Thanksgiving Ideas (Recipes)

Well here we are the 3rd week I'm preempting my Wednesday Weekend Wrap. I thought some more recipes for the Thanksgiving day holiday would help.

I made these cute little turkey's to take them for Cole's school Thanksgiving Day Party. Only bad thing is after I spent 2 hours making these suckers and a trip to the grocery story for a second time I find we have no school for this lovely snow!

Turkey Rice Crispy Treats

Found on The Finer Things in Life

• 1/4 cup butter
• package of marshmallows
• 6 cups crispy rice cereal
• chocolate sandwich cookies
• chocolate frosting
• candy corn

Melt the butter. Add marshmallows and stir. Heat until marshmallows are melted. Stir in cereal. Let cool for 10 minutes.

While the mixture is cooling, twist apart sandwich cookies. Remove white filling.

Butter your hands and shape the gooey cereal into 1 1/2 inch balls.

Frost the inside of the cookie halves. Press candy corn into the frosting in a fan shape (for 1/2 of the halves).

Press a cereal ball into the frosting below the candy corn.

Stick the remaining cookie half to the bottom of the cereal ball.

ALEXIS NOTES: I stuck a little extra frosting on the bottom to keep the bodies together.

I started on a few things for my Thanksgiving Dinner. I have 2 cold easy dishes you can do ahead of time.

Creamy Pumpkin Pie Dip

by Kitchen Simplicity

• 1 (250g/8oz) package spreadable cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup pumpkin pie filling
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup sour cream

1. Cream together cream cheese and pie filling until smooth. Stir in cinnamon, ginger, vanilla and sour cream. Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.
2. Serve with graham crackers, ginger snaps, cinnamon cookies or fruit such as apples and pears.

ALEXIS NOTES: I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese and light sour cream.

And my second cold dish is for us humus lovers. Yes you can make it at home, just as yummy and a LOT cheaper!

Extra Easy Hummus

by allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained, liquid reserved
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

1. In a blender or food processor combine garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt and olive oil. Blend on low speed, gradually adding reserved bean liquid, until desired consistency is achieved.

ALEXIS NOTES: I used Chick Peas (which are garbanzo beans). I doubled the recipe :)