My daughter is a HUGE fan of Meatloaf. I get heartburn from cooked tomatoes that includes ketchup and barbeque sauce. Basically anything that contains cooked tomatoes is not my friend. However, I will make meatloaf and bare the pain because my daughter loves my meatloaf. That has to be love, right?
I am always trying out chicken recipes since I can always substitute with turkey because of our allergy to chicken. And the easier the recipe the better as long as it is tasty! I came across a recipe not too long ago that sounded great and I wanted to try it out… however I’m the type that can never stick to the original recipe without changing it up or adding to it. I just find it is way too hard unfortunately to keep to the original.
Nevertheless, my version came out really tasty and the turkey came out very tender and I savored every bite and even went back for seconds!
Last night I was headed out to a Bridal Shower with my mother and daughter but before I left I made sure the boys and my father had dinner. My mom had bought boneless pork chops so I grab the package out of the fridge and started to make an apple chutney to top the chops with.
I hope they appreciated the work I put into dinner that night cause Lord knows they would had eaten cereal otherwise, LOL.
My husband literally hates restaurant chili and even canned chili because of the kidney beans. So if he wants chili, then I have to make it homemade for him with either Pinto Beans or Black Beans. And of course the perfect chili recipe calls for a crockpot. It is basically the easiest way to get that slow simmering stovetop chili richness.
Serve it with Corn Muffins topped with Honey Butter!
Although I don’t purchase a lot of seafood in general, however I find myself recently eating a lot of tuna salad in a bowl or even making myself tuna melts on the panini grill.
Anyhow, tuna in a can is quite convenient and versatile. This recipe is great for sandwiches, as a spread on crackers, can be used as an appetizer, or spoon some on a salad as a main dish…. it is endless.
I made tacos the other night and had seasoned ground beef and smashed avocados leftover that needed to be used up. Tonight felt like a fun night for Nachos because who doesn’t like to transform leftovers into something different and just as tasty?
For my chips, I grabbed a stack of corn tortillas, quartered them and then fried them up so I could make the nachos. My daughter helped and was having a great time ‘cooking’ with me.
Here’s what will be needed:
I greased a cookie sheet and then started to layer my ingredients: beginning by spreading out a layer of chips, next layered with some shredded cheese. Next I placed a layer of black beans, and another sprinkle of cheese and then a layer of seasoned beef topped with more shredded cheese.
Pop the cookie sheet into a 500º F oven for about 4 minutes or until the cheese is completely melted.
Remove from oven and serve with your choice toppings.
Fast, simple and definitely a crowd pleaser — and a great way to use up leftovers in the fridge!
This is by far the easiest meal and the most tastiest!
I love avocados, and have never stuffed them before. I really consider avocados to be one of my favorite foods – they’re delicious and not to mention good for you. I am trying hard to cut back on my carbs, probably not winning at the attempts however, definitely trying.
I wanted to make something refreshing, healthy and low-carb. So after making the Turkey Salad, I stuffed the turkey mixture into a very ripe avocado half. Lets just say lunch was gone within minutes because it was just too good to savor!
Earlier this week I took a turkey caucus placed it into a stock pot with a bunch of veggies and made turkey broth. After I canned all the broth, I removed all the bones and veggies and was left with 2.5 lbs of shredded turkey. From there I made a delicious Turkey Salad for making sandwiches.
The consistency of the turkey was / is like eating Tuna Salad once it is set and ready. No biggie, it is DELICIOUS and way tastier than tuna could ever be!
Now you can make regular Turkey Salad sandwiches, a Turkey Salad Melt or you can stuff an avocado half! Either / Or will make your mouth and tummy very pleased!
On our way home from the beach on Friday we stopped at this trendy restaurant in Santa Clara called World Wrapps. While we can’t eat the wraps/burritos, I can have them make a wrap into a rice bowl instead. The kids and I had their Polynesian Pork Wrapp which was really tasty. It consisted of Pulled-Pork served with Jasmine rice, a tropically inspired lemon slaw, and a Pineapple BBQ sauce. Now who wouldn’t think this was wonderful?
Today I decided I was going to try my hand at this dish with some leftover barbequed Turkey instead.
I took a can of pineapple tidbits and tossed them into the food processor with a cup of Kinder’s Mild BBQ Sauce to create my base sauce. I then cooked up some white rice and made a batch of coleslaw.
The sweet barbecue sauce with the flavors of the coleslaw go well together with the meal. It may not look like all that, but the flavors are spectacular together well you take each bite.
I loved Chicken Marsala. But since I was diagnosed gluten and chicken intolerant, I haven’t had Chicken Marsala in years. I came up with a clever idea that I was going to make my own with Turkey. I had bought pre-packaged turkey tenderloin. And while I did everything the same and just substituted turkey for the chicken and gluten free flour for regular flour — it came out dry. So I really didn’t try making it again for A LONG WHILE.
We usually buy whole turkeys and fill the deep freezer with 3 or 4 at a time. Normally I roast up the whole turkey and make turkey salad sandwiches with the left over meat. However, this time I decided I was gonna change it up and basically cut the raw turkey up.
I removed the drumsticks with the thighs still attached. Then I removed the breast meat with the wings still attached and threw everything into large container and was thinking I could get a good 4 meals out of this.
I immediately took the carcass which still had some nice raw turkey still attached to the bones and tossed it into a stock pot and made Turkey Noodle Soup.
Also, that night I made Turkey mirin because I didn’t have any Marsala wine in the house. And to my surprise EVERYONE LOVED IT! Normally my kids and husband tolerate my Marsala Sauce… but everyone said it was delicious and wanted seconds!
AND it was oh so MOIST!! I couldn’t wait for lunch leftovers that how delicious this meal was!
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