Thanksgiving meals for Zoom meetings

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This year, I’ll be munching on Thanksgiving dinner at a family Zoom meeting. We’ll virtually eat together and chat. At first, I was worried. How was I going to position my massive meal around my laptop without getting cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes all over the keyboard? Thankfully, I figured it out. I found compact versions of Thanksgiving dinners prepared by chefs in our local eateries. And so, I’m proud to present the first Thanksgiving Zoom meeting mini meals. Which one is a fit for you?

Sweet Tomato, 91 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, mysweettomato.com. Try an all-in-one Thanksgiving Wrap or Thanksgiving-in-a-Bowl. Each wrap or bowl is filled with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy. Craving more turkey? Pick up the new sweet jerk turkey panini (jerk seasonings, melted gouda, bacon, lettuce, tomato, honey mustard).

Vito’s Ristorante & Pizzeria, 91 Forest Ave., Glen Cove, vitospizzany.com. Have Thanksgiving dinner on a pizza! A pizza crust hosts a layer of mozzarella cheese topped with turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and gravy. Gobble down a slice-of-Thanksgiving while you’re online. What could be better?

Stuey’s Smokehouse BBQ, 50 Birch Hill Rd., Locust Valley, stueysbbq.com. Smoked or regular turkey, cornbread and sweet potatoes can be grabbed-to-go in a neat, three-sectioned container for one. This little meal is prepared with so much love and care. First, the turkey is covered with Stuey’s signature rub of herbs and spices, then it’s cooked on low for eight hours. The sweet potatoes are thin, bite-sized slices that taste almost like candy, and corn kernels peek out of the cornbread. Of course, you’re not limited to a meal for one. You can order turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing galore.

Gemelli Gourmet Market North, 716 Glen Cove Ave., Glen Head, gemelligourmetmarketnorth.com. If you’d rather eat just one Thanksgiving course while you’re on Zoom, go for a bowl of Cinnamon Honey Apple Vegetable Soup. It’s the Gemelli family’s new, homemade recipe that includes carrots, celery and onions picked from their garden. The soup is one of many dishes on the Thanksgiving catering menu.

Organic Krush, 1508 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, organickrush.com. I’ve tried variations on tacos, but never tasted a sweet potato taco. It’s a new special in this cafe, and you can hold it in one hand. (Use your other hand to click around on your screen.) Three crunchy corn tortillas are filled with bits of sweet potato, refried beans, pineapple, guacamole, feta and cilantro. Enjoy other amazing choices on the Thanksgiving menu too.

Baskin Robbins, Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, Glen Head, baskinrobbins.com/en. The roast turkey made of ice cream has returned for Thanksgiving. It’s a perfect Zoom Thanksgiving dish that combines turkey and dessert. Dig your spoon into a mound of ice cream shaped like a roast turkey with two sugar cone “legs.” The bird is covered with caramel praline “gravy.” Stuff your turkey with the flavor of the month: pumpkin cheesecake with ginger snap cookie pieces, or choose any flavor you like. Google a hysterical video on how to carve this thing at: How to Carve a Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Turkey Cake.

So, that’s it. Here’s to a happy in-person, hybrid or virtual Thanksgiving. But what about the rest of the holidays? Have you come up with other ways to place food around your computer during Zoom meetings? Please share in the comment box. I'd love to know.