 7 servings

Directions

Puree oranges, pawpaw and lime juice in a blender for 4 6 minutes until smooth

Strain to remove residues and seeds

Add honey and stir thoroughly until dissolved

Add vanilla extract and cover

Refrigerate for 15 minutes then serve

Preparation time

• 29 minutes

Asides the crucifix, one other thing vampires cannot stand is the lamb. However, fortunately for the vampires, there is one lamb they can stand and the recipe for this lamb is as follows.

Ingredients

• 2 lb. lamb chops
• 1 tsp. tamarind powder