Category: Turkey

Chili Egg Breakfast Burrito

12/6/2015

Eating enough protein at breakfast keeps your energy high throughout the day. But how to do that without eating tasty--but fatty--proteins like bacon and sausage is a problem. One way is to add plant proteins like beans and other legumes, which is why you see brown beans offered at many breakfast buffets. Humus, make from chick peas, is another example of a high protein, and it makes a delicious spread on your toast.

For me, the easiest way is to add leftovers to my breakfast. In this case, we had leftover turkey chili, so I made a breakfast burrito.

Chili Egg Breakfast Burrito

Chili Egg Breakfast Burrito

3 egg whites, scrambled (or 1-2 eggs)
2 tbsp leftover chili (or other beans)
1 whole wheat tortilla (or other flour tortilla)

Mix the scrambled eggs with the chili.

Warm a tortilla in the microwave. (about 18 secs in my 1100 watt microwave)

Spread egg and chili mixture in middle of warm tortilla. Wrap and eat.

As you can see, there are many variations depending on what you have on hand.

I usually add green onions when I'm scrambling eggs, for the color as well as the taste, but in this case, I didn't have any left, and there were plenty onions in the chili already.

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Jeremiah's Chili

11/23/2015

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Since I'm readying 17 yr old Jeremiah for life away from home, I'm getting him to do more of the cooking that doesn't include convenience meals. So last week when I decided to make chili, I figured it would be a good time for Jeremiah to try - especially since he loves my chili. Except this time I'd let him put his culinary touch on it.

There are no photos for this one as I didn't want him to feel crowded with me hovering over his shoulder while he made the chili. I'll post a photo of what we did with the leftovers though in a later post.

We started out with a recipe that called for 2 lbs of ground turkey and all sorts of stuff, some of which we don't have, or that Jeremiah didn't want to add. And we only had 1 pound of ground turkey, so, here's what he used:

Turkey Chili

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey breast
1 med onion, chopped
2 (15 oz) cans mixed beans, undrained
1 (12 oz) can maple flavored beans
3 fresh tomatoes, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 rounded tsp taco seasoning
1 rounded tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp course sea salt

Options:
- canned diced tomatoes vice fresh
- red/green sweet peppers
- chopped zuchini

Method:

1. Brown ground turkey in large dutch oven along with onions. As we used extra lean turkey, there was no excess fat to drain off, but if you have it, it should be drained off at this point.

2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the cooked turkey.

3. Jeremiah didn't add veggies like red/green sweet peppers or zuchini, but if you're adding them, saute until all veggies are tender. If you're using canned tomatoes, add them at this point.

4. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15-20 mins.

5. The original recipe called for adding the spices at this point, but Jeremiah added his in the saute stage. We didn't notice a difference.

6. Mix well, then simmer for 5 more minutes. Orig recipe calls for adding more salt and pepper to taste. Jeremiah tasted it and said, "Wow!" He didn't add anything else.

It was very good. We put the leftovers in a medium casserole dish and used the next day. I'll post those recipes soon.

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Orange Turkey Casserole

11/3/2011

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Last Friday our church had a Harvest Pot Blessing which is like a Harvest supper except everyone brings a dish of food and we don't charge anything.

I'd cleaned out the sunroom freezer a couple weeks a before and found an extra turkey. I'd bought one in Sept for Thanksgiving and hubby had bought another one on sale at the beginning of Oct. And the his sister invited us over to her place for the big meal and always supplies her own turkey. So the Harvest Pot Blessing was the perfect opportunity to cook up the extra one.

It just happened that I phoned another church member about an hour after I put the turkey in to roast and she said she had a turkey in the oven, too. Well, we couldn't both bring a plate of sliced turkey, so I said I'd bring a casserole.

Knorr Orange Soup

But which casserole to bring? I finally settled on a quick and easy one with 6 ingredients. I didn't take a photo this time, but I will the next time I make it - probably during the Christmas holidays when I have turkey leftovers.

What makes this casserole so special and Harvest looking is the use of Knorr's Orange Soup made with Butternut Squash, carrots and curry instead of Cream of Chicken or another Cream soup. The soup added colour and a nice flavour although I usually don't appreciate this spice. The curry definitely worked in this recipe.

Turkey Stuffing Bake

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Grease a 13x9x2" baking dish.

Ingredients:       2 cups (500 ml carton)      Knorr Orange Soup
                                1 cup                                          water
                                1 pkg (6 ounces)                    Stuffing mix
                                2 cups                                        Cooked Turkey, cubed
                                2 cups                                        Frozen Peas and Carrots
                                1 cup                                           Cheese, shredded (I used Mozzarella)

Combine all ingredients in order given. Mix well.

Transfer to prepared baking dish.

Bake, uncovered, at 375°F for 25 - 30 mins until heated through.

Yield: 8 servings.

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Kitchen Journal

I've kept a kitchen journal for years to help me locate favourite recipes in my 100 cook book collection.

The journal was especially handy during the years I entered baking products in local and provincial fairs.

As I taught my children how to bake first and then cook, they filled in their own journals. I still have my girls' journals although they may have started 'grown up' ones when they left home. These handwritten journals are a treasure trove of recipes, personal observations, and culinary rewards.

However, our handwritten journals fail in the ability to share recipes and kitchen knowledge. That's where this new online journal takes over.

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