Whooo wants a cookie?

Owl Cookies

1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

18 yellow candy coating disks

18 semisweet chocolate chips

9 pieces candy corn

In a large bowl, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Set aside 4-1/2 teaspoons of dough for the ears. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls into nine mounds 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray; flatten dough with glass to about 1/8-inch thickness.

Position two candy coating disks on each cookie for eyes. Place a chocolate chip on each disk. Use 1/4 teaspoon of reserved dough to shape each ear; position on top of head.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately position a piece of candy corn on each cookie for beak. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Yield: 9 cookies

Picture and recipe from TasteOfHome.com

Flower Power

Flower Power

Cut red pepper into long strips while tapering off one end to form a "petal" shape. Arrange in a circle with a bowl of ranch dressing in the middle. Place a green onion as the flower "stem".

Recipe and picture from Parents Magazine

Bug Bites

Bug Bites

Wings

Cut a cherry tomato in half. Place one half cut side down and partially slice so it's still intact at the top. Spread it apart and attach it to a cucumber slice or chunk with low-fat cream cheese. Place olive pieces on tomatoes with more cream cheese.

Face

Place a pitted black olive horizontally against the tomato. Put on dots of cream cheese and olive pieces for the eyes.

Antennae

Poke two small holes in the top of the olive. Insert chive stems. Add carrots under the tomato for legs.

Place entire "bug" on halved cucumber.

Recipe and picture from Parents Magazine

Time to Eat Your Vegetables

Veggie Clock

2 grape tomatoes, halved

8 thin slices of yellow squash

2 spears of asparagus

1 olive, halved

Use tomato halves as the "12, 3, 6 and 9" numbers with slices of yellow squash as remaining numbers. Asparagus spears are used as "hands" while the halved olive will become the eyes on the clock.

Recipe and picture from Parents Magazine

Corn Flowers

Corn Flowers

Slice a cooked ear of corn horizontally into pieces that are four rows wide. The kernels will look like petals. Push in a lollipop stick for the stem. Stick "flower" into half a zucchini put inside a small flower pot.

Recipe and picture from Parents Magazine