Thanksgiving Recipe Rescue

Monday, 21 November 2011 00:44

 Thanksgiving is a time of sharing and family. We visit relatives or friends, and we eat copious amounts of food presented.

Every year, we make sure that everyone has enough to eat for at least that one week. That is, unless we’re invited to just the sort of last-minute soiree that makes us feel guilty for gorging.

The problem? By Thanksgiving Thursday, the supermarkets are closed, empty, or more swamped than the Swamp on Homecoming. We’re here to save the day (and maybe impress your grandmother). Turn your late-night munchies into delicious no-bake Turkey Day treats that are guaranteed not to compete (unless someone else read this article).

(Hint: Think Corn Flakes, Crunchy Peanut Butter and Oreos)

Story by Harry Leeds

Corn-flake Crust Pudding Pie
1 ¾ cups corn-flake cereal, crushed
1/3 cup softened, unsalted butter
Instant chocolate pudding mix
1 ¾ cup cold milk.
1. Crust: Combine crumbs, sugar and butter until well mixed. Press firmly into a pie dish.
2. Filling: Beat together the chocolate pudding mix and the cold milk with a whisk or electric mixer.
3. Refrigerate until firm enough to spoon into the crust. Then do so.

Crunchy No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup low fat milk
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine
3 tablespoons Dutch cocoa powder
½ cup chunky peanut butter
3 1/4 cups instant rolled oats
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and Dutch cocoa powder. Bring to just to a boil and then lower heat to a simmer. Simmer for about two to three minutes, until the mixture begins to slightly thicken.
2. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, oats and vanilla.
3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet covered with wax paper. Cool until no longer soft.

Cream Cheese Oreo Cookies
16-Ounce Package Oreos
8-Ounce Package Cream Cheese, softened
16 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted
1. Crush a third of the package of Oreos into fine crumbs, and put aside of later use.
2. Crush the remaining cookies to small pieces, and combine in a medium bowl with softened cream cheese.
3. Form into 1-inch balls. Dip balls in melted chocolate, and place on a baking sheet covered in wax paper.
4. Roll the balls in the fine crumbs from earlier. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

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Away from home? Just don’t feel like cooking?

Albert’s Restaurant Thanksgiving Day Buffet (Hilton University of Florida Conference Center) Menu includes aged cheeses, vegetable crudités, smoked salmon, pear Waldorf salad, carrot salad, butternut squash soup, beef sirloin, roasted turkey, smoked ham and desserts plus a “Little Pilgrims” buffet. And that’s just the highlights. 11:30am-3:30pm, $27, (352) 384-3401

Paramount Plaza Thanksgiving Day Buffet (Grand Ballroom) Menu includes fresh fruit, cheese, garden vegetables, smoked salmon, butternut squash soup, chef’s salads, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, honey glazed baked ham, sirloin, roast chicken, roast pork loin, grilled salmon, mashed potatoes, candied yams, apple walnut stuffing, green beans and carrots, green peas, pearl onions and mushroom wild rice, pumpkin and pecan pies, apple and cherry pies, assorted layer cakes and a “Little Pilgrims” buffet. And a chocolate fountain and ice cream bar. 11:30am-4pm, $19, (352) 377-4000 ext. 3116

Cracker Barrel offers a traditional home-style Thanksgiving dinner including turkey breast, cornbread dressing, sugar-cured ham, sweet potato casserole, cranberry relish, a vegetable, biscuits or muffins and pumpkin pecan streusel pie. 11am-10pm, $8, no reservations Just want to eat like normal? Piccadilly Cafeteria, Perkins and IHOP will be open. —Cathy Rockwell

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