Recipe: Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie
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Face it. You just can’t celebrate Thanksgiving without indulging in a Pumpkin Pie. In fact, even America’s pilgrims thought so when one early celebration was delayed pending the arrival of a supply ship carrying molasses, an essential ingredient for baking pies of the time.
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Recipe: Mini Potato Corn Cakes with Cheddar & Sour Cream
I'm always on the lookout for recipes that double as appetizers and side items. And this one combines many of my favorite ingredients!! I'll admit that I haven't made it yet; the thought of pan frying all those little patties makes me a little tired; I may try baking them instead.
Yield: 6 dozen appetizers
Prep Time: 25 min | Cook Time: 30 min
Ingredients:
2 cups Hungry Jack® Mashed Potatoes
1/3 cup Martha White® Yellow Corn Meal
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne or chipotle chile powder or to taste
1/2 cup very thinly sliced green onions
2 cups milk
1 cup shredded sharp or smoked Cheddar cheese
1 (12 oz.) bag frozen super sweet corn (2 1/4 cups), defrosted
Crisco® Olive Oil No-Stick Cooking Spray
1/2 cup sour cream
Preparation Directions:
-MIX potato flakes, corn meal, garlic salt and cayenne in medium bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons green onion for garnish. Blend in remaining onions, milk, cheese and corn.
-SCOOP into sixty 1-inch balls, gently flattening into 1 1/2-inch patties. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Spray with no-stick cooking spray. Pan fry patties until golden brown on both sides.
-SERVE warm with a tiny dollop of sour cream and a few slices of green onion on each, if desired.
Recipe: Pink Fluff Jell-O Salad
It’s Thanksgiving and I’ve timed the shell game of covered dishes in and out of the oven just about right. It’s finally time to spread the feast across the kitchen counters and call the family in. Nestled between the green bean casserole and the mashed potatoes, there is a bowl of bright pink fluff that always gets a few strange looks. Inevitably, my nephew wrinkles his nose and asks, “What is that?”
Jello-O salad comes in many colors and flavors. My mother-in-law serves lime, but the strawberry variety has become my own Thanksgiving tradition. Thankfully, pink fluff is more dessert than salad, so it’s never hard to convince the kids to take a scoop.
Pink Fluff Jell-O Salad
1 (16 ounce) package cottage cheese
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (3 ounce) package strawberry flavored Jell-O
In a large bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, whipped topping, and pineapple. Pour the Jell-O over the mixture and blend well. Chill several hours or overnight. You can also add 1-2 cups of frozen berries.
Recipe: Mallow-Topped Sweet Potatoes
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Kraft, the world's second largest food and beverage company is one of the world's most trusted food brands. For over fifty years, Kraft's Jet-Puffed Marshmallows have been a part of traditional American cooking as a key ingredient in seasonal sweet potato recipes. Add some sweetness to your Thanksgiving side dishes with this classic holiday food.
Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 30 min
Makes: 6 servings, about 1/2 cup each
Ingredients:
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 cans (15 oz. each) sweet potatoes, drained
15 Jet-Puffed Marshmallows (about 2 cups)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix butter, orange juice and cinnamon in lightly greased 1-qt. baking dish until well blended.
Add sweet potatoes; mix lightly. Top with marshmallows.
Bake 15 to 20 min. or unitl sweet potatoes are heated through and marshmallows are lightly browned.
Enjoy!
Contributed by Ashley Popham
Recipe: Apple Cobbler
Apple cobbler is traditionally a dessert favorite, especially around the holiday season. For those of you who can relate to not being an expert chef, you may share my excitement in finding a quick, delicious recipe for apple cobbler on the back of a NillaWafer box.
I must point out that this recipe only makes one serving, so if you’re hoping to add it to the Thanksgiving buffet this year you may want to multiply the ingredients and add to the overall expected prep time. The Nabisco brand also paired with Kraft’s Cool Whip to co-promote this dessert. Below is the recipe, and if you have any nutritional questions check out more info here (https://www.nabiscoworld.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipe_id=75605). Feel free to try it, and let us know how it turns out.
Prep Time: 3 min
Total Time: 3 min
Makes 1 Serving
Ingredients:
6 NILLA wafers
¼ cup applesauce
1 Tbsp. thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
Dash ground cinnamon
Preparation:
Place wafers in microwaveable bowl; top with applesauce
Microwave on high 15 sec. or until hot. Cool 1 min.
Top with COOL WHIP; sprinkle with cinnamon.
Contributed by: Ashley Hollingsworth
The Holiday Hierarchy
Is it me, or are we transitioning immediately from Halloween to Christmas? Just when the last Trick-or-Treater of the night walks away from my door step, K-mart busts out the 15 foot inflatable snow globe. Are we skipping something? Yes, I think it is called Thanksgiving.
According to a recent study by the CDC, 34% of Americans are overweight. You would think Thanksgiving would be a marketers dream. Shelves should be stocked with bite size packages of stuffing for ‘Thank’-or-Treaters, freezers full of turkeys to carve and place on our door steps, 15 foot inflatable gravy boats—a pilgrim at the mall taking pictures with your screaming kids. Well, maybe next year…
Let’s face it, Thanksgiving does not get enough credit. How did the rest of our holidays become so commercial, leaving Thanksgiving in the dust? I have a few theories:
1.No Brand Persona
Santa, Cupid, Easter bunny—these are all characters that add a story and pizzazz to their respective holidays. The turkeys’ life story never has a happy ending. This is not a story you read your children before bed. Maybe we could add a gift giving Pilgrim to the mix.
2.Lack of buy in from children
What do children love about holidays? Free candy on Halloween, Toys for Christmas, a basket of goodies on Easter morning, and notes from classmates on Valentine’s Day. For children, Thanksgiving is just another meal. No gifts, no candy, no fun.
3.Minimal merchandising opportunities
How many turkey figurines can you have before your home décor begins to resemble a zoo gift shop? We need more characters, symbols, and colors for Thanksgiving. Side dishes don’t count. There is really only one product to market for Thanksgiving: food. You can buy food ANY day of the year. Luster=lost.
But most importantly…
4. Calendar Crowding
Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, New Year’s—all within three months. I call for a calendar reorganization. Any holiday preceding Christmas automatically gets overshadowed. Columbus Day really drew the short straw. If we move Thanksgiving to April, I think we would begin Turkey shopping in February.
I will not be rushed into Christmas this year, and I hope you will stop and smell the yams as well. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Time with family, tradition, relaxation, football---but most importantly, the FOOD! I wait all year for this meal and I am not going to leave the table early to decorate the Christmas tree. Happy Thanksgiving!
Contributed by Laine Beyerl